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Sunny rolls the dice

Holm, Jennifer L.,


School Library Journal starred, October 2019. Kirkus Starred, July 2019. Booklist, September 2019. Horn Book, September 2019. Library Media Connection starred, October 2019. Junior Library Guild. Kirkus starred, July 15, 2019. "Sunny's just made it to middle school . . . and it's making her life very confusing. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends. Because when you're swordfighting and spider-slaying, it's hard to worry about whether you look cool or not. Especially when it's your turn to roll the 20-sided die"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2019

School Library Journal starred, October 2019. Kirkus Starred, July 2019. Booklist, September 2019. Horn Book, September 2019. Library Media Connection starred, October 2019. Junior Library Guild. Kirkus starred, July 15, 2019. "Sunny's just made it to middle school . . . and it's making her life very confusing. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends. Because when you're swordfighting and spider-slaying, it's hard to worry about whether you look cool or not. Especially when it's your turn to roll the 20-sided die"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2019

Amulet

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Kirkus Review, August 2018. "When Emily loses control of her Amulet, she is imprisoned in the Void, where she must escape the influence of the Voice, while her brother, Navin, travels to a space station where the Resistance is preparing to battle the approaching Shadow forces"--OCLC.
Date Published:2018

Tristan Strong destroys the world

Mbalia, Kwame,


Map on endpapers. "Rick Riordan Presents." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, October 2020. Kirkus Starred, August 2020. Booklist, September 2020. Horn Book, January 2021. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2020. Junior Library Guild. Seventh-grader Tristan must return to Alke and enlist the help of African gods and black folktale heroes when Nana is abducted from the Strong family farm in Alabama.
Date Published:2020

Map on endpapers. "Rick Riordan Presents." Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, October 2020. Kirkus Starred, August 2020. Booklist, September 2020. Horn Book, January 2021. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2020. Junior Library Guild. Seventh-grader Tristan must return to Alke and enlist the help of African gods and black folktale heroes when Nana is abducted from the Strong family farm in Alabama.

Date Published:2020

The strangers

Haddix, Margaret Peterson,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, Junior Library Guild. Pub Weekly, February 2019. Booklist, February 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), April 2019. Kirkus Review, February 2019. Publishers Weekly. ALA Booklist. Bulletin(Center for Children's Books). Kirkus Reviews. Told from separate viewpoints, Chess, Emma, and Finn Greystone, ages twelve, ten, and eight, investigate why their mother went missing and uncover their ties to an alternate world.
Date Published:2019

Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, Junior Library Guild. Pub Weekly, February 2019. Booklist, February 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), April 2019. Kirkus Review, February 2019. Publishers Weekly. ALA Booklist. Bulletin(Center for Children's Books). Kirkus Reviews. Told from separate viewpoints, Chess, Emma, and Finn Greystone, ages twelve, ten, and eight, investigate why their mother went missing and uncover their ties to an alternate world.

Date Published:2019

The lion of Mars

Holm, Jennifer L.,


Junior Library Guild. "When a mysterious virus breaks out in the U.S. settlement on Mars, Bell and his friends must work together to save not just their home, but all the other international settlements on the planet"--Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2021

Slacker

Korman, Gordon,


School Library Journal, March 2016. Booklist, February 2016. Kirkus Review, February 2016. Publishers Weekly Annex, March 2016. School Library Journal. Booklist. Kirkus Review. Horn Book, October 2016. Resource Links, October 2016. Horn Book Guide, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Junior Library Guild. Teacher Librarian, April 2017. When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything is now the center of everything, whether he likes it or not.
Date Published:2016

School Library Journal, March 2016. Booklist, February 2016. Kirkus Review, February 2016. Publishers Weekly Annex, March 2016. School Library Journal. Booklist. Kirkus Review. Horn Book, October 2016. Resource Links, October 2016. Horn Book Guide, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Junior Library Guild. Teacher Librarian, April 2017. When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything is now the center of everything, whether he likes it or not.

Date Published:2016

Babymouse

Holm, Jennifer L.


Wilson's Children, October 2012. School Library Journal, October 2011. Horn Book, April 2012. Horn Book, November 2011. Babymouse approaches the holidays with a single-minded determination to get the presents she wants.
Date Published:2011

Babymouse.

Holm, Jennifer L.


Booklist, January 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. Booklist, January 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. Babymouse anticipates her dreams of being a race car driver coming true when she and her best friend Wilson enter the Race of the Century with hopes of making it to the winners' circle.
Date Published:2010

Amulet.

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal, January 2008. Book Links (A.L.A.), May 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), April 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2007. Kirkus Review, November 2007. Library Media Connection, February 2008. After moving to their ancestral home, Emily and Navin's mother is kidnapped by a tentacled creature in the basement that leads the children on a deadly chase into the magical world below their home.
Date Published:2008

Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal, January 2008. Book Links (A.L.A.), May 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), April 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2007. Kirkus Review, November 2007. Library Media Connection, February 2008. After moving to their ancestral home, Emily and Navin's mother is kidnapped by a tentacled creature in the basement that leads the children on a deadly chase into the magical world below their home.

Date Published:2008

Amulet.

Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-


School Library Journal, August 2014. Kirkus Review, July 2014. Navin and his friends travel to the city of Lucien searching for a beacon that will help in their battle against the Elf King. Meanwhile, Emily returns to the void with Max, a follower of the Elf King.
Date Published:2014

Zombies!

Jacobs, Evan,


Fourth-grader Leo, who enjoys telling outlandish stories, narrowly avoids getting beat up at recess by promising his tormentors that he could provide proof of zombies in his town. Leo heads out after dark and is shocked when he really is chased by zombies!
Date Published:2014

The playbook : 52 rules to aim, shoot, and score in this game called life /

Alexander, Kwame.


Publisher's Weekly, January 2017. Booklist, January 2017. Horn Book, October 2017. Kirkus Review, January 2017. Horn Book, March 2017. "Kwame Alexander shares poetry and inspiring lessons about the rules of life, as well as uplifting quotes from athletes such as Stephen Curry and Venus Williams and other exemplars like Sonia Sotomayor and Michelle Obama in this motivational and inspirational book just right for graduates of any age and anyone needing a little encouragement"--
Date Published:2017

Publisher's Weekly, January 2017. Booklist, January 2017. Horn Book, October 2017. Kirkus Review, January 2017. Horn Book, March 2017. "Kwame Alexander shares poetry and inspiring lessons about the rules of life, as well as uplifting quotes from athletes such as Stephen Curry and Venus Williams and other exemplars like Sonia Sotomayor and Michelle Obama in this motivational and inspirational book just right for graduates of any age and anyone needing a little encouragement"--

Date Published:2017

Children of Jubilee

Haddix, Margaret Peterson,


Junior Library Guild. Kiandra Watanaboneset reluctantly takes charge when she, her brothers Enu and Edwy, and some young friends are captured by Enforcers and sent to a prison on the planet Zacadi.
Date Published:2018

The secret sheriff of sixth grade

Sonnenblick, Jordan,


Junior Library Guild. Maverick Falconer is just starting middle school and he wishes he were a hero like his father because maybe then he could deal with his mother's drinking and series of abusive boyfriends, not to mention the kids who bully him in middle school (pretty much the same ones who bullied him in elementary school)--but as the year passes he begins to realize that other kids have problems too, and maybe if they can all survive sixth-grade things will get better.
Date Published:2017

Junior Library Guild. Maverick Falconer is just starting middle school and he wishes he were a hero like his father because maybe then he could deal with his mother's drinking and series of abusive boyfriends, not to mention the kids who bully him in middle school (pretty much the same ones who bullied him in elementary school)--but as the year passes he begins to realize that other kids have problems too, and maybe if they can all survive sixth-grade things will get better.

Date Published:2017

Operatic

Maclear, Kyo, 1970-,


Junior Library Guild. It's almost the end of middle school, and Charlie has to find her perfect song for a music class assignment. The class learns about a different style of music each day, from hip-hop to metal to disco, but it's hard for Charlie to concentrate when she can't stop noticing her classmate Emile, or wondering about Luka, who hasn't been to school in weeks. On top of everything, she has been talked into participating in an end-of-year performance with her best friends. Then, the class learns about opera, and Charlie discovers the music of Maria Callas. The more she learns about Maria's life, the more Charlie admires her passion for singing and her ability to express herself fully through her music. Can Charlie follow the example of the ultimate diva, Maria Callas, when it comes to her own life?
Date Published:2019

Junior Library Guild. It's almost the end of middle school, and Charlie has to find her perfect song for a music class assignment. The class learns about a different style of music each day, from hip-hop to metal to disco, but it's hard for Charlie to concentrate when she can't stop noticing her classmate Emile, or wondering about Luka, who hasn't been to school in weeks. On top of everything, she has been talked into participating in an end-of-year performance with her best friends. Then, the class learns about opera, and Charlie discovers the music of Maria Callas. The more she learns about Maria's life, the more Charlie admires her passion for singing and her ability to express herself fully through her music. Can Charlie follow the example of the ultimate diva, Maria Callas, when it comes to her own life?

Date Published:2019

On thin ice

Northrop, Michael,


School Library Journal, June 2019. Booklist, June 2019. Kirkus Review, June 2019. Library Media Connection, August 2019. Junior Library Guild. The way twelve-year-old Ked Eakins of Norton, Maine, sees it his life has been stolen from him, piece by piece; first by kyphosis, a spinal abnormality which has made him a social outcast at school and a target for the school bully, by his friends who have recently abandoned him, by his mother who left for the West Coast taking the insurance which might have saved him with her, and by his father who is a gambling addict who has lost the rent money--but Ked is a builder, and using the school's Maker Space he intends to build his life back, and maybe make a few real friends, and save his father while he is at it.
Date Published:2019

School Library Journal, June 2019. Booklist, June 2019. Kirkus Review, June 2019. Library Media Connection, August 2019. Junior Library Guild. The way twelve-year-old Ked Eakins of Norton, Maine, sees it his life has been stolen from him, piece by piece; first by kyphosis, a spinal abnormality which has made him a social outcast at school and a target for the school bully, by his friends who have recently abandoned him, by his mother who left for the West Coast taking the insurance which might have saved him with her, and by his father who is a gambling addict who has lost the rent money--but Ked is a builder, and using the school's Maker Space he intends to build his life back, and maybe make a few real friends, and save his father while he is at it.

Date Published:2019

Orphaned

Schrefer, Eliot, 1978-,


School Library Journal starred, October 2018. Kirkus Review, June 2018. Junior Library Guild. Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal Starred, Snub is a young female gorilla, somewhat jealous because her mother is occupied with a new baby, curious of the world around her, a world that is being reshaped by shaking ground and mountains that bleed fire, and most terrifyingly by a new form of predator that walks on two legs; when her mother is killed Snub finds herself in charge of her baby brother--and accompanied by one of the not-gorillas, a very young female who has been orphaned by the violence of her own kind.
Date Published:2018

School Library Journal starred, October 2018. Kirkus Review, June 2018. Junior Library Guild. Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal Starred, Snub is a young female gorilla, somewhat jealous because her mother is occupied with a new baby, curious of the world around her, a world that is being reshaped by shaking ground and mountains that bleed fire, and most terrifyingly by a new form of predator that walks on two legs; when her mother is killed Snub finds herself in charge of her baby brother--and accompanied by one of the not-gorillas, a very young female who has been orphaned by the violence of her own kind.

Date Published:2018

The Creature Department

Weston, Robert Paul.


School Library Journal, December 2013. Booklist, December 2013. Horn Book, April 2014. Kirkus Review, October 2013. Library Media Connection, May 2014. Booklist, December 01, 2013. Kirkus, October 15, 2013. Horn book guide, "Elliot Von Doppler and his friend Leslie think nothing ever happens in Bickleburgh, except inside the gleaming headquarters of DENKi-3000--the world's eighth-largest electronics factory. When Uncle Archie vanishes, it's up to Elliot, Leslie, and every one of the unusual 'employees' to create an invention so astonishing it will save the Creature Department"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2013

School Library Journal, December 2013. Booklist, December 2013. Horn Book, April 2014. Kirkus Review, October 2013. Library Media Connection, May 2014. Booklist, December 01, 2013. Kirkus, October 15, 2013. Horn book guide, "Elliot Von Doppler and his friend Leslie think nothing ever happens in Bickleburgh, except inside the gleaming headquarters of DENKi-3000--the world's eighth-largest electronics factory. When Uncle Archie vanishes, it's up to Elliot, Leslie, and every one of the unusual 'employees' to create an invention so astonishing it will save the Creature Department"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2013

Children of exile

Haddix, Margaret Peterson,


Junior Library Guild. School Library Journal, July 2016. Publisher's Weekly, July 2016. Booklist, June 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2016. Kirkus Review, July 2016. Library Media Connection, November 2016. Horn Book, April 2017. A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
Date Published:2016

Junior Library Guild. School Library Journal, July 2016. Publisher's Weekly, July 2016. Booklist, June 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2016. Kirkus Review, July 2016. Library Media Connection, November 2016. Horn Book, April 2017. A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.

Date Published:2016

Falling over sideways

Sonnenblick, Jordan,


Booklist starred, June 2016. Pub Weekly, July 2016. Kirkus Starred, June 2016. Horn Book, September 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2016. Teacher Librarian, October 2016. Junior Library Guild. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Harassed at her middle school, not taken seriously at home, and with a "perfect" older brother, Matthew, to live up to, thirteen-year-old Claire has always felt like her life was cursed--then one morning, when she are her beloved father are talking at breakfast, her father suddenly falls over with a stroke, and suddenly everything changes.
Date Published:2016

Booklist starred, June 2016. Pub Weekly, July 2016. Kirkus Starred, June 2016. Horn Book, September 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2016. Teacher Librarian, October 2016. Junior Library Guild. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Harassed at her middle school, not taken seriously at home, and with a "perfect" older brother, Matthew, to live up to, thirteen-year-old Claire has always felt like her life was cursed--then one morning, when she are her beloved father are talking at breakfast, her father suddenly falls over with a stroke, and suddenly everything changes.

Date Published:2016