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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

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

Unplugged

Korman, Gordon.


School Library Journal, December 2020. Booklist starred, December 2020. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2020. Kirkus Review, November 2020. Library Media Connection, March 2021. Relates, in multiple voices, the adventures of a group of youngsters at an electronics-free wellness camp where wealthy, spoiled Jett, leads other campers in trying to stop a criminal.
Date Published:2021

Prisoner of ice and snow

Lauren, Ruth,


Junior Library Guild. When Valor is arrested, she couldn't be happier. Her sister Sasha is already serving a life sentence for stealing from the royal family, and Valor is going to help her escape---from the inside.
Date Published:2017

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

One dead spy : the life, times, and last words of Nathan Hale, America's most famous spy /

Hale, Nathan, 1976-


Booklist, August 2012. Horn Book, September 2012. Choice, April 2013. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2012. Kirkus Review, July 2012. Kirkus, July 01, 2012. Booklist, August 01, 2012. Horn book guide starred, Horn Book Guide, Horn Book, April 2013. Retells, in graphic novel format, the history of the author's namesake, an officer and spy for the American rebels during the Revolutionary War, revealing facts about Nathan Hale's earlier days at Yale and his unlucky experiences as an military officer.
Date Published:2012

Booklist, August 2012. Horn Book, September 2012. Choice, April 2013. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2012. Kirkus Review, July 2012. Kirkus, July 01, 2012. Booklist, August 01, 2012. Horn book guide starred, Horn Book Guide, Horn Book, April 2013. Retells, in graphic novel format, the history of the author's namesake, an officer and spy for the American rebels during the Revolutionary War, revealing facts about Nathan Hale's earlier days at Yale and his unlucky experiences as an military officer.

Date Published:2012

Trailblazer

Aslan, Austin,


School Library Journal, December 2018. Booklist, December 2018. Kirkus Review, October 2018. School Library Journal. Booklist. Kirkus Review. Junior Library Guild. "... twelve-year-old Mace Blazer gets the chance to pilot a state-of-the-art vehicle that transforms at the touch of a button from race car to jet plane to single-person sub, in the biggest race in the world"--Amazon.
Date Published:2019

Day of doom

Baldacci, David.


ALA Booklist. Kirkus Reviews. School Library Journal. Horn Book. Horn Book, November 2013. Horn book guide, When siblings Amy and Dan Cahill deliver the last ransom to the Vesper kidnappers, they discover Vesper One's terrifying endgame, and find themselves in an all-out sprint to thwart the end of the world.
Date Published:2013

Sisters

Telgemeier, Raina.


Companion to: Smile. School Library Journal starred, July 2014. Booklist starred, June 2014. Horn Book Starred, November 2014. Pub Weekly, May 2014. Kirkus Starred, June 2014. New York Times, August 2014. Horn Book, April 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2014. Library Media Connection, January 2015. In graphic novel format, Raina Telgemeier shares the story of her relationship with her younger sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado.
Date Published:2014

Companion to: Smile. School Library Journal starred, July 2014. Booklist starred, June 2014. Horn Book Starred, November 2014. Pub Weekly, May 2014. Kirkus Starred, June 2014. New York Times, August 2014. Horn Book, April 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2014. Library Media Connection, January 2015. In graphic novel format, Raina Telgemeier shares the story of her relationship with her younger sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado.

Date Published:2014

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

Polaris

Northrop, Michael,


Junior Library Guild. A crew of children must pilot a ship across unfamiliar seas while a strange creature lurks belowdecks.
Date Published:2017

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

Wishtree

Applegate, Katherine.


School Library Journal starred, June 2017. Booklist starred, July 2017. Pub Weekly, July 2017. Kirkus Starred, August 2017. Horn Book, April 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July 2017. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2017. An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.
Date Published:2017

School Library Journal starred, June 2017. Booklist starred, July 2017. Pub Weekly, July 2017. Kirkus Starred, August 2017. Horn Book, April 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July 2017. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2017. An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.

Date Published:2017

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

4. Días de perros

Kinney, Jeff,


Translation of: Dog days. In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
Date Published:2022

Into the gauntlet

Haddix, Margaret Peterson.


Wilson's Children, September 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011. Horn Book, May 2011. Horn Book Guide, Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet -- a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world, can two kids succeed where 500 years worth of famous ancestors failed?
Date Published:2010

Wilson's Children, September 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011. Horn Book, May 2011. Horn Book Guide, Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet -- a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world, can two kids succeed where 500 years worth of famous ancestors failed?

Date Published:2010

How to outfox your friends when you don't have a clue

Keating, Jess.


Kirkus Starred, August 2015. Kirkus Review, As her thirteenth birthday nears, Ana is very happily making a behind-the-scenes documentary at the zoo her parents run and delighted that her best friend, Liv, is visiting from New Zealand, but things start to fall apart when she brings her old and new friends together.
Date Published:2015

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

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

Spy ski school

Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-


School Library Journal, February 2017. Horn Book, April 2017. Kirkus Review, July 2016. Twelve-year-old Ben's unexpected success outside the classroom causes the CIA to activate him for a mission to become friends with Jessica Shang, daughter of a suspected Chinese crime boss.
Date Published:2016