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J NOVEL GUERRERO
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J NOVEL GUERRERO
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Banished from her abusive home for a summer with her estranged grandmother in Barcelona, twelve-year-old Alba feels hope and love while exploring a newly discovered passion for bread baking.
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"Speed and self-confidence, that's Astrid's motto. Nicknamed "the little thunderbolt," she loves to spend her days racing down the hillside on her skis or sled, singing merrily as she goes, and drinking hot chocolate made from real chocolate bars with her grumpy best friend and godfather, Gunnvald. She just wishes there were other children to share in her hair-raising adventures. But her world is about to be turned upside down, first by the arrival...
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J NOVEL KING
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J NOVEL KING
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J LARGE TYPE KING
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J LARGE TYPE KING
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When sixth-grader Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic are blacked out he is outraged, so he, his friends, and his eccentric family set out to do something about the censorship imposed by one teacher and the school board.
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Creepy tales! volume 3
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"When Jasper Rabbit finds a purple crayon willing to do his schoolwork for him, he is elated--at first"--
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J NOVEL FIRESTONE
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J NOVEL FIRESTONE
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"When Mary Kate Murphy joins a special science pilot program focused on climate change, the class opens her eyes to lots of things she never noticed before about her small suburban town- Kids waste tons of food at school without a second thought. Parents leave their cars running in the pick-up lane all the time. People buy lots of clothes they don't really need. Some of her friends who live in the city and are bused to her school don't always feel...
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Garlic volume 1
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Bluestem Award
J GN PAULSEN GARLIC 1
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J GN PAULSEN GARLIC 1
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Garlic must believe in herself to confront a bloodthirsty vampire who has moved into a nearby castle, in this humorous and heartwarming story that reminds readers that strangers are not always as scary as they seem.
7) Gibberish
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Monarch Award
PICTURE PEOPLE FRIENDS VO
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PICTURE PEOPLE FRIENDS VO
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When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sound like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.
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Mallory is still adapting to life in her new town of Eastport when she is haunted by a reoccurring nightmare, leading her to investigate the legend of Sweet Molly.
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J NOVEL LIU
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J NOVEL LIU
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In a near future where most adults are connected to the multiweb through neural implants, a twelve-year-old uncovers a corporate plot to genetically manipulate her classmates, and her scientist mother may be involved in the conspiracy.
10) I am a baby
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PICTURE ME I'M A BABY SHEA
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PICTURE ME I'M A BABY SHEA
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"With humor and sympathy, Bob Shea looks at the chaos of life with a baby as amiably narrated by the new arrival. Repeating the mantra (and blithe explanation) "because I am a baby," the tiny narrator leads us through scenes of exhaustion, grumpiness, squishy diapers, spilled milk, cowering kittens, and chubby overfed pups (oopsie!). Playing against the simple, matter-of-fact text are freewheeling illustrations of mess and mayhem, in which the grown-ups'...
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Tales from the multiverse volume 1
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J NOVEL RUBIN
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J NOVEL RUBIN
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"A collection of six short stories in a variety of genres and settings, all featuring ice cream"--
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J NOVEL KELLER
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J NOVEL KELLER
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Mallory Moss knows the rules of middle school: Wear the right clothes, say the right things, know your place. But when Jennifer Chan moves in across the street, the rules no longer seem to apply. Jennifer doesn't care about the laws of middle school, or the laws of the universe for that matter. She believes in aliens - and she thinks she can find them. Then Jennifer goes missing. The adults say she ran away, but Mallory isn't so sure. Using clues...
13) John's turn
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PICTURE PLAY DANCE BARNETT
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PICTURE PLAY DANCE BARNETT
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"Every Friday, in the cafeteria, one of the kids gets up in front of the whole school and does something. A performance. Today it's John's turn."--Front jacket flap.
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PICTURE ME SELF ESTEEM TEAGUE
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PICTURE ME SELF ESTEEM TEAGUE
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Junior may not be as big or strong as his famous cousin Kong, but when his beloved cat gets stuck in a tree, Junior conquers his fear of heights and saves the day.
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J NOVEL WARGA
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J NOVEL WARGA
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J NOVEL WARGA
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J NOVEL WARGA
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J CD NOVEL WARGA
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J CD NOVEL WARGA
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"A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed. Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. At first, everything in America...
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J NOVEL HADDIX
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J NOVEL HADDIX
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Follows fifth grader Max as he searches for his best friend who disappeared, leaving behind a strange note.
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Bluestem Award
J NOVEL BALCARCEL
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J NOVEL BALCARCEL
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - Bluestem Award
J CD NOVEL BALCARCEL
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J CD NOVEL BALCARCEL
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Eleven-year-old injured soccer player Luz has a hard enough time reframing her identity as a computer programmer, but when her Guatemalan half-sister moves in, she learns what it truly means to start over. Includes author's note.
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J NOVEL SUMMER
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J NOVEL SUMMER
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Twelve-year-old June is kicking summer off with a bang. She shaves her head and sets two goals: she will beat her anxiety and be the lion she knows she can be, instead of the mouse everyone sees. And she and her single mama will own their power as fierce, independent females. With the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-reciting soccer star who believes in June even when she doesn't believe in herself, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a...
19) Swim team
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"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help"--
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J NOVEL SCHREMPP
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J NOVEL SCHREMPP
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"Dust Bowl refugee Gloria Mae Willard finds herself uprooted and working on a California peach orchard, where she tries to join the secret, all-boys baseball team that she's desperate to play on"--