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• The Thing About Jellyfish

  Benjamin, Ali

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  Twelve-year-old Suzy Swanson wades through her intense grief over the loss of her best friend by investigating the rare jellyfish she is convinced was responsible for her friend's death.

• Dough Boys

  Chase, Paula,

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  Told in two voices, 13-year-old best friends Simp and Rollie play on a basketball team in their housing project, but Rollie dreams of being a drummer, and Simp to impress the gang leader, Coach Tez.

• Falling Short

  Cisneros, Ernesto,

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  Best friends Isaac and Marco face various challenges in sixth grade, such as Isaac getting better grades, Marco winning a spot on the basketball team and both seeing their efforts make a change in their respective family lives. They hope their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Artemis Fowl

  Colfer, Eoin

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  When a 12-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology and a particularly nasty troll.

• Maybe He Just Likes You

  Dee, Barbara,

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  When boys in her class start touching seventh-grader Mila and making her feel uncomfortable, she does not want to tell her friends or mother until she reaches her breaking point.

• The Isle of the Lost

  a Descendants Novel

  De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971-

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  Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost, the teenaged children of Disney's most evil villains search for a dragon's eye – the key to true darkness and the villains' only hope of escape.

• Unsettled

  Faruqi, Reem,

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  Nurah’s family moves from Pakistan to a small town in Georgia. While finding it hard to fit in with her new classmates, Nurah tries out for the swim team and makes a friend. Then, when Owais, Nurah’s older brother, is the target of a serious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• TBH, This Is SO Awkward

  a Novel in Text

  Greenwald, Lisa,

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  Told entirely in text messages, emails, and notes, best friends Prianka, Gabby and Cecily find their friendship tested by busily planning a spring fair, bullying and boys.

• Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation

  Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-

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  The CIA forces 12-year-old Charlotte "Charlie" Thorne, a rebellious genius, to use her code-breaking skills on an epic global chase to locate Einstein's last equation before dangerous agents discover it and unlock the solution to harnessing energy.

• Eventown

  Haydu, Corey Ann,

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  To Elodee, 11, things seem a little too perfect in Eventown when she moves there with her parents and identical twin, Naomi, especially since forgetting the past is so highly valued.

• Sal and Gabi Break the Universe

  Hernandez, Carlos Alberto Pablo, 1971-

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  In order to heal after his mother’s death, 13-year-old Sal learns to reach into time and space to retrieve things – and people – from other universes.

• Wonder

  Palacio, R. J.

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  Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Westing Game

  Raskin, Ellen,

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  The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.

• The Miraculous

  Redman, Jess, 1986-

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  After losing his faith in miracles following the death of his newborn sister, 11-year-old Wunder Ellis meets a mysterious old woman who needs his help to reconnect the living and the dead, bringing himself and his town face-to-face with miracles.

• Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

  the Sword of Summer

  Riordan, Rick

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  Magnus Chase, a homeless teenager, has just learned an impossible secret: he is the son of a Norse god. Now he must search for a weapon that will save the world or herald its doom. There's just one little catch: to succeed, he first must die.

• The Explorer

  Rundell, Katherine,

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  Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive for days until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Omar Rising

  Saeed, Aisha,

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  Omar must contend with being treated like a second-class citizen when he gets a scholarship to an elite boarding school.

• To Night Owl From Dogfish

  Sloan, Holly Goldberg, 1958-

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  Unhappy about being sent to the same summer camp after their fathers start dating, Bett and Avery, two 11-year-old girls, eventually begin scheming to get the couple back together after a breakup. This story is told entirely through letters, emails…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When You Reach Me

  Stead, Rebecca

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  As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show "The $20,000 Pyramid," a 12-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Malamander

  Taylor, Thomas, 1973-

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  A quirky, creepy fantasy set in Eerie-on-Sea finds a colorful cast of characters in hot pursuit of a sea monster thought to convey a surprising gift.