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In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
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Back to School - Tween
Black History Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
Texas Bluebonnet List 2023-24
Black History Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
Texas Bluebonnet List 2023-24
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"Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts. Despite her excitement, Ella discovers that being the first isn't easy--some Marvellers mistrust her magic. Eventually, she finds friends in elixirs teacher, Masterji Thakur, and fellow misfits Brigit and Jason. When a dangerous criminal escapes prison, supposedly...
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2022 - Children
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
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Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
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"A girl named Petra Pena, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person...
4) Linked
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2022 - Children
Jewish American Heritage - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 3-5 2022
Jewish American Heritage - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 3-5 2022
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"Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing? Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's...
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"Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not. Bugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake... no thanks. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates being in the water-it's terrifying. But her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of segregation...
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Black History Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2022 (Gr. 6-8)
Summer Reading List ALSC 2021 (Gr. 6-8)
Texas Bluebonnet List 2022-23
Lone Star List 2022 (Gr. 6-8)
Summer Reading List ALSC 2021 (Gr. 6-8)
Texas Bluebonnet List 2022-23
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Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
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Skandar volume 1
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2022.
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Thirteen-year-old Skandar Smith has always wanted to be a Unicorn rider, but when the mysterious Weaver steals the most powerful unicorn in the world, Skandar must face sky battles, ancient secrets, and bloodthirsty unicorns in order to save his island.
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Back to School - Tween
Día Booklist (Grades 3-5)
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
Día Booklist (Grades 3-5)
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
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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 friendship and support for one another will be enough to help them from falling short.
10) Flip the script
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"As an avid watcher of K-dramas, Hana knows all the tropes to avoid when she finally lands a starring role in a buzzy new drama. And she can totally handle her fake co-star boyfriend, heartthrob Bryan Yoon, who might be falling in love with her. After all, she promised the TV producers a contract romance, and that's all they're going to get from her. But when showrunners bring on a new lead actress to challenge Hana's role as main love interest--and...
11) City of thieves
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Battle dragons volume 1
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To protect his friends and family, Abel must figure out what is worth fighting for when he partners with a stolen dragon, an action that has him riding in kin battles and keeping more secrets than a dragon has scales.
12) Hummingbird
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Children
Disability Pride Month - Tweens
Homeschool Resources
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
Disability Pride Month - Tweens
Homeschool Resources
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
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"When twelve-year-old Olive, who suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life, finally attends school in person she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy, but if she can find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby, and prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted"--
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Young Adults
Jewish American Heritage - Young Adults
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
Jewish American Heritage - Young Adults
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
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"Hoodie Rosen's life isn't that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to the quiet, mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron, but Hoodie's world hasn't changed that much. He's got basketball to play, studies to avoid, and a supermarket full of delicious kosher snacks to eat. The people of Tregaron aren't happy that so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once, but that's not Hoodie's problem. That is, until he meets...
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"Myra has a gift many would kidnap, blackmail, and worse to control: she's a portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies. Guarding that secret is the only way to keep her younger sister safe now that their parents are gone. But one frigid night, the governor's wife discovers the truth and threatens to expose Myra if she does not complete a special portrait that would resurrect the governor's dead son. Once she arrives at the legendary stone...
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Back to School - Tween
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
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Back to School - Tween
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
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"Mallory Moss knows the rules of middle school. The most important one? You have to fit in to survive. But then Jennifer Chan moves in across the street, and that rule doesn't seem to apply. Jennifer doesn't care about the laws of middle school ... Then Jennifer goes missing. Using clues from Jennifer's journals, Mallory goes searching. But the closer she gets, the more Mallory has to confront why Jennifer might have run ... and face the truth within...
16) Tumble
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Children
Día Booklist (Grades 3-5)
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
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Día Booklist (Grades 3-5)
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
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Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramírez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
17) The Clackity
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Blight Harbor volume 1
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To rescue her aunt from the ghost of a serial killer, twelve-year-old Evie Von Rathe embarks on a journey into a strange world filled with hungry witches, ghosts, and a story thief, all while trying to fulfill her deal with the Clackity.
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Thieves of shadow volume 1
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2021.
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"Callan and four other young criminals are recruited to pull off a difficult heist from the city's most powerful sorcerer"--
19) Concealed
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"Katrina doesn't know any of the details about her past, but she does know that she and her parents are part of the Witness Protection Program. Whenever her parents say they have to move on and start over, she takes on a new identity. A new name, a new hair color, a new story. Until their location leaks and her parents disappear. Forced to embark on a dangerous rescue mission, Katrina and her new friend Parker set out to save her parents--and find...
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Children
Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
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Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Lone Star List 2023 (Gr. 6-8)
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Twelve-year-old Iveliz is trying to manage her mental health and advocate for the help and understanding she deserves, but in the meantime her new friend calls her crazy and her abuela Mimi dismisses the therapy and medicine Iveliz needs to feel like herself.
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