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• I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919

  Ball, Georgia,

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  When the massive metal tank filled with sticky brown molasses that rises up over her crowded North End neighborhood explodes, young Carmen must fight for her life, as a tsunami of molasses rushes through the streets.

• Cat on the Run in Cucumber Madness!

  Blabey, Aaron,

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  Plunged into a diabolical mystery, Princess Beautiful, the World's #1 Cat Video Star, finds herself in a world where trending isn't a thing (OMG), danger is everywhere and cucumbers are no laughing matter.

• Agents of S.U.I.T. From Badger to Worse

  Green, John Patrick, 1975-

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  When S.U.I.T. realizes just how much money the Badgers waste with their gadgets and spy vehicles and custom plush toys, they're sent to Bora Bora to investigate a case...the old-fashioned way. The bees that's bee-ee-ee, like the insect…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Big Nate. Remain Calm!

  Peirce, Lincoln,

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  Middle school can be a hot mess--especially for sixth-grader Nate Wright. Whether he's bluffing his way through an oral report about...umm...some random war, peer-reviewing a classmate's story about cats, or writing a book report on a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bad Kitty Makes a Movie

  Bruel, Nick,

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  When Uncle Murray accidentally uploads a video of Kitty to Viewtube, it goes VIRAL, and Kitty becomes a STAR...kind of.

• Above the Trenches

  Hale, Nathan, 1976-

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  The first American pilots to fight in World War I flew for the French military. France created a squadron of volunteer Americans called the Lafayette Escadrille (named after the great Marquis de Lafayette). Follow this squadron on their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bea Wolf

  Weinersmith, Zach, 1982-

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  Hear a tale of mallow-munchers and warriors who answer candy's clarion call! Somewhere in a generic suburb stands Treeheart, a kid-forged sanctuary where generations of tireless tykes have spent their youths making merry, spilling soda,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Atana and the Firebird Vol.1

  Zhou, Vivian,

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  When Ren, a rare firebird, crashes into her life, mermaid Atana, determined to protect Ren, embarks on an adventure that takes them to strange new islands and entangles them with the powerful Witch Queen, who holds the key to Atana's past.

• Button Pusher

  Page, Tyler, 1976-

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  Tyler's brain is different. Unlike his friends, he has a hard time paying attention in class. He acts out in goofy, over-the-top ways. Sometimes, he even does dangerous things--like cut up a bus seat with a pocketknife or hang out of an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cat Kid Comic Club

  Collaborations

  Pilkey, Dav, 1966-

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  Excitement and imagination run wild as Naomi, Melvin, Poppy, Gilbert, Curly, and their siblings get back to making comics with originality and laughter. But wait--have they cleaned their rooms yet?! After their chores, the rambunctious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Absolutely Nat

  Scrivan, Maria,

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  Natalie has just arrived at summer camp and soon realizes it isn't anything like the brochure. Instead of spending the summer with her best friends, Zoe and Flo, Natalie is stuck with her ex-BFF, Lily, and someone even more annoying than…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Albert Einstein

  Genius of Space and Time!

  Shulman, Mark, 1962-

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  By any measure, Albert Einstein changed the ways we understand--and measure--space and time. At first his ideas were ridiculed, but soon they were idolized. Prior to World War II, Einstein was a celebrated figure in Germany, but when the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Once Upon a Space-time!

  Brown, Jeffrey, 1975-

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  Jide and Petra are just two normal kids until they are selected to leave Earth and join their new alien classmates on an intergalactic research mission to Mars. Too bad Jide has no idea how she ended up in the program, seeing as the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Stars Are Scattered

  Jamieson, Victoria,

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  Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Doodleville

  Sell, Chad,

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  Drew, whose animated doodles rarely stay on the page of her sketchbook, must rein them in while on a trip to the Art Institute of Chicago.

• The Worst Book Ever

  Gravel, Elise,

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  Don't take the title as a metaphor: it really is the worst book ever. Governor General Literary Award winning children's book author and illustrator Elise Gravel takes readers on an unexpected journey through the world's most boring book.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Operatic

  Maclear, Kyo, 1970-

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  About to graduate from middle school, Charlie is preoccupied with a crush, Emile, and the absence of Luka, a boy in her class, who has not come to school in days. In Mr. P's music class, she hears the songs of opera singer Maria Callas and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pilu of the Woods

  Nguyen, Mai K.,

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  Willow, who has been struggling with her emotions since her mother's death, runs away into the woods and meets Pilu, a lost tree spirit who cannot find her way back home.

• White Bird

  a Wonder Story

  Palacio, R. J.

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  Tells the story of Julian's Grandmére's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend.

• The Okay Witch

  Steinkellner, Emma,

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  Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things witchy. But she's about to discover that witches aren't just the stuff of movies, books, and spooky stories. When some eighth-grade bullies try to ruin her Halloween, something really strange…Read moreRead more of this annotation