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• Zombie Baseball Beatdown

  Bacigalupi, Paolo

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  While practicing for their next baseball game, thirteen-year-old friends Rabi, Miguel, and Joe discover that the nefarious activities of the Delbe, Iowa, meatpacking plant have caused cows to turn into zombies.

• The War That Saved My Life

  Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

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  A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.

• The Wild Robot

  Brown, Peter, 1979-

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  Alone on a remote island, robot Roz's only hope for survival is to learn from the island's hostile animal inhabitants. Brown's heartwarming middle-grade debut raises thought-provoking questions about the environment, the role technology plays in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• See You in the Cosmos

  Cheng, Jack

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  Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski, along with his dog, Carl Sagan, makes big discoveries about his family on a road trip and he records it all on a golden iPod he intends to launch into space.

• The Mighty Miss Malone

  Curtis, Christopher Paul

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  With love and determination befitting the world's greatest family, twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan during the Great Depression.

• Raymie Nightingale

  DiCamillo, Kate

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  Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur.

• Wink

  Rob, Harrell

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  After being diagnosed with a rare eye cancer, twelve-year-old Ross discovers how music, art, and true friends can help him survive both treatment and middle school.

• Playing the Cards You're Dealt

  Johnson, Varian

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  Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he's finally old enough to play in the spades tournament every Joplin Man before him seems to have won. So while Ant's friends are stressing about fifth grade homework and girls,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• From the Desk of Zoe Washington

  Marks, Janae

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  Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime.

• The Graveyard Book

  Gaiman, Neil

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  Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place - he's the only living resident of a graveyard.

• The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher

  Levy, Dana Alison

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  This seriously funny, modern family adventure follows a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they make their way through a school year, kindergarten through sixth grade, and deal with a grumpy new neighbor.

• A Snicker of Magic

  Lloyd, Natalie

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  The Pickles are new to Midnight Gulch, Tennessee, a town which legend says was once magic--but Felicity is convinced the magic is still there, and with the help of her new friend Jonah the Beedle she hopes to bring the magic back.

• Wonder

  Palacio, R. J.

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  August Auggie Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream schooluntil now. Hes about to enter fifth grade at Beecher Prep, and if youve ever been the new kid, then you know how hard that can be.

• As Brave as You

  Reynolds, Jason

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  When Genie and his older brother spend their summer in the country with their grandparents, he learns a secret about his grandfather and what it means to be brave.

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  Rowling, J. K.,

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  Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were

• Echo

  a Novel

  Ryan, Pam Muñoz,

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  Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof

  Schmidt, Annie M. G.

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  Shy reporter Mr. Tibble is close to losing his job because he only writes about cats. But when an act of kindness brings him into contact with the unusual Miss Minou, his luck suddenly begins to change. Minou provides Tibble with juicy news.

• The Bad Beginning

  A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1.

  Snicket, Lemony

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  After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.