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Small Spaces
2018
Finding solace in books in the wake of a tragic loss, 11-year-old Ollie rescues a book from being destroyed and discovers within its pages the chilling story of a girl who made a fateful bargain with a sinister specter.
Lexile level
HL570
Watch Hollow
2019
Journeying to an isolated small town to help their father repair a mysterious cuckoo clock in a once-grand manor, Lucy and Oliver discover the magic within the house, and the animal guardians charged with protecting it, are in dire need of help.
Greystone Secrets: The Strangers
2019
Receiving reports that three children with their names and birthdates have been kidnapped, three siblings investigate complex codes, hidden rooms and a dangerous secret that turns their lives upside down.
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Sal & Gabi Break the Universe
2019
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.
The Season of Styx Malone
2018
Longing for summertime adventures outside of their small Indiana community, two boys are enthralled by a cool newcomer who enlists their help in a series of escalating trade cons that rapidly put them in over their heads.
Lexile level
510
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To Night Owl from Dogfish
2019
A tale of friendship and family, told entirely in emails and letters, follows the experiences of two 12-year-old girls-- one bookish and fearful, the other fearless and adventuresome-- who are sent to camp to bond when their fathers fall in love.
Lexile level
770
Classics and modern classics
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
1990
Accused and convicted of murder, 13-year-old Charlotte Doyle decides to reveal what really happened aboard the Seahawk-- a ship piloted by a tyrannical captain and crewed by mutinous seamen-- during the summer of 1832.
Lexile level
740
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
2009
Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon on a quest to bring life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.
Lexile level
810
The Wednesday Wars
2007
On Wednesday afternoons during the 1967 school year, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker’s classroom where he reads the plays of William Shakespeare and finds himself in mishaps and adventures.
Lexile level
990
The Egypt Game
1976
Six children are thrust from the make-believe world of Egyptian pharaohs when their trusted oracle foresees the appearance of a murderer.
Lexile level
1010
The Thief
1996
Eugenides can steal anything-- or so he says. When his boasting lands him in prison and the king's magus invites him on a quest to steal a legendary object, he's in no position to refuse. The magus thinks he has the right tool for the job, but Gen has plans of his own.
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Nonfiction
Astronaut, Aquanaut
2018
J 629.45 SWA
Learn what it takes to explore the extremes as you journey from the deepest ocean trenches to the farthest humans have ventured into space.
Lexile level
960
Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice
2018
J 303.484 CHA
This book profiles 35 political activists, social reformers and prominent leaders of revolutionary movements, including Joan of Arc, Frederick Douglass, Sitting Bull, Nelson Mandela, Rachel Carson, Harvey Milk and Janet Mock.
This Promise of Change
2019
J 323.092 BOY
Read the firsthand experiences of Jo Ann Allen who, in 1956, was one of 12 African American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee.
Thrilling Thieves: Liars, Cheats, and Cons Who Changed History
2018
J 920.02 DUM
Dramatic portraits of some of history's most clever anti-heroes reveal how such famous notables as Elizabeth I, Napoleon and Thomas Edison used guile, deceit, trickery and even theft to acquire wealth and power, changing history along the way.
Lexile level
1020
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Morgan H
I work in Youth Services and read books of all kinds, but I particularly love those that make me laugh, cry or go back in time. When I'm not working my way through all the teetering stacks of books in my house, I enjoy taking long walks with my dog, binge-watching TV shows and finding new ways to combine carbs and cheese.
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