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Fiction
The Fowl Twins
2019
Eleven-year-old twins Myles and Beckett Fowl enjoy adventure and mayhem while helping a troll escape nefarious forces that want his magic.
Allies
2019
Racing toward the French coast with his World War II brothers-in-arms, a terrified American soldier participates in the top-secret D-Day operation, while a young French spy works to sabotage German occupiers and a paratrooper orchestrates a daring midnight raid.
Notorious
2020
Moving to an unfamiliar island split between the United States and Canada, Keenan learns about the island’s Prohibition-era smuggling history from an unconventional neighbor who believes her dog has been murdered.
From the Desk of Zoe Washington
2020
Receiving an unexpected letter on her 12th birthday from the incarcerated father she has never met, a courageous young baker prepares for a cooking show competition while scrambling to determine her father's innocence.
The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane
2019
Twelve-year-old Emmy investigates the connection between her father's disappearance and a secret society at her prestigious English boarding school.
Mananaland
2020
Twelve-year-old Max, who loves the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow, sets out on a dangerous quest to discover if he is true of heart and what the future holds.
Clean Getaway
2020
An 11-year-old boy confronts the realities of race relations, past and present, and his unconventional grandmother's mysterious agenda during an unplanned spring break road trip through the once-segregated American South.
Other Words for Home
2019
Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises.
Lexile level
930
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Graphic novels
White Bird
2019
This graphic novel traces the heartrending story of a grandmother, who as a Jewish girl was hidden by a brave, compassionate family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II.
The Okay Witch
2019
When 13-year-old Moth Hush learns she comes from a long line of witches, she unlocks a hidden witch world where secrets from generations past unravel and the heart of her town and her family are threatened.
Nonfiction
Free Lunch
2019
A sixth grader from an economically disadvantaged family struggles in a new school where he is forced to endure humiliation over his secondhand clothing and public daily requests for his school's free lunch program.
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Meredith R
I work in youth services, and love books that pack an emotional punch, coming-of-age stories and graphic novels. If I'm not at the library or reading with my spoiled cat, I'm probably out hiking— preferably someplace with pine trees and mountains— with a very large Thermos of coffee in tow.
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