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• Simon Sort of Says

  Bow, Erin

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  After his family moves to a town with massive telescopes and no internet, Simon makes new friends and begins to heal from tragedy.

• The Night War

  Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

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  In 1942, Miriam must hide her Jewish identity and live among nuns, but she finds real purpose in helping other Jews escape through an ancient chateau.

• Westfallen

  Brashares, Ann

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  Three tweens in 2023 communicate by radio with three tweens in the same house, but in 1944. When the 2023 kids reveal the outcome of World War II to the 1944 kids, they wake up to find they live in Nazi America.

• Plain Jane and the Mermaid

  Brosgol, Vera

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  Determined not to wed her nasty cousin and to live independently, Jane proposes marriage to handsome Peter, who is promptly kidnapped by a mermaid. Can Jane save him? GN

• The Mystery of Locked Rooms

  Currie, Lindsay

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  Best friends Sarah, Hannah, and West love puzzles and escape rooms, so when they learn of an escape room no one has solved with a huge prize that would help Sarah save her house, how can they resist?

• The Shape of Lost Things

  Everett, Sarah

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  Four years after their dad kidnapped her brother Finn, Skye’s world is turned upside down when he returns to live with her and her mom. But Skye is not so sure he is really her brother.

• And Then, Boom!

  Fipps, Lisa

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  Joseph and his grandma face poverty and life’s hardships together, but when she gets sick, he finds he needs more help than he realizes.

• Lifeboat 5

  Hood, Susan, 1954-

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  Before they set sail to Canada to escape World War II in Britain, Bess and Beth had never met. After the Nazis sank their ship, they saved each other’s life hanging on to a lifeboat.

• How It All Ends

  Hunsinger, Emma

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  Tara was looking forward to eighth grade, but when she’s enrolled in ninth grade, she faces a new and terrifying reality she doesn’t think she can adapt to – until she does, with the help of her new friend Libby. GN

• Dinner at the Brake Fast

  Lute, Renee Beauregard

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  Tacoma Jones and her parents run the Brake Fast Truck Stop, where she longs to cook something other than breakfast. To help her dad deal with his depression, she and her new friend Denver trek around the state to find ingredients for the perfect…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bye Forever, I Guess

  Meadows, Jodi

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  Ingrid’s online personality is more popular than she is, it seems, but when she responds to a misdirected text, she finds someone she wants to know in real life.

• One Wrong Step

  Nielsen, Jennifer A.

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  During an expedition to summit Mt. Everest, Atlas sees an avalanche near where his father was climbing, so he sets out to rescue him himself.

• The House on Yeet Street

  Norton, Preston, 1985-

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  Four boys’ friendship is tested by a haunted house, ghosts, an old curse, and a secret crush.

• The Wrong Way Home

  O'Shaughnessy, Kate

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  Fern’s secure life changes forever when her mom sneaks the two of them out of their community for a town on the West Coast where they are free to live their lives by their choices for the first time.

• The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

  Pla, Sally J.

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  Maudie’s summer with her dad is changed forever when his house burns down and they move to the coast, where she learns to surf and to face the secret about her stepfather her mom made her promise not to tell.

• World Made of Glass

  Polonsky, Ami

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  As her dad is dying of a virus no one wants to talk about, Iris wonders how she will move forward when he is gone.

• The Last Dragon on Mars

  Reintgen, Scott

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  Lunar Jones is as surprised as anyone when the last dragon on Mars chooses him to be its only rider and save the Martian colony.

• How to Stay Invisible

  Rudd, Maggie

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  After his unreliable parents abandon him, Raymond hides his situation from everyone at school, trying to live in the wilderness while still completing his homework. How long can he keep his secret?

• Kareem Between

  Safadi, Shifa Saltagi

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  Seventh grade is hard for Kareem, as he navigates between the demands of the school bully, helping the new Syrian refugee at school, and facing his mom’s absence when she may not be allowed to return from Syria herself.

• The Labors of Hercules Beal

  Schmidt, Gary D.

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  Grieving his parents along with his older brother, Hercules moves through life in a daze until his sixth-grade teacher assigns the class projects in mythology, and Hercules must complete the twelve labors of Hercules himself.