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• J Vs. K

  Alexander, Kwame,

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  To win the school’s storytelling contest, two ten-year-olds consider joining forces to form an unbeatable team.

• Into the Wild

  Do, Anh,

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  Separated from her family by disaster, Gwen must survive alone in the wild—with only a wolf pup, a Labrador, a Chihuahua, and a greyhound by her side.

• Murder at the Museum

  Beckett-King, Alasdair,

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  Bonnie Montgomery is the world’s greatest detective—known to most only as Montgomery Bonbon, the mustachioed gentleman sleuth. From cracking daring crimes to busting owl smugglers, he’s unstoppable. But now, a mysterious death at the Hornville…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls

  Rossell, Judith,

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  Orphan Maggie is sent to the gloomy Midwatch Institute—a secret school training girls to fight crime. With new friends, she uncovers a city mystery and teams up to solve it.

• It Found Us

  Currie, Lindsay,

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  Twelve-year-old Hazel must unravel a series of eerie clues linked to a century-old tragedy to find a missing teenager before time runs out.

• We're All Gonna Die-nosaur! 1

  Tan, Kon,

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  Pterry the pterodactyl has terrifying dreams—and they come true! When he dreams of dinosaur extinction, Pterry must learn to fly fast. But with no flying skills and a serious case of nervous farts, can he save his family in time?

• George the Flybot and the Lost Camera on Mount Everest

  Schwarz, Nessa Bellido,

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  George, a unique robotic fly, is off on his first mission: find a lost camera from a 1924 Everest expedition and uncover a historic mystery. But GEORGE has another goal, too—to understand humans better and maybe even make a friend.

• Minecraft

  the Manga. 1

  Seto, Kazuyoshi,

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  Bored of his perfect town, ten-year-old Nico dreams of adventure beyond the Overworld. When zombies attack, he uses his crafting skills to fight back—and earns his chance to explore. But his journey takes a strange turn when he meets a zombie who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wrath of the Rain God

  Valenti, Karla,

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  Nine-year-old twins Emma and Martín travel into a book of Mexican legends, where they must stop a powerful rain god from flooding the world.