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The Mouse and the Motorcycle
by Beverly Cleary
An adventurous mouse embarks on a thrilling journey, making unlikely friends along the way.
Ralph is a mouse who lives in the run-down Mountain View Inn, a battered resort hotel in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California. Ralph longs for a life of danger and speed, wishing to get ... (Wikipedia)
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
by Stephanie Oakes
Minnow Bly escapes a cult, but not before losing her hands. She navigates life outside the cult and confronts its leader.
With a harrowing poetic voice, this contemporary page-turner is perfect for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, Julie Berry's All The Truth That's in Me, and the works of Ellen Hopkins. The ... (Goodreads)
Icefire
by Chris d'Lacey
A boy discovers a connection between his family and dragons, leading to a battle between good and evil.
David is frustrated that no one will publish his book. Lucy makes a wishing dragon, David's names it "G'reth" which Gadzooks his special dragon wrote down. Liz offers to drive David to campus and ... (Wikipedia)
Nantucket Nights
by Elin Hilderbrand
A summer of love, friendship, and secrets on the island of Nantucket, leading to a tragic event that changes everything.
The ties between women can run as deep as the ocean—but so can their secrets. For 20 years, Kayla, Antoinette and Val have performed their own special summer ritual. Once a year, the old friends put ... (Barnes & Noble)
Anastasia Krupnik
by Lois Lowry
Anastasia Krupnik, a precocious 10-year-old, navigates the challenges of growing up and finding her place in the world.
Anastasia's tenth year has some good things, like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother, and some bad things, like finding out about an impending baby brother. ... (Goodreads)
Watch Me Disappear
by Janelle Brown
A woman disappears on a solo hike, leaving her family to unravel the secrets of her past.
It’s been a year since Billie Flanagan — a beautiful, charismatic Berkeley mom with an enviable life — went on a solo hike in Desolation Wilderness and vanished from the trail. No body—only a hiking ... (Goodreads)
Piecing Me Together
by Renée Watson
An African-American teen's journey to self-discovery and personal empowerment.
Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, New York Times, bestseller, "Timely and timeless." —Jacqueline Woodson,"Important and deeply moving." —John Green Acclaimed author Renee ... (Barnes & Noble)
Grave Secret
by Charlaine Harris
Harper Connelly, a woman who can communicate with the dead, is hired to uncover a grave secret in a small town.
"While Tolliver slept, I wondered if it was possible that Cameron was still alive...At first, I'd thought she'd been abducted by a gang, sold into slavery, something lurid and horrible. Then I'd ... (Goodreads)
Olive's Ocean
by Kevin Henkes
Olive's journal reveals her deepest secrets to Martha, who discovers the true meaning of life and death during a summer vacation.
Every summer, Martha leaves her home in Wisconsin to visit her grandmother, Godbee, on the Atlantic Ocean . One year, she receives a journal page from a woman whose daughter Olive, a classmate of ... (Wikipedia)
Caramelo
by Sandra Cisneros
A Latina girl's story of growing up and coming to terms with her cultural identity.
Every year, Ceyala “Lala” Reyes' family—aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and Lala's six older brothers—packs up three cars and, in a wild ride, drive from Chicago to the Little Grandfather and Awful ... (Barnes & Noble)
In Real Life
by Cory Doctorow
A young girl navigates the complexities of online gaming and real-world activism, learning valuable lessons about friendship and social justice.
From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang comes a, New York Times,-bestselling graphic novel that takes a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Hello, Universe
by Erin Entrada Kelly
A group of misfit kids navigate the wilderness and each other to find a missing boy.
Winner of the 2018 Newbery Medal In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his loud and boisterous family. Valencia ... (Goodreads)
Day Shift
by Charlaine Harris
Small town secrets are uncovered when a human and supernatural community collide in a murder investigation.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels returns to the one-traffic-light town you see only when you’re on the way to someplace else… There is no such thing as bad ... (Goodreads)
Ape House
by Sara Gruen
After a group of bonobos are freed from a research lab, their caretaker and a journalist work to protect them from harm.
A group of reporters visit the Great Ape Language Lab - a laboratory where bonobos are trained to communicate with humans by using American Sign Language and computer software to communicate with the ... (Wikipedia)
The Demigod Diaries
by Rick Riordan
Young demigod embarks on an epic quest to prove his worth and save the world from destruction.
What dangers do runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face on their way to Camp Half-Blood? Are Percy and Annabeth up to the task of rescuing stolen goods from a fire-breathing giant who doesn't take ... (Goodreads)
A Map of Days
by Ransom Riggs
Jacob and his peculiar friends explore the American peculiar world, uncovering secrets and facing new dangers.
Jacob Portman is shocked at his friends' presence in modern day. With Miss Peregrine's support, he tells his parents everything. His father recounts a peculiar-related memory and says he wants to ... (Wikipedia)
Midnight Crossroad
by Charlaine Harris
A small town in Texas is home to a diverse group of residents, including vampires, witches, and psychics, who must come together to solve a murder mystery.
From Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse and her world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes a darker locale - populated by more strangers than friends. But then, that’s ... (Goodreads)
The Burning Maze
by Rick Riordan
Third book in "The Trials of Apollo" series. Apollo and friends must navigate through the Labyrinth to find the third emperor and stop the evil Triumvirate.
The story begins a few days after the events of the previous book, "The Dark Prophecy". Apollo, in the body of the 16-year-old Lester Papadopoulos, ventures through the Labyrinth with 12-year-old Meg ... (Wikipedia)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
A cafe in Tokyo offers customers the chance to travel back in time, but there are strict rules.
What would you change if you could go back in time? In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee ... (Goodreads)
City of Miracles
by Robert Jackson Bennett
A former soldier embarks on a quest for justice, unearthing secrets of a mystical city.
Revenge. It's something Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is very, very good at. Maybe the only thing. So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime Minister Shara Komayd, has been ... (Goodreads)
Meddling Kids
by Edgar Cantero
A group of former teen detectives reunite to solve a case they couldn't solve as kids, but find something much more sinister.
1990 . The teen detectives once known as the Blyton Summer Detective Club (of Blyton Hills, a small mining town in the Zoinx River Valley in Oregon) are all grown up and haven't seen each other since ... (Goodreads)
Gregor and the Code of Claw
by Suzanne Collins
Gregor and his friends must stop the rats from taking over the Underland with the help of a mysterious prophecy.
Only a few hours have passed since the closing of, Gregor and the Marks of Secret, , when Gregor returns from the Firelands to warn Regalia of an impending gnawer attack. As the novel opens, Gregor ... (Wikipedia)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
by E. Lockhart
A teenage girl's mission to challenge the status quo, finding her own power within a boys' club.
Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14: Debate Club. Her father's "bunny rabbit." A mildly geeky girl attending a highly competitive boarding school. Frankie Landau-Banks at age 15: A knockout figure. A ... (Goodreads)
Between Sisters
by Kristin Hannah
A story of entangled family dynamics, exploring the strength of sisterly bonds.
"We all make mistakes, but for Meghann Dontess the terrible choice she made some years ago cost her everything, including the love of her sister, Claire. Meghann is now a highly successful attorney, ... (Goodreads)
Kiss of the Spider Woman
by Manuel Puig
An unlikely friendship between two prisoners, exploring themes of sexuality, fantasy and politics.
Two prisoners, Luis Molina and Valentín Arregui, share a cell in a Buenos Aires prison. The story takes place between September 9, 1975 and October 8, 1975. , Molina, a transgender woman, is in jail ... (Wikipedia)
Kristy's Great Idea
by Ann M. Martin
Kristy forms a club with her friends to babysit in their neighborhood, but things get complicated when they face challenges and conflicts.
America's favorite series returns with a new look and a Netflix tv show., When Kristy Thomas has the great idea to form a baby-sitters club—a chance to earn money and spend time with her friends, all ... (Barnes & Noble)
Homecoming
by Cynthia Voigt
A young girl's journey to reunite with her siblings, triumphantly overcoming adversities.
It's still true... That's the first thing James Tillerman says to his sister Dicey every morning. It's still true that their mother has abandoned the four Tillerman children somewhere in the middle ... (Goodreads)
Ghosts
by Raina Telgemeier
A young girl's journey of self-discovery as she navigates her family's secrets, cultural heritage and spiritual beliefs.
The novel opens as the family is ordering at the drive-through of an fictional Double-Back Burger (the colors and logos of which are based on In-N-Out Burger ) before leaving southern California for ... (Wikipedia)
City of Blades
by Robert Jackson Bennett
A retired soldier is tasked with uncovering an ancient secret, which could determine the fate of an empire.
A generation ago, the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war and death, the birthplace of fearsome supernatural sentinels who killed and subjugated millions. Now, the city’s god is ... (Goodreads)
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
by Suzanne Collins
Gregor and his friends embark on a dangerous quest to find a cure for a deadly plague that threatens the Underland.
Despite the difficulties it has caused for his family, Gregor finds it hard to distance himself from the Underland . When he receives word that a plague has broken out and his bond Ares is one of the ... (Wikipedia)
