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Fiction
Hamra and the Jungle of Memories
2023
When Hamra steals a magical fruit from a tiger hoping to cure her grandmother, she must repay her debt to the tiger by going on an extraordinary journey with him to make him human again.
Simon Sort of Says
2023
Two years after surviving a school shooting, 12-year-old Simon moves to the only place in America where the internet is banned, finally getting a chance to spin his own story with the help of a new friend.
Alebrijes
2023
When 13-year-old Leandro takes the fall for his sister and is exiled into an ancient drone, he embarks on a perilous journey beyond the city's walls where he encounters mutant monsters, wasteland pirates and fellow outcasts as he tries to save his sister and fellow Cascabeles from the oppressive reg
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The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
2023
When someone gives Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude a deadly push down the stairs during the Swift family reunion, Shenanigan Swift, who has a penchant for mischief, decides to become a detective and solve this mysterious case.
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The Lost Year
2023
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, 13-year-old Matthew discovers a shocking secret about his great-grandmother's past as he learns about her life during the Holodomor famine in Soviet Ukraine.
Lexile level
710L
What Stays Buried
2023
With only a few weeks before she loses her ability to see or speak with spirits, 12-year-old Calista Wynn must stop an angry spirit called the Tall Lady before she loses her powers and everyone she has left.
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Kyra, Just for Today
2024
At the start of seventh grade, Kyra believes her alcoholic mother, who has been sober for five years, has relapsed, and with no one to count on, not even her best friend, she starts to question whether being just enough is not enough at all.
Graphic novels
Cross My Heart and Never Lie
2023
In this diary-style graphic novel, 12-year-old Tuva's questions about becoming a teenager are confusing-- so when her first crush turns out to be on another girl, it feels absolutely wonderful. Why does it become so complicated?
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Enlighten Me
2023
After standing up to a bully who made fun of his Vietnamese heritage, Binh is forced to participate in a silent meditation retreat where he unexpectedly loses himself in the stories of the Buddha's many past lives, finding inner peace and belonging.
Table Titans Club
2024
New-girl Valeria Winters finds new friends in the Table Titans tabletop gaming club, but when the club is threatened, Val must join the wrestling team and make peace with her bully to save her new group of friends.
The Witch's Wings and Other Terrifying Tales
2023
A new Midnight Society gathers around the campfire to share urban legends, folklore and all manner of spooky stories. These three terrifying tales feature haunted buses, monstrous creatures and spine-chilling mysteries!
Curlfriends: New in Town
2023
Starting a new middle school, Charlie learns that being her true self is the best way to make lasting friendships when she meets the Curlfriends, a group of Black girls who couldn't be more different from each other.
Ink Girls
2023
Charged with treason after accusing the principessa's powerful brother of stealing from the city, Cinzia manages to escape and works with the principessa's daughter to expose the truth, following a whisper network of girls who empower them to change the course of history.
Mabuhay!
2023
Struggling to fit in at school, first-generation Filipino siblings JJ and Althea find their world turned upside down when the witches, ogres and other creatures from Filipino folklore come to life, forcing them to embrace who they really are to save their family.
Lexile level
300L
Look on the Bright Side
2023
A new year of school is starting and, with feelings running high and hearts on the line, will Brit, Abby, Christine and Sasha's friendship get them through a year at Hazelton High?
Nonfiction
Hip-Hop: The Beat of America
2024
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This volume of History Comics follows Aaliyah, a hip-hop superfan, as she gets a lesson in all things "old school" when she takes a day trip to the Bronx, where her dad shows her all the heroes who helped create the foundations of this musical and cultural revolution.
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Just your local, easily excitable children's librarian here! I am but a simple bookworm created by Kate DiCamillo, sustained by Emily Henry and a medley of horror writers, with an inner dialogue narrated by Julia Whelan. When I'm not at the library, you can catch me at the movies, practicing yoga or on my couch binge-watching a sitcom from the mid-aughts.
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