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1) Slugfest
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English
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Forced to take Physical Education Equivalency, aka "Slugfest," in summer school so he can maintain his star spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor that turns into a summer he'll never forget
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Language
English
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New to Cincinnati, where her father is now coach of the University basketball team, eighth-grader Aurora (called Rory) finds herself isolated by the heated team rivalries--especially when it turns out her new friend Abby's father has a mysterious feud with Rory's father that threatens her new friendship.
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Series
Vanquishers volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Boog and the rest of The Squad continue their Vanquisher training as they try to find who is behind the vampires' return and work to convince their parents they are ready to join the Vanquishers' fight.
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Series
Adventures of Trim volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
When Trim gets off to a bumpy start as ship's cat, new friends, human and animal, help him settle in.
8) Plus one
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Language
English
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Description
Agnes is having a tea party, but the first person who shows up is the persistent boy next door--who comes with an astonishing variety of animal friends (and an awesome mother).
10) Trim helps out
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Series
Adventures of Trim volume 2
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English
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Description
On his first morning at sea, ship's cat Trim looks for ways to help out, and makes a new friend along the way.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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After sabotaging her only chance to evacuate before the Japanese army invades Batavia in 1942, twelve-year-old Emmy is confined in the Tjideng prisoner-of-war camp, where she must overcome a tragedy from her past to find her voice and truly be free.
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Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
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Almost-eleven-year-old Josephine is dismayed when she has to move into the Happy World trailer park in the summer of 1974, but when she tries to solve the kidnapping of her neighbor ten-year-old Molly, she finds unexpected friendships in her community.
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Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Struggling to adjust to the upper-crust white suburb of Rolling Hills, Virginia, De'Andrea Whitman is challenged by her therapist to make a white girlfriend and finds one in Rebecca Myland as they are brought together to fight back against the community's rising racial sentiments.
14) Cut loose!
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Nat jumps at the chance to participate in the middle school regional theater competition where the winner gets to perform on Broadway, but when stressful rehearsals negatively impact her friendships, she starts to wonder if it is worth doing theater at all.
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Series
Ethan Fairmont volume 2
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
When sixth-grader Ethan and his friends discover evil aliens, known as light-thieves, are infiltrating Ferrous City, they use their science skills to save their town and their alien friend, Cheese.
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Series
Thanks a lot universe volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Brian and his best friend Ezra navigate the challenges and complexities of middle school, as Brian struggles to cope with his emotions and Ezra attempts to balance his loyalty to his best friend with a newfound friendship.
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Publisher
Marble Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Maya and her family have a problem. They try ignoring it, dancing around it, even sweeping it under the rug. Yet the elephant in the room remains. And Maya is at her wit's end figuring out how to hide it from everyone. Then a new friend moves in next door, and Maya begins wondering if there might be a better way to deal with the whole situation?
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Series
Norendy tale volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room...
19) Hidden truths
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English
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Description
Dani and Eric have been best friends since Dani moved next door in second grade--until one summer when everything changes.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Showing the power and gift of a smile, this story follows one girl as she goes about her day, giving different smiles to those around her, including goofy smiles with her best friend and playful, supportive smiles with her sister when she's feeling down.
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