Book Club Kits for Kids

Books available as part of the Book Club Kits for Kids program offered by Wake County Public Libraries. Each kit contains 15 paperback copies of the title, a discussion guide & a tote bag to keep it all together. To Learn More Visit: https://guides.wake.gov/BookClubKits/Kids

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Book cover for "Aven Green, sleuthing machine"
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Series:
Aven Green volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 1ST THROUGH 3RD GRADE
Description:
"Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month, cracking such cases as The Mystery of the Cranky Mom. But can this perceptive detective solve two cases at the same time? First her teacher's lunch bag disappears. Then Aven's great-grandma's dog goes missing. Fortunately, since Aven was born without arms, all the "arm" cells went to her super-powered brain instead. (That's her theory.)"--
Book cover for "The birthday party mystery"
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RECOMMENDED FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 1ST GRADE
Description:
Katie's birthday is tomorrow, but she just cannot wait to find out what her present will be, so she and Pedro follow Katie's parents as they go shopping, but none of the places they stop seem present-worthy--Katie is disappointed, but when she gets home a big surprise is waiting for her.
Book cover for "Bomb"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
Description:
Discusses the international competition to create the first atomic bomb.
Book cover for "Dinosaurs before dark"
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Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 1ST THROUGH 3RD GRADE
Description:
Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic tree house, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs.
Book cover for "Front desk"
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Series:
Front desk volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
Description:
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade...

6. Ghost

Book cover for "Ghost"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.
Book cover for "Ghost boys"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
Description:
After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till.
Book cover for "Happy Birthday Bad Kitty"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 1ST THROUGH 3RD GRADE
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Get ready to party! It's Bad Kitty's birthday, and guess who's on the guest list? Chatty Kitty, Strange Kitty, Stinky Kitty, and her other neighborhood "pals". join the fun in this riotous companion to Bad Kitty and Bad Kitty Gets a Bath!
Book cover for "Henry and Mudge and the happy cat"
Star rating for Henry and Mudge and the happy cat
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 1ST GRADE
Description:
Henry's family takes in a stray cat, the ugliest cat they have ever seen, and an amazing relationship blossoms between it and their big dog Mudge.
Book cover for "Number the stars"
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
Book cover for "Out of my mind"
Star rating for Out of my mind
Series:
Out of my mind volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
Description:
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time. A brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy, considered by many to be mentally retarded, discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
Book cover for "The screaming staircase"
Star rating for The screaming staircase
Series:
Lockwood & Co volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Notes:
RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
Description:
Follows three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London.
Book cover for "Serafina and the Black Cloak"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
Description:
In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.
Book cover for "Starfish"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
Description:
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.
Book cover for "The stars beneath our feet"
Star rating for The stars beneath our feet
Average Rating:
4 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
Description:
Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.
Book cover for "Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky"
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Series:
Tristan Strong volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
Description:
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies John Henry and Brer Rabbit, must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky. Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month...
Book cover for "Who was Blackbeard?"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
Description:
An introduction to the most famous pirate in history.
Book cover for "Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom"
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Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
Description:
When ten-year-old Zeus is kidnapped, he discovers he can defend himself with a magical thunderbolt.