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Planet Omar volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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"Imaginative Omar goes through the ups and downs of starting a new school and making new friends with the help of his wonderful (and silly) Muslim family"--
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RECOMMENDED FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 1ST GRADE
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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.
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person....
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Discusses the international competition to create the first atomic bomb.
5. El deafo
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Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.
7. Ghost boys
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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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.
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Henry and Mudge books volume 8.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 1ST GRADE
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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.
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Judy Moody & Stink volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 1ST THROUGH 3RD GRADE
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During a weekend trip to Ocracoke Island, siblings Judy and Stink Moody take part in a pirate treasure-hunting game, in which various clues lead them to silver coins, or "pieces of eight," hidden across the island.
10. The lemonade war
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Lemonade war series volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn one hundred dollars.
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 1ST GRADE
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When Pete the cat meets a super cool caterpillar, he thinks he has found a new best friend. But when one day his caterpillar goes missing, Pete has to find out what happened to his new friend. Pete is in for one wild surprise at the end!
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Serafina (Robert Beatty) volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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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.
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Origami Yoda books volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
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Heroes in training volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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When ten-year-old Zeus is kidnapped, he discovers he can defend himself with a magical thunderbolt.