Read Local: Youth Titles


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Book cover for "Athena & the magic land"
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4.3 stars
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Young Athena is carried by a storm to Mount Olympus, where she follows the Hello Brick Road toward Sparkle City hoping Zeus will help her get home.
Book cover for "The beautiful"
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Series:
Beautiful volume 1
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
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In 19th century New Orleans, Celine, a dressmaker from Paris, becomes embroiled in a murder mystery that's connected to a glamorous supernatural cohort.
Book cover for "Dragonbreath"
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Dragonbreath volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell get an up-close underwater tour of the Sargasso Sea from Danny's sea-serpent cousin, encountering giant squid and mako sharks--and learn about standing up to bullies in the process.
Book cover for "Dream builder"
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5 stars
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A biography of Philip Freelon, whose rich family history and deep understanding of Black culture brought him to the role of lead architect for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Book cover for "The dress and the girl"
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4.7 stars
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A little girl and her favorite dress have extraordinary adventures together, but when the girl emigrates from Greece to the United States they are separated, and the dress travels the world searching for her.
Book cover for "Fire chief Fran"
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4 stars
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"If a puppy is in danger or a caf ̌is on fire, Fire Chief Fran is ready to help! Featuring a strong female role model, a huge fire truck, and an action-packed story, this read-aloud is a dynamic introduction to a day in the life of a firefighter."--
Book cover for "Honestly Elliott"
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3 stars
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Struggling with ADHD, loneliness, and connecting with his divorced father who would rather see him embrace sports instead of cooking, sixth-grader Elliott finds an unlikely friend in popular, perfect Maribel when the two are paired in a school-wide contest.
Book cover for "How to build a story, or, The big what if"
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4 stars
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An instructional book on how to write [fiction] from bestselling author Frances O'Roark Dowell.
Book cover for "Legendborn"
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Legendborn volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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"To discover the truth behind her mother's mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights."--
Book cover for "Lost and found"
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5 stars
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Are you really a thief?' That's the question that has haunted fourteen-year-old Ezekiel Blast all his life. But he's not a thief, he just has a talent for finding things. Not a superpower--a micropower. Because what good is finding lost bicycles and hair scrunchies, especially when you return them to their owners and everyone thinks you must have stolen them in the first place? If only there were some way to use Ezekiel's micropower for good, to turn...
Book cover for "Max explains everything"
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4 stars
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From choosing the perfect cart to navigating the produce section, expert extraordinaire Max explains all there is to know about going to the grocery store. "From choosing the perfect cart to navigating the produce section, expert extraordinaire Max explains all there is to know about going to the grocery store"--
Book cover for "Millionaires for the month"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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"After seventh graders Benji and Felix "borrow" $20 from a lost wallet, the billionaire owner challenges them to spend over $5 million dollars in thirty days in order to learn life lessons about money"--

13. Moo hoo

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Average Rating:
4 stars
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Milton the bull should be content, but he cries all the time--even when he's happy. Becoming a bully just makes him even sadder--until he finds a true friend who also cries a lot and understands him.
Book cover for "Rock star"
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Series:
Jada Jones volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
Fourth-grader Jada's best friend moved away but a class project on rocks and minerals, her favorite topic, could mean new friends, if only one of her teammates would stop being mean.
Book cover for "Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky"
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Tristan Strong volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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...

16. Yonder

Book cover for "Yonder"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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"Danny Timmons has looked up to Jack Bailey ever since Jack saved two small children from drowning during the Great Flood of 1940. Now, with his father away fighting in World War II and his mother about to have a new baby, Danny relies on Jack's friendship and guidance more than ever. So when Jack goes missing without a trace from their small Appalachian town, Danny is determined to find him. He wonders if Jack's abusive father could be behind his...