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Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, best at gym, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep reminding him, but new nanny Calista helps him uncover his strengths and take pride in himself.
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"Determined to save her home, thirteen-year-old financially savvy Geo sells fake fortunes for money, but her success has unforeseen consequences when her predictions start coming true"--
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When twelve-year-old Elwood develops the ability to see ghosts, he sets out on a journey with two friends to find his brother Noah's apparition.
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"From debut author Van Hoang comes Girl Giant and the Monkey King, a tale packed with magic, adventure, and middle-school woes; perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Roshani Chokshi."--Provided by pubisher.
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"Bess Wickham has always felt like a bit of an outcast among her family of extraordinary glassblowers, but then an immense, magical power that's lain dormant in her bloodline begins to emerge. So when she suspects her family's business has taken a sinister turn, Bess must find the strength to defeat dark magic and save a certain cinder girl. But will she shatter under the weight of such evil or get her happily ever after?"--
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Together with his friends, twelve-year-old Hale, an overweight and non-athletic double agent against SRS, the corrupt spy organization he was raised in, travels to Switzerland to destroy the SRS bank account.
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Yolanda sets out with family and friends to help her grandmother and discovers long-buried secrets about a family curse and the healing power of the magic surrounding her.
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"On Test Day eleven-year-old Andie Jennings excepts to inherit a matrilineal gift and use it to bring her dad home, but instead of the family talent, but instead discovers an unexpected ability to communicate with ghosts at the town's shuttered Juneberry Blue factory, potentially providing what Morning Glory and her family need."--
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When thirteen-year-old Chinese American Kaya learns she is the descendent of a water goddess, she must find a way to overcome her anxiety in order to control her new abilities.
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Equipped with the unique ability to see Nightmare creatures in the forbidden Labyrinth, twelve-year-old Ix joins an elite magical group to protect her family and defend the kingdom from a terrible beast.
11. Lifeling
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Twelve-year-old Lonny Quicke and his younger brother finally leave their hidden forest home and venture into the nearby town of Farstoke, where Lonny discovers that, at first glance, the people of Farstoke are not cruel and selfish, but as he debates revealing his secret ability, he wonders whether his new friends are really as kind as they seem.
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"The kids in these humorous short stories each have a minor superpower they're learning to live with. One can shapeshift--but only part of her body, and only on Mondays. Another can always tell whether an avocado is perfectly ripe. One can even hear the thoughts of the animals in the pet store. But what these stories are really about is their young protagonists 'owning' a power that contributes to their individuality, that allows them to find their...
13. Nimbus
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"A small black cat discovers she has magical abilities when she must go on a journey to return to her beloved owner"--
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Twelve-year-old Wednesday discovers she isn't the only one at her new school who can see ghosts.
15. Sidekicked
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"Drew Bean might be a part of a secret organization for the training of superhero sidekicks, but that doesn't mean that life is all leaping tall buildings in single bounds.Drew is possessed of super senses--his hearing, sight, taste, touch, and smell arethe most powerful on the planet--making him literally the most sensitive kid in school. And then there's his best friend, Jenna--their friendship would be complicated enough if she weren't able to...
16. Storm singer
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Twelve-year-old Nargis forms an unlikely alliance with a young prince and uses her power to control the elements to save the kingdom from an evil overthrower.
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A Cuban American boy must use his secret ability to communicate with animals to save the inhabitants of his town when they are threatened by a tule vieja, a witch that transforms into animals.
18. True colors
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"In the positivity-focused town of Serenity, Minnesota, twelve-year-old Mackenzie Werner, who can visually display her emotions as colorful haze, finds her perfect world challenged when a documentary maker arrives and the town's true emotions are exposed for everyone to see."--Provided by publisher.
19. Wander lost
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"Rhett and his brother, Nash, have never been allowed to play board games. It's their mom's most important rule; the twins don't know why, but they know not to push her on it. When their mom suddenly disappears, they're reunited with Ace, their long-lost grandfather, who reveals that their family is descended from a board game character who escaped his game and lived in the real world. Their family now has the ability to enter the world of any game...