Junior NCCBA Books (Past and Present)

The list contains all past and present Junior NCCBA Books.

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Book cover for "Cracker!"
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5 stars
Description:
Rick Hanski, a young soldier in Vietnam, bonds with Cracker, his bomb-sniffing dog. A young soldier in Vietnam bonds with his bomb-sniffing dog.
Book cover for "A Dog's Life"
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4.8 stars
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“I can’t speak for all dogs. Not all dogs are alike. And most certainly, not all dogs have the same experiences. . . .”
Squirrel is not like most dogs. Born a stray, she must make her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal. Her life story, in her own words, is marked by loss, but also by an inspiring instinct to survive. And when it seems she will roam the woods and country...

3. Duke

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Average Rating:
5 stars
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In 1944 Hobie Hanson's father is flying B-24s in Europe, so Hobie decides to donate his beloved German shepherd, Duke, to Dogs for Defense in the hope that it will help end the war sooner--but when he learns that Duke is being trained for combat he is shocked, frightened and determined to get his dog back.
Book cover for "Fish in a tree"
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4.9 stars
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"Ally's greatest fear is that everyone will find out she is as dumb as they think she is because she still doesn't know how to read"--
Book cover for "Garvey's choice"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Preferring science and reading to the sports his father wants him to play, Garvey comforts himself with food and endures bullying before joining the school chorus, where he learns how to accept himself and bond with his father.
Book cover for "Hiding out at the Pancake Palace"
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5 stars
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"When musical prodigy, Elvis Ruby, completely freezes up on television, he is forced to hide out in the Pinelands of New Jersey and try to find his way back to the music once again with the help of a new friend"--
Book cover for "Hold fast"
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5 stars
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On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
Book cover for "Lulu walks the dogs"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Lulu needs help from a boy named Fleischman if she is to earn money walking her neighbors' dogs, and she finds out that if she wants her business venture to succeed, she has to be nice.
Book cover for "The mighty Mars rovers"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Presents the story about the team who gave us our first look at the Martian landscape, including pictures from NASA and the author's personal collection. The story of the two robot vehicles, Spirit and Opportunity, that were sent to explore Mars, lasting far past their projected lives of 3 months and sending back invaluable images of the environmentally hostile planet.
Book cover for "Mister Max"
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Mister Max volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"When Max's parents leave the country without him, he must rely on his wits to get by, and before long he is running his own--rather unusual--business"--
Book cover for "The Night Gardener"
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4.8 stars
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Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.
Book cover for "Out of My Mind"
Star rating for Out of My Mind
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
This special movie tie-in edition showcases a new cover with an image from the original movie now available on Disney+!

A New York Times bestseller for three years and counting!
"Unflinching and realistic." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes a "gutsy, candid, and compelling" (School Library Journal, starred review) story that will forever...

13. Pie

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5 stars
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After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's friend Charlie investigate who is going to extremes to find Aunt Polly's secret pie crust recipe. Includes fourteen pie recipes.

14. Poached

Book cover for "Poached"
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Series:
FunJungle volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Teddy Fitzroy is the prime suspect when FunJungle's newly-acquired koala goes missing, thanks to a prank staged by middle school bully Vance Jessup.
Book cover for "A poem for Peter"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day.
Book cover for "The roar"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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In an overpopulated world where all signs of nature have been obliterated and a wall has been erected to keep out plague-ridden animals, twelve-year-old Mika refuses to believe that his twin sister was killed after being abducted, and continues to search for her in spite of the dangers he faces in doing so.

17. Scumble

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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Mibs's cousin Ledge is disappointed to discover that his "savvy"--the magical power unique to each member of their family--is to make things fall apart, which endangers his uncle Autry's ranch and reveals the family secret to future reporter Sarah.
Book cover for "Some writer!"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Presents an account of E.B. White's life and career through personal letters, photographs, family ephemera, and original artwork, while offering glimpses into the origins of his iconic works.
Book cover for "Stella by starlight"
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Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
Book cover for "The strange case of Origami Yoda"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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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.