Fourth and Fifth Grade Booklist

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Book cover for "Ben Yokoyama and the cookie of doom"
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4.3 stars
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Eight-year-old Ben takes a fortune cookie literally, and believing he has only one day left to live, tries to do everything he has always wanted to before nightfall.
Book cover for "Confessions of a class clown"
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5 stars
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"7th-grader Jack Reynolds loves making people laugh but he needs help to make his wacky MyTube channel take off, and making friends is not exactly his strong suit."--
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"Crabgrass is a comic strip set in the fictional town of Crabgrass Drive, and chronicles the close friendship of Kevin, who is white, and Miles, who is black, and the many stumbles and breakthroughs they encounter growing up together. The main characters exemplify the resilience of the bonds we form when we are young, and are a reminder of why we remember those times fondly. Crabgrass is also a thrilling exploration of the adventures and mischief...
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5 stars
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"In this dual-POV novel in verse, Black seventh graders Ebony "Eb" Wilson and De'Kari "Flow" Flood contemplate the conflict that sees them both suspended from school. A ten-day suspension has tweens De'Kari and Ebony seeing the world with a fresh perspective. Don't miss this poignant novel in verse from the award-winning author of Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero. Two kids. One fight. No one thinks they're wrong."--
Book cover for "The house swap"
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3.5 stars
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A story told in alternating chapters from each girl's point of view follows polar opposites Allie and Sage, one American and one British, who become friends and confidantes when their families swap houses.
Book cover for "Joplin, wishing"
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4 stars
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When Joplin finds an antique platter with a beautiful Dutch scene, she idly wishes that the girl painted on the platter to be her friendthe next day Joplin finds the girl in the garden, longing to go back to her seventeenth-century home.
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Last human volume 1.
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5 stars
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After machines take control of Earth, following the extinction of humans, twelve-year-old robot XR 935A confronts its prejudices about humans and begins to reconsider its own existence within robot society after discovering and befriending a twelve-year-old human girl.
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"Meet Airi Sano. After spending her entire childhood moving from one military base to another, she's excited to be settling down for the long-term in Hawai'i. She's less excited about her new teacher, who's determined to make Airi like school. But she's got a plan: prank her teacher so hard that she gives up on even trying to get Airi to do any work--especially any reading. But Mrs. Ashton won't give up, no matter what Airi does. Airi will need the...
Book cover for "Stand up, Yumi Chung!"
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4 stars
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When eleven-year-old Yumi Chung stumbles into a kids' comedy camp she is mistaken for another student, so she decides to play the part.
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4 stars
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After being diagnosed with a rare eye cancer, twelve-year-old Ross discovers how music, art, and true friends can help him survive both treatment and middle school.