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• In the Key of Us

  Lockington, Mariama,

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  While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to deal with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American as Paneer Pie

  Kelkar, Supriya, 1980-

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  Feeling like she lives two lives as the only Indian American girl at her school, Lekha Divekar is excited to meet a Desi newcomer, only to discover that her proud new friend has just relocated to America and is not content to be quiet about bullying.

• Be Light Like a Bird

  Schröder, Monika

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  Forced to move away with her mother after her father's death, 12-year-old Wren struggles to rebuild a new life while confronting challenges in the form of environmental worries, peer pressure, bullying and forgiveness. A quirky, emotional middle…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bud, Not Buddy

  Curtis, Christopher Paul

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  Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father—the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.

• President of the Whole Fifth Grade

  Winston, Sherri

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  To gain leadership skills needed to run a cupcake-baking empire when she grows up, Brianna runs for president of the fifth grade—expecting little competition—until a new girl enters the race.

• Shadow Island

  a Tale of Lake Superior

  Bial, Raymond

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  When she is warned of ghosts inhabiting Shadow Island, twelve-year-old Amanda finds she is strangely drawn there and decides to explore it with her sister Sally and best friend Roxanne, but what they find surprises everyone.

• AuSable Alligators

  Rand, Johnathan

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  Craig Pierce reels in more than he bargained for while fly fishing on the AuSable River when he snags a large alligator that should not be living in the small river.

• The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

  a Novel

  Curtis, Christopher Paul

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  The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African-American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

• The House With a Clock in Its Walls

  Bellairs, John

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  A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday.