August Titles
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What Happened to Rachel Riley?
by Claire Swinarski Year Published: 2023 Mystery"Thirteen-year-old new girl Anna Hunt decides to make an investigative podcast about how fellow classmate Rachel Riley went from being the most popular girl in school to the most hated"--Provided by publisher
Bhai for Now
by Maleeha Siddiqui Year Published: 2022 RealisticThe story of two long-lost twin brothers who, while they might not like each other, just might need each other to get to know the parent they've been separated from since birth.
Dinged
by Tommy Greenwald Year Published: 2022 SportsA star football player watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very same sport.
September Titles
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The Puttermans are in the House
by Jacquetta Nammar Feldman Year Published: 2023 SportsTold from different points of view, the Putterman cousins, twins Sammy and Matty, and Becky, have been at odds, but when Hurricane Harvey hits Houston, they soon find that they need each other more than ever
The Grace of Wild Things
by Heather Fawcett Year Published: 2023 FantasyFleeing from the orphanage where she lives, Grace makes a deal with the witch in the nearby woods--if Grace can learn all the witch's spells, she must make Grace her apprentice--an agreement that leads to an unexpected bond, and an unimaginable sacrifice
Seed in the Sun
by Aida Salazar Year Published: 2022 HistoricalLula, a farm-working girl with big dreams, meets Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, and other labor rights activists and joins the 1965 protest for workers' rights
October Titles
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Ghosts Come Rising
by Adam Perry Year Published: 2022 HorrorLiza and her younger brother help create fraudulent "ghost photographs," tricking grieving customers. When they arrive at a Spiritualist community, Liza begins to question everything as strange things begin to happen.
Los Monstruos: Felice and the Wailing Woman
by Diana Lopez Year Published: 2022 FantasyTres Leches is a magical town where the monstruos are real, and Felice and her friends, children of other monstruos try to help Felice's own mother, La Llorona. Are you brave enough to read along and help the Weeping Woman?
The Vanquishers
by Kalynn Bayron Year Published: 2022 FantasyMalika "Boog" Wilson and her friends have always looked to The Vanquishers, a group of infamous vampire hunters. When a new friend goes missing, Boog's group begin to question if vampires have actually been wiped out or if they still exist.
November Titles
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Mascot
by Charles Waters and Traci Sorell Year Published: 2023 Realistic--Novel in Verse"Six eighth graders outside Washington, DC, navigate through conflict and division focused on their school district's Native American mascot"--Provided by publisher.
Salt and Sugar
by Rebecca Carvalho Year Published: 2023 RomanceTo save her family's bakery, Salt, which has been at war with the Molinas' bakery, Sugar, across the street, Lari Ramires does the unthinkable by teaming up with Pedro Molinas to save both their bakeries, falling in love in the process
We Still Belong
by Christine Day Year Published: 2023 Realistic"Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong-until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow"--Provided by publisher
December Titles
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A Duet for Home
by Karina Yan Glaser Year Published: 2022 RealisticSixth grader June Yang and her Chinese American family move into a homeless shelter after her father's death. Resident Tyrell, who also is in sixth grade, offers to show June the ropes, since he's lived there for three years and thinks being there is much better than living alone with his unreliable mother. June is devastated to learn she isn't allowed to play her viola, the instrument her father purchased for her from his tip money, but learns that Tyrell also has a love of classical music and together they listen to a mysterious neighbor practice their violin in the evenings. When the pair hear their families may be forced out of the shelter, they decide to take action to save their home.
Lumara
by Mellissa Landers Year Published: 2022 FantasyIn a world where magical Mystics exist alongside humans, sixteen-year-old Talia is thrust into the most powerful and secretive Mystic family--and accused of trying to murder them.
You Are Here
by Ellen Oh Year Published: 2023 Realistic"Twelve young Asians Americans cross paths, meeting challenges and victories, in a busy airport"-- Provided by publisher.
January Titles
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No One Leaves the Castle
by Christopher Healy Year Published: 2023 MysteryThe Lilac. The bard songs say that she's the world's most fearsome bounty hunter. That there's no criminal she can't catch, no mystery she can't solve. In reality, the Lilac is just a kid, and the bard who wrote all that is her best friend, Dulcinetta. When a priceless artifact goes missing from the home of famed monster hunter Baron Angbar, Lilac and Netta are eager to apprehend the thief and make a name for themselves.
The Probability of Everything
by Sarah Everett Year Published: 2023 Sci-FiEleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts, specifically probability. But everything Kemi thought she knew changes when she sees an asteroid hover in the sky, casting a purple haze over her world. It has an 84.7% chance of colliding with Earth in four days. With the days numbered, Kemi decides to put together a time capsule that will capture everything she loves about her family. But no time capsule can change the inevitable truth of a catastrophic ending.
The Door of No Return
by Kwame Alexander Year Published: 2022 Historical"A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher.
February Titles
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A Rover's Story
by Jasmine Warga Year Published: 2022 Sci-FiBuilt to explore Mars, Resilience begins to develop human-like feelings as he learns from the NASA scientists who assembled him, and as he blasts off and explores Mars, Resilience must overcome different obstacles as he explores the red planet
Stateless
by Elizabeth Wein Year Published: 2023 Historical"Stella North is one of twelve young pilots competing in a 1937 air race meant to promote peace in Europe, but when one of her competitors is sabotaged, Stella races to determine who is capable of murder, and who might be the next victim"--OCLC
Thieves' Gambit
by Kayvion Lewis Year Published: 2023 AdventureSeventeen-year-old Ross Quest, a master thief, enters the Thieves' Gambit, a competition consisting of dangerous, international heists, in order to save her mother's life.
March Titles
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A First Time for Everything
by Dan Santat Year Published: 2023 Graphic Novel: MemiorIn this feel-good coming-of-age memoir, the best-selling author and Caldecott Medalist shares his life-changing middle school trip to Europe during which he experiences a series of firsts, including first love.
Unraveller
by Frances Hardinge Year Published: 2023 FantasyFifteen-year-old Kellen's unique ability to unravel curses unfortunately does not protect him from becoming cursed, and unless he and his best friend and ally Nettle can remove his hex, Kellen is in danger of unravelling everything--and everyone--around him.
Plotting the Stars: Moongarden
by Michelle A. Barry Year Published: 2022 FantasyCrumbling under the pressure at her elite school on the moon, misfit Myra Hodger discovers a lab full of toxic plants and uses her botanical magic to weed out its secrets, but quickly discovers some will do anything to take those secrets to the grave.
April Titles
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Virtually Me
by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown Year Published: 2023 HumorFive tweens navigate the pandemic by attending an experimental virtual reality school.
The Demon Sword Asperides
by Sarah Jean Horwitz Year Published: 2023 FantasyAsperides, an ancient demonic talking sword, tricks Nack Furnival, a bumbling would-be knight, into battling a wicked sorcerer bent on summoning all the evils of the underworld.
The Labors of Hercules Beal
by Gary D. Schmidt Year Published: 2023 RealisticSeventh-grader Hercules Beal has to figure out how to fulfill his teacher's assignment of performing the Twelve Labors of Hercules in real life, and discovers important things about friendship, community, and himself along the way.
May Titles
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The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn
by Sally J. Pla Year Published: 2023 RealisticFollows thirteen-year-old neurodivergent Maudie during an eventful summer in California with her father, where she struggles with whether to share a terrible secret about life with her mom and stepdad.
Wrecker
by Carl Hiaasen Year Published: 2023 MysteryWhen fifteen-year-old Valdez Jones VIII, a.k.a. Wrecker, unwittingly becomes entangled with a group of smugglers and grave robbers, he must deep dive into their shady dealings in order to escape their twisted net.