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21) The outcasts
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
Hal, who does not fit into Skandian society, ends up in a brotherband, a group of boys learning the skills that they need to become warriors, with other outcasts, and they compete with other brotherbands in a series of challenges.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In 1920s Cuba, Rima is bullied and shunned for her illegitimacy, but finds solace in riding her horse and forges unexpected friendships with others who share her dreams of freedom and suffrage. Includes historical note.
24) Mr. Potter's pet
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Mr. Potter's boring life changes considerably after buying an unusual mynah bird.
25) The hunters
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Determined to recover the Adomal and to prevent the pirate Zavac from doing more damage, Hal and his brotherband crew pursue Zavac to the lawless fortress of Ragusa where, if Hal is to succeed, he will have to go beyond his brotherband training and face the pirate one-on-one in a fight to the finish.
26) Notorious
Author
Language
English
Description
Told in different voices, on Centerlight Island, halfway between the United States and Canada, middle-schoolers Keenan and ZeeBee team up to seek gold rumored to be hidden there a famous gangster.
27) Always, Abigail
Author
Language
English
Description
Sixth grader Abigail, assigned a different homeroom than her two best friends and made only the alternate on the pom-pom squad, learns a lot about popularity and true friendship when paired with unpopular Gabby for a year-long "Friendly Letter Assignment."
Author
Series
Friends for keeps (Julie Bowe) volume 2
Publisher
Sandpiper
Pub. Date
c[2010], c2008
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Ida May and her new best friend, Stacey Merriweather, discover a mermaid nightlight that they believe can grant wishes.
29) Squint
Author
Language
English
Description
Flint Minett has keratoconus, an eye disease, but desperately wants to win a comic book art contest so that he and his new friend McKell Panganiban will be better accepted at middle school.
Author
Series
Candy shop war volume 1
Language
English
Description
When fifth-graders Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon meet the owner of the new candy store in town and are given a magical candy that endows them with super powers, they find that along with its benefits there are also dangerous consequences.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 7
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Follows twelve-year-old Emily who, finding herself swept up in an ancient prophecy, is conflicted by her promise to her best friend, Shona, and her desire to save the islands inhabitants.
Author
Series
Popularity papers volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old best friends Julie and Lydia are reunited after six months apart, but the news that their friend Sukie's mother has died after a long illness causes them to reevaluate their goals and focus on being supportive of the friends they already have.
Author
Series
Friends for keeps (Julie Bowe) volume 1
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
After her best friend moves away, fourth-grader Ida May is determined not to make another best friend, despite the efforts of a new girl in her class.
35) Rescue
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Chess moves near Joni, their differing opinions have Joni defending her family's farm, and she must find the courage to stand up to Chess when she decides to "rescue" the minature horses from a nearby farm.
36) Chirp
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Moving to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, a young gymnast hides a secret as she makes new friends and investigates her grandmother's claim that someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm.
37) The ghostfaces
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 6
Language
English
Description
When a massive storm at sea blows the Brotherband crew off course to a land so far west Hal cannot recognize it from his maps, they face an unknown enemy.
38) Unplugged
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Relates, in multiple voices, the adventures of a group of youngsters at an electronics-free wellness camp where wealthy, spoiled Jett, leads other campers in trying to stop a criminal.
39) The secret zoo
Author
Series
Secret Zoo volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When his sister disappears, Noah, along with their best friends, Ella and Richie, sneak into the neighborhood zoo and delve into the unknown world of the animals, where they discover a great secret that the zoo is protecting.
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