Kids

Forge book cover

Forge

Laurie Halse Anderson

jFICTION Anderson, Laurie Halse
Kids, Historical Fiction

Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.

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Chains

Laurie Halse Anderson

jFICTION Anderson, Laurie Halse
Kids, Historical Fiction

When their owner dies at the start of the Revolution, Isabel and her younger sister are sold to Loyalists in New York, where Isabel is offered the chance to spy for the Patriots.

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Ms. Bixby's last day

John David Anderson

jFICTION Anderson, John David
Kids

Topher, Brand, and Steve, dismayed when their gifted teacher announces she is leaving due to illness, share their stories while cutting class and journeying across town together.

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Rebound

Kwame Alexander

jFICTION Alexander, Kwame
Kids, Sports, Poetry

In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.

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The crossover

Kwame Alexander

jFICTION Alexander, Kwame
Kids, Sports, Poetry

Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

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The line tender

Kate Allen

jFICTION Allen, Kate
Kids

Following a tragedy that further alters the course of her life, twelve-year-old Lucy Everhart decides to continue the shark research her marine biologist mother left unfinished when she died years earlier.

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On the come up

Angie Thomas

YOUNG ADULT FICTION Thomas Angie
Fiction, Kids

When sixteen-year-old Bri, an aspiring rapper, pours her anger and frustration into her first song, she finds herself at the center of a controversy.

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Teenage girl dominates at rap battles; what more do you need to know? -Anne W

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My Jasper June

Laurel Snyder

jFICTION Snyder Laurel
Fiction, Kids

The school year is over, and it is summer in Atlanta. The sky is blue, the sun is blazing, and the days brim with possibility. But Leah feels lost. She has been this way since one terrible afternoon a year ago when everything changed. Since that day, her parents have become distant, her friends have fallen away, and Leah's been adrift and alone. Then she meets Jasper, a girl unlike anyone she has ever known. There's something mysterious about Jasper, almost magical. And Jasper, Leah discovers, is also lost. Together, the two girls carve out a place for themselves, a hideaway in the overgrown spaces of Atlanta, away from their parents and their hardships, somewhere only they can find. But as the days of this magical June start to draw to a close, and the darker realities of their lives intrude once more, Leah and Jasper have to decide how real their friendship is, and whether it can be enough to save them both.--

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A touching story of friendship and loss -Anne W

Eventown book cover

Eventown

Corey Ann Haydu

jFICTION Haydu Corey
Fiction, Kids, Dystopian

To Elodee, eleven, things seem a little too perfect in Eventown when she moves there with her parents and identical twin, Naomi, especially since forgetting the past is so highly valued.

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Kind of creepy but with mouthwatering descriptions of creative cooking and baking projects! -Anne W

To Night Owl from Dogfish book cover

To Night Owl from Dogfish

Holly Goldberg Sloan

jFICTION Sloan Holly
Fiction, Kids

Unhappy about being sent to the same summer camp after their fathers start dating, Bett and Avery, two girls, age eleven, eventually begin scheming to get the couple back together after a break-up. Told entirely through letters, emails and text messages.

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Told in emails and letters, two girls connect over their fathers' new relationship. So funny and page-turning! -Anne W