Another

by Christian Robinson

What if you…encountered another perspective? discovered another world?  Met another you?  What might you do?

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Because

by Mo Willems

Mo Willems, a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, composes a powerful symphony of chance, discovery, persistence, and magic in this moving tale of a young girl’s journey to center stage.

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The Squatchicorns: Big Foot and Little Foot

by Ellen Potter

When a tribe of Sasquatches flee from a mysterious curse, they take refuge in Hugo’s home, Widdershins Cavern.  These new Sasquatches look a bit…odd. Always open to meeting new creatures, Hugo befriends one of these strange squidges, Nobb.  Nobb offers to escort Hugo through the North Woods so that Hugo can attend Boone’s birthday party. Having never been inside a Human house, Hugo finds the experience confusing and somewhat disastrous.  Just when it looks like Hugo may have ruined Boone’s birthday, they set out on a mission to solve the troubling curse in Nobb’s cavern.

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The Friendship War

by Andrew Clements

Grace and Ellie have been best friends since second grade.  Ellie’s always right in the center of everything–and Grace is usually happy to be Ellie’s sidekick.  But what happens when everything changes?  This time it’s Grace who suddenly has everyone’s attention when she accidentally starts a new fad at school.  It’s a fad that has first her class, then her grade, and then the entire school collecting and trading and even fighting over…buttons?  A fad that might also get her in major trouble and could even be the end of Grace and Ellie’s Friendship.

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The Spy Runner

by Eugene Yekchin

It’s 1953 and the Cold War is on.  Communism threatens all that the United States stand for, and America needs every patriot to do their part.  So when a Russian boarder moves into the home of twelve-year-old Jake McCauley, he’s on high alert.  What does the mysterious Mr. Shubin do with all that photography equipment?  And why did he choose to live so close to the Air Force base?  Jake’s mother says that Mr. Shubin knew Jake’s dad, who went missing in action during WWII.  But Jake is skeptical; the facts just don’t add up.  And he’s determined to discover the truth–no matter what he risks.

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The Perfect Horse

by Elizabeth Letts

When a small troop of American soldiers capture a German spy, they uncover an unexpected secret: Hitler has kidnapped the world’s finest purebread horses and hidden them.  But starving Russian troops are drawing closer and the horses face the danger of being slaughtered for food.  With little time to spare, Colonel Hank Reed and his soldiers cross enemy lines to heroically save some of the worl’s most treasured animals.

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Eventown

by Corey Ann Haydu

The world tilted for Elodee this year, and now it’s impossible for her to be the same as she was before.  Not when her feelings have such a strong grip on her heart.  Not when she and her twin sister, Naomi, seem to be drifting apart.  So when Elodee’s mom gets a new job in Eventown, moving seems like it might just fix everything.  Sure, there are only three ice cream flavors in Eventown.  Ever.  And they play only one song in music class.  Everything may be “even” in eventown, but is there a price to pay for perfection–and pretending?

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The Tinderbox

By Beverly Lewis

On the day before her Amish parents’ twentieth wedding anniversary, nineteen-year-old Sylvia Miller stumbles across the key to the old brass tinderbox her father keeps in his Lancaster County watch repair shop.  Piqued by curiosity, Sylvia unlocks the cherished heirloom, not realizing that what she is about to discover will splinter apart her happy life.

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Miss Julia Takes The Wheel

By Ann B. Ross

When Miss Julia’s regular doctor goes on vacation with his wife, leaving a replacement in his stead, Miss Julia is immediately concerned.  There is just something she can’t place about the Crawfords, and she won’t rest until she gets to the bottom of it.

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Miracle At St. Andrews

By James Patterson

Though nobody has ever identified a single secret–no universally accepted truth–to the sport, every real player searches for one.  Travis McKinley is one such seeker.  A former professional golfer who feels like he’s an amateur at the rest of life,  he makes a pilgrimage to the mythical greens at St. Andrews.  On the course where golf was born, every link, hole, fairway–even the gorse–feels like sacred ground.  Ground that can help an ordinary player, an ordinary man, achieve a higher plane.

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