Red Again

 by Barbara Lehman

In this wordless book, when a young boy discovers an abandoned book on the side of the road, it opens a window to another world just as real as his own.

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Pass the Ball, Mo!

 by David A. Adler

Mo’s latest obsession is basketball.  He’s determined to learn how to pass, but as the shortest member of the team, he can’t seem to launch the ball high enough.

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A Dash of Trouble: Love Sugar Magic

 by Anna Meriano

Leonora Logrono’s family owns the most beloved bakery in Rose Hill, Texas.  Leo discovers that her mother, aunt, and four older sisters have been keeping a big secret: Their brujas-witches of Mexican ancestry-who pour a little bit of sweet magic into everything that they bake.

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The Breadwinner: A Graphic Novel

 by Deborah Ellis

This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of the Breadwinner animated film tells the sotry of eleven-year-old Parvana who must disguise herself as a boy to support her family during the Taliban’s rule in Afgjanistan.

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Watchdog

 by Will McIntosh

Thirteen-year-old twins Vick and Tara have built an incredible machine-a loyal robotic watchdog named Daisy.  When local crime boss Ms. Alba schemes to add Daisy to her robot army, Vick and Tara must go to great lengths to protect their prized pet.

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Death of an Honest Man

By M.C. Beaton

Paul English speaks his mind. He tells the minister his sermons are tedious, Mrs. Wellington that she’s too fat, Angela Brody that her detective stories are pablum, and Jessie Currie that she should see a psychiatrist. So when the man is murdered, police sergeant Hamish Macbeth has no end of likely suspects.

 

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