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Middle Grade Reviews, Part Four

5/23/2020

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We know you’ve been missing browsing our shelves and discovering a book that wasn’t on your radar. So, we’ll be sharing some newer middle grade releases throughout the week.
 
Give us a call at 503-954-2354 if you want any of them. And have your kids leave reviews in the comments of good books they’ve read recently.

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All the Impossible Things by Lindsay Lackey
 
Ruby “Red” Byrd has moved around from one foster home to another. And, when she thinks her life is settling down a bit, an unexpected arrival shakes things up again. Not to mention she also has the magical power to control the wind based on her emotions. If you want a moving story with a touch of magical elements, look not further!
 
For fans of The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin.

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How to Make Friends with the Sea by Tanya Guerrero
 
After moving around all his life, Pablo and his recently divorced mother have settled down in the Philippines. As if that wasn’t enough to take in, they end up taking in an orphaned girl with a cleft lip. Will Pablo find a way to make his new situation feel like home?
 
For fans of Everlasting Nora by Marie Miranda Cruz, Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly and Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai.

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Middle Grade Reviews, Part Three

5/10/2020

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We know you’ve been missing browsing our shelves and discovering a book that wasn’t on your radar. So, we’ll be sharing some newer middle grade releases throughout the week.
 
Give us a call at 503-954-2354 if you want any of them. And have your kids leave reviews in the comments of good books they’ve read recently.

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Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk
 
One of the masters of historical fiction for young readers returns with another gripping novel that sees a family down on their luck try to make it in a new town with its own witch or hag on top of the mountain that may be able to solve their problems. Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk is a must read.

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Stuffed by Liz Braswell
 
Fans of Monsters, Inc. will enjoy this novel about a ten-year-old boy who must convince everyone around him that the stuffed animals we all know and love are fighting a battle that is getting too close to home!

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Middle Grade Reviews, Part Two

5/9/2020

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We know you’ve been missing browsing our shelves and discovering a book that wasn’t on your radar. So, we’ll be sharing some newer middle grade releases throughout the week.
 
Give us a call at 503-954-2354 if you want any of them. And have your kids leave reviews in the comments of good books they’ve read recently.

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Itch by Polly Farquhar
 
Isaac (a.k.a. Itch) is having the worst school year ever. First, a tornado damages the school cafeteria. And, he may have caused one of his friends to have a severe food allergy reaction when they traded lunches. How can things get better for him when the troubles seem to be non-stop?
 
For fans of: Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff and Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake

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Mary Underwater by Shannon Doleski
 
Mary Murphy doesn’t have the easiest life ever with an abusive father at home and a potentially failing grade at school. But she’s sick and tired of playing the victim. So she hatches a plan involving a submarine to save herself.
 
For fans of: The Line Tender by Kate Allen, No Fixed Address by Susan Nielsen, and Mostly the Honest Truth by Jody Little

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Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
 
When Lucely and Syd inadvertently releases evil spirits into the real world, it’ll be up to them with the help of Syd’s witch grandmother to bring things back to normal.
 
For fans of: Goosebumps by R.L. Stine, Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier, and The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

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Middle Grade Reviews, Part One

5/4/2020

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We know you’ve been missing browsing our shelves and discovering a book that wasn’t on your radar. So, we’ll be sharing some newer middle grade releases throughout the week.
 
Give us a call at 503-954-2354 if you want any of them. And have your kids leave reviews in the comments of good books they’ve read recently.

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The Newspaper Club by Beth Vrabel
 
Cub reporter Nellie Murrow is on the case when a series of theft and vandalism rock her town of Bear Creek. It’ll take all her journalistic skills to solve the mystery in this new mystery series inspired by Nellie Bly herself.
 
For fans of: Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova, The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, and Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein

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Fins by Randy Wayne White
 
Poachers are endangering the shark population to use their fins in soup. It’ll be up to the newly formed Sharks Inc. to make sure they don’t get away with it. Will the kids succeed in their mission? Or have they bitten off more than they can chew?
 
For fans of: The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty, Ali Cross by James Patterson, and Science Comics: Sharks by Joe Flood

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Can You See Me? by Libby Scott ad Rebecca Westcott
 
Inspired by Libby’s real life experiences, this moving middle grade novel explores Tally trying to fit in without letting her autism completely define who she is.
 
For fans of: Wonder by R. J. Palacio, Rules by Cynthia Lord, and Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

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