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• All Charged Up!

  Brown, Don, 1949-

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  A graphic novel history of electricity and how we got from tying keys to kites in a lightning storm to electric cars.

• Hummingbird Season

  Lucianovic, Stephanie V. W.,

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  At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, a young boy named Archie learns about community, genuine connection, and how not to lose hope.

• The Takeout

  Badua, Tracy,

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  Mila is not going to let her father’s food truck be run out of town at the hands of the famous chef brothers who opened their own nearby restaurant.

• Saving Sunshine

  Faruqi, Saadia,

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  Even a vacation can’t stop the Aziz twins from bickering endlessly. But when an animal in crisis requires them to work together, they find a way to rise to the occasion.

• Hoops

  Tavares, Matt,

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  In 1975, Wilkins Regional High School in Indiana forms their first girls basketball team. Will anyone notice they are going undefeated?

• Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit

  Sutanto, Jesse Q.,

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  When Jamie inherits his brother’s fox spirit, his hopes of being a regular American boy vanish forever.

• Drew Leclair Gets a Clue

  Bury, Katryn,

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  When a cyberbully posts embarrassing rumors about other students at school, Drew, to protect her own secret, puts her sleuthing skills to good use to find the culprit, who just might be one of her closest friends.

• The Area 51 Files

  Buxbaum, Julie,

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  Sky Patel-Baum unexpectedly moves in with her uncle, and becomes the first new human resident in Area 51 in years.

• Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves

  Elliott, L. M. (Laura Malone), 1957-

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  In 1941, after Hitler declares war on the United States U-boat submarines begin to attack American ships. Louisa June tries to find a way to help the war effort and help her mother after her father and brother are caught in the crossfire.

• The Bluest Sky

  Gonzalez, Christina Diaz, 1969-

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  It’s 1980, and things are difficult in Cuba…can Hector’s family make it out to join his dissident father in America?

• Answers in the Pages

  Levithan, David,

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  What seems to just be an adventure novel about two characters trying to stop an evil genius sparks controversy when parents question if the main characters are gay and try to have the book removed from the school curriculum.

• Chester Keene Cracks the Code

  Magoon, Kekla,

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  This scavenger hunt turns out to be about a lot more than finding treasure.

• Honestly Elliott

  McDunn, Gillian,

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  Struggling with ADHD, loneliness, and connecting with his divorced father who wants Elliott to play sports instead of cooking, sixth-grader Elliott finds an unlikely friend in popular, perfect Maribel when the two are paired in a school-wide contest.

• Frizzy

  Ortega, Claribel A.,

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  Marlene loves her curly hair, but her mother thinks it needs to be straightened to be presentable. With some help from her best friend and her aunt, Marlene finds a way to learn to appreciate and proudly wear her curly hair.

• The Tryout

  Soontornvat, Christina,

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  BFFs Christina and Megan try out for the middle school cheer squad, but the results are not what they anticipated.

• A Rover's Story

  Warga, Jasmine,

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  While the builders of the rover Resilience hadn’t intended to build human emotions into his programs, Rover’s capabilities surpass all expectations.

• Maizy Chen's Last Chance

  Yee, Lisa,

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  Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself.

• Amari and the Night Brothers

  Alston, B. B.,

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  Amari is convinced that the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs can help her understand what happened to her missing brother.

• The Year I Flew Away

  Arnold, Marie,

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  Moving to America from Haiti in 1985 exacts a bigger price than Gabrielle expects...especially after she makes a deal with a witch.

• The Deadliest Diseases Then and Now

  Hopkinson, Deborah,

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  An informative explanation of deadly diseases beginning with the plague of the middle ages and continuing to the Spanish Influenza and the COVID-19 pandemic.