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Margo, a lonely aspiring songwriter, discovers her secondhand synthesizer is haunted by a 1980s pop star, leading to an unexpected bond and a journey of self-discovery as she grapples with the true meaning of making music and fame. (7/21)
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J FIC Gar
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Determined to save her home, thirteen-year-old financially savvy Geo sells fake fortunes for money, but her success has unforeseen consequences when her predictions start coming true. (7/21)
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J FIC Muc
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Junius Leak and the spiraling vortex of doom
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Thirteen-year-old Junius Leak is doomed to ten days of boredom on a houseboat on Lake Peigneur with his uncle while his parents "work on" their marriage. Caught up in a mystery involving pirates, a buried treasure, and a hundred-year-old family feud, he is determined to learn why his mom left Delcambre, Louisiana, when he was a baby and to conquer his fear of water. But the lake has other plans for him. When disaster strikes, Junius must dive deep within to emerge an unlikely hero. (7/21)
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J FIC Wol
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The extremely embarrassing life of Lottie Brooks
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After her best friend moves away, eleven-year-old Lottie enters secondary school alone where she attempts to navigate the embarrassing moments of growing up, fitting in, and making new friends. (7/21)
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J FIC Kir
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Ivy is a Groundling, bound to roam the surface of the Earth, eking a living from the rubble of the past. Skyler lives above the clouds in a haven of technology, wanting for nothing yet knowing there must be something more. Their paths are fixed, in a barren world that has forgotten nature until Ivy makes a discovery that changes everything. Suddenly, a forgotten orphan from the Piles holds the key to building a new world. But change is never popular with those in power, and as word gets out, society begins to fracture. Both girls lives unravel as Skyler uncovers the secrets that have been kept from her, and Ivy finds out just how important she is to the new world. (7/21)
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J FIC Rus
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When the Unicornia cupcake contest is announced, the entire kingdom gets baking! Of course, this is Unicornia, so every ingredient is magical. From cotton candy sugar to glittery frosting, there are so many amazing ingredients to be discovered. Can Claudia and her friends master the art of magical baking in time for the competition? (7/21)
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J FIC Pun
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Two very large things have just happened to Peachaloo Piccolozampa. First, she's discovered a plot to ruin her favorite swimming hole and replace it with a golf course. Second, a wasp sting has given her the superpower to understand the truth behind what people say. Peachaloo knows a golf course is not the destiny for the grounds of the Ajax Mansion, a former monastery whose jump-roping denizens proclaimed it freely open to all. But the mansion's new owner has other ideas--and has managed to bury the evidence of the Brothers and Sisters' wishes. Now it's up to Peachaloo to use her superpower to prove this villain a liar, star in the annual pageant, and somehow get her town back the way it's supposed to be. (7/21)
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J FIC Ras
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Adi of Boutanga : a story from Cameroon
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When thirteen-year-old Adi's uncle decides that she is old enough to be married, Adi and her family must find a new place for her to live and learn without fear. (7/21)
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J FIC Dzo
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In the deepest recesses of the ocean, Graciela--once an ordinary girl--now makes sea glass and assists her friend, Amina, as she welcomes newly awakened sea ghosts from their death sleep. Though Graciela's spirit is young, she has lived at the bottom of the ocean for more than a hundred years. Meanwhile, in the mortal world on land, twelve-year-old Jorge Leon works in his family's forge. He's heard of the supernatural spirits living beneath the ocean's waves--tales that do nothing to quell his fear of the water. But when Jorge discovers a hand-wrought harpoon with the power to spear a sea ghost, he knows he must destroy it any way he can. When the harpoon is accidentally reunited with its vengeful creator, unlikely allies Graciela and Jorge have no choice but to work together to keep evil spirits from wreaking havoc on both the living and the dead. If only the answer to saving what they care about didn't lie within the depths of the abyss. (7/21)
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J FIC Med
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Based on an Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated webcomic. Immerse yourself in this unique reading experience, where you flip the pages up and read downward as you descend into the ocean's depths! "Dave's mom is missing...and he's going after her. She's lost somewhere at the bottom of the ocean, stranded in the wreckage of her sunken spaceship. Only Dave can save her from the alien monsters and bizarre sea creatures that lurk in the depths. So Dave is going deeper...and deeper...and deeper...and deeper...and deeper...and deeper...and deeper...and deeper...and deeper...and deeper...and deeper. (8/19)
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J FIC Gro
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When thirteen-year-old Rosemary is evacuated from WWII London to her grandmother's home in America, she uncovers a hidden family truth -- that they are Anishinaabe -- leading her to embrace her heritage, forge new bonds, and find beauty in unexpected places. (8/19)
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J FIC Joh
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It started off innocently enough. Mo just wanted to catch a girl's eye. She was this super-talented and mysterious skater girl who looked like she had the universe all figured out. So Mo did what any self-respecting nerd would: He put aside his chess pieces and his books on astronomy and transformed himself into a skater guy, in the hopes that she might notice him. He never expected to catch the attention of his entire town, practically all of Sweden, and the internet. But that's exactly what happens when Mo -- by a stroke of total luck -- pulls off the skateboarding trick of a lifetime: He goes viral. What's a guy to do when the whole universe is expecting him to be something he's not? Find out in this charming and hilarious story as Mo learns the meaning of being true to yourself...the hard way. (8/19)
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J FIC Run
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After her father's sudden disappearance, aspiring detective Marietta visits the town of Perdita to ask for help. When nobody believes her claim that something paranormal is to blame, Marietta ventures alone into the nearby woods, where people are known to have vanished. Armed with a magical magnifying glass, Marietta enters a strange new world and encounters a phantom train whose sinister conductor says he'll help Marietta find her father--for a price. Luckily, Wyatt Weiss, a mysterious boy with his own secrets, saves Marietta from making a deal she'll regret. The kids escape into Oddity Woods, an endless forest where monsters and ghosts roam freely. Soon, Marietta and Wyatt are enlisted to solve a puzzling murder, and finding the killer might bring them closer to solving their own mysteries. Will Marietta ever find her father? And will she and Wyatt be able to leave these enchanted woods...or will the Conductor get to them first?
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J FIC Dav
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Once upon a time, there was a brave hero named...Grandpa?! What's he doing in this story? Ned is a retired literature teacher without much excitement in his life, but when his grandkids come to visit, he loves to tell them bedtime stories. Every evening, the clumsy knight tries to save the princess in new and different ways, but they never reach the end of the story. On one fateful night, Ned is shocked to wake up inside his fantasy world -- full of the characters from his stories, plus many more new friends and foes. And when a terrifying darkness rises, Ned will have to look within himself to confront a threat beyond his imagination. In their first collaboration, Italian creators Marco Daeron Ventura and Marco Ferraris present a thrilling and poignant graphic novel, bursting with color and creativity, about stories, family, growing old, and staying young. (8/19)
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J FIC Ven
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After moving into their late grandmother's eerie house on a small island, thirteen-year-old Gwen must protect her family from their monstrous babysitter, Esme, which forces her to confront her deepest fears as she fights back against terrifying creatures.
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J FIC Mac