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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

South Carolina

Teaching other kids how to be funny is the toughest gig that Jamie Grimm has ever had, and with the highest stakes. If he fails, his school library will be shut down for good! Even though he has a national contest trophy and a TV show under his belt, Jamie Grimm isn't one to sit back and relax. When his school has a major funding crisis, Jamie hits on a bright idea to save the day--a comedy class for the other students. Little does he know that making jokes and teaching jokes are two very different things...and he's only good at one of them. With the fate of his school's library on his shoulders, Jamie has to dig deep to see if he has what it takes to succeed at his most difficult challenge yet.

I Funny: School of Laughs

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Artemis Fowl the Opal Deception

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#hardcover #ninja #fiction #childrens   #childrensfiction #middlegrade

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

North Carolina

The second book in this action-packed adventure series follows a team of young ninjas to the final round of the first-ever Junior Ninja competition--perfect for young ninjas and ninja fans everywhere!



When tweens Izzy, Ty, Kevin, JJ, and Mackenzie heard there was going to be a kids' version of the reality-TV obstacle competition National Ninja Champion, they all found themselves drawn to Fit Kidz Gym. They quickly formed a team--training together and helping one another overcome all kinds of obstacles as they tried out for a spot on Junior Ninja Champion. It's surreal but exciting to watch themselves on TV . . . and the show is a huge hit! Now Izzy and JJ are headed to the finals in Hollywood, and the rest of the team is coming along to cheer them on. Ty is an alternate, hoping for his shot at glory. But when the show throws them a curve ball and announces a wildcard episode, it brings a new competitor to the Fit Kidz team and takes the competition up a notch. Who will lose their grip on victory, and who will climb their way to the top on the first season of Junior Ninja Champion?

Junior Ninja Champion: the Fastest Finish

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Picking up where Princess Academy left off and celebrating the joys of friendship, romance, and the fate of fairy tale kingdoms, this new book delivers the completely delightful new story that fans have been waiting for. #fiction #youngadult #ya #hardcover #princess #romance #fantasy #adventure #middlegrade #sequel

California

Princess Academy sequel

Palace of Stone

Kentucky

(2-In-1)

The adventures of Martine and her magical white giraffe continue in THE LAST LEOPARD and THE ELEPHANT'S TALE, as Martine races against time to save the world's rarest leopard, and uncovers a terrible plot deep in the Namibian desert.

Join Martine and her magical giraffe, Jemmy, in two more heart-warming adventures. In The Last Leopard, an accident sends Martine and Ben on a journey to the Matabo Hills in Zimbabwe where they must race against time to save the world's rarest leopard - and each other. And In The Elephant's Tale, Martine and Ben travel to the Namibian desert where they uncover a terrible plot.

These are books full of charm and atmosphere and stunning African landscapes, which will enchant animal lovers everywhere.

The Last Leopard and the Elephant's Tale (2-In-1)

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#hardcover #fiction #middlegrade #thethirteenthfairy #neverafter #melissadelacruz #magic #fairytale

New York

Real life and fairy tales collide in Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy, book one in the new middle-grade Never After series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Descendants series, Melissa de la Cruz. Nothing ever happens in Filomena Jefferson-Cho’s sleepy little suburban town of North Pasadena. The sun shines every day, the grass is always a perfect green, and while her progressive school swears there’s no such thing as bullying, she still feels bummed out. But one day, when Filomena is walking home on her own, something strange happens. Filomena is being followed by Jack Stalker, one of the heroes in the Thirteenth Fairy, a series of books she loves about a brave girl and her ragtag group of friends who save their world from an evil enchantress. She must be dreaming, or still reading a book. But Jack is insistent—he’s real, the stories are real, and Filomena must come with him at once! Soon, Filomena is thrust into the world of evil fairies and beautiful princesses, sorcerers and slayers, where an evil queen drives her ruthless armies to destroy what is left of the Fairy tribes. To save herself and the kingdom of Westphalia, Filomena must find the truth behind the fairytales and set the world back to rights before the cycle of sleep and destruction begins once more.

Never after: the Thirteenth Fairy

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Washington

Lord of the Fries

#hardcover #juvenilefiction #fiction #middlegrade 

Captain Roland Warvold tells Alexa and Yipes about the adventures he shared with his brother Thomas in Elyon, before the wall went up and divided the world in two.

Into the Mist

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✅ Public School Superhero

Battered, bruised, but alive, Helicity Dunlap rides out a hurricane in the Bolivar Peninsula Lighthouse in Texas. She somehow manages to keep herself safe and to even rescue a lost dog in the process.


After a day in the hospital, she and her mom and Sam make the two-day drive back to Western Michigan. They leave Andy and their dad behind as Andy is finally going to get the help he needs in an addiction rehabilitation facility. Much to her dismay, Helicity ends up in the spotlight--first in a good way after surviving the hurricane and rescuing the dog--and then social media turns on her and she finds herself in the eye of a completely different kind of storm.


Back at school Helicity struggles to maintain her focus--long rides on her horse, Raven, help as do a few weekend trips with her mom. She decides to accept an offer to be interviewed about her experience in Texas by a reporter who followed her story. They meet up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the annual International Hot Air Balloon Festival, a spectacle that must be seen to be believed. The excitement builds as Helicity delights in her first ride in a lighter-than-air balloon when disaster strikes. A severe dust storm--a haboob--typical of the area erupts while Helicity is aloft.


How will the pilot navigate this threatening and potentially deadly storm? Find out in this exciting conclusion to the Chasing Helicity series.



Chasing Helicity Through the Storm

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Brand new, never read. In extremely great shape. #hardcover #climatechange #childrensbook #fiction #school #children #childrens #middlegrade #young #reading

Florida

An eighth grader starts a podcast on climate activism and rallies her friends to create lasting change in their local community and beyond, in this companion to Dress Coded.

When Mary Kate Murphy joins a special science pilot program focused on climate change, the class opens her eyes to lots of things she never noticed before about her small suburban town: Kids waste tons of food at school without a second thought. Parents leave their cars running in the pick-up lane all the time. People buy lots of clothes they don't really need. Some of her friends who live in the city and are bused to her school don't always feel included. And the mayor isn't willing to listen to new ideas for fixing it all. Mary Kate and her friends have big plans to bring lasting change to their community and beyond. And now is the time for the young people to lead and the leaders to follow--or get out of the way.

The First Rule of Climate Club

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#middlegrade 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫! :)

Louisiana

A touching, timeless novel--perfect for fans of Lisa Graff and Lauren Wolk--about a girl who discovers that the ocean is holding secrets she never could have imagined.

Twelve-year-old Summer loves the ocean. The smell, the immensity, the feeling she gets when she dives beneath the surface. She has lived in Barnes Bluff Bay since she was two years old, when Lindy found her on the beach. It's been the two of them ever since. But now, ten years later, Summer feels uncertainty about her place with Lindy and starts to wonder about where she came from. One night, Summer goes for a swim and gets caught in a riptide, swallowing mouthfuls of seawater. And that night, she dreams of a girl. A girl her age living in the same town, but not in the same time. Summer's not persuaded that this girl is real, but something about her feels familiar.

Summer dreams again and again about this girl, Tink, and becomes convinced that she is connected to her past. As she sees Tink struggle with her sister growing away from her and her friends starting to pair off, Summer must come to terms with her own evolving home life and discover how the bonds that make us family can help heal the wounds of the past.

From Melissa Sarno, the author of Just Under the Clouds, comes a new story of discovery, family, and finding where you belong.

A Swirl of Ocean

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#fantasy #middlegrade #childrens #adventure #magic #youngadult #mythology #unicorns #ya #brandnew 

Mississippi

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you've never seen them before in this fantastical middle grade debut perfect for fans of the Percy Jackson and Eragon series!

Skandar Smith has always yearned to leave the Mainland and escape to the secretive Island, where wild unicorns roam free. He's spent years studying for his Hatchery exam, the annual test that selects a handful of Mainlander thirteen-year-olds to train to become unicorn riders. But on the day of Skandar's exam, things go horribly wrong, and his hopes are shattered...until a mysterious figure knocks on his door at midnight, bearing a message: the Island is in peril and Skandar must answer its call.

Skandar is thrust into a world of epic sky battles, dangerous clashes with wild unicorns, and rumors of a shadowy villain amassing a unicorn army. And the closer Skandar grows to his newfound friends and community of riders, the harder it becomes to keep his secrets--especially when he discovers their lives may all be in graver danger than he ever imagined.

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief

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#hardcover #animals #childrens #fantasy #fiction #middlegrade #paperback #series 

Oregon

The Quest Begins

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Al Capone Throws Me a Curve

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Maryland

Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker

Middle-school drama queen Nikki Maxwell worries about asking a boy to her school's "sweetheart dance."

Dork Diaries 6

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#hardcover #fiction #graphic #graphicnovel #lauraleegulledge #mentalillness #mental #teens #middlegrade 

A bold and original YA graphic novel about battling your inner doubts and fears-and finding your genius Sometimes, the world is too much for Mona Starr. She's sweet, geeky, and creative, but it's hard for her to make friends and connect with other people. She's like a lot of sensitive teenagers-but in the hands of graphic novelist Laura Lee Gulledge, Mona's struggle with depression takes on a vivid, concrete form. Mona calls it her Matter. The Matter gets everywhere, telling Mona she's not good enough, and that everyone around her wishes she would go away. But through therapy, art, writing, and the persistence of a few good friends, Mona starts to understand her Matter, and how she-and readers-can turn their fears into strengths. Heartfelt, emotionally vulnerable, and visually stunning, The Dark Matter of Mona Starr is a story that takes the inner life of a teenager seriously, while giving readers a new way to look at the universal quest for meaning and connection.

Dark Matter of Mona Starr

#hardcover #fiction #juvenilefiction #middlegrade #female #dorkdiaries #humor #comics 

Michigan

Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess

Nikki Maxwell is determined to help out Brandon save an animal shelter, but when she and her friends enter an ice skating competition to help raise money for the shelter, Mackenzie has to stick her nose in and cause trouble.

Dork Diaries 4

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Gabby Duran and the Unsittables

#hardcover #juvenilefiction #kids #middlegrade #bonegarden

A spooky and adventurous debut illustrated fantasy novel about a girl made of dust and bone and imagination who seeks the truth about the magic that brought her to life.

"This magical story--and the brave girl in its pages--will haunt you in the best way." --Natalie Lloyd,New York Times bestselling author ofOver the Moon

"Remember, my dear, you do not really and truly exist."

Irréelle fears she's not quitereal. Only the finest magical thread tethers her to life--and to Miss Vesper. But for all her efforts to please her cruel creator, the thread is unraveling. Irréelle is forgetful as she gathers bone dust. She is slow returning from the dark passages beneath the cemetery. Worst of all, she is unmindful of her crooked bones.

When Irréelle makes one final, unforgivable mistake by destroying a frightful creature just brought to life, Miss Vesper threatens to imagine her away once and for all. Defying her creator for the very first time, Irréelle flees to the underside of the graveyard and embarks on an adventure to unearth the mysterious magic that breathes bones to life, even if it means she will return to dust and be no more.

Debut author Heather Kassner'sThe Bone Garden is a gorgeously written story--illustrated by Matt Saunders--humming with magic, mystery, and dark imaginings. Perfect for fans of Holly Black, Jonathan Auxier, and Katherine Arden.

"[Evokes] the dreamy tone and themes of Neil Gaiman'sCoraline and The Graveyard Book . . . an impressive new fairy tale that will appeal to fans of Lisa Graff's subtly magical stories." --Booklist

The Bone Garden

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Stranger Things meets The Goonies in this suspenseful yet heartwarming adventure story about a group of friends who set out to find a crashed meteor...but find mystery and danger instead as their close relationships begin to fracture. Annie, Beans, Rocky, and Fynn are the Scouts--best friends who do everything together. It's 1985, and the summer before seventh grade is just beginning. The Scouts decide to secretly climb Old Man Basinger's silo to watch a meteor shower, and when one meteor seems to crash nearby, the Scouts know they have to set out on their next adventure and find it. But their fun overnight jaunt through the woods soon takes a turn for the worst when they discover a series of disturbing clues about the meteor--and suddenly find themselves on the run from the wild, violent Mason clan. Bonds are tested when new kids join their adventure and the group's true feelings are revealed. Will the Scouts survive this journey together--or will their unbreakable friendships prove vulnerable after all?

Scouts

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Flick Hudson accidentally visits Strangeworld Travel Agency where she can travel to other worlds through magical suitcases.

Strangeworlds Travel Agency

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#MiddleGrade

“We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful” is the motto of Deza Malone’s family.

Deza is the smartest girl in her class in Gary, Indiana, singled out by teachers for a special path in life. But the Great Depression hit Gary hard, and there are no jobs for black men. When her beloved father leaves to find work, Deza, Mother, and her older brother Jimmie go in search of him, and end up in a Hooverville outside Flint, Michigan. Jimmie’s beautiful voice inspires him to leave the camp to be a performer, while Deza and Mother find a new home, and cling to the hope that they will find Father.

The twists and turns of their story reveal the devastation of the Depression and prove that Deza truly is the Mighty Miss Malone.


Arkansas

A Newbery Honor-winning author ("The Watsons Go to Birmingham") delivers a heart-wrenching, suspenseful novel of one unforgettable family caught up in the turbulent days of the Great Depression.

The Mighty Miss Malone

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Down the Mysterly Riveris the children's book debut of Bill Willingham, the creator of the #1New York Times bestselling graphic novel series Fables. Complete with illustrations by Fables artist Mark Buckingham, it is a spirited, highly original tale of adventure, suspense, and everlasting friendship.

Max "the Wolf" is a top notch Boy Scout, an expert at orienteering and a master of being prepared. So it is a little odd that he suddenly finds himself, with no recollection of his immediate past, lost in an unfamiliar wood. Even odder still, he encounters a badger named Banderbrock, a black bear named Walden, and McTavish the Monster (who might also be an old barn cat)--all of whom talk--and who are as clueless as Max.

Before long, Max and his friends are on the run from a relentless group of hunters and their deadly hounds. Armed with powerful blue swords and known as the Blue Cutters, these hunters capture and change the very essence of their prey. For what purpose, Max can't guess. But unless he can solve the mystery of the strange forested world he's landed in, Max may find himself and his friends changed beyond recognition, lost in a lost world...

James Patterson; Chris Grabenstein (As told to); Jomike Tejido (Illustrator)

I Funny: School of Laughs

Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl the Opal Deception

Catherine Hapka

Junior Ninja Champion: the Fastest Finish

Shannon Hale

Palace of Stone

Lauren St John

The Last Leopard and the Elephant's Tale (2-In-1)

Melissa de la Cruz

Never after: the Thirteenth Fairy

L.S. Kinnedy

Lord of the Fries

Patrick Carman

Into the Mist

James Patterson

✅ Public School Superhero

Ginger Zee

Chasing Helicity Through the Storm

Carrie Firestone

The First Rule of Climate Club

Melissa Sarno

A Swirl of Ocean

A. F. Steadman

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief

Erin Hunter

The Quest Begins

Gennifer Choldenko

Al Capone Throws Me a Curve

Rachel Renée Russell (Illustrator)

Dork Diaries 6

Laura Lee Gulledge

Dark Matter of Mona Starr

Rachel Renée Russell (Illustrator)

Dork Diaries 4

Elise Allen

Gabby Duran and the Unsittables

Heather Kassner; Matt Saunders (Illustrator)

The Bone Garden

Shannon Greenland; James Patterson (Foreword by)

Scouts

L. D. Lapinski

Strangeworlds Travel Agency

Christopher Paul Curtis

The Mighty Miss Malone

Bill Willingham; Mark Buckingham (Illustrator)

Down the Mysterly River