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2023 Youth Services Favorites (SCPL-YS)
If You Like...Greenglass House
Middle Grade Mysteries (SCPL-YS)
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"On the day they are born, every Swift child is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name, and a definition. A definition it is assumed they will grow up to match. Meet Shenanigan Swift: Little sister. Risk-taker. Mischief-maker. Shenanigan is getting ready for the big Swift Family Reunion and plotting her next great scheme: hunting for Grand-Uncle Vile's long-lost treasure. She's excited to finally meet her arriving relatives--until...
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Cirque du Freak : the saga of Darren Shan volume 12
Cirque du Freak the saga of Darren Shan volume 12
Cirque du Freak the saga of Darren Shan volume 12
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As Darren faces the final showdown with his archenemy, Steve Leopard, he seeks a way to trick destiny and avoid the requirement that one of them die and the other become Lord of the Shadows, fated to destroy the world.
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Teddies saga volume 1
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Buddy wakes up in a garbage dump and, after finding other teddy bears there, becomes their leader as they embark on a perilous journey to fulfill their destiny.
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In this retelling of the Korean legend The tale of Shim Cheong, sixteen-year-old Mina is swept away to the Spirit Realm, where, assisted by a motley crew of demons, gods, and lesser spirits, she sets out to awaken the sleeping Sea God and save her homeland and family from deadly storms.
Deadly storms have ravaged Mina's homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people...
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Emblem Island volume 1
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2023 Bluestem Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
Encanto Read-alikes
Fantasy Reads for Middle Grade (SCPL-YS)
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Encanto Read-alikes
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After changing the fate he has known since birth, twelve-year-old Tor Luna, accompanied by his friends Engle and Melda, must visit the notorious Night Witch to break the curse he now faces.
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Ever After High (Shannon Hale) volume 3
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"When a mysterious being from Wonderland begins to infect Ever After High with a strange magic, everything goes topsy-turvy. Lizzie Hearts, Wonderland's future queen; Cedar Wood, daughter of Pinocchio; and Madeline Hatter, heir to the Mad Hatter's Haberdashery & Tea Shoppe, seem to be the only ones who haven't completely lost their heads. It's up to them to save their best friends forever after from a curse that threatens to give their school--and...
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Ever After High (Shannon Hale) volume Related works
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"A new chapter is about to begin at Ever After High, and all students are preparing to return to school and start their Legacy Year, when they will commit to living out their fairytale destinies, repeating the famous stories of their parents"--
10) Unchosen
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For Charlotte Holloway, the world ended twice. The first was when her childhood crush, Dean, fell in love -- with her older sister. The second was when the Crimson, a curse spread through eye contact, turned the majority of humanity into flesh-eating monsters. Neither end of the world changed Charlotte. She's still in the shadows of her siblings. Her popular older sister, Harlow, now commands forces of survivors. And her talented younger sister, Vanessa,...
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Seekers (Erin Hunter). Return to the wild volume 1
Seekers. Return to the wild volume 1
Seekers return to the wild volume 1
Seekers. Return to the wild volume 1
Seekers return to the wild volume 1
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As the three bears, Toklo, Lusa, and Kallik, begin their journey home, they encounter new friends and dangerous enemies and must decide which they can trust to help them on their quest.
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Ever After High (Shannon Hale) volume 1
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At Ever After High, a boarding school for the sons and daughters of famous fairy-tale characters, students Apple White and Raven Queen face the moment when they must choose whether to follow their destinies, or change them.
13) The monkey's paw
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Presents an unabridged selection of the story of a mummified monkey's paw that carries a spell granting three wishes to each of its owners and fulfills them in unexpected and terrible ways.
14) The Melting Sea
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Seekers (Erin Hunter). Return to the wild volume 2
Seekers. Return to the wild volume 2
Seekers return to the wild volume 2
Seekers. Return to the wild volume 2
Seekers return to the wild volume 2
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"Toklo, Kallik, Lusa, and Yakone trek onward toward the Melting Sea, the site of Kallik's traumatic cubhood--and prepare to be separated for the first time since their journey began"--
15) Amber & clay
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Books Written in Verse- Youth and Teen
Middle Grade Novels in Verse (SCPL-YS)
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"In a warlike land of wind and sunlight, "ringed by a restless sea," live Rhaskos and Melisto, spiritual twins with little in common beyond the violent and mysterious forces that dictate their lives. A Thracian slave in a Greek household, Rhaskos is as common as clay, a stable boy worth less than a donkey, much less a horse. Wrenched from his mother at a tender age, he nurtures in secret, aided by Socrates, his passions for art and philosophy. Melisto...
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Warriors (Erin Hunter). Super editions volume 14
Warriors super edition volume 14
Warriors. Super editions volume 14
Warriors super edition volume 14
Warriors. Super editions volume 14
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Leopardstar knows her destiny is to save RiverClan from destruction, so as the rise of ThunderClan deputy Tigerstar shatters peace among the clans, Leopardstar must decide what kind of leader she will be.
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Ever After High (Shannon Hale) volume 2
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In the aftermath of Legacy Day, Raven Queen, reluctant leader of the Rebels, and Apple White, head of the Royals, work together when an Ever After High student, Maddie, gets in trouble, threatening all of their Happily Ever Afters.
18) Lotería
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In Oaxaca City, Mexico, ancient friends Life and Death discuss free will while engaged in a game of chance, with eleven-year-old Clara as the protagonist of their theories and a pawn in their game, moving inevitably towards her ultimate fate. Includes author's notes and reader's guide.
19) Wake the bones
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2023 ALA Children's Award Winners and Nominees
All Hallow's Read - Teen
Spooky Reads (teens)
Stranger Things read-alike
All Hallow's Read - Teen
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Stranger Things read-alike
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After dropping out of college, nineteen-year-old Laurel Early returns to her uncle's tobacco farm, where she encounters a monster as well as her mother's ghost, and soon Laurel realizes that she must tap into her own innate magic to save everyone she loves.
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Star-touched queen volume 1
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Sixteen-year-old Maya's arranged marriage turns out much better than she expected, but her husband's magic--and her curiosity--may threaten more than her life.
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