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To help prove that NBA star Brett McGrew is
the father he has never known, uncoordinated Kansas seventh-grader Kirby
Nickel braves his coach's ire and becomes captain of the basketball
team. The coach’s radical new plan for success involves the boys playing in
their underwear. An amusing story about a "small-town community's devotion to basketball and of a klutzy kid's
success on the court in spite of himself."
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All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall
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After being marooned on an
island near New Zealand, Jack, an orphaned cabin boy from San Francisco,
becomes allied with a group of dogs who protect the local sheep from
a second group of wild dogs. The story is told in alternating chapters by the boy, Jack, and Moxie, a young dog. As Jack negotiates the two
canine groups and learns to survive in his new world, he achieves a bond
so deep that he can communicate with the dogs.
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A biography
of Harry Houdini, the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose
amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926. The author was an amateur magician and friendly with Houdini's widow, giving him some special insights into this master showman's fascinating rags-to-riches life story.
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Swept
away to a hidden academy for training budding evil geniuses, Otto, a
brilliant orphan, Wing, a sensitive warrior, Laura, a shy computer
specialist, and Shelby, an infamous jewel thief, plot to escape the
prison known as H.I.V.E. Suspenseful and fast-paced Book #1 in H.I.V.E. series. |
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Rusty, a bored house kitten, is apprenticed by the
ThunderClan and must struggle to fit in when the group of wild cats is
threatened by the enemy ShadowClan. Great choice for fans of animal fantasy, like the Redwall or Guardians of Ga'Hoole. Book #1 in the Warriors series.
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Peak by Roland Smith
14-year-old Peak Marcello loves to climb.He is sent halfway around the world to live with the father he hardly knows, a famous mountaineer, who announces he will bring Peak on an expedition up Mount Everest. Will Peak be the youngest person to scale the highest mountain in the world? Lots of great characters, exciting situations, and vivid details about climbing Everest. Read this article: A 13-Year-Old Takes On Everest and Sets Off a Debate - NY Times
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Schooled by Gordon Korman
Cap (short for Capricorn) lives with his grandmother, a former hippie, who homeschools him. When she falls from a tree and breaks her hip, Cap is sent to a
foster home where he has his first experience in a public school. Cap doesn't exactly fit in at Claverage Middle School. He has long, ungroomed hair, wears hemp clothes, and
practices Tai Chi out on the lawn. Then he gets nominated - as a prank - for class president - and wins. What happens next will surprise and amuse you.
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Marylin
and Kate have been friends since nursery school, but when when manipulative Flannery moves into the neighborhood, Marylin
becomes a middle school cheerleader, and Kate develops other
interests, their relationship is put to the test during sixth grade.
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14-year-old Horace is
a photographer's apprentice in 19th century New York. His first
photograph accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge. As
his life takes a scary turn, Pegg, a servant girl, helps lead him to the truth
about the dead girl and the people she is trying to punish for mistreating her.
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