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Book Suggestions from Your Librarians
Fiction
Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary Schmidt
Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos
Lion Down (Fun Jungle series) by Stuart Gibbs
Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
The Last Last Day of Summer by L.R. Giles
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker
To Night Owl From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan
We’re Not from Here by Geoff Rodkey
Nick and Tesla series by Steve Hockensmith and Pflugfelder
Zoey Sassafras series by Asia Citro
File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (All the Wrong Questions) by Lemony Snicket
Sam Wu series by Katie Tsang
One-Third Nerd by Gennifer Choldenko
Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez
The Third Mushroom by Jennifer L. Holm
Nonfiction
This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Ellen Boyce
We Are Displaced: My Story and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai
Beyond Words: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel by Carl Safina
A Ray of Light: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick
100 Ways to Be Thankful by Lisa Gerry
When Paul Met Artie: The Story of Simon & Garfunkel by G. Neri
A Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women’s Rights by Kate Hannigan
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs by Kate Messner
Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story of How Monopoly Was Invented by Tanya Lee Stone
Thirty Minutes over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot’s World War II Story by Mark Tyler Nobleman
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman
The Never Caught Story of Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Graphic Novels
Apocalypse Taco by Nathan Hale
Camp by Kayla Miller
Knights vs. Monsters by Matt Phelan
Mr. Wolf’s Class series by Aron Nels Steinke
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Hazardous Tales series by Nathan Hale
Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis
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Witch Boy, The Hidden Witch, and The Midwinter Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag
Max and the Midknights by Lincoln Peirce
Lumberjanes series by Noelle Stevenson
Wings of Fire (graphic novel series) by Tui Sutherland
Stargazing by Jen Wang
Bake Sale by Sara Varon
Mermin series by Joey Weiser
Anna & Froga series by Anouk Ricard
Tucker Grizwell’s Worst Week Ever by Bill Schorr & Ralph Smith
5 Worlds Series by Mark Siegel
The Mutts Diaries series by Patrick McDonnell