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• The Graveyard Book

  Gaiman, Neil

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  Raised by ghosts, werewolves, and other residents of the cemetery in which he has always lived, Bod wonders how he will manage to survive living among the living with only the lessons he has learned from the dead.

• Al Capone Does My Shirts

  Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-

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  A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister Natalie.

• Save Me a Seat

  Weeks, Sarah,

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  Two boys, one white, one Indian-American, gain strength from each other from afar as they struggle to navigate middle school, family relationships, and friendships.

• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

  Avi, 1937-

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  As the only passenger, and the only female, on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, thirteen-year-old Charlotte finds herself caught between a murderous captain and a mutinous crew.

• The City of Ember

  DuPrau, Jeanne

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  In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

• Among the Hidden

  Haddix, Margaret Peterson

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  In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hoot

  Hiaasen, Carl,

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  Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

• The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

  Kelly, Jacqueline

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  In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Savvy

  Law, Ingrid, 1970-

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  Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.

• Heat

  Lupica, Mike

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  Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.

• The Westing Game

  Raskin, Ellen

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  The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must solve puzzles to uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.

• Holes

  Sachar, Louis, 1954-

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  Stanley Yelnats has a habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, thanks to a family curse. So it's no surprise when he's arrested and sent off to a correctional camp in texas to dig holes for a frightening warden. But could this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Crazy Summer

  Williams-Garcia, Rita

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  In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their…Read moreRead more of this annotation