Girl Giant and the Monkey King by Van Hoang

Enjoy our presentation of The Crossover written by Kwame Alexander  and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Thirteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

The Crossover was awarded the Newbery Medal and was a Coretta Scott King Honor title. 

The Crossover is recommended for ages 9 and up.  See review for more information:  https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kwame-alexander/the-crossover/

This title is available as an ebook and audiobook on Libby by Overdrive and Hoopla.  

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Hoopla ebook: https://bit.ly/Crossover_Hooplaebook

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Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340

Enjoy our presentation of Island of Thieves written by Josh Lacey and published by Houghton Mifflin. Tom goes with his Uncle Harvey to Peru, where they narrowly escape imprisonment and death as they hunt for buried treasure after tracking down a journal written by John Drake, a young relative of Sir Francis Drake, on a voyage to Lima in 1577. Includes biographical information on John and Francis Drake. 

Island of Thieves was named a Best Fiction for Young Adults in 2013

Island of Thieves is recommended for ages 9 and up for some violence.  Please see review for more information: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/josh-lacey/island-thieves/

This title is available as an ebook on Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12920009

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Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340
 

Enjoy our presentation of If We Were Giants written by Dave Matthews and Clete Barrett Smith and published by Hyperion.  Fourteen-year-old Kirra must summon the courage to face her own mistakes before she can help save her peaceful community from a gigantic threat.


If We Were Giants is recommended for ages 8 and up for discussions of trauma and PTSD. Please see review for more information.  https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/dave-matthews/if-we-were-giants/

This title is available as an ebook on Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/1290117

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Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340
 

Enjoy our presentation of The Explorer written by Katherine Rundell  and published by Simon & Schuster. Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive for days until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the vines.

The Explorers was given the Costa Children's Book Award.

The Explorer is recommended for ages 8 and up. See review for more information: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/katherine-rundell/the-explorer-rundell/

This title is available as an audio book on Hoopla: https://bit.ly/Explorer_Hoopla

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Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340
 

Enjoy our presentation of Timeless: Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic by Armand Baltazar and published by Katherine Tegen Books. You’ve never seen Earth like this before: continents reshaped, oceans re-formed, cities rebuilt, and mountains sculpted anew. Dinosaurs roam the plains alongside herds of buffalo, and giant robots navigate the same waters as steam-powered ships. This is the world Diego Ribera was born into. The past, present, and future coexisting together. In New Chicago, Diego’s middle school hallways buzz with kids from all eras of history and from cultures all over the world. On his thirteenth birthday, Diego learns of a special gift he has within, a secret that is part of something much bigger—something he cannot yet understand.

This title is recommended for readers age 9 and up. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews. https://bit.ly/Timeless_Reviews

Timeless: Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic is available as an eBook and audiobook on Hoopla. 

Hoopla eBook- https://bit.ly/Timeless_HooplaeBook
Hoopla Audiobook-  https://bit.ly/Timeless_HooplaAudio

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Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340

Enjoy our presentation of Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri, published by Levine Querido. At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But, no one believes a word he says. To them he is a dark-skinned, hairy-armed boy with a big butt whose lunch smells funny; who makes things up and talks about poop too much. But Khosrou's stories, stretching back years, and decades, and centuries, are beautiful, and terrifying. Like Scheherazade of One Thousand and One Nights in a hostile classroom, Daniel spins a tale to save his own life: to stake his claim to the truth.

Everything Sad is Untrue has won numerous awards, including being named a 2020 Book of the Year by Amazon, NPR, The New York Times and several other publications.

This title is recommended for readers age 11 and up for some depictions of violence. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews. https://bit.ly/EverythingSad_Reviews

Everything Sad is Untrue is available as an eBook on Hoopla and Libby by Overdrive.

Libby eBook - https://bit.ly/EverythingSad_LibbyeBook
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Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340

Enjoy our presentation of Brother from a Box by Evan Kuhlman published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Matt Rambeau is officially a big brother—to a robot! Matt’s super-computer-genius dad is always getting cool tech stuff in the mail, but the latest box Matt opens contains the most impressive thing he’s ever seen: a bionically modified lifeform that looks human and calls Matt “brother."

Brother from a Box is recommended for readers age 10 and up. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews. https://bit.ly/BrotherfromaBox_Review

This title is available as  an eBook on Hoopla.

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Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340

Enjoy our presentation of Lupe Wong Won’t Dance written by Donna Barba Higuera and published by Levine Querido. Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy ... like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when the horror that is square dancing rears its head in gym? Obviously she's not gonna let that slide.

Lupe Wong Won’t Dance was a 2021 Pura Belpre Honor book, a PNBA Award Winner and a Booklist Editor’s Choice Best Books for Youth 2020.

Lupe Wong Won’t Dance is recommended for ages 8 and up. Please see Kirkus for more information and reviews. https://bit.ly/LupeWong_Reviews

This title is available as an eBook and audiobook on Hoopla.

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Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340

Enjoy our presentation of The Riverman by Aaron Starmer and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Twelve-year-old Alistair Cleary lives in a town where everyone knows each other. One afternoon, his neighbor, Fiona, shows up at Alistair's doorstep with a strange proposition. She wants him to write her biography because in her basement there's a gateway that leads to the magical world of Aquavania, the place where stories are born. In Aquavania, there's a creature called the Riverman and he's stealing the souls of children. And Fiona's soul could be next. 

The Riverman is recommended for ages 10 and up, for mentions of death, violence and some language. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews. https://bit.ly/Riverman_Reviews

This title is available as an audiobook on Hoopla. 

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Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340

Enjoy our presentation of The Key to Extraordinary written by Natalie Lloyd and published by Scholastic Press. Twelve-year old orphan Emma Casey lives by a haunted graveyard in her Tennessee town, giving tours, and helping her brother and Granny Blue with the family bakery, and waiting for the destiny dream of her ancestors--but when it comes it shows her only a key, and she finds that she must solve a ghostly mystery that has haunted her town for generations.

The Key to Extraordinary was a Junior Library Guild Selection and was named to the Bank Street College of Education Best Books of 2017.

The Key to Extraordinary is recommended for ages 10. Please see Kirkus for more information and reviews. https://bit.ly/KeytoExtra_Review 

This title is available as an audiobook on Hoopla.

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Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340