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In Gaby and the Best Middle School Self-Defense Book Ever, you will read about how Gaby and Lily become close friends as they write a book together for a school assignment.  Their book gives advice on how to handle the many problems middle schoolers face today.  Through real-life experiences, such as bullying, feeling left out, and the struggles of making new friends, they stick together through it all.  Their book becomes a great resource for others.  Middle school just might not be as hard as it seems…

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This book is about a girl named April. She fell in love with a boy named Matt. She has some hard decisions to make about friends, family, and Matt. She is not sure what to do this summer. Does she go to camp, stay home, or hang out with Matt? She is headover heels for Matt but he is confusing April. She is not sure how he feels. He acts as if he has mixed emotions. She feels like he is not that into her at times but at other times  she feels like he is crazy about her. What is a girl to do?

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Ms.Rapscott's Girls is a book written and illustrated by Elise Primavera. The book is about five little girls who are eight years old, with the busiest parents in the world. These little girls, scattered across the U.S., are shipped in boxes to Ms.Rapscott's School for Girls of Busy Parents.  While there, they learn things like how to find your way, what a birthday cake is, and how to approach a bumbershoot tree. They stay inside a lighthouse but when they go to their classroom with five little desks, there are only four students.

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DJ, his real name is Daniel Jackson Lim,  doesn’t think he is good at anything.  He has 4 siblings, 2 older brothers and 2 younger sisters.  They are awesome at everything.  Dj is only good at one thing, being friends with his neighbor Gina, until she moved away.  

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In Disneylanders, Acacia "Casey" Allison is about to start highschool. She and her family always go on an annual Disneyland summer vacation trip with her best friend. Yet, things are already different during this vacation, since Casey's ex-best friend isn't coming. After losing her best friend, Casey suspects this will be the worst summer ever, until she meets the cute boy at the park. Could this mysterious boy make her summer worth the while? Or is this the end of Casey's perfect summer vacations?

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Most of “Paper Hearts” takes place in a concentration camp called Auschwitz during the Holocaust. The main characters are Fania and Zlatka, two girls who started off strangers and became best friends.

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Interred kicks off on a dark, stormy night in backwoods Vermont. When protagonist Baxter glimpses an eighteenth-century teen lurking in her backyard, she questions her own sanity before doubting the space-time continuum. But when her estranged cousin Fred barges into the family's farmhouse, he brings good and bad news. On the plus side, Baxter's psyche remains, for the time being, intact. The bad news?

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Winter of Elves is the continuing story of Aly, Emily, and all of their magical friends. Emily and Aly are on winter break from school, but they must continue their training. Additionally, Aly needs to keep her light elf village safe.

Aly is called to the light elf village to figure out why a wolf is lingering outside. She discovers that it is injured, so she brings it to her grandma’s house to help it recover. When she arrives, her grandma and the rest of the group start to question whether the wolf may be a descendant of the mythical wolf Fenrir. 

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The Prize, takes place in 1777 in Vermont, on the banks of the Champlain River. This historical fiction is depicted in the eyes of a young man, as both he and his family live on the banks of the river near a small settlement. News of the war and ships seen out on the river, happen throughout the book. Battles won or lost by the British find their way to the small settlement’s tavern. Historical events as well as the mood of the men in the settlement are portrayed as they drink and talk together.

Stella Gordon is having a miserable summer in small-town Thunder Basin, Nevada. She’s living with Carmina Songster, a strict retired cop who Stella clashes with repeatedly. She’s had to get a job as a waitress at a greasy diner. She can’t talk to her beloved boyfriend, Reed. She doesn't even know where he is! The root of all Stella’s problems is that her name is not actually Stella Gordon.

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