May Buzzworthy Books Kids

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"Rohan's eye-opening trip to a tiger sanctuary in India makes him want to help protect the animals that live there"-- Provided by publisher.

2) Both Sides Now: A Story About Young Joni Mitchell

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Corry, Lydia

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Joni Mitchell is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer whose music has touched generation after generation. Her millions of fans are accustomed to seeing her with a guitar in hand, mesmerizing crowds of festival-goers and music-lovers alike. But now it's time to introduce readers to a new side of Joni, from before the fame and widespread adoration. Get ready to explore Joni's childhood, growing up in small towns on the vast Canadian prairie. As a young girl...

3) A wish with wings

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Guillory, Sarah

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When a sinkhole traps her father in the town mine, twelve-year-old Evan changes her wild demeanor and begins caring for an abandoned egg, fearing for her father while harboring a secret about the accident.

4) Reaching across the sky: a celebration of bridges

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Hale, Christy

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"This informative STEAM offering celebrates bridges from around the world, highlighting global community, human innovation, and the science of engineering"-- Provided by publisher.

5) The Mueganos

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Jours, Jaque

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A delectably sweet story about the unbreakable bonds of family.Muegano [ moo - egano ]: Candy made with square pieces of wheat flour fried and glued together with honey.Meet the Mueganos: a family so close they're stuck together like the traditional Mexican candy. Papa Muegano says it's honey that holds them. Mama says it's love. The oldest, Julia, wouldn't have it any other way. Sure, swimming isn't always easy, and it wouldn't hurt to have a little...

6) The second life of snap

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Kelly, Erin Entrada

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Twelve-year-old Zuzu befriends a guardian robot with a limited battery life that was given to her father as severance after being laid off from the mega corporation that controls everything.

7) Opting out

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Kobabe, Maia

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Saachi is a storyteller. At school, she's surrounded by kids she's known forever -- including her best friend, Lyla, who shares Saachi's love of fantasy novels and creating new worlds. But as seventh grade starts, kids are changing. Suddenly, it matters who you like and if you can find a boyfriend or girlfriend. Even Lyla seems more interested in hanging out with her new boyfriend than in writing and drawing with Saachi anymore. Saachi's not interested...

8) Berserkers

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Larson, M. A

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Listen. This book is kind of hard to describe. It takes place in a small town called Norse Ridge, Minnesota, which is a lot like any other small town in the Midwest except it has more subterranean caves and people named Olaf. (Also, they eat hotdish, not casserole.) The main character is a kid named Danny Hall, who goes on a hunt with his friends to find their missing history teacher and maybe a little ancient Viking treasure, too. Oh, and I'm the...

9) Lost in Peach Blossom Paradise

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Liang, Xiong

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City-girl Little Yu just spent a glorious summer in the countryside with her grandparents. On the last day of her vacation, wishing she could stay forever, Little Yu notices peach blossom petals marching along the surface of the river. They sink and bob to the surface again, a pink rivulet flowing into the distance. Little Yu follows the blossoms to an enormous, mossy stone tablet carved with the histories of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the words:...

10) The shark prince

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Maunakea, Malia

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In a small Hawaiian village, half-human, half-shark teen Nohea risks attending school and entering a surf competition to help his family, while struggling to control his dangerous shark instincts and unravel the mystery of his disappearing friends.

11) The Shrew Detective: The Case of the Pilfered Pearls (Shrew Detective #1)

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Preus, Margi

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Shrew Detective volume 1

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Wind in the Willows meets Enola Holmes in this exciting, young middle grade mystery series from Newbery Honor-winning author Margi Preus and with art from Junyi Wu Mystery: Something that is difficult or impossible to understand. With a curious mind and a vast vocabulary (thanks to her wallpaper--pages of a discarded human dictionary), tiny Minerva Shrew would love nothing more than to solve the Big Mysteries of Life and the Universe. Instead, in...

12) Dad

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Robinson, Christian

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Dad is strong. Dad is sweet. Dad is here now. Dad had to go away. There are as many ways to be a dad as there are dads in the world. Dad is a bighearted tribute to all of them, reflecting the range of relationships dads have with their little ones.

13) Diamond fever!: a true crime story in the Wild West

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Sheinkin, Steve

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"A fun, high-stakes nonfiction middle grade adventure novel about the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872, by award-winning author Steve Sheinkin -- featuring spot art and comic interstitials throughout"-- Provided by publisher.

14) The sweet spot

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Vickers, Elaine

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Twelve-year-old Trip dreams of winning the Little League championship, but when his dad is unexpectedly deployed, he navigates changes at home and on the field with uncertainty.

15) Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish

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Weatherford, Carole Boston

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