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Abigail Johnson, Illustrated by Frances Burnett-Stuart
Published August 20, 2015
His breathing deepened as he drifted off to sleep. His chest rose and fell in a rhythm that comforted his sister sitting next to him. Ellie Harrison wrapped her arms around herself in a hug and...
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Natalia Dunyak, Illustrated by the author
Published August 20, 2015
The Galactic Soldier Code To protect the peace of the Milky Way, To fight bravely on land, sea, air, and space, To execute the orders of our superiors, We are the Galactic Soldiers. Jade’s cell...
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Nate Sheehan, Illustrated by Gordon Su
Published August 19, 2015
PROLOGUE I didn’t want to move. I didn’t want to move to America on July 17, 1956. My life was perfect in Japan. I had good friends. I had finally made the baseball team. Everything...
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Ermeen Choudhury, Illustrated by Phoebe Wagoner
Published August 18, 2015
"Chloë. Chloë, wake up!” Grace poked her sister in the side, then gently shook her, barely able to contain her excitement. Chloë slowly opened one eyelid, and in seconds the two seven-year-olds were scampering out...
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Hannah Ogden, Illustrated by Isabella Ronchetti
Published August 18, 2015
By Hannah Ogden Illustrated by Isabella Ronchetti Emma O’Malley was alone. Up in her attic room of her grandmother Josephine’s farm, she could hear the rain hammering on the roof. She shivered. The lights had...
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Morgan Biagioni, Illustrated by Claire Litsey
Published August 18, 2015
Tears filled my eyes as I stared back at my mother. I turned and fled out the door, not caring that it was the middle of the night. The yard was filled with deep shadows,...
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Emily Stevens, Illustrated by Valerie Sorokosh
Published August 17, 2015
"No, it can’t be.” Slowly my hands caressed the sweetsmelling leather of his bridle, and my fingers traced the small letters engraved on the tiny brass nameplate. J-U-D-A-H. Judah. My gaze dropped from my friend’s...
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Evelyn Chen, Illustrated by Collette McCurdy
Published August 17, 2015
My sneakers pounded the red turf as I circled the track. Sweat ran down my neck and I wiped my stinging eyes. Beside me ran Rhonda Monroe, her braids flying out behind her. “You’re slow,...
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Kara Peter, Illustrated by Alina Ponomarenko
Published August 17, 2015
Everything in the village was brown. The small, squat huts were brown. The narrow dirt road was brown. The marketplace was crowded and filthy and brown. The grass and fields, which always seemed withered and...
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Claire Mao, Illustrated by Catherine Chung
Published August 17, 2015
I used to own real bunnies in Shanghai, China. My grandpa always bought some for me. But my only distinct memory of owning a pet rabbit was in my grandparents’ apartment. It was 2011, so...
