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Allison, Jennifer
Gilda Joyce : the Dead Drop
Almost-fifteen-year-old psychic investigator Gilda Joyce interns for the summer at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., and solves a mystery involving national security.
300 p. 2009
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Anderson, Jodi Lynn
May Bird and the Ever After
Lonely and shy, 10-year-old May Ellen Bird has no idea what awaits her when she falls into the lake and enters The Ever After, the scary home of ghosts and the Bogeyman.
317 p. 2005
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Birdsall, Jeanne
The Penderwicks On Gardam Street
The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.
308 p. 2008
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Boie, Kirsten
The Princess Plot
Jenna, overprotected by her single mom, secretly wins the role of princess in a film. She is immediately whisked off to a remote kingdom. But she hasn't been able to talk to her mom; she somehow looks like the real (runaway) princess; she learns that the conniving regent plans to use her to take control of the country. As the plot twists and turns, Jenna discovers just what she's made of!
378 p. 2009
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Cabot, Meg
Best Friends and Drama Queens
Nine-year-old Allie Finkle's list of rules helps her navigate a tricky situation with a new girl at school.
202 p. 2009
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Carmichael, Clay
Wild Things
Stubborn, self-reliant, 11-year-old Zoe has taken care of herself her whole life. When her mother dies, she moves to the country to live with her prickly uncle, a famous doctor and sculptor, and together they learn about trust and the strength of family.
241 p. 2009
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Codell, Esme Raji
Diary of a Fairy Godmother
Hunky Dory, a young witch, can make flowers wilt like wet spaghetti and make thunder rumble like a whale's bellyache. She can even turn any prince into a frog — but she always changes him back. That's how she knows there's a problem. When Hunky Dory's interest in wishcraft over witchcraft gets her kicked out of charm school she becomes determined to follow her heart and become a fairy godmother.
170 p. 2005
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Couloumbis, Audrey
Love Me Tender
13-year-old Elvira worries about her future when, after a fight, her father heads to Las Vegas for an Elvis impersonator competition and her pregnant mother takes her and her younger sister to Memphis to visit a grandmother the girls have never met.
209 p. 2008
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Creech, Sharon
The Castle Corona
Two orphaned peasant children discover a mysterious pouch, the contents of which lead them to the majestic Castle Corona, where their lives may be transformed forever.
320 p. 2007
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Dee, Barbara
Solving Zoe
Zoe's 6th grade year is marked by changing relationships with her fellow students, including her best friend, and a search for where she belongs.
230 p. 2009
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Dowell, Frances O'Roark
The Kind of Friends We Used to be
Twelve-year-olds Kate and Marylin, friends since preschool, draw further apart as Marylin becomes involved in student government and cheerleading, while Kate wants to play guitar and write songs, and both develop unlikely friendships with other girls and boys.
234 p. 2009
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DuPrau, Jeanne
The City of Ember
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.
270 p. 2003
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Durst, Sarah Beth
Into the Wild
Rapunzel and her daughter, 12-year-old Julie, left their enchanted forest (the Wild) for the real world. Now the Wild is stored under Julie's bed - until it is wished free. To save the others, Julie will have to survive wicked witches, poisoned apples, and marriageable princes to reach the heart of the Wild.
260 p. 2007
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Ferris, Jean
Twice Upon a Marigold
Happily ever after began right when Christian and Marigold got married and evil Queen Olympia disappeared into the river. But it didn't last long, because now Olympia is back.
297 p. 2008
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Gaiman, Neil
Coraline
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
162 p. 2002
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Gephart, Donna
As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!
Preparing for spelling bees, having a secret admirer, and waiting for her chest size to catch up with her enormous feet are pressure enough, but 12-year-old Vanessa must also deal with loneliness and very real fears as her mother, Florida's Governor, runs for President of the United States.
227 p. 2008
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Graff, Lisa
The Life and Crimes of Bernetta Wallflower
After her supposed best friend implicates her in a cheating and blackmail scam, 12-year-old Bernie loses her private school scholarship. Then she spends the summer, with the help of a new friend, using her knowledge of magic and sleight-of-hand to earn the $9,000 in tuition money and to get revenge.
250 p. 2008
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Hale, Shannon
Princess Academy
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
314 p. 2005
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Hannigan, Katherine
Ida B...and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (possibly) Save the World
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.
246 p. 2004
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Horvath, Polly
My One Hundred Adventures
Twelve-year-old Jane, who lives at the beach in a run-down old house, is determined to have adventures. In one eventful summer, she accompanies her zany pastor on bible deliveries, meets former boyfriends of her mother's, and is coerced into babysitting for a family of ill-mannered children.
260 p. 2008
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