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1) Heroes
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
Aboard the battleship the USS Utah with their Navy pilot fathers during WWII when the ship is attacked by the Japanese, Frank and Stanley find their friendship--and dreams--in jeopardy when Stanley is seen as the "enemy" because his mother is Japanese American.
4) Peak
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.
5) Cardboard
Author
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When cardboard creatures come magically to life, a boy must save his town from disaster.
6) Squirm
Author
Language
English
Description
Billy Dickens discovers that his mysterious father lives in Montana, so this summer Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, and save his own father.
7) The batboy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Even though his mother feels baseball ruined her marriage to his father, she allows fourteen-year-old Brian to become a bat boy for the Detroit Tigers, who have just drafted his favorite player back onto the team.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Patryk and Jurek are as much friends as rivals in the small Russian-occupied Polish village where they live. When, in August 1914, Patryk finds an old button on the forest floor, Jurek becomes wildly jealous. Not long after, World War I comes to Poland, bringing one invading army after another to the village. Jurek devises an exciting dare among the seven boys in their pack: whoever steals the best military button will be Button King. The boys agree....
12) Shutout
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In this high-interest sports novel for young readers, Alex has to figure out who's trying to get him kicked off the hockey team"--
13) Punished!
Author
Publisher
Darby Creek Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Logan and his friend Benedict are playing tag in the library. Logan gets caught when he runs into a mysterious man. When Logan doesn't apologize sincerely, the mysterious gentleman punishes him by causing him to speak in puns. Only finding seven examples each of oxymorons, anagrams and palindromes within the time limits will return Logan to normal.
14) Game changer
Author
Language
English
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Description
"All it takes is one hit on the football field, and suddenly Ash's life doesn't look quite the way he remembers it. Impossible though it seems, he's been hit into another dimension--and keeps on bouncing through worlds that are almost-but-not-really his own. The changes start small, but they quickly spiral out of control as Ash slides into universes where he has everything he's ever wanted, universes where society is stuck in the past...universes...
Author
Series
Something wickedly weird volume 1
Publisher
Hodder Children's
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Stanley Buggle, happily anticipating a long summer vacation in the house he inherits from his great-uncle, discovers, soon after arriving in the seemingly peaceful village of Crampton Rock, that along with the house he has also inherited some sinister neighbors, a talking stuffed fish, and a host of mysteries surrounding his great-uncle's death.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Ty wishes his family would play with him, but everyone is too busy before dinner-time. Luckily, Ty knows just what to do... Time for fun. Celebrate the power of imagination in ALL ABOARD!" -- Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Ty's big imagination takes him and Momma on a trip to the North Pole. Everything is wonderful! A Christmas tree sparkles, a snowman waves, and a polar bear sings. Will Ty's wish to see Santa come true?"--Provided by publisher.
20) Pony
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Twelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three menacing horsemen who take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared, and alone, except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool...who happens to be a ghost. When a pony shows up at his door, Silas makes the courageous decision to leave his home and embark on a perilous journey to find his father. Along the way, he will face his fears to unlock the secrets of his past and explore...
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