Live Oak Public Libraries: KIDS: Reading Recommendations

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Hispanic Heritage Reads
A collection of picture books highlighting Hispanic stories.

Goldie Vance: the Hotel Whodunit by Lilliam Rivera
ISBN: 9780316456647
Publication Date: 2020-03-17
Move over, Nancy Drew--there's a new sleuth in town!
A Ceiling Made of Eggshells by Gail Carson Levine
ISBN: 9780062878229
Publication Date: 2020-05-12
A moving and ambitious story set during the expulsion of Jews from Spain...

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Kazu Jones and the Comic Book Criminal by Shauna Holyoak
ISBN: 9781368022675
Publication Date: 2020-04-21
Kazu Jones, scrappy fifth grade detective, is back! Fresh off their first successful investigation, she and her friends are hungry for their next case.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
ISBN: 9781429915649
Publication Date: 2010-04-01
Ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic!

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Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
ISBN: 9780545628013
Publication Date: 2013-05-28
How about being pulled from prison by a time-traveling tyrant named Tippy Tinkletrousers?!!?
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino
ISBN: 9781554983476
Publication Date: 2014-05-13
Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination. This is a sweetly told story about the courage and creativity it takes to be different.

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When a statue of Athena comes to life, Phoebe gets the stunning news she’s the daughter of Zeus...

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Twist by Sarah Cannon
ISBN: 9781250123305
Publication Date: 2020-02-11
A group of gifted kids must band together to save their town and a fantasy world from horror-story monsters come to life in this imaginative middle-grade novel!
If We Were Giants by Dave Matthews & Clete Barrett Smith
ISBN: 9781484778715
Publication Date: 2020-03-03
Kirra lives in an idyllic community hidden inside a dormant volcano...

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Glitch by Laura Martin
ISBN: 9780062894359
Publication Date: 2020-06-09
From the critically acclaimed author of Float comes a new whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel.

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American As Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar
ISBN: 9781534439382
Publication Date: 2020-06-09
An Indian American girl navigates prejudice in her small town and learns the power of her own voice in this brilliant gem of a middle grade novel full of humor and heart.

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Strange Birds by Celia C. Pérez
ISBN: 9780425290439
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
When three very different girls find a mysterious invitation to a lavish mansion, the promise of adventure and mischief is too intriguing to pass up.

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Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
ISBN: 9781250171115
Publication Date: 2020-02-04
Snapdragon is a magical realist graphic novel about a young girl who befriends her town's witch and discovers the strange magic within herself.

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