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  Shooting the Moon

  by Frances O'Roark Dowell

  JAMIE THINKS HER FATHER CAN DO ANYTHING . . . UNTIL THE ONE TIME HE CAN DO NOTHING. When twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter's brother joins the Army and is sent to Vietnam, Jamie is plum thrilled. She can't wait to get letters from the front lines describing the excitement of real-life combat: the sound of helicopters, the smell of gunpowder, the exhilaration of being right in the thick of it. After all, they've both... (more)
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  Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

  by Wendy Mass

  In one month Jeremy Fink will turn thirteen. But does he have what it takes to be a teenager? He collects mutant candy, he won’t go more than four blocks from home if possible, and he definitely doesn’t like surprises. On the other hand, his best friend, Lizzy, isn’t afraid of anything, even if that means trouble now and then. Jeremy’s summer takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious box arrives. According to... (more)
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  The Wednesday Wars

  by Gary D. Schmidt

  Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero in THE WEDNESDAY WARS—a wonderfully witty and compelling novel about a teenage boy's mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967–68 school year. Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High, who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn't like... (more)
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  Emma-Jean Lazarus: Book 1

  Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree

  by Lauren Tarshis

  Emma-Jean has always been a little different. Her seventh grade classmates have never really understood her. But one afternoon, all that changes when she sees Colleen Pomerantz crying in the girl’s room. When she trys to help Colleen out, at first, it works fine, but soon it turns into a huge mess. And what she finds will send her tumbling out of a tree and questioning why she ever got involved in the first place. (more)
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  Home of the Brave

  by K. A. Applegate

  A man I helped to settle here taught me a saying from Africa. I’ll bet you would like it: A cow is God with a wet nose. Kek comes from Africa where he lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived. Now she’s missing, and Kek has been sent to a new home. In America, he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like... (more)