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‘Hummingbird’- Lloyd, Natalie
Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl who—armed with her trusty, snazzy wheelchair—refuses to let her brittle bone disease stand in the way of adventure. Twelve-year-old homeschooled Olive is tired of being seen as “fragile” just because she has osteogenesis imperfecta (otherwise known as brittle…
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‘Dear Mothman’- Gow, Robin
Poet and author Robin Gow’s moving middle-grade novel in verse Dear Mothman is about a young trans boy dealing with the loss of his friend by writing to his favorite cryptid. Halfway through sixth grade, Noah’s best friend and the only other trans boy in his school, Lewis, passed away in a car accident. Adventurous…
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‘Bruised’- Boteju, Tanya
To Daya Wijesinghe, a bruise is a mixture of comfort and control. Since her parents died in an accident she survived, bruises have become a way to keep her pain on the surface of her skin so she doesn’t need to deal with the ache deep in her heart. So when chance and circumstances bring…
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‘7 Days for Fae’- Eisen, Lior
Fae struggles to do a lot of things that are easy for other kids. She has a hard time talking, running, and reading facial expressions. She finds other things easy: reading, making up stories about fairies, flapping her hands to tell the world she’s happy. But in 5th grade it’s not good to be different,…
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‘Make You Mine This Christmas’- Huxley-Jones, Lizzie
It’s the golden rule of pretending to be someone’s girlfriend: don’t fall for their sister. After a year from hell, Haf is ready to blow off steam at a Christmas party: a kind stranger, a few too many drinks and suddenly she’s kissing Christopher under the mistletoe – in front of his ex-girlfriend. The next…
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‘A Not-So Holiday Paradise’- Mitchell, Gracie Ruth
Things you bring on a desert island… 1) Sunscreen, obviously. Because these Irish freckles of mine will burn, baby, burn, and lobster red is not a great color on me. 2) An extra dose of my seizure meds, just in case. 3) A backpack full of snacks, including but not limited to a canteen of…
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‘The Christmasaurus’- Fletcher, Tom. Devries, Shane
Tom Fletcher has re-invented his bestselling story The Christmasaurus as a rhyming picture-book adventure for younger readers to enjoy. Santa and his reindeer live as north as you can go, in a place that’s full of magic (and quite a lot of snow!). But Santa and his reindeer do not live there on their own,…
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‘The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet”- Arlow, Jake Maia
A hilariously honest book about surviving middle school while navigating a chronic illness from the Stonewall Honor-winning author of Almost Flying. Twelve-year-old Al Schneider is too scared to talk about the two biggest things in her 1. Her stomach hurts all the time and she has no idea why. 2. She’s almost definitely 100% sure…
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‘The Undaunted’- Hart, Alan L.
In 1936, Alan Hart published The Undaunted, his second bestseller. The novel, which follows young doctor Richard Cameron’s attempts to find an effective treatment for anemia, begins in the west coast city of Seaforth, a stand-in for 1920s Seattle. Within the medical-research plot, Hart also weaves the story of men—Cameron and radiologist Sandy Farquhar—whose personalities…
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‘Three Things About Emmy Crawford- Bitz, Allison L.
Crohn’s disease, the paparazzi, and heartbreak can’t derail Emmy Crawford, the type-A daughter of a senator, from relentlessly pursuing her dreams in this coming-of-age novel perfect for fans of Lynn Painter and Rachel Lynn Solomon. There are three things high school senior Emmy Crawford will accomplish, no matter what: Taking nationals in debate this season.…
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