I So Don’t Do Spooky by Barrie Summy

About The Book:

Someone’s out to get Sherry’s stepmom. . . .Can she save her before it’s too late? Did you know that the main campus of the Academy of Spirits is at a Dairy Queen in Phoenix? Me either. Until now. Some weird stuff has been happening to my stepmother, Paula, and the Academy has asked me, Sherry Holmes Baldwin, to get to the bottom of it. They think someone’s trying to hurt her. I really don’t want to get involved—my life is way too busy. Josh and I are celebrating two blissful months of togetherness. And my best friend, Junie, is finally showing a teeny bit of interest in clothes and makeup after years of brainiac behavior. But being that my mom is a ghost and all, me, my brother, and my dad rely on Paula a lot. So it’s not like I can just ignore what’s going on. Especially since my mom is competing at the Ghostlympics. If she comes in first place, she earns five minutes of Real Time. And that means I’ve got to get involved in a creepy, freaky mystery. But . . . I so don’t do spooky.

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Sky Girl and the Superheroic Legacy by Joe Sergi

Back of the Book:

Imagine living up to a legacy that no one can remember. Sky Girl and the Superheroic Legacy tells the story of DeDe Christopher, an ordinary teenager with an extraordinary destiny. DeDe is an average high school sophomore with dreams of winning the National Gymnastic Tournament and dating the school quarterback. But her world changes when she begins to develop fantastic abilities that are strangely similar to those of a fictional comic book super hero named SkyBoy. With the help of her best friend, Jason, a self-proclaimed comic geek, DeDe begins a quest to discover her true destiny as she confronts the all-too-real enemies and allies of SkyBoy. She must deal with capes, apes and aliens to find a way to live up to a legacy that no one can remember and become Sky Girl.

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Secrets: You Tell Me Yours and I’ll Tell You Mine…. Maybe by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein A Truth Series book

Back of the Book:

Following on the heels of the best-selling book The Truth, SECRETS is the continuing diary of a girl moving into her teen-age years. The Girl has plenty to fill her journal. The pages reveal a new school, a new baby in the family, new friends, a new guy and a new set of issues to face. Share the secret world of an almost-teen as she learns which secrets to share and which to keep to herself.

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Journey of Dreams by Marge Pellegino

About the Book:

I hear footsteps on the path and see light approaching. I slip behind the ni’tzja, out of view of the soldier coming with a torch. When I hear him call out, I want to scream, You are too late. This family has escaped you! This is Tomasa’s story of how her family survives the Guatemalan army’s “scorched earth” campaign, and how their love, loyalty to each other and Papa’s storytelling keep them going on their harrowing search for refuge in the United States.

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Wright On Time Arizona by Lisa M. Cottrell-Bentley

About the Book:

First stop, Arizona! The Wright’s homeschooling RV adventure starts with exploring a desert cave. Nadia can’t wait to find minerals and see rock formations. Aidan wants to see bats. he finds something mysterious buried in the rock – what could it be? What is that glowing thing on the wall? Where are those voices coming from? What do you do with toilet paper in a cave? And just what is a stale egg mite anyway?

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Tilly’s Tale by Harry Porter

About the Book

Rescued when life looked bleak and her future uncertain, Tilly found love and a new purpose in her life. Read Tilly’s story in her own “words,” share the highs and the lows of her struggle to be loved and wanted, and be prepared to fall in love with this very special terrier. Read the rest of this entry »

Troy Truck Explore Maui by Julyn Watkins

Illustrated by Mandy Hedrick

The State of Wilderness & The State of Quarries by Elysabeth Eldering

About The State of Wilderness:

In the first book of the Junior Geography Squad series, the squad works its way through the first of the fifty states. Questions given in the form of a hand-held electronic game lead the kids to the identification of the state. Illustrations by Aidana WillowRaven highlight Elysabeth Eldering’s clues.

About The State of Quarries:

The second book in the Junior Geography Squad series follows some of the squad as they play the trivia electronic game, searching for the name of the second state in the game. Who can guess the correct state first? Once again Elysabeth Eldering’s clues are illustrated by Aidana WillowRaven. Read the rest of this entry »

Being Jacob: First Day of School by Suzy Koch

From The Book

Big, yellow buses park outside, adults in red tee shirts and children of all sizes hurry here and there, and noise booms everywhere. The first day of school can be scary, at first.

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