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K-3

The Berenstain Bears That’s So Rude! By Mike Berenstain.

Little Crocodile has lost his mommy. He finds Monkey, Tiger, and Zebra…but how will he ever find his mommy? Where’s My Mommy? by Jo Brown.

Trust Me, Hansel and Gretel are Sweet! The Story of Hansel and Gretel as told by the Witch by Nancy Loewen.

The Pugs go to Antarctica to get Bob some Ice in Disney Puppy Dog Pals Ice, Ice, Puggy.

Juvenile

Hank the Cowdog The Case of the Buried Deer (book 73) by John R. Erickson.

Drake never thought dragons were real. But he soon learns that dragons are real – and that he is a Dragon Master! The magic Dragon Stone has chosen Drake and three others – Ana, Rori, and Bo – to train dragons. Will Drake be able to connect with his dragon? Does he have what it takes to become a true Dragon Master? Dragon Masters: Rise of the Earth Dragon by Tracey West.

Mibs Beaumont is about to become a teenager. As if that prospect wasn’t scary enough, thirteen is when a Beaumont’s savvy strikes – and with one brother who causes hurricanes and another who creates electricity, it promises to be outrageous and positively thrilling. But just before her big day, Poppa is in a terrible accident. Suddenly, her dreams of X-ray vision disappear: all Mibs wants is a savvy that will save Poppa. And Mibs is so sure she’ll get that powerful savvy that she sneaks a ride to the hospital on a rickety bus…Savvy by Ingrid Law.

Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle’s first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore second-hand clothes and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school’s free lunch program. Grounded in the immediacy of physical hunger and the humiliation of having to announce it every day in the school lunch line, Rex’s is a compelling story of a more profound hunger – that of a child for his parent’s love and care.

Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake. When a tornado rips through town, 12-year-old Ivy Aberdeen’s house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm – and what’s worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands has gone missing. Mysteriously, Ivy’s drawings begin to reappear in her locker with notes from someone telling her to open up about her identity. Ivy thinks – and – hopes that this someone might be her classmate, another girl for whom Ivy has begun to develop a crush. Will Ivy find the strength and courage to follow her true feelings?

Young Adult

Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson series book 11) by Patricia Briggs.

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett. No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds and to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified. But not all of them will make it home alive. 16-year-old Tierney James dreams of a better life – a society that doesn’t pit friend against friend or woman against woman. As her own grace year draws near, she realizes that it’s not just the brutal elements they must fear. Their greatest threat may very well be each other.

The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen. Emma Saylor’s mother died when Emma was 12, so now it’s just her and dad. Life is good, if a little predictable – until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother’s family that she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl. When Emma arrives at North Lake, she realizes there are actually two very different communities there. Her mother grew up in working class North Lake, while her dad spent summers in the wealthier Lake North resort. To her father, she is Emma. But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her. For Saylor, it’s like a whole new world is opening up to her. But when it’s time to go back home, which side of her – Emma or Saylor – will win out?