Welcome! This booklist is geared for grades 5-7 and contains fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels, and biographies that can be borrowed from the Salina Library and other OCPL locations. Titles currently available through OCPL Overdrive/Libby or Hoopla as e-books or e-audiobooks are also marked as “Available electronically.” For more information about these services, go to <a href="http://www.salinalibrary.org" target="_blank">www.salinalibrary.org</a>.
[[Continue->How It Works]]How It works:
This list is set up similar to a choose-your-own adventure book. Follow the description links to discover different titles. Each book’s page contains a brief description and a link to the OCPL catalog, as well as links to a book trailer or other relevant media. Use your library card to order any titles that interest you through the OCPL catalog. Need help? Call the Salina Library at 315-454-4524 or email <a href="mailto:mnorton@salinalibrary.org">mnorton@salinalibrary.org</a>.
Keep checking this page--our hope is to keep the list updated with new titles and perhaps new paths to explore!
*Titles marked with asterisk have a sequel or are part of a series.
[[Continue->Pick a Path]]Let’s Get Started! Pick a Path:
[[The Past]]
[[Somewhere Familiar]]
[[Somewhere Else]]
[[Somewhere In-Between]]The Past
Books can be a great way to learn about the past, whether with facts or fictional stories. Where in history would you like to explore?
[[U. S. History]]
[[Outside the U.S.]]
[[History With a Twist]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]] Books don’t need to be full of facts to learn something from them. Stories about everyday struggles can help when you’re facing a similar situation and show that you’re not alone in dealing with them--even across different countries and cultures. What kind of familiar situation are you looking for?
[[Family Drama]]
[[Finding Yourself]]
[[Community Connections]]
[[See the World]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]] When it’s time to relax, not everyone likes to read about familiar settings and situations. What strange land or distant planet would you like to travel to today?
[[Fantasy Land]]
[[Distant Planet]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]Not sure where you want to go? Try someplace with a little bit of magic and a little bit of reality--just be warned that this is also where you can find the things that go “bump” in the night.
[[Here & There]]
[[Spooky Stuff]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]The history of the United States is rich with stories, and the ones we learn in school are only the tip of the iceberg!
[[Choice 1->U. S. History 1]]
You are a deaf girl living on the island community of Chilark on Martha’s Vineyard in 1805, where deafness is common and widely accepted. A young, stuck-up researcher comes to study your community--and decides to take you back as a “live specimen.” It’s your first time in the hearing world, without a friend in sight and few ways to communicate. Will you ever see home again?
[[Choice 2->U. S. History 2]]
You have survived a long and perilous trip with your father from California to the Dakota Territory in the 1880s. Eager to settle down, you dream of becoming a seamstress and creating beautiful clothing--the way you were taught by your late mother. Yet, the townsfolk are distrustful--they’ve never met a Chinese-American girl before and are full of fear and prejudice. Can you find a way to win them over?
[[Choice 3->U. S. History 3]]
You are moving to a new city. Why? The U.S. government has declared your tribe to no longer exist, and so now your family can no longer live on the reservation. You must now build a new life, which is not easy when a large part of your identity seems to have been erased.
[[Choice 4->U. S. History 4]]
Life at home is hard. Your parents are constantly fighting and you feel like nothing you do is good enough for anyone. At school, everyone is focused on the upcoming Challenger shuttle launch. As it approaches, it’s hard not to get caught up in the excitement, even as you feel like your own life in unraveling. Available electronically.
[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]It’s easy to focus on life and history in the country we live in, but what about the rest of the world? It can be surprising the way that the history of far-off countries can affect what happens at home.
[[Choice 1->Outside the U.S 1]]
You are a pastor in Germany, shocked at the rise of Nazism & Adolph Hitler. You speak out against their actions again and again, until finally you decide that something has to be done to stop Hitler once and for all.
[[Choice 2->Outside the U.S.2]]
You are an orphan girl, raised in a remote island nunnery. When a stranger arrives, the secrets she holds will change your life, along with the only home you have ever known.
[[Choice 3->Outside the U.S. 3]]
You are a child in London during the air raids of WWII. When a young woman goes missing, you set out to find her--with the aid of a coded notebook and some new friends.
[[Choice 4->Outside the U.S. 4]]
When your father and brothers are captured during an invasion, you, a lone girl in 1210 Scotland, set out to save them--bringing along a wounded knight whom you plan to trade for their freedom.
[[Choice 5->Outside the U.S. 5]]
When an explosion damages the reactor at nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, you must flee. You are sent to live with the grandmother you never met--bringing along the girl who has bullied you at school.
[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]While there are already many fascinating stories hidden in history, sometimes it can be fun to spice them up with a little extra fantasy.
[[Choice 1->History with a Twist 1]]
You are not a bad kid. Well, not a really bad kid. Maybe. When you wake up on Christmas morning to a stocking full of coal, you’re mad. When you discover Santa’s Naughty List left behind, you decide to track down other kids on the list. You and your new friends set out on a trip across Depression-era America to find Santa’s workshop and convince him that the Naughty List is wrong--and maybe play with a few of those Good kids’ toys while you’re there.
[[Choice 2->History with a Twist 2]]
The year is 1863 and the Civil War rages on -- with soldiers fighting on dinosaurs on both sides. You are an orphan at the Colored Orphan Asylum in NYC, just trying to survive and battling your own private battles with prejudice and hate--but events are unfolding that will pull you and your friends into the heart of the War.
[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781338255812/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1091267921" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2326511" target="_blank">Show Me a Sign</a>, by Ann Clare LeZotte. It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard, where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life. Her brother, George, has died. Land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter. Worse, a "scientist" from the mainland, determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness, has decided she makes the perfect "live specimen." Available electronically. <a href=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0_jtOuwMC8" target="_blank">Author Interview</a>
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[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781328781505/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1088666667" alt=book cover><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2329291" target="_blank">Prairie Lotus</a>, by Linda Sue Park. After her mother’s death, Hanna’s father moves them from their California home to the Dakota Territory in the 1880s. Even though the Transcontinental Railroad has brought many new immigrants from China, the residents of their new town are immediately distrustful of Hanna and the Asian features she inherited from her mother. Can Hanna’s dressmaking skills and her father’s business sense help them to create a new home in this frontier town? Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/5mFvqGbk2BY" target="_blank">Audio Excerpt.</a>
[[Go back to U. S. History and choose a different book.->U. S. History]]
[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781620148396/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1117551233" alt=book cover><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?&pos=1&cn=2305377" target="_blank">Indian No More</a>, by Charlene Willing McManis. When Regina's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and her family must relocate from Oregon to Los Angeles, she goes on a quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home. Available Electronically. <a href="https://www.tracisorell.com/indian-no-more" target="_blank">Author Website.</a>
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[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062747303/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1111771477" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2345151" target="_blank">We Dream of Space</a>, by Erin Entrada Kelly. Cash, Fitch, and Bird Thomas are three siblings in 7th grade together. In 1986, as the country waits expectantly for the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger, they each struggle with their own personal anxieties. When the fated day finally arrives, it changes all of their lives and brings them together in unexpected ways. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQDBgqNj4E" target="_blank">Questions and Answers with the Author.</a>
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[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781419728389/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1019833691" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2214121" target="_blank">The Faithful Spy</a>, by John Hendrix. Adolf Hitler's Nazi party is gaining strength and becoming more menacing every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor upset by the complacency of the German church toward the suffering around it, forms a breakaway church to speak out against the established political and religious authorities. Struggling to reconcile his faith and the teachings of the Bible with the Nazi Party's evil agenda, Bonhoeffer decides that Hitler must be stopped by any means possible! <a href="https://youtu.be/ximNAbuqFWw" target="_blank">Author Introduction to Book.</a>
[[Go back to Outside the U.S. and choose a different book.->Outside the U.S.]]
[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781536204988/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1048944680" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2282642" target="_blank">Queen of the Sea</a>, by Dylan Meconis. Margaret is a young orphan girl whose life is upturned when a cold, regal stranger arrives at her island convent. As Margaret grows closer to Eleanor, she grapples with the revelation of the island's sinister true purpose as well as the truth of her own past. When Eleanor's life is threatened, Margaret is faced with a perilous choice between helping Eleanor and protecting herself. <a href="https://youtu.be/NmbeHizOXK4" target="_blank">Drawing Demo with the Artist.</a>
[[Go back to Outside the U.S. and choose a different book.->Outside the U.S.]]
[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780399557064/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1085495319" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2252119" target="_blank">How I Became a Spy</a>, by Deborah Hopkinson. In World War II London, a young spy named Bertie, his strong-willed American friend Eleanor, a Jewish refugee named David, and a dog called Little Roo try to prevent a double agent from giving secrets to the Nazis.
[[Go back to Outside the U.S. and choose a different book.->Outside the U.S.]]
[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780735229266/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=985072306" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2082643" target="_blank">The Mad Wolf's Daughter*</a>, by Diane Magras. In 1210 Scotland, invading knights capture 12-year-old Drest's father, the Mad Wolf of the North, and her beloved brothers who make up his fearsome war-band. She sets off to rescue them from the castle prison, taking along a wounded knight as her captive to trade for her family's freedom. <a href="https://youtu.be/n7sRqzG20gQ" target="_blank">Author Reading.</a>
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[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781984837356/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1129212215" alt=book cover><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=2&cn=2334952" target="_blank">The Blackbird Girls</a>, by Anne Blankman. Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up on a spring morning to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who have always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad. They must stay with Valentina's grandmother, Rita Grigorievna, who keeps a dangerous secret. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person in the Soviet Union, where trusting the wrong person can have serious consequences. Available electronically. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/penguin-audio/the-blackbird-girls-by-anne" target="_blank">Audio Sample.</a>
[[Go back to Outside the U.S. and choose a different book.->Outside the U.S.]]
[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101997840/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1020312340" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2223008" target="_blank">The No-Good Nine</a>, by John Bemelmans Marciano. Pittsburgh, 1931. When Peter awakens on Christmas morning to find his stocking full of coal, he is outraged. After he finds the Naughty List, which contains the names of some other children who received no gifts, he decides they should band together and journey to Santa's workshop to plead their case--and play with the toys intended for the Nice children.
[[Go back to History with a Twist and choose a different book.->History With a Twist]]
[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781338268812/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1023545484" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=3&cn=2212203" target="_blank">Dactyl Hill Squad*</a>, by Daniel José Older. It is the summer of 1863, and as the Civil War rages between dinosaur-mounted armies down south, a tense New York City seems on the brink of exploding into riots. Magdalys Roca and the other children at the Colored Orphan Asylum are just trying to survive. When she receives a letter telling her that her brother Montez was wounded in battle, Magdalys knows that somehow she must reach him. <a href="https://youtu.be/etVtJ_TJ3FM" target="_blank">Book Trailer.</a>
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[[Go back to The Past and choose another path.->The Past]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]Let’s face it, everyone has had some kind of family drama to deal with, from strange relatives to misunderstanding parents and truly hard times.
[[Choice 1->Family Drama 1]]
You have a weird family, let’s face it. Your father and grandfather never have seemed to get along very well and now that your grandfather has died, you are determined to learn more about this mysterious man. What you learn may give your father the healing he needs...and give you new insight into your family.
[[Choice 2->Family Drama 2]]
Your parents are divorced and each week, you switch between your mom and dad’s houses. Each house is so different, it’s like traveling between two world--forcing you to adapt in ways that make you wonder if you can ever be wholly...you?
[[Choice 3->Family Drama 3]]
You like your world to be just so, and have learned many ways to cope with changes, to stay on a steady path. Now, your father has revealed that he’s been dating your best friend’s mother and now suddenly the changes are coming too fast to keep up and keep steady.
[[Choice 4->Family Drama 4]]
You just had an amazing birthday party at your favorite bakery and coming home, you find mail with your name on it. It’s a letter from your father in prison, who you’ve never heard of before. What he has to say will change the way you view your family forevermore.
[[Choice 5->Family Drama 5]]
You are driven by curiosity and a school project to visit your father’s family for the first time in NYC--on the opposite coast and thousands of miles from home. What you discover is not what you expected, but helps you to learn about your family and yourself.
[[Go back to Somewhere Familiar and choose another path.->Somewhere Familiar]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]Life is a series of changes and challenges, with way too many happening during the Middle School years. Sometimes, it takes an unexpected challenge to help you find your way.
[[Choice 1->Finding Yourself 1]]
Your life has not been easy and each hardship has added an item to your list, a list of things to hate about yourself. When life becomes almost too difficult to bear, you must find the courage and compassion to throw the list away and start fresh.
[[Choice 2->Finding Yourself 2]]
Your parents are hard workers with heavy academic goals for you and your sister, while you dream of becoming a comedian. When you are mistaken as a student at a local comedy camp, you decide to continue the role, but find that keeping secrets comes at a cost.
[[Choice 3->Finding Yourself 3]]
Your family is a mess. When you open the door on the way to school on another hectic morning to find a butler on your doorstep, little do you realize how he will help change your life.
[[Go back to Somewhere Familiar and choose another path.->Somewhere Familiar]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]There is an old saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Having a connection to your community is important to help when things are good or bad.
[[Choice 1->Community Connections 1]]
You and your mother have uprooted your lives to help take care of your grandfather, who has Alzheimer’s Disease. This is a little extra difficult, since Cerebral Palsy keeps you mostly wheelchair-bound--something your grandparents’ trailer isn’t exactly set up for--and what’s more, it makes you stand out uncomfortably in a new school and community.
[[Choice 2->Community Connections 2]]
When life in your hometown in Syria becomes dangerous, you and your mother must travel to relatives in the United States, leaving the rest of your family behind. Now, you must learn what it means to become “American” in a place that sees you only as “Middle Eastern.”
[[Choice 3->Community Connections 3]]
You are a student in a class where everyone has a valuable story to tell.
[[Choice 4->Community Connections 4]]
Hoping to escape from tragedy in the city, your family accepts an offer to purchase and fix a house for one dollar in a small town. You soon learn that not everyone in town thinks these “dollar houses” are a good idea. Can your family find a new home in their dollar house or have you only found more trouble?
[[Go back to Somewhere Familiar and choose another path.->Somewhere Familiar]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]Stories are a great way to travel to faraway (or even somewhat nearby) countries that may otherwise be too difficult to reach on your own. Take advantage of these mini travel portals whenever possible!
[[Choice 1->See the World 1]]
You are a world traveler, visiting places most people will never see, with unusual stories and appearances that are almost enough to make you believe in magic.
[[Choice 2->See the World 2]]
You are a refugee. A child ripped away from home, with no family except for your brother and the old woman who lives in a tent nearby. It will require all of your courage and hard work to find a way out of the refugee camp for both yourself and your brother.
[[Go back to Somewhere Familiar and choose another path.->Somewhere Familiar]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062643896/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1048442842" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2268414" target="_blank">Finding Orion</a>, by John David Anderson. Rion Kwirk comes from a rather odd family. His mother named him and his sisters after her favorite constellations and his father makes funky-flavored jelly beans for a living. One sister acts as if she's always on stage and the other is a walking dictionary. But no one in the family is more odd than Rion's grandfather, Papa Kwirk. Where Dad is predictable, nerdy, and reassuringly boring, Papa Kwirk is mysterious, dangerous, and cool. When Rion and his family learn of Papa Kwirk's death and pile into the car to attend his funeral and pay their respects, Rion can't help but feel that that's not the end of his story. Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/lwe1T8IP2Mw" target="_blank">Author Introduction to Book.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781442495005/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1057410878" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=3&cn=2222943" target="_blank">Blended</a>, by Sharon M. Draper. One week she’s Isabella with her dad, his girlfriend Anastasia, and her son Darren living in a fancy house where they are one of the only black families in the neighborhood. The next week she’s Izzy with her mom and her boyfriend John-Mark in a small, not-so-fancy house that she loves. Being split between Mom and Dad is more than switching houses, switching nicknames, switching backpacks: it’s also about switching identities. If you’re only seen as half of this and half of that, how can you ever feel whole? Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/BkTSC-Dl3AY" target="_blank">Book Trailer.</a>
[[Go back to Family Drama and choose a different book.->Family Drama]]
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780545709484/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1050612926" alt="book cover"><a href="http://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2289092" target="_blank">Not If I Can Help It</a>, by Carolyn Mackler. Willa lives with her divorced father and younger brother and attends 5th grade with her best friend Ruby. She likes things to be a certain way, because it makes life manageable even with her Sensory Processing Disorder. She certainly does not like surprises, and her father has just thrown her a big one: he has been dating Ruby's mother, and suddenly Willa's life seems to be spiraling out of her control. Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/-3ADYHzVhdM" target="_blank">Author Intro to Book.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062875853/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1097607673" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=2&cn=2318769" target="_blank">From the Desk of Zoe Washington</a>, by Janae Marks. When she decides to respond to the letter that arrived on her 12th birthday, Zoe Washington isn't sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she's never met and who's been in prison for a terrible crime? A crime he says he never committed. Could Marcus really be innocent? Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/uh9uM27hSDs" target="_blank">Audiobook Sample.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781681191089/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1085578366" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2294193" target="_blank">Some Places More Than Others</a>, by Renée Watson. Amara visits her father's family in Harlem for her 12th birthday, hoping to better understand her family and herself, but New York City is not what she expected. Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/H7_DY5nghZw" target="_blank">Author Interview.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781481465809/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1039343093" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2247267" target="_blank">Genesis Begins Again</a>, by Alicia Williams. There are 96 things that Genesis hates about herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps a list. Like #95: Because her skin is so dark, people call her charcoal and eggplant—even her own family. And #61: Because her family is always being put out of their house, belongings laid out on the sidewalk for the world to see. When Genesis reaches #100 on the list of things she hates about herself, will she continue on, or can she find the strength to begin again? Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/U-gS4T7xDEg" target="_blank">Author Interview.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525554974/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1105955265" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2334948" target="_blank">Stand Up, Yumi Chung!</a>, by Jessica Kim. Tired of being compared to her genius older sister and uncomfortable with the fancy private school her parents are pushing her to attend, 11-year-old Yumi Chung just wants to explore her dreams of becoming a comedian. When Yumi stumbles into a kids' comedy camp and is mistaken for another student, she decides to play the part--but at what cost? <a href="https://youtu.be/UOPJy2KmVSA" target="_blank">Author Interview.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780544790858/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1019739350" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2250484" target="_blank">Pay Attention, Carter Jones!</a>, by Gary D. Schmidt. Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler hat and all, on the doorstep—one who stays to help the Jones family, which is a little bit broken. Available electronically. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16QMOyFAjN1dQBryf8jN8ev7jknikmbG-/view" target="_blank">Sample.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781534442559/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1057730553" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2302483" target="_blank">Roll With It</a>, by Jamie Sumner. 12-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she and her mother move to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease. Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/9klb1Ela_AE" target="_blank">Author Read-Aloud.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062747808/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1102317585" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2275064" target="_blank">Other Words for Home</a>, by Jasmine Warga. Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria, but when things in her hometown become dangerous, Jude and her mother are sent to live in the U.S. with relatives. The American movies that Jude loves haven't prepared her for starting school in the US and her new label of "Middle Eastern," an identity she's never known before. This change also brings good surprises—new friends, family, and opportunities. Maybe America will be a place where Jude can finally be seen as herself. Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/4RSO_KYgp4Q" target="_blank">Audiobook Sample.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781338047691/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1002835499" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=4&cn=2107463" target="_blank">Mr. Wolf’s Class*</a>, by Aron Nels Steinke. Chronicles the everyday adventures of Mr. Wolf, a new teacher at Hazelwood Elementary school, and his class of wild and special students. Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/Fbii-XRoqIU" target="_blank">Show and Tell Cartoon.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780763694746/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1046982481" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2198894" target="_blank">The Dollar Kids</a>, by Jennifer Richard Jacobson. 12-year-old Lowen Grover, a budding comic-book artist, is still reeling from the shooting death of his friend Abe. When he stumbles across an article about a town giving away homes for just one dollar it seems like the perfect escape from the awful memories in Flintlock. Is the Dollar Program too good to be true? The homes are in horrible shape and the locals are less than welcoming. Will Millville and the dollar house be the answer to the Grovers' troubles or will they find they've traded one set of problems for another? Available electronically.
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780762467518/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=2&cn=2334220" target="_blank">Dark Hedges, Wizard Island, and Other Magical Places That Really Exist</a>, by L. Rader Crandall. From a lost city in the desert to a cave alight with thousands of glowworms, learn about some of the most unusual places on earth and the myths, legends, and history behind each of them! Available electronically. <a href="https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/around-the-world/#/97623107836" target="_blank">Videos from Around the World.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525553915/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1109416697" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2343615" target="_blank">When Stars Are Scattered</a>, by Victoria Jamieson. Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp. When an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother. Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/111ztD-2QaU" target="_blank">Book Trailer.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]A healthy imagination is important to learning and understanding the world. Every great invention was once believed to be impossible, so go ahead and live in an impossible world for a while.
[[Choice 1->Fantasy Land 1]]
You have dreamed of this day for so long--leaving your tiny island home in search of adventure. Now on your way, the dangerous magic of your world, along with the secrets hidden on your tiny island threaten to destroy the world.
[[Choice 2->Fantasy Land 2]]
You are finally of age to join one of the city’s guilds and learn one of the trades that keeps life in the city comfortable and safe against the treacherous wilderness with its many monsters. Unfortunately, things haven’t gone as planned and you’re now part of the dangerous Adventurers Guild. As you learn the ways of the Guild, you begin to realize that it just may be your city’s best defense against the monsters out in the wilderness--and inside, as well.
[[Choice 3->Fantasy Land 3]]
You are one of a set of identical twins. Except...your mother only had one baby...until the goblins’ Changeling swap went terribly wrong. Now, the mysterious and magical Woods is calling the Changeling home--but which twin IS the Changeling?
[[Choice 4->Fantasy Land 4]]
You have lived your entire life scrounging for a place in the City of Islands. Now, you work for the powerful Lady of the Tides, who sends you to spy on the Winter Blade--where your mentor, the only family you remember having, disappeared. What you discover there will lay bare secrets of the City’s--and your own--past.
[[Choice 5->Fantasy Land 5]]
Your island home is beautiful, but you are unsure of your place within its strict traditions. When your mother becomes ill, you set out on a quest to find a cure -- even if it means defying the rules and warnings you’ve been taught through your entire life.
[[Go back to Somewhere Else and choose another path.->Somewhere Else]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]Human beings have traveled almost every part of Earth, have traveled to the moon, and even have sent robots to nearby planets. Just imagine what else is waiting in outer space for us to discover...
[[Choice 1->Distant Planet 1]]
You are headstrong and quick to action, which has led you to stow away on a battle cruiser and impersonate a Space Force cadet, in order to find your missing brother. The secrets you keep become your greatest tools as you uncover a treacherous plot that threatens your galaxy and beyond.
[[Choice 2->Distant Planet 2]]
You live a normal life with your family and friends--school, siblings, the usual--except, you also live on a space station! When a wayward science experiment causes trouble, you and your best friend must try to contain it before your parents find out!
[[Choice 3->Distant Planet 3]]
You are one of a few hundred families who have fled the destruction of Earth. As life on the space station grows difficult, a message is sent from a nearby planet, offering the human survivors a place to live. Upon arrival, it turns out that the aliens in charge of this planet have changed their minds. It’s now up to your family to represent the human race and prove that humans deserve a place on this planet.
[[Choice 4->Distant Planet 4]]
You are the child of a famous inventor. His inventions have made your grandmother very rich, even as she keeps your family locked away. Now, you’ve learned that not only has she kept your family poor and experimented on you and your sisters, but now she’s also planning to sell you to aliens from outer space!
[[Go back to Somewhere Else and choose another path.->Somewhere Else]]
[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781328460301/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1077482010" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2303302" target="_blank">Lintang and The Pirate Queen*</a>, by Tamara Moss. Lintang's dream of adventure on the high seas comes true when Captain Shafira invites her to join her pirate crew, but Lintang's best friend, Bayani, has stowed away and is keeping secrets.
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781484788011/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=987591441" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=2&cn=2059318" target="_blank">The Adventurers Guild*</a>, by Nick Eliopulos. Few ever asked to join the Adventurers Guild--their members often died young. In one of the last cities standing after the world fell to monsters, best friends Zed Kagari and Brock Dunderfel have high hopes for the future. But just as it seems the boys' dreams have come true, their lives take a startling turn and they find themselves members of the perilous Adventurers Guild. <a href="https://youtu.be/7Y7iARkMI6A" target="_blank">Author Description of Book.</a>
[[Go back to Fantasy Land and choose a different book.->Fantasy Land]]
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781616208394/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1049576820" alt="book cover"><a href="http://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2294079" target="_blank">The Oddmire: Changeling*</a>, by William Ritter. Magic is fading from the Wild Wood. To renew it, goblins must perform an ancient ritual involving the rarest of their kind—a newborn changeling. But when the night arrives to trade a human baby for a goblin one, something goes terribly wrong and both babies and Changeling are left behind. Tinn and Cole are raised as human twins, neither knowing what secrets may be buried deep inside one of them until a mysterious message arrives, calling them to the Woods. Available electronically.
[[Go back to Fantasy Land and choose a different book.->Fantasy Land]]
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062499813/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1044872819" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2205987" target="_blank">City of Islands</a>, by Kali Wallace. In a foggy archipelago called the City of Islands, 12-year-old Mara is a servant for the powerful Lady of the Tides and must earn her keep by searching for magical treasures deep in the ocean. When Mara finds the skeletons of strange hybrid creatures that hum with powerful magic, the Lady gives Mara a new challenge: to sneak into the island fortress, the Winter Blade. The truths that Mara uncovers along the way, about her past as well as about the secrets of her beloved city, are more dangerous--and magical--than she ever imagined.
[[Go back to Fantasy Land and choose a different book.->Fantasy Land]]
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062747273/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1048442843" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2294900" target="_blank">Lalani of the Distant Sea</a>, by Erin Entrada Kelly. When Lalani Sarita's mother falls ill with an incurable disease, Lalani embarks on a dangerous journey across the sea in the hope of safeguarding her own future. Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/9e_sBMsSGUU" target="_blank">Book Trailer.</a>
[[Go back to Fantasy Land and choose a different book.->Fantasy Land]]
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781368013352/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1029067590" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2245496" target="_blank">Dragon Pearl*</a>, by Yoon Ha Lee. Min, a 13-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces. <a href="https://www.readriordan.com/2018/12/11/rick-yoon-and-dragon-pearl-exclusive-interview/" target="_blank">Author Interview.</a>
[[Go back to Distant Planet and choose a different book.->Distant Planet]]
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781368008440/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1019838649" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2237831" target="_blank">Sanity & Tallulah</a>, by Molly Brooks. Sanity and Tallulah live in a space station at the end of the galaxy. When Sanity's illegally created three-headed kitten escapes, the girls have to turn their home upside down to find her before trouble finds them! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwL5pOWoXTQ" target="_blank">Author Introduction to Book (with bloopers).</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781524773076/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1154355248" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2336240" target="_blank">We’re Not From Here</a>, by Geoff Rodkey. Imagine being forced to move to a new planet where YOU are the alien! The first time I heard about Planet Choom, we'd been on Mars for almost a year. But life on the Mars station was grim, and since Earth was no longer an option (we may have blown it up), it was time to find a new home. That's how we ended up on Choom with the Zhuri. They're very smart. They also look like giant mosquitoes. But that's not why it's so hard to live here. There's a lot that the Zhuri don't like: singing, comedy, or any kind of emotion. The biggest problem, though? The Zhuri don't like us. And if humankind is going to survive, it's up to my family to change their minds. No pressure... Available electronically. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/penguin-audio/were-not-from-here-by-geoff" target="_blank">Audio Excerpt.</a>
[[Go back to Distant Planet and choose a different book.->Distant Planet]]
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781681196572/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=982565793" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2085838" target="_blank">How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens*</a>, by Paul Noth. 10-year-old Hap has always known his grandmother was no good. His father’s inventions have made her rich, but his family is confined to the basement, she has performed several strange experiments on Hap and his siblings, and now is planning to sell his family to aliens! Is there no end to her evil?
[[Go back to Distant Planet and choose a different book.->Distant Planet]]
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]While a big part of Earth has been explored and studied, there are still enough unexplained happenings and marvels that help us to think that perhaps somewhere, somehow, there is still magic in the mundane world. Stories that mix reality with a bit of magic help us to keep that hope alive, and keep us searching for wonder.
[[Choice 1->Here & There 1]]
You are a regular kid, living in a regular old apartment building. A normal elevator trip leads to danger as you are captured by a witch. With you are the stories you’ve written and were planning to destroy--but now, they’re the only thing that keeps the witch from harming you. What happens when you run out of stories?
[[Choice 2->Here & There 2]]
You are just a kid living in Brooklyn, but now you and your friends have become the first defense against monsters that are attacking the city.
[[Choice 3->Here & There 3]]
You have never been afraid of the old stories about the creatures that live in the woods--but now, something has followed you home and you are learning the dangerous truth behind the stories.
[[Choice 4->Here & There 4]]
You are surprised to learn about the existence of witches and dragons in the world from one of your oldest and most trusted family friends. Now, baby dragons are on the loose and you and your friends must find them and bring them to safety.
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]Ever get the feeling like someone is in the room, when no one’s there? Or maybe you see a flicker of something at the corner of your eye? For some, this is proof that there is still magic in the world. For others... well, maybe it means it’s time to move on...
[[Choice 1->Spooky Stuff 1]]
You knew starting a new school was going to be rough, but you didn’t expect it to be full of ghosts! As you and your friends learn more about the school and its ghosts, you learn that something is keeping them trapped--and they need to be free.
[[Choice 2->Spooky Stuff 2]]
You are on a school field trip when the bus breaks down in the middle of the spooky woods. Too many strange occurrences have happened on this trip and so when you are told to run, you barely hesitate--but where can you go...and who can you trust?
[[Choice 3->Spooky Stuff 3]]
Sneaking out of the house at night to play in the snow barely seemed like an adventure, or even taking a risk--until you accidentally raise the ghost of Avery Moore, who is MAD. Can you find a way to help Avery before someone gets hurt?
[[Choice 4->Spooky Stuff 4]]
When you first see the quiet new kid at school, you would never believe that he’s being haunted. Now, you and your friends must learn why this ghost is following Henry and how to help--before Henry becomes a ghost himself.
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062560087/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1044745947" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2172926" target="_blank">Nightbooks</a>, by J. A. White. Alex’s original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping the witch Natacha happy, but soon he’ll run out of pages to read from and be trapped forever. He’s loved scary stories his whole life, and he knows most don’t have a happily ever after. Now that Alex is trapped in a true terrifying tale, he’s desperate for a different ending. Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/yRl4qMeL3cY" target="_blank">Author Introduction to Book.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781594657146/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1078553395" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2326303" target="_blank">Urban Legendz*</a>, by Paul Downs. A motley crew of teenagers must fight to protect Brooklyn when classic urban legends terrorize the city. Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/aJpGWPDsnAc" target="_blank">Book Trailer.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781616204143/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=886493310" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=1720133" target="_blank">The Jumbies*</a>, by Tracey Baptiste. Corinne La Mer isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're just tricksters that parents make up to frighten their children. Then one night, Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest. Those shining yellow eyes that followed her to the edge of the trees, they couldn't belong to a jumbie. Or could they? Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/_dxfm4UXCGU" target="_blank">Author Introduction to Book.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781524770457/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1056951876" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2222946" target="_blank">Dragons in a Bag*</a>, by Zetta Elliott. When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she's a witch! Ma needs his help delivering baby dragons to safety. There are two rules when it comes to the dragons: don't let them out of the bag, and don't feed them anything sweet. Before he knows it, Jax and his friends Vikram and Kavita have broken both rules! Can Jax get the baby dragons delivered safe and sound? Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/PN0Uao-b40E" target="_blank">Author Reading of Chapter 1.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062838285/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1060580873" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2295570" target=_"blank">Archimancy*</a>, by J. A. White. Cordelia Liu knew Shadow School was going to be different, but she didn't expect the school grounds to be filled with ghosts. Cordelia soon realizes she's not the only one who can see the ghosts; her new friend Benji can too and together with super-smart Agnes, the trio are determined to find out why the ghosts are there and if there's a way to set them free. Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/sF1N8Vh6p9Q" target="_blank">Author Discusses Top 5 Scariest Settings in Books.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525515029/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1012803366" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2213636" target="_blank">Small Spaces*</a>, by Katherine Arden. After 11-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through scary woods and use all of her wits to survive. Stick to small spaces. Available electronically. <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/565884/small-spaces-by-katherine-arden/" target="_blank">Audio Sample.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781338317244/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1090283943" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2308951" target="_blank">The Forgotten Girl</a>, by India Hill Brown. When 11-year-old Iris sneaks out at night to make snow angels, she was not expecting to raise the ghost of Avery Moore, a girl her own age. Bringing to light the segregated and abandoned black cemetery she found seems like the perfect way to help Avery get the recognition she craves, as well as a good idea for the school project about the history of her small North Carolina town--only, it seems that if Avery gets everything she wants, Iris will join her as a ghost. Best friends. Forever. Available electronically. <a href="https://youtu.be/PTpaEbOal-M" target="_blank">Author Introduction to Book.</a>
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[[Start over and choose a different path.->Pick a Path]]<img src="https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101932773/MC.GIF&client=onondagacplb&upc=&oclc=1105154353" alt="book cover"><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?pos=1&cn=2314672" target="_blank">The Haunting of Henry Davis</a>, by Kathryn Siebel. For curious Barbara Anne, Henry Davis is a riddle--a boy who sits alone at recess sketching in a mysterious notebook, a boy, she soon learns, who's being haunted by a ghost named Edgar. With the help of some new friends, this unlikely duo is on an adventure to discover who Edgar was while alive and why he's haunting Henry now.
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