Arlo Finch in the valley of fire [Arlo Finch Volume: 1]by August, John 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 075688 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.7 MG RC: 4.2 3-5 Lexile: 670

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Adventure fiction Magic - Fiction

Summary: [#1] A twelve-year-old joins a special scout team assuming he would learn basic camping and survival skills only to find out he must also learn how to harness wild magic that is seeping into the real world to destroy it.

Blended by Draper, Sharon M. 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 290490 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4 MG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 610 F&P: Y

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Racially mixed people - Fiction Race relations - Fiction Divorce - Fiction Family life - Ohio - Fiction Ohio - Fiction

Summary: Piano-prodigy Isabella, eleven, whose black father and white mother struggle to share custody, never feels whole, especially as racial tensions affect her school, her parents both become engaged, and she and her stepbrother are stopped by police.

Insignificant events in the life of a cactus [Life Of A Cactus]by Bowling, Dusti 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2017)

BTSB #: 140452 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 4.3 3-5 Lexile: 700

Genres:

Subjects: People with disabilities - Fiction Amusement parks - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Adoption - Fiction Tourette syndrome - Fiction Overweight persons - Fiction Moving - Fiction Mystery fiction

Summary: New friends and a mystery help Aden, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.

Lifeboat 12 by Hood, Susan 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 462356 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-13   
AR: 4 MG RC: 4.4 6-8 Lexile: 610

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Novels in verse Survival skills - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Evacuation of civilians - Great Britain - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Children - Fiction Ocean travel - Fiction Ocean liners - Fiction Lifeboats - Fiction

Summary: In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. Includes historical notes.

Me, Frida, and the secret of the peacock ring by Cervantes, Angela 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 203942 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.7 MG RC: 4.4 3-5 Lexile: 710 F&P: V

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Kahlo, Frida - Fiction Lost and found possessions - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Mexico City (Mexico) - Fiction

Summary: Paloma Marquez is traveling to Mexico City, the birthplace of her deceased father, for the very first time, gets swept up in the art of Frida Kahlo, and uncovers a secret about one of Frida's most prized possessions.

Restart by Korman, Gordon 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 530034 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG RC: 4.5 3-5 Lexile: 730 F&P: W

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Amnesia - Fiction Memory - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Self-perception - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?

Sweep : the story of a girl and her monster by Auxier, Jonathan 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2018)

BTSB #: 075788 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.5 MG RC: 3.5 3-5 Lexile: 630 F&P: X

Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Golem - Fiction Chimney sweeps - Fiction Homeless persons - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Great Britain - History|y19th century - Fiction

Summary: In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem.

Watch Hollow [Watch Hollow Volume: v. 1]by Funaro, Gregory 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2019)

BTSB #: 361534 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.9 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 870

Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Fantasy fiction Family life - Fiction Monsters - Fiction Magic - Fiction Animals - Fiction

Summary: When Lucy and Oliver Tinker arrive in Watch Hollow, they have no idea that anything is wrong. A mysterious stranger has made their father an offer that's too good for him to refuse. All Mr. Tinker needs to do is fix the clock at Blackford House and fistfuls of gold coins are his to keep. The children soon realize that there is more to Blackford House than meets the eye. A vicious monster not only wants Blackford House for itself, but also seeks to destroy everything the Tinkers hold dear.