Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

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Copies: 6

Have you ever wondered what your dogs are thinking? What they’re feeling? Now you finally can! The answers will surprise and delight you as scientist and dog-owner Alexandra Horowitz explains how our four-legged friends perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human.

Author:

Alexandra Horowitz

Lexile:

890L

Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

The Nest

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Copies: 6

Steve just wants to save his baby brother—but what will he lose in the bargain? Kenneth Oppel’s (Silverwing, The Boundless) haunting gothic tale for fans of Coraline, is one of the most acclaimed books of the year, receiving six starred reviews. Illustrations from Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen.

Author:

Kenneth Oppel

Lexile:

640L

The Wolf Wilder

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Copies: 6

Wolves, like children, are not born to lead calm lives.

Feo's live is extraordinary. She and her mother train domesticated wolves to fend for themselves in the snowy wilderness of Russia. She loves working with the wolves, especially the three that have been wilded but refuse to leave Feo. They're half-wild, not pets.

Author:

Katherine Rundell

Rooftoppers

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Copies: 7

Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck that left baby Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case, but Sophie remembers seeing her mother wave for help. Her guardian tells her it is almost impossible that her mother is still alive—but “almost impossible” means “still possible.” And you should never ignore a possible.

Author:

Katherine Rundell

Better Nate Than Ever

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Nate Foster has big dreams. His whole life Nate has wanted to star in a Broadway show. (Heck, he'd settle for seeing a Broadway show.) But how is Nate supposed to make his dreams come true when he's stuck in Jankburg, Pennsylvania, where no one (except his best pal Libby) appreciates a good show tune?

Author:

Tim Federle

All Different Now

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Copies: 7

Cotton fields, dusty roads, and the hot Texas sun. One little girl's world looked the same as it always did when she went to sleep. But she wakes to find that everything is all different now.

Coretta Scott King Award winners Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis tell the story of the first Juneteenth, the day freedom finally came to the last slaves in the South.

Author:

Angela Johnson

Five, Six, Seven, Nate!

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Copies: 7

Armed with a one-way ticket to New York City, small-town theater geek Nate is off to start rehearsals for E.T.: The Musical. It's everything he ever practiced his autograph for! But as thrilling as Broadway is, rehearsals—full of intimidating child stars, cutthroat understudies, and a director who can't even remember Nate's name—are nothing like Nate expects.

Author:

Tim Federle