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Super Hair-o and the barber of doom
by John Rocco
Ages 4 - 8
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A boy fears that he has lost his super powers after a villain captures him and cuts the hair that he believes is the source of his strength.
Spy camp
by Stuart Gibbs
Ages 9 - 12
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As almost thirteen-year-old Ben, a student at the CIA's academy for future intelligence agents, prepares to go to spy summer camp, he receives a death threat from the evil organization SPYDER.
Wild life
by Cynthia DeFelice
Ages 9 - 12
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When twelve-year-old Eric's parents are deployed to Iraq, he goes to live with grandparents he hardly knows in small-town North Dakota, but his grandfather's hostility and the threat of losing the dog he has rescued are too much and Eric runs away.
Ungifted
by Gordon Korman
Ages 9 - 12
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Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
Goblin secrets
by William Alexander
Ages 9 - 12
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Hoping to find his lost brother, Rownie escapes the home of the witch Graba and joins a troupe of goblins who perform in Zombay, a city where humans are forbidden to wear masks and act in plays.
Cheesie Mack is not a genius or anything
by Steve Cotler
Ages 9 - 12
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"Ronald 'Cheesie' Mack relates events he and his best friend, Georgie, experience as fifth grade comes to an end and their summer plans are drastically changed.
Dead end in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
Ages 10 and up
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In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
Charlie Joe Jackson's guide to not reading
by Tom Greenwald
Ages 9 - 12
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Middle schooler Charlie Joe is proud of his success at avoiding reading, but eventually his schemes go too far.
Aliens on vacation
by Clete Barrett Smith
Ages 9 - 12
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Scrub spends the summer helping his grandmother at Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast where he is surprised by the weird-looking guests.
Storm Runners
by Roland Smith
Ages 9 - 12
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Chase and his father are "storm runners," racing across the country in pursuit of hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. He is learning more on the road than he would sitting in a classroom. But when the hurricane of the century hits, he will be tested in ways he never could have imagined.
