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1) Messenger
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In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.
2) Breakout
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From multiple perspectives, tells of a time capsule project and the middle schoolers who contribute, including future journalist Nora Tucker and newcomer Elidee Jones, whose brother is in the local prison.
6) Cold snap
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A cold snap has everyone in the town of Toby Mills feeling down, until the mayor's wife thinks of a way to warm things up again.
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Adventure awaits in another exciting trip through Happy County-where each new season packs plenty of surprises! Farmer Del rides his tractor through the crops all summer long, Jimmy and Sammy search for Grammy Tammy in the autumn corn maze, Dolly and Molly build an igloo with the fresh winter snow, and Mr. Humdinger's flower garden buzzes with pollination when spring arrives. With every page turn, discover lovable characters and educational content...
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The Giver: Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. -- Gathering blue: Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians....
11) The grace year
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Tierney James, sixteen, struggles to endure the year in which she and other young women are banished to the wild until, purified, the survivors are allowed to return home and marry.
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While true-crime aficionado Ellery and her twin brother are staying with their grandmother in a Vermont community known for murder, a new friend goes missing and Ellery may be next. Determined to protect herself and get to the bottom of things, Ellery uses his knowledge of true-crimes to seek out the answers to the secrets everyone in town seems to be keeping.
13) The doughnut fix
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When his family moves to tiny Petersville, eleven-year-old Tris stops focusing on his perfect sister, Jeanine, by using his cooking expertise to revive a town tradition of chocolate cream doughnuts.
14) Unfadeable
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"A young graffiti artist learns to fight smart against the gentrification threatening her neighborhood"--
17) Hucklebug
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Young Hucklebug runs away from his village rather than help gather food, but soon regrets his decision.