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  Role Model

  Elle McNicoll

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  From the award-winning author of A Kind of Spark comes a new heartfelt and timely novel for middle-grade and teen readers.
  Aeriel Sharpe doesn't want to be anyone's role model. But, when her mother is elected to be the most important politician in the country (yes, that one), she is thrust into the spotlight. With the world's eyes on her, friends don't seem that friendly and she feels trapped by everyone's expectations.
  They want her to be the voice of every autistic teenager, but Aeriel must find a way to speak for herself…
  It's not easy being thirteen… and it's even harder when you're the most famous teenager in the country
  "One of the most exciting talents on the children's publishing scene and... has transformed the representation of neurodivergent children in literature. " The Bookseller

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  Fixing Mum and Dad

  Sinead Moriarty

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  Family is what you make it.
  Quinn is furious when her mum announces they are moving in with Grandad because her doctor dad is away working abroad again. New school, new town, new everything.
  She manages to make one good friend, Charlie, the goalie on her football team, who loves books as much as she does. But there's a lot to deal with, from Mum and Dad arguing over FaceTime to kids in school making nasty comments.
  Quinn wishes life could go back to normal, but her BIGGEST worry is that Mum and Dad are going to break up and life will never be the same again …

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  The Ghostly Tales of Lake Tahoe

  Kate Byrne

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  Ghost stories from America's "Jewel of the Sierras" have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery!  Welcome to the spooky shores of Lake Tahoe!  Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms.  Did you know Tahoe has a lake monster named Tessie? Or a prehistoric flying beast roaming the skies? Can you believe you might bump into ghostly legends like Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe--and even Elvis!--just hanging around your hotel?  Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Lake Tahoe, and have you sleeping with the light on!

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  Lenny Lemmon and the Invincible...

  Ben Davis

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  Hilarious school-based comedy for 7+ with black and white illustrations throughout. A modern day Just William!
  
  Lenny Lemmon is looking forward to Olden Days Day at school. It's a chance to break the routine and try school as it was years ago. It explains the blackboard in the corner, his teacher's bad temper and why his friend Sam looks like Oliver Twist.
  
  And Lenny's pleased with his own contribution, too. It's in a cardboard box at the back of the class at the moment because it's not yet time to shine. Except it escapes and ends up in the bowl of sick, sorry, gruel, that Amelia Kelly has brought up, sorry, in.
  
  Soon there are small, gruelly footprints all over the classroom and also a lot of screaming because the rat that Lenny found by the back of the chip shop is FREE. It takes the arrival of cool new girl, Jessica Conrad, to distract everyone. Jessica has a plan to catch the rat but it'll cost them.
  
  Can the three kids round up the rat before more damage is done? Or will they end up in the headmaster's office - again. Maybe, but they're going to need a bigger net...

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  My Happy Life

  Rose Lagercrantz, Eva Eriksson

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  A New York Times Notable book and first in the acclaimed series for beginning readers.  Dani is probably the happiest person she knows. She’s happy because she’s going to start school. Dani has been waiting to go to school her whole life. Then things get even better—she meets Ella Frida by the swings. After that, Dani and Ella Frida do everything together and become best friends. But then something happens that Dani isn’t prepared for… A perfect first chapter book for children aged five and up, full of social-emotional learning and sweet and funny illustrations, from one of the world’s greatest illustrators, Eva Eriksson. Young independent readers who like Kate DiCamillo or the Ivy & Bean series will be hooked on the 7-book series once they start.  "If only all early chapter books were this beautifully conceived."—The New York Times Rose Lagercrantz is a popular Swedish author of books for children as well as for adults. She has received many of the top Swedish literary awards, including the August Prize and the Astrid Lindgren Prize. Praise for My Happy Life "Working beautifully with the text and usually given more space on the page, these sensitive ink drawings feature clean lines that express emotions through every character’s stance, gesture, and expression. A quietly compelling book for young readers."—Booklist, Starred  “Sweet and salty – umami for the emerging reader.”—The Horn Book Read all the My Happy Life series:My Heart is Laughing When I Am Happiest Life According to Dani See You When I See You Where Dani Goes, Happy Follows All’s Happy That Ends Happy

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  Shadow House: The Missing

  Dan Poblocki

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  This new, stand-alone book in the Shadow House series features five new victims who are trapped in a haunted house and must try to escape.  
   
  Five children have been lured into Shadow House, all for different reasons. None of them knows the others. And none of them knows what to do when they can’t find a way back out. 
   
  But something is different inside the house. Someone—or something—is there with them, and seems to know more than they do. Only how are the kids supposed to decide if that someone is trying to help them . . . or trap them there forever? 
   
  Step into Shadow House.

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