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  Maya Plays the Part

  Calyssa Erb

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  A heartwarming middle-grade debut with autism representation and a musical flair.
  		 
  Maya lives and breathes musicals. When her chance to finally be a part of the summer musical program at the community theater comes up, Maya is convinced she will get the lead. After all, who knows The Drowsy Chaperone better than she does? However, things don’t turn out exactly the way Maya’s planned, and the summer turns out to be jam-packed with problems: dealing with her best friend’s move, her parents’ busy jobs, and—since her autism diagnosis—the ongoing puzzle of how to be Maya in Public. But perhaps most important of all, Maya has to figure out how to play the part that truly feels like her own.

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  Learn About Numbers and Counting

  Melba Ferrell

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  Learn About Numbers and Counting will help children learn what different numbers mean, what they look like and how to use them. The rhymes make learning to count a pleasurable experience for young children.

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  The Dream Stealers

  Stuart Beard

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  Keep your children close at night
  For the Squidgicum-Squee's a creeping
  Never let them leave your sight
  Or forever there'll be weeping Count your children one to ten
  And when you've finished, count again For where you counted ten before
  You'll find that there are ten no more When the Squidgicum-Squee comes creeping.
   
  A brooding malevolence has emerged from the shadows, and loved ones are disappearing without a trace. Stranded on a strange alien world, with no idea how he got there or how he was going to get back home, Joshua Ellis meets a mysterious pirate; but can he be trusted? Will Joshua and his new friends discover the dark secret of the Dream Stealers and prevent the unearthing of an ancient evil? Or are they already too late?

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  The Zuzu Secret

  Miriam Chernick

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  It's summer, and Josie and Abe's family just moved to a new town. They each have secrets . . . one of which involves caring for a bearded dragon.For fans of Out of My Mind, comes a heartfelt novel for kids ages ten and up about sibling relationships, family struggles, disability, and getting what you want.Twelve-year-old Josie Sherman, an animal lover and aspiring vet, rescues a bearded dragon lizard. But her family's strict no-pets rule because of her brother's disability forces Josie to hide the lizard, Zuzu, in her bedroom.Abe, Josie's fifteen-year-old brother, is a huge Orioles fan, and he has plans of his own. Abe lives with Prader-Willi syndrome, which restricts his independence. What secret risks will Abe take to reach his goals?Told in alternating points of view, The Zuzu Secret explores the challenge of balancing independence with deception. Josie and Abe both have things to learn about being truthful with themselves and with the people they love.

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  $1000 A Plate

  Jack McKenty

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  $1,000 A Plate by Jack McKenty - When Marsy Gras shot off its skyrockets, Mars Observatory gave it the works—fireworks! 
  Sunset on Mars is a pale, washed out, watery sort of procedure that is hardly worth looking at. The shadows of the cactus lengthen, the sun goes down without the slightest hint of color or display and everything is dark. About once a year there is one cloud that turns pink briefly. But even the travel books devote more space describing the new sign adorning the Canal Casino than they do on the sunset. 
  The night sky is something else again. Each new crop of tourists goes to bed at sunrise the day after arrival with stiff necks from looking up all night. The craters of the moons are visible to the naked eye, and even a cheap pair of opera glasses can pick out the buildings of the Deimos Space Station. 
  A typical comment from a sightseer is, "Just think, Fred, we were way up there only twelve hours ago." 
  At fairly frequent intervals, the moons eclipse. The local Chamber of Commerce joins with the gambling casinos to use these occasions as excuses for a celebration. The "Marsy Gras" includes floats, costumes, liquor, women, gambling—and finishes off with a display of fireworks and a stiff note of protest from the nearby Mars Observatory.

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  Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's...

  Georgina Brown

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  ‘The course of true love never did run smooth.’
  A Midsummer Night’s Dream starts with trouble in the Fairy Kingdom. King Oberon wants to teach Queen Titania a lesson. It’s up to Puck, a playful sprite, to do the king’s bidding but many mishaps and mix-ups follow.

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