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Best of Mystery for JR High
Cozy Middle Grade Reads (SCPL-YS)
Middle Grade Mysteries (SCPL-YS)
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When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.
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My weird school volume 4
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Ms. Hannah wears dresses made out of potholders and collects garbage instead of throwing it out. Plus she's making A.J. be partners with smelly Andrea. This is the worst art class ever!
4) Unfadeable
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2023 Summer Book Picks with Miss Rachel
National Art Month (Middle Grades)
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
Staff Favorites of 2022
National Art Month (Middle Grades)
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
Staff Favorites of 2022
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"A young graffiti artist learns to fight smart against the gentrification threatening her neighborhood"--
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Questioneers volume 5
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2024 FPPL Disability Pride Children's Selections
Art Appreciation for Youth
Picture Books Focused on Inclusion and Access (SCPL-YS)
Art Appreciation for Youth
Picture Books Focused on Inclusion and Access (SCPL-YS)
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When Miss Greer asks each child in the class to write a story, second-grader Aaron, who loves to draw but struggles with reading, creates a story using pictures.
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Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 6
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When Zookeeper Fred's green snake Vern gets loose in the zoo, the Questioneers need all their talents to help find him, but in the end, it is Aaron's art that leads the way. Includes facts about snakes.
8) The dot
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Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.
10) The gallery
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In 1929 New York City, twelve-year-old housemaid Martha O'Doyle suspects that a wealthy recluse may be trying to communicate with the outside world through the paintings on her gallery walls.
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The tapestry volume 1
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After glimpsing a hint of his destiny in a mysterious tapestry, twelve-year-old Max McDaniels becomes a student at Rowan Academy, where he trains in "mystics and combat" in preparation for war with an ancient enemy that has been kidnapping children like him.
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"In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by the work of American folk artist James Hampton"--
13) Farmed out
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Fifteen-year-old Maddie dreams of entering an art contest where first prize is an all-expense paid trip to New York City, but when her mom decides to start an organic farming business, Maddie is furious and sure she will never find the inspiration she needs to win the contest.
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"With art supplies in tow, a young artist explores the wonders of his urban forest during all four seasons. Using a variety of artistic mediums, the boy creatively depicts the smaller parts of the forest that make up the larger whole. Throughout the pages, readers will find: charcoal rubbings, rock art, photographs, sponge paintings, snow sculptures, cut-paper collage, and so much more! The boy uses his imaginative renderings to express his appreciation...
16) The frame-up
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"Twelve-year-old artist Sargent Singer must team up with some very unusual partners to thwart a theft of the masterpieces in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery"--
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Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 8
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Seventh-grade sleuth Sammy Keyes investigates mysterious happenings at a local art gallery.
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Historical Fiction for Middle Grades (SCPL-YS)
Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
Middle Grade Mysteries (SCPL-YS)
OBD Reading Colors Your World Chapter Books - YOUTH
Mental Health Awareness Month 2022
Middle Grade Mysteries (SCPL-YS)
OBD Reading Colors Your World Chapter Books - YOUTH
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SoHo, 1981. Twelve-year-old Olympia is an artist -- and in her neighborhood, that's normal. Her dad and his business partner Apollo bring antique paintings back to life, while her mother makes intricate sculptures in a corner of their loft, leaving Ollie to roam the streets of New York with her best friends Richard and Alex, drawing everything that catches her eye. Then everything falls apart. Ollie's dad disappears in the middle of the night, leaving...
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When Georgia finds a secret sketch her late father--a famed artist--left behind, the discovery leads her down a path that may reshape everything holding her family and friends together. Caroline Gertler's debut is a story about friendship, family, grief, and creativity.