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News and Events

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MS Summer Reading!

The Middle School Librarians have prepared two sets of Summer Reading Recommended Titles for Rising 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Please click on these links to see them and also the Summer Reading Requirements:

Rising 5th and 6th Grade (Current 4th and 5th)
Rising 7th and 8th Grade (Current 6th and 7th)
Asian American/Pacific Islander and Jewish Heritage Months

Check out these great books that highlight the experiences of Asian American/Pacific Islanders and Jewish Americans. Simply click on the grade level link below to open the slide, then click on the book cover. Students can request the physical books through Book it! or ebooks through Sora.

Grades 4-6

Grades 7-8
Celebrating Women's History Month

Check out some of our books celebrating Women's experiences and contributions. Open the slide by clicking on the desired grade level, then click on the book cover for access. Print books can be requested through Book it! or read the ebook version on Sora.

Grades 4-6

Grades 7-8

New Books

Endling - The Last

Katherine Applegate

Byx, the last of the dairnes, sets out to find others of her kind and along the way meets new allies. The group soon uncovers a secret that threatens the lives of every creature in their world.
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Rebound

Kwame Alexander

In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.
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Sunny

Jayson Reynolds

#3 of the popular Track series. Sunny deals with his father's prolonged grief over the death of Sunny's mother while training for shot put.
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The Prince and the Dressmaker

Jen Wang

Prince Sebastian loves to dress in gorgeous dresses and ball gowns. With the help of his dressmaker, Frances, he could step out and mingle with the fashionable Parisian crowds as Lady Crystallia until his secret identity is revealed.
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You Go First

Erin Entrada Kelly

Charlotte, twelve, and Ben, eleven, are highly-skilled competitors at online Scrabble and that connection helps both as they face family issues and the turmoil of middle school.
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Betty Before X

Ilyasah Shabazz, with Renée Watson

Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.
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Martin Rising : Requiem for a King

Andrea Pinkney

A collection of poems that looks at the final months of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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Raid of No Return

Nathan Hale

And soon after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, young pilots were recruited fro a very secret - and very dangerous - raid on Japan.
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Long Way Down

Jason Reynolds

As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.
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If the Magic Fits

Susan Maupin Schmid

A young castle maid discovers a closet full of magical dresses, each of which gives her the appearance of another person. This magic helps her protect Princess Mariposa from imminent dangers.
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