FIFTH GRADE RECOMMENDED READS J MARS, K
THE LOST YEAR Katherine Marsh In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, thirteen-year-old Matthew discovers a shocking secret about his great-grandmother's past as he learns about her life during the Holodomor famine in Soviet Ukraine.
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J THOM, A THE MANIFESTOR PROPHECY Angie Thomas All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of shocking revelations and terrifying events launch Nic and two friends on a hunt for a powerful magic tool she's never heard of...to save her father from imprisonment for a crime she refuses to believe he committed.
102 DAYS OF LYING ABOUT LAUREN
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Maura Jortner
Lindsey Currie
After being abandoned by her mother in an amusement park, twelve-yearold Mouse is determined to secretly live in the park on her own, even though getting caught could mean saving her life.
IT FOUND US
Twelve-year-old Hazel Woods has always had an unusual knack for sleuthing. So, when she not-so-accidentally overhears her brother Den planning to sneak into the cemetery at night for an epic game of hide-and-seek, she decides to secretly tag along. This seems like the perfect opportunity to investigate the claims that the cemetery is haunted. But the moment the game ends, Hazel realizes something is very, very wrong: her brother's best friend, Everett, is missing. It's as if he just . . . vanished.