BOOK BLITZES
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11/25/24 New 5&6
Storm Dragons, Lightning born by Julie Kagawa, Unsinkable Cayenne and The Wolf’s Curse by Jessica Vitalis, Izzy Wong’s Nose for News by Marty Chan, Gracie Under the Waves by Linda Sue Park, Library Girl by Polly Horvath, Quantum Interstellar Sports League by J. Scott Savage, Mid-Air by Alicia D. Williams, All the Best Dogs by Emily Jenkins, The Last Human by Lee Bacon, Mr. Limoncello’s Fantastic finale by Chris Grabenstein
November 2024 7&8
An Indigenous People’s History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, A Deathly Compendium of poisonous plants by Rebecca E. Hirsch, We do not welcome our ten-year-old overlord by Garth Nix, Force of Nature by Ann Burg, Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed, Under the Heron’s Light by Randi Pink, The lines we cross by Randa Abdel-Fattah, Casters and Crowns by Elizabeth Lowham, Mortal Danger by Ann Aquirre, Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O’Malley
11/5/24 New 5&6
Germ Lab by Richard Platt and John Kelly, The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon, We do not welcome our ten-year-old overlord by Garth Nix, Kwame crashes the earth by Craig Kofi Farmer, The Flicker by H. E. Edgmon, And then, Boom by Lisa Fipps , The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko, Addison Cooke series by Jonathan W. Stokes, Force of Nature by Ann E. Burg, Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol, The Girl Who Sang by Estelle Nadel, Long Distance by Whitney Gardner
10/21/24 Classics 5&6
All Quiet on the Western Front by Eric Maria Remarque, A Night to Remember by Walter Lord, Little house on the prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder/Praire Lotus by Linda Sue Park
Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, The Little Prince by Antione de Saint-Exupery, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodges Burnett + graphic version, Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, Animal Farm/1984 – graphic by George Orwell
10/4/24 October 7&8
The Lonely Below by G. Haron Davis, She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran, Rebel Skies by Ann Sei Lin, How to Get Over Your (best friend’s) Ex by Kristi McManus, The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg, Guava and Grudges by Alexis Castellanos, The Color of a Lie by Kim Johnson, Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge plot by Preeti Chhibber, American Wings by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein
9/30/24 Virginia Readers Choice – Part 2
A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga, Anybody here seen Frenchie by Leslie Connor, Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas, Dog Squad by Chris Grabenstein A duet for home by Karina Yan Glaser, Odder by Katherine Applegate, Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter, Seeking Freedom by Selene Castrovilla
9/23/24 New Books! 5&6
Spirit Sleuths by Gail Jarrow, Spineless/Fathomless by Samantha San Miguel, Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi, A Strange Thing Happened in Charry Hall by Jasmine Warga, Westfallen by Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares, On a wing and a tear by Cynthia L. Smith, The Beautiful Game by Yamile Saied Mendez, Heebie Jeebies by Matthew Erman
9/16/24 New Titles 5&6
New Dragon City by Mari Mancusi, Tasty by Victoria Grace Elliot, Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B. B. Alston, The Sherlock Society by James Ponti, Keep it Like a secret by John David Anderson, Samira’s Worst (Best) Summer by Nina Hamza, Popcorn by Rob Harrell
9/9/24 Virginia Readers Choice 5&6
The Girl in the Lake by India Hill Brown, What Lives in the Woods by Lindsey Currie, The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh, The Switch by Roland Smith, Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzales, Eb and Flow by Kelly J. Baptist, Simon Sort of says by Erin Bow, Crash from Outer Space by Candace Fleming, Monster Missions by Laura Martin
9/3/2024 New graphic novels plus a few more 5&6
Sink or Swim by Veronica Agarwal, Pizza Face by Rex Ogle, We Are Big Time by Hena Khan, Buckle Up by Lawrence Lindell, Amazing Ash & Superhero Ahma by Melanie Lee and Arif Rafhan, The Monster Missions by Laura Martin, Safiyyah’s War by Hiba Noor Khan, Just Joking 3 & 4 by National Geographic Kids
8/26/24 – Welcome back!
Mrs. White’s summer favorites 5&6,
Olivetti by Allie Millington, The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Light and Air by Mindy Nichos Wendell, The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nick Day, Out of the Valley of the Horses by Wendy Orr, Daughter of the Lamp by Nedda Lewers
September 2024 7&8
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