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New Fiction Books Fall 2020 New Fiction Books Fall 2020 Fiction F Alb Anna Strong and the Revolutionary War Culper spy ring (Lexile 840) During the American Revolution Anna Strong becomes an unsung heroine when she finds ingenious ways to communicate top-secret messages to her fellow spies, helping to save the American colonies from British rule. F Ald War is over It's 1918, and war is everywhere. John's dad is fighting in the trenches far away in France. His mother works in the munitions factory. His teacher says that John is fighting, too, that he at war with enemy children in Germany. One day, in the wild woods outside town, John has an impossible moment: a meeting with a German boy named Jan. John catches a glimpse of a better world, in which children like Jan and himself can come together and scatter the seeds of peace. F Ang Beware the power of the dark side! (Lexile 840) Luke Skywalker and his friends in the Rebel Alliance formulate a daring plan to battle with the Empire and its evil leaders, Darth Vader and the Emperor. F Ang The mighty Chewbacca in the forest of fear! (Lexile 770) Chewbacca the Wookie thought he was on a boring cat-sitting job--but his true mission is much more dangerous. With the help of a young bounty hunter/librarian and a cargo droid--who is actually undercover Rebel spy K-2SO--Chewie must make his way through a bizarre forest with fear-causing mist, fight off deadly creatures, recover a sacred book and rescue his friend Han Solo. If anyone can do it, it's the mighty Chewbacca! F Ang Stranded on Planet Strip Mall! Stranded on a planet filled with dry cleaners, nail salons, and chain restaurants, Rocket and Groot face killer robots bent on customer service and raccoon-eating toilets. F Avi The button war: a tale of the Great War Patryk and Jurek are as much friends as rivals in the small Russian-occupied Polish village where they live. When, in August 1914, Patryk finds an old button on the forest floor, Jurek becomes jealous. Not long after, World War I comes to Poland, bringing one invading army after another. Jurek devises a dare among the group of boys: whoever steals the best military button will be Button King. They agree. The contest is on. The competition escalates from stealing uniform buttons on a wash line to looting the bodies of dead soldiers. Leading the charge is Jurek, who will do anything to be Button King. It's only Patryk who tries to stop Jurek's increasingly dangerous game before it leads to deadly consequences. F Avi Gold rush girl Victoria longs for independence and adventure, and she yearns to accompany her father as he sails west in search of real gold! But it is 1848, and Tory isn't even allowed to go to school, much less travel all the way from Rhode Island to California. Determined to take control of her own destiny, Tory stows away on the ship. Though San Francisco is frenzied and full of wild and dangerous people, Tory finds freedom and friendship. Until one day, when her younger brother is New Fiction Books Fall 2020 kidnapped. Tory is spurred on a treacherous search for him in Rotten Row, a part of San Francisco Bay crowded with hundreds of abandoned ships. F Bac The last human After machines take control of Earth, following the extinction of humans, 12-year-old robot XR 935A confronts its prejudices about humans and begins to reconsider its own existence within robot society after discovering and befriending a twelve-year-old human girl. F Bar Goodbye, Mr. Spalding (Lexile 650) In 1930s Philadelphia, 12-year-old Jimmy and his best friend Lola live across the street from Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team. Their families and others on the street make extra money by selling tickets to bleachers on their flat rooftops, which have a perfect view of the field. However, falling ticket sales at the park prompt the park owner to decide to build a wall that will block the view. Jimmy and Lola come up with a variety of ways to prevent the wall from being built, knowing that not only will they miss the view, but their families will be impacted from the loss of income. As Jimmy becomes more and more desperate to save their view, his dubious plans create a rift between him and Lola, and he must work to repair their friendship. F Beh The disaster days (Lexile 750) Thirteen-year-old Hannah's first real babysitting job turns into a nightmare when a major earthquake knocks out power and phones, cuts off the island, and leaves her stranded with two children. F Bon Pendragon's heir High school can be hard enough. But for 16-year-old Elaine, things have become almost unbearable. She's having visions of knights in shining armor bleed into her everyday life, visions that refuse to go away, unless she draws them. But visions become the least of her problems after a bizarre attack at their school where she appears to be the intended target. At the last moment, she's whisked away by robotic knights in shining armor to the massive fortress of the legendary superhero Pendragon. Tech gazillionaire, cybernetic genius, and long lost dad? F Bon Zora and me (Lexile 860) A fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston's childhood with her best friend Carrie as they learn about life, death, and the differences between truth, lies, and pretending. F Bur Ana María Reyes does not live in a castle (Lexile 720) With a new sibling (her fourth) on the way and a big piano recital on the horizon, Dominican-American Ana María Reyes tries to win a scholarship to a New York City private school. F Car Home for vengeance and valor After years in foster care, April gets to live in a mansion where she and four other children are caught up in a mystery related to a missing heir, a lost legacy, and the Phantom. New Fiction Books Fall 2020 F Cer The storm runner To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry. F Cha Alcatraz: a chilling interactive adventure (Lexile 790) You Choose adventure that takes place at Alcatraz Island. F Chi Blink and you die (Lexile 780) Ruby Redfort is running scared. A whole bunch of people want her dead. And worst of all, one of them is on her team. F Chi Pick your poison (Lexile 800) Wisecracking, code-cracking girl detective Ruby Redfort gets an unexpected taste of the action in her fifth fast-paced adventure. F Chi Ruby Redford catch your death (Lexile 820) Thirteen-year-old Ruby Redfort is an undercover agent and genius codebreaker. F Chi Ruby Redfort feel the fear (Lexile 850) When a ghostly foe begins stealing from the highest buildings in Twinford, Ruby Redfort is ready to defy death one more time to capture the bandit. F Chi Ruby Redfort take your last breath (Lexile 840) Skilled code-cracker and detective Ruby Redfort has an adventure at sea in which she must crack the case of the Twinford pirates while avoiding a vile sea monster and the evil Count von Viscount. F Coc Uncle Drew and the bat dodger When nine-year-old Teddy Caldwell breaks Uncle Drew Weems's kitchen window with a baseball, he soon learns a lot more about his elderly neighbor. During the Great Depression, he was the valet to Bopeep Shines, a legend of the Negro Leagues. F Col The Artemis Fowl files (Lexile 760) Two original short stories, plus puzzles, interviews with characters, and other writings that unlock secrets of the Artemis Fowl books, which feature a 12-year-old evil genius and his dealings with fairies and other magical beings. F Col Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident (Lexile 670) Thirteen-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must join forces with his nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police, in order to save his father--one of the few people in the world Artemis loves--who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya. F Col Artemis Fowl: the Atlantis complex (Lexile 900) When an army of fairy space probes programmed to destroy Atlantis return to Earth, Artemis Fowl attempts to stop the destruction of the city. New Fiction Books Fall 2020 F Col Artemis Fowl: the eternity code (Lexile 620) Artemis Fowl creates an extraordinarily powerful computer with stolen fairy technology, but his business deal hopes go sour when a Chicago businessman steals his invention and mortally wounds Artemis's loyal bodyguard. F Col Artemis Fowl: the lost colony (Lexile 740) Teenager Artemis Fowl solves a temporal equation that helps him and Captain Holly Short track fairy demons who are appearing from another dimension, but there is another person who has figured out the formula and abducts one of the beings. F Col Artemis Fowl: the opal deception (Lexile 740) Artemis Fowl, having reverted to his criminal ways, travels to Berlin to steal a famous painting from a German bank, not realizing his old rival, Opal, has been waiting for a chance to destroy him. F Col The Fowl twins (Lexile 1060) Eleven-year-old twins Myles and Beckett Fowl enjoy adventure and mayhem while helping a troll escape nefarious forces that want his magic.
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