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Spirit service / Nanua, Sarena.

"A group of twelve-year-old girls start a small business helping their local neighborhood spirits pass on to the other side"--

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The tontine caper / Salerni, Dianne K.

Eleven-year-old Nico lives as an unpaid servent and virtual prisoner at the Precipice Inn in the Pocono Mountains, whose innkeeper he believes killed his artist grandfather -- until the surviving members of a tontine check in for a meeting.

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Lark wraps it up / Cutler, Marcus
Lark Ba detective series.
In this early chapter book, Lark and Connor help their halmoni's friend Miss June try to find out who stole her quilt and get it back in time to display it at the local quilt show.

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The Hotel Balzaar / Dicamillo, Kate
Norendy tales.
"At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta's mother rises before the sun, puts on her uniform, and instructs Marta to roam as she will but quietly, invisibly -- like a little mouse. While her mother cleans rooms, Marta slips down the back staircase to the grand lobby to chat with the bellman, study the painting of an angel's wing over the fireplace, and watch a cat chase a mouse around the face of the grandfather clock, all the while dreaming of the return of her soldier father, who has gone missing. One day, a mysterious countess with a parrot checks in, promising a story -- in fact, seven stories in all, each to be told in its proper order. As the stories unfold, Marta begins to wonder: could the secret to her father's disappearance lie in the countess's tales? Book two in a trio of novellas bound by place and mood -- with elegant line art by Júlia Sardà -- The Hotel Balzaar masterfully juggles yearning and belief, shining light into every dark corner"--

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The mammoth riders / Duncan, Daniel
Dino quest.
In just a few days, Moss's life has been turned upside-down. He's tamed a mighty T. rex, befriended a warrior princess, and saved the kingdom of Primordia from a rebellion. But his adventure is far from over. A mysterious force is turning the people of noble Primordia and its neighboring kingdom -- the frozen Chillands -- against each other. Can Moss and Princess Opal stop the kingdoms rushing into a war that seems inevitable?

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Rhapsody Smith, Ice Angel / Schultz Nicholson, Lorna
Ice Angel
"Rhapsody "Rap" Queen Smith lives with her grandparents and plays for the Ice Angels hockey team, a tight group of girls who spend time together outside of hockey and school. Her focus is on improving her power plays and crossovers until she meets Marion, an older woman who spends her days sitting on a bench outside the arena. Nobody seems to know who she is, but there are two other mysterious things about her: she has an in-depth knowledge of hockey strategy and she wears a 1990 Women's World Cup ring. When Marion's ring goes missing, Rap and her friends are determined to find it. Who is Marion, and why does she know so much about hockey? The Ice Angels work together to find out"--

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Miss match / Hughes, Susan

"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, thirteen-year-old Polly and her friends discover they'll need more than entrepreneurial spirit to make their middle school matchmaking business a success"--

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Saving Wolfgang / Craigie, Gregor.

"In this middle-grade novel, Wolfgang and his mother move in with his grandfather in the wake of his father's death, and Wolfie's new friend Jimmy helps him find solace through hockey. But Wolfgang can't stop wondering why his father's cause of death is such a secret"--

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Sam / Walters, Eric

"Redheaded, orphaned, and temperamental, Sam's already tragic life takes a worse turn when a run-in outside a corner store ends with him smashing a high school football star in the face with a soda can, landing him an assault with weapon charge and a six-week stint at Johnson "Blue Gables" Juvenile Center. Sam must stay here and stay out of trouble while being assessed and awaiting trial, but his rage flares again when he becomes targeted by a juvie long-termer. Sam navigates juvie with the help of his shy cellmate, Nigel, and his caring teacher, Mrs. Martinez, who assigns him a book about a certain redheaded orphan girl. Over forty-two days, Sam learns to temper his temper, make friends in unlikely places, and live with an open heart. His past has been tragic, but his future can still be bright"--

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Talent for trouble / Jardine, Lis
Detention Detectives.
It's been four months since the Detention Detectives semi-solved their last mystery. But their biggest suspect remains at large, and when a local teen goes missing the trio find themselves in a race against time to connect the clues ... As the team are pulled in different directions can Daniel bring them, the clues and their skills together, to solve the mystery of the missing teen before it's too late?