Multicultural Fantasy and Science Fiction for Young Readers
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The True Meaning of Smekday
by Adam Rex
It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity (“Tip”) Tucci is assigned to write five pages on “The True Meaning of Smekday” for …
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The Magical Misadventures of Prunella Bogthistle
by Deva Fagan
All Prunella wants is to be a proper bog-witch. Unfortunately, her curses tend to do more good than harm. When her mixed-up magic allows a …
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The Black Canary
by Jane Louise Curry
As the child of two musicians, twelve-year-old James has no interest in music until he discovers a portal to seventeenth-century London in his uncle's basement, …
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Magic Or Madness
by Justine Larbalestier
From the Sydney, Australia home of a grandmother she believes is a witch, fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino is magically transported to New York City, where she …
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Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
by Virginia Hamilton
Why had he come to her, with his dark secrets from a long-ago past? What was the purpose of their strange, haunting journeys back into …
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The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
This modern classic takes on an iron-fisted drug lord, clones bred for their organs, and what it means to be human. Winner of the National …
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The Clone Codes
by Pat McKissack
Acclaimed authors Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick L. McKissack have collaborated with their son, John, to deliver a novel that is as suspenseful as it …
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The Doom Machine
by Mark Teague
With surprises around every corner, Teague takes readers on a funny, outrageous adventure when the small, sleepy town of Vern Hollow is invaded by a …
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A Wish After Midnight
by Zetta Elliott
"This novel was originally published, in slightly different form, by Booksurge in 2009"--Title page verso.
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The Tiger's Apprentice
by Laurence Yep
Tom Lee's life changes forever the day he meets a talking tiger named Mr. Hu, and discovers he is the latest in a long line …
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Dragon Magic
by Andre Norton
A Hidden Treasure Sig, Artie, Kim, and Ras live in the same neighborhood and go to the same school, but they have nothing in common...until …
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Lavender-Green Magic
by Andre Norton
A mysterious maze Eleven-year-old Holly Wade and her twin siblings, Judy and Crockett, are sent to live with their grandparents in the small town of …
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The Marvelous Effect
by Troy CLE
Turning into a Celestial-Like Entity, Louis Proof's ordinary life takes an unexpected turn as he needs to use all his new-found talents to fight off …
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Lionboy
by Zizou Corder
When his parents are kidnapped, what's ten-year-old Charlie Ashanti to do? Rescue them, that's what! He doesn't know who has taken his parents, or why. …
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Sorceress
by Celia Rees
The spellbinding sequel to "Witch Child" reveals what happened to Mary Newbury through a young, modern descendant with an uncanny connection to the past.
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Red Rider's Hood
by Neal Shusterman
In this second entry in Neal Shusterman's Dark Fusion series, he twists the familiar fairy tale "Red Riding Hood" into a brooding story about a …
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Ghost Fever
by Joe Hayes
A bilingual ghost story just spooky enough to thrill middle grade readers! Un cuento de fantasmas bilingüe, ¡para todos lectores jóvenes buscando un poco de …
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The Conch Bearer
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The acclaimed short-story author and poet transports readers from the teeming streets of India to the rolling Himalayas, in this lyrical, exotic, and rich middle-grade …
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Daughter of Light
by Pam Walker
On her fourteenth birthday, Cassidy Chen receives five ancient and mysterious Chinese coins, which introduce her to the supernatural world known to her Chinese and …
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Cobwebs
by Karen Romano Young
Sixteen-year-old Nancy enjoys the colorful ethnic mix of her heritage in several different Brooklyn households, not suspecting how very strange that heritage is.
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Strawgirl
by Jackie Kay
'How do you know my name?' Maybe asked Strawgirl. She was thrilled out of her tiny mind. The pleasure she felt was so intense, the …
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Wingman
To escape the problems of being poor and Chinese, Donald begins to cut school to climb the George Washington Bridge where he meets Wingman, a …