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The Witch's Boy by Kelly Barnhill
When a Bandit King comes to take the magic that Ned's mother, a witch, is meant to protect, the stuttering, weak boy villagers think should have drowned rather than his twin protects his family and community. Meanwhile, in the woods, the Bandit's daughter puzzles over a mystery that ties her to Ned. The two must find a way to trust each other if they want to stop the oncoming war between their two kingdoms.
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His Dark Materials: the Golden Compass (Book 1) by Philip Pullman
Eleven-year-old Lyra Belacqua journeys from her home at Oxford University to the frozen North on a quest to save kidnapped children from the evil Gobblers; and then rescue her father from the Panserbjorne, a race of mercenary polar bears who have taken him captive.
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Toby Alone by Francois Place (Illustrator); Sarah Ardizzone (Translator); Timothée De Fombelle
When Toby Lolness, the son of a renowned scientist, discovers the dangerous plan of political powerhouse Joe Mitch, he must become a fugitive. Mitch's ruthless plan to keep digging deeper into the Tree will endanger their entire Lilliputian civilization and only Toby can rescue his parents and bring down Mitch.
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Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
When the murals painted on the walls of her Brooklyn neighborhood start to change and fade in front of her, Sierra Santiago realizes that something strange is going on--then she discovers her Puerto Rican family are shadowshapers and finds herself in a battle with an evil anthropologist for the lives of her family and friends.
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