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Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle's house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel from the author of the "innovative, unexpected, and absolutely chilling" (Mira Grant, Nebula Award-winning author) The Twisted Ones. Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she's discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle's house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Yuki Snow wishes she were anywhere but here. She hates Santa Dolores, where her mom and stepdad just moved the family. Her BFF back home, Julio, has already forgotten his promise to stay in touch, and worse, he like likes Yuki's mortal enemy. At her new school, the kids think she's either invisible or a know-it-all nerd. The only friend she's made so far is the shopkeeper at a Japanese antiques store. Among the treasures there is an ancient brass...
4) Coraline
Language
English
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A young girl walks through a secret door that she has found in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life, but much better. When her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents, including the Other Mother, try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home - and save her family.
5) The lifters
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Gran and his new friend, Catalina, journey underground to defeat a strange force that threatens their town, Carousel.
Series
Explorer volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A bullied boy discovers a door guarded by a sly monster ... A painting of a door opens in a forgotten Egyptian tomb ... A portal in the park promises to turn you into a much cooler version 2.0--if you can just get the bugs out"--Publisher's web site.
Author
Series
Magnificent makers volume 1
Language
English
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3rd Grade Recommended Reads
Early Chapter Books
Early Readers and series for beginning readers
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When Pablo, Violet, and Deepak discover a magical makerspace, they can't wait to check it out! The Maker Maze has cool science games and puzzles behind every door. When they enter the portal, they will find: a wacky scientist who will be their guide, giant puzzles to test their skills, holograms of animals, plants, and more and a friendship challenge?
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English
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An otherworldly middle grade story perfect for fans of A Wrinkle in Time and Stranger Things from the author of the Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates series and the Agatha Award nominee The World's Greatest Detective. What begins as a rather unremarkable Tuesday quickly turns to disaster when Lucy, the Gatekeeper's deputy, discovers that her boss has vanished and the door connecting Lucy's world to the next world over is broken--and it all might...
Author
Series
Misewa saga volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Canada
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Native American Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Native American Heritage Month (older kids)
OBD Native American Heritage Month - YOUTH
Native American Heritage Month (older kids)
OBD Native American Heritage Month - YOUTH
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"Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Aski, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek...
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Language
English
Description
"People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there. Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written on his skin that attracts the eye of wealthy white folks and their cops. But when he delivers an occult tome to a reclusive...
Publisher
crunchyroll
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
日本語
Description
Suzume's journey begins when she meets a young man looking for a door. Following him, she finds one and reaches for the knob. Doors open across Japan, unleashing destruction. Now Suzume must close them to prevent further disaster. On the other side of the door⁵was time in its entirety. Includes second disc of bonus material.
Author
Series
Dead Endia volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Barney needs a job and a place to live. Luckily, he finds both in Dead End, a theme park haunted house! Unfortunately, Dead End also serves as a portal to hell. Along with his best friend Norma and talking dog Pugsley, he must battle demonic party poopers, undead country singers and scariest of all: his love life"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Icarus saga volume 5
Publisher
Baen Publishing Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ten thousand years ago, a mysterious people known as the Icari vanished from the Spiral, leaving behind a network of portals that can instantaneously transport passengers hundreds or thousands of light-years across the stars. Gregory Roarke and his Kadolian partner Selene have been tasked with seeking out these alien artifacts and bringing them under the control of the Icarus Group. But the Group's leadership has changed, and Roarke soon finds himself...
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Español
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"Charlie Reade parece un chico normal de secundaria, excelente en béisbol y fútbol americano, un estudiante decente. Pero lleva una carga pesada. Su madre murió en un accidente de atropello y fuga cuando él tenía siete años, y el dolor llevó a su padre. a beber. Charlie aprendió a cuidar de sí mismo y de su padre. Cuando Charlie tiene diecisiete años, conoce a una perra llamada Radar y a su anciano amo, Howard Bowditch, un recluso en una...
17) Button Hill
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Dekker and his little sister Riley are shipped off for the summer to their strange Aunt Primose in Button Hill, they think they are in for a long, boring summer. But when they find an old grandfather clock with a skull face, they are transported to another place, where children have special powers and the dead come to life!
18) Parallel
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a "multiverse," but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
After the death of her father, Zoe, escaping from life, loses herself in a dreamscape until a chance encounter at a used record store opens up a portal to the world of the restless dead, forcing her to decide just how far she is willing to go to see her father again.
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