2023-2024 Lamplighter Book List

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From Here to There: Inventions that Changed the Way the World Moves Vivian Kirkfield 2023-2024
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Illustrated by Gilbert Ford Publisher "Clarion Books " ISBN# 978-1328560919 (HB) Copyright 1/19/2021 Intl. Setting Reading Level 6.10

Celebrating the invention of vehicles, this collective biography tells the inspiring stories of the visionaries who changed the way we move through air, water, and land.

Lily’s Promise Kathryn Erskine 2023-2024
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Illustrated by Publisher Quill Tree Books ISBN# 978-0063058156 (HB) Copyright 5/18/2021 Intl. Setting Reading Level 0.00

While finding her own voice, a shy sixth grader speaks up for bullied students.

Operation Do-Over Gordon Korman 2023-2024
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Illustrated by Publisher Balzer + Bray ISBN# 978-0063032743 (HB) Copyright 1/18/2022 Intl. Setting Reading Level 5.20

When he is transported back to the seventh grade before he and his best friend had a falling out, science nerd Mason gets a chance to stop the chain of events that made his previous life implode.

Out of My Heart Sharon M. Draper 2023-2024
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Illustrated by Publisher Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books ISBN# 978-1665902168 (HB) Copyright 6/8/2021 Intl. Setting Reading Level 4.80

Melody wants to conquer her fears and make new friends, so she hopes a summer camp for kids like her will welcome someone with cerebral palsy who wants to learn to ride horses and do other fun things for the first time.

Rescue Jennifer A. Nielsen 2023-2024
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Illustrated by Publisher Scholastic Press ISBN# 978-1338621013 (HB) Copyright 5/3/2022 Intl. Setting Reading Level 5.20

Meg Kenyon races to save her father and aid the French resistance in this World War II story of espionage and intrigue.

Rez Dogs Joseph Bruchac 2023-2024
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Illustrated by Publisher Dial Books ISBN# 978-0593326213 (HB) Copyright 6/8/2021 Intl. Setting Reading Level 5.10

When the COVID-19 pandemic starts, Malian, a young Wabanaki girl, is quarantined with her grandparents on the reservation, where she befriends a local dog and learns about her people’s history.

The Adventure is Now Jess Redman 2023-2024
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Illustrated by Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers ISBN# 978-0374314712 (HB) Copyright 5/4/2021 Intl. Setting Reading Level 5.80

After a horrible year, twelve-year-old Milton spends the summer on Lone Island, where he learns about friendship, protecting the environment, and fighting for what is right.

The Ogress and the Orphans Kelly Barnhill 2023-2024
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Illustrated by Publisher Algonquin Young Readers ISBN# 978-1643750743 (HB) Copyright 3/8/2022 Intl. Setting Reading Level 5.10

When a child goes missing from the Orphan House, the town’s mayor suggests the kindly Ogress is responsible, but the orphans don’t believe that and try to make their neighbors see the real villain among them.

The School for Whatnots Margaret Peterson Haddix 2023-2024
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Illustrated by Publisher Katherine Tegen Books ISBN# 978-0062838490 (HB) Copyright 3/1/2022 Intl. Setting Reading Level 5.30

In this futuristic thriller, fifth grader Max searches for his best friend who disappeared after leaving behind a strange note.

The Star that Always Stays Anna Rose Johnson 2023-2024
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Illustrated by Publisher Holiday House ISBN# 978-0823450404 (HB) Copyright 7/12/2022 Intl. Setting Reading Level 5.90

In Michigan in 1914, fourteen-year-old Norvia longs for her old home on Beaver Island where she could be proud of her Ojibwe hertiage. Now she has to contend with a new school, a blended family and being forced to pretend she’s not Native at all.