The Year of the Book

Title:  The Year of the Book
Author:  Andrea Cheng
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Description:  A young Chinese American girl navigates relationships with family, friends, and her fourth-grade classroom and finds a true best friend.
Lexile: 590

Word Count: 20,719

Location:  Find the The Year of the Book eBook in the Overdrive Collection at the Arlington Public Library.

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Athlete Vs. Mathlete

Title:  Athlete vs. Mathlete
Author:  W. C. Mack
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Description:  When their two worlds collide in seventh grade, fraternal twins and opposites Owen and Russell find themselves in direct competition at school, on the court, and at home.
Lexile: 610

Word Count: 36,544

Location:  Find the Athlete vs. Mathlete eBook in the Overdrive Collection at the Arlington Public Library.

The Neptune Project

Title:  The Neptune Project
Author:  Polly Holyoke
Genre: Science Fiction
Description:  A group of kids who have been genetically altered to survive in the ocean must embark on a dangerous underwater journey to find refuge and maybe even a way to save the world.
Lexile: 890

Word Count: 75,492

Location:  Find the The Neptune Project eBook in the Overdrive Collection at the Arlington Public Library.

Liar and Spy

Title:  Liar & Spy
Author:  Rebecca Stead
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Description:  Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and a boy who wants his help spying on another resident. 
Lexile: 670

Word Count: 38,293

Location:  Find the Liar & Spy eBook in the Overdrive Collection at the Arlington Public Library.

Flora & Ulysses

Title:  Flora & Ulysses
Author:  Kate DiCamillo
Genre: Adventure
Description:  Self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman is not easily surprised but finding a flying, poetry-writing, superhero squirrel and meeting "profoundly strange" William Spiver puts a whole new spin on her life.
Lexile: 520

Word Count: 32,790

Location:  Find the Flora & Ulysses eBook in the Overdrive Collection at the Arlington Public Library.

Lester's Dreadful Sweaters

Title:  Lester's Dreadful Sweaters
Author:  K. G. Campbell
Genre: Picture Book
Description:  When Lester's mysterious cousin Clara comes to stay with his family, she insists on knitting him ugly sweaters. Lester must figure out how to accept the unwanted gifts without hurting his cousin's feelings.
AR Level: 3.9

Word Count: 799

Location:  Find the Lester's Dreadful Sweaters eBook in the Overdrive collection at the Arlington Public Library.

Rebel McKenzie

Title:  Rebel McKenzie
Author:  Candice Ransom
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Description:  When feisty twelve-year-old Rebel McKenzie, an aspiring paleontologist, spends the summer taking care of her sister's seven-year-old son at a mobile home park in Frog Level, Virginia, she never expects to enter a beauty pageant or meet a hand model.
Lexile: 610

Word Count: 54,544

Location:  Find the Rebel McKenzie eBook in the Overdrive collection at the Arlington Public Library.