NORTH SPOKANE
3rd Tuesday of the month
at 4pm
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SPOKANE VALLEY
3rd Tuesday of the month
at 4:30pm
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January 17
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
“There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife.” Thus begins Bod’s story.
He is safe in the graveyard where he is raised by ghosts, but his family’s killer
is still looking for him.
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January 17
Frindle
by Andrew Clementsk
Nick invents a new word, renaming a pen a “frindle.” But once the word takes hold, Nick
loses control. What started as a prank has turned into something much bigger —
Nick and his teacher, and even the dictionary, may never be the same.
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February 21
When Life Gives You O.J.
by Erica S. Perl
Perl Zelly Fried wants a dog more than anything, so she
makes a deal with her eccentric grandfather to take care of a “practice dog” made out of
an orange juice jug to show her parents that she is ready for the responsibility.
But life with O.J. is more than she bargained for.
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February 21
The Birchbark House
by Louise Erdrich
Omakayas, a 7 year old Ojibwa girl, lives with her family on an island in the middle of
Lake Superior. But when a stranger arrives in the winter of 1847, he brings with him an
invisible enemy that will change their lives forever.
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March 20
Fablehaven
by Brandon Mull
While left at their grandparents, Seth and Kendra learn Fablehaven is
no ordinary country estate, but a protected area for magical creatures.
When Seth breaks one too many of its rules, Kendra, must discover a way
to save Fablehaven, its residents and her family.
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March 20
The London Eye Mystery
by Siobhan Dowd
Ted and Kat are excited to show Salim around London until Salim boards the ferris wheel
and never comes down. Will impatient Kat and Ted with his “funny brain” be able to
discover how their cousin managed to disappear into thin air?
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April 17
Princess Academy
by Shannon Hale
Miri's village opens an academy for all eligible
girls - one girl will be chosen to be the next princess of
Danland. But troubles arise and Miri must lead the other girls from danger.
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April 17
The Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart
It starts with an ad in the paper: “Are you a gifted child looking for special
opportunities?” Responding to the ad, Reynie and three other children find
themselves pitted against an evil genius determined to take over the world.
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May 15
Amulet Book One: The Stonekeeper
by Kazu Kibuishi
Emily and Navin move with their mother
to a new home. When their mother is kidnapped by a tentacled creature, they follow into
a bizarre world only to learn that Emily is the heir to a great power and responsibility.
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May 15
Fablehaven
by Brandon Mull
Kendra and her brother Seth feel abandoned by their parents. They are left with a
grandfather they barely know, in a strange place with even stranger rules. When Seth
breaks the rules he learns his grandfather is the caretaker of a magical reserve — one
fraught with danger and peril.
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June 19
The Stonekeeper
by Kazu Kibuishi
After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move into a creepy old mansion with their
mother. The mansion, once owned by a distant uncle, has secrets — both fantastical and
horrifying — the amulet Emily finds seems fantastical while the tentacled beast
kidnapping their mother is truly horrifying. This fast paced graphic novel will certainly keep
you on the edge of your seat and wanting more.
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