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Massachusetts Children's Book Award Master List 2016-17
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Sophia's war : a tale of the Revolution
by Avi
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, which was newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
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El Deafo
by Cece Bell
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
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The witch's boy
by Kelly Regan Barnhill
When a Bandit King comes to steal the magic that Ned's family is meant to take care of, Ned struggles to summon the strength to protect his family and community, while the bandit's daughter puzzles over a mystery that ties her to Ned.
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The Water Castle
by Megan Frazer Blakemore
Moving into an inherited mansion in Maine with their mother and stroke-afflicted father, three siblings uncover a mystery involving hidden passageways, family rivalries, and healing waters.
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Out of bounds
by Fred Bowen
An eighth-grade soccer player learns the importance of practicing good sportsmanship and playing one's hardest while competing for the championship against a rival team.
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Book Scavenger
by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
After Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to figure out the secrets of an odd book they find before the men who attacked Emily's hero solve the mystery or come after the friends.
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No ordinary day
by Deborah Ellis
After learning that her family adopted her, Valli runs away from home to live on the streets of Kolkata, India, where she begs, steals, and resists help from a doctor who reveals that Valli has leprosy.
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Seagulls don't eat pickles
by Erica Farber
To win a bet with the town bully, Fish Finelli and his friends set out to find Captain Kidd's treasure, rumored to be buried on nearby Lyons Island, but they have competition as it seems the local library director is also searching for it.
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Poached
by Stuart Gibbs
Twelve-year-old Teddy Fitzroy is the prime suspect when FunJungle's newly-acquired koala goes missing, thanks to a prank staged by middle school bully Vance Jessup.
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Absolutely almost
by Lisa Graff
Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, best at gym, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep reminding him, but new nanny Calista helps him uncover his strengths and take pride in himself.
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The Time Fetch
by Amy Herrick
When the Time Fetch's foragers gobble up too much time, causing the fabric of the universe to unravel and blur the boundaries between worlds and dimensions, eighth-grade loner Edward and his classmates must band together to save the day.
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The fourteenth goldfish
by Jennifer L Holm
Hating change and missing both her best friend and her dead goldfish, 11-year-old Ellie encounters a boy who strongly resembles her immortality-obsessed grandfather, in a story that introduces the work of famous historical scientists. By the three-time Newbery Honor-winning author of Turtle in Paradise.
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Zeus and the thunderbolt of doom
by Joan Holub
Frustrated by the number of times he has been hit by lightning, 10-year-old Zeus impetuously grabs an actual thunderbolt from a stone to defend himself against the dangerous, giant Titans who kidnapped him and thus learns of his destiny as the king of the gods before embarking on a quest to save his fellow Olympians from the evil Cronus. By the author of My Dog Never Says Please.
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Unusual chickens for the exceptional poultry farmer
by Kelly Jones
Feeling like a fish out of water when her family moves from Los Angeles to a recently inherited chicken farm, 12-year-old Sophie encounters a telekinetic chicken and her equally unusual flockmates, who are endangered by a thieving farmer.
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The adventures of a South Pole pig
by Christopher Kurtz
In a fresh and funny middle-grade novel, Flora the pig ditches the sedentary life on the farm for an adventure in Antarctica, where she escapes the knife and lives her dream of pulling a sled with a team of dogs.
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The colossus rises
by Peter Lerangis
The day after 12-year-old Jack McKinley is told he has only months to live, he awakens on a mysterious island where a secret organization promises to save his life—with one condition: he and his three friends must retrieve seven long-lost magical orbs from amid the ruins of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and only when they are combined can the friends' lives be saved. First stop: The Colossus of Rhodes.
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Bliss
by Kathryn Littlewood
Rose Bliss wants to work magic in her family's bakery as her parents do, but when they are called away and Rose and her siblings are left in charge, the magic goes awry and a stranger tries to talk Rose into giving her the Bliss Cookery Booke.
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A snicker of magic
by Natalie Lloyd
Arriving in a town where magic has been driven away by a curse, 12-year-old Felicity, a girl who possesses a supernatural ability to see words around the people and places she visits, befriends mysterious do-gooder Jonah, who introduces shimmering new words while helping her break the curse. A first novel.
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Quinny & Hopper
by Adriana Brad Schanen
An unlikely partnership between garrulous, ambitious Quinny and cautious, practical Hopper is forged at the start of the third grade, which brings such challenges as stylish bullies, a killer chicken and social rules that suggest they can no longer be friends.
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I survived the great Chicago fire, 1871
by Lauren Tarshis
Originally not wanting to come to Chicago, young Oscar Starling finds himself not only in the middle of the city, but trying to survive when the town is ablaze.
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Loot : how to steal a fortune
by Jude Watson
When Alfie McQuinn, the notorious jewel thief, is killed on a job, his last words to his son, March, are to "find jewels," and this instruction leads the boy to Jules, the twin sister he never knew he had--and the perfect partner to carry on the family business.
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Cooper and Packrat : mystery on Pine Lake
by Tamra Wight
The only bright side to his family owning a campground is Cooper's new friend Packrat, but when someone begins to destroy the habitat of the local loons, the boys must find the culprit before it is too late.
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