Piper Reed: Navy Brat

Glitter Gets Everywhere

The Willoughbys Return

Second Chance Summer

Brick by Brick

Operation Do-Over

The Land of Forgotten Girls

The Red Pencil

Kimberly Willis Holt's The Ambassador of Nowhere, Texas is a stunning post-9/11 companion to the National Book Award-winner When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. Decades after the Vietnam War and Toby's life-changing summer with Zachary Beaver, Toby's daughter Rylee is at a crossroads--her best friend Twig has started pushing her away just as Joe, a new kid from New York, settles into their small town of Antler. Rylee befriends Joe and learns that Joe's father was a first responder on 9/11. The two unlikely friends soon embark on a project to find Zachary Beaver and hopefully reconnect him with Rylee's father almost thirty years later. This beautiful middle grade novel is a tribute to friendships--old and new--and explores the challenges of rebuilding what may seem lost or destroyed. Christy Ottaviano Books

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Glitter Gets Everywhere

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The Willoughbys Return

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Second Chance Summer

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Brick by Brick

Floyd Cooper, Charles R. Smith Jr., 2012

Operation Do-Over

Gordon Korman, 2022

The Land of Forgotten Girls

Erin Entrada Kelly, 2016

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