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Jacob follows clues that take him to a mysterious island, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar ChildrenMiss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs After his grandfather's murder, apparently by a make-believe creature, 16-year-old Jacob Portman goes to Wales to learn the truth about his grandfather's past. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=XWrNyVhSJUU

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Jacob follows clues that take him to a mysterious island, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children…

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children!

!by Ransom Riggs

After his grandfather's murder, apparently by a make-believe creature, 16-year-old Jacob Portman goes to Wales to learn the truth about his grandfather's past.!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWrNyVhSJUU!

Also a graphic novel…

His performances are record-breaking, but the side effects are terrible…

Gym Candy by Carl Deuker

!Mick  Johnson  is  determined  not  to  make  the  same  mistakes  his  father,  a  failed  football  hero,  made.  But  a8er  being  tackled  just  short  of  the  end  zone  in  a  big  game,  Mick  begins  using  “gym  candy,”  or  steroids.  !!!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-mRWxKHNi4!!!!

Their love is all-consuming. It’s also dangerous…

The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet !

(Graphic Novel)!by Gareth Hinds

An adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic play Romeo and Juliet as a graphic novel…

This summer Nina decides to change things…

The Summer I Saved the World in 65 Days

by Michele Weber HurwitzIt's  summerAme,  and  thirteen-­‐year-­‐old  Nina  Ross  is  feeling  kind  of  lost.  Her  beloved  grandma  died  last  year;  her  parents  work  all  the  Ame;  her  brother's  busy;  and  her  best  friend  is  into  clothes,  makeup,  and  boys.  While  Nina  doesn't  know  what  "her  thing"  is  yet,  it's  definitely  not  shopping  and  makeup.  !This  summer,  Nina  decides  to  change  things.  She  hatches  a  plan.  There  are  sixty-­‐five  days  of  summer.  Every  day,  she'll  anonymously  do  one  small  but  remarkable  good  thing  for  someone  in  her  neighborhood,  and  find  out:  does  doing  good  actually  make  a  difference?  !hTps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpUEztoLFzg  

A fascinating story of the prejudice that faced black men and women in America’s armed forces in World War II…

Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin

On  July  17,  1944,  a  massive  explosion  rocked  the  segregated  Navy  base  at  Port  Chicago,  California,  killing  more  than  300  sailors  who  were  at  the  docks,  criAcally  injuring  off-­‐duty  men  in  their  bunks,  and  shaTering  windows  up  to  a  mile  away.  On  August  9th,  244  men  refused  to  go  back  to  work  unAl  unsafe  and  unfair  condiAons  at  the  docks  were  addressed.  When  the  dust  seTled,  fi8y  were  charged  with  muAny,  facing  decades  in  jail  and  even  execuAon.    !hTps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIFtHI6Usfg  

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