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10 best books like Sons of the 613 (Michael Rubens): Personal Effects, Radiant Days, Emily's Dress and Other Missing Things, Imperfect Spiral, Promise the Night, Rock Star Superstar, Amelia Rules! Volume 8: Her Permanent Record, The Island of Thieves, Mercy on These Teenage Chimps, Fire in the Streets

Personal Effects
AuthorE.M. Kokie
ISBN0763655279
After his older brother dies in Iraq, Matt makes a discovery that rocks his beliefs about strength, bravery, and honor in this page-turning debut.

Ever since his brother, T.J., was killed in Iraq, Matt feels like he’s been sleepwalking through life — failing classes, getting into fights,...
Radiant Days
AuthorElizabeth Hand
ISBN0670011355
It is 1978. Merle is in her first year at the Corcoran School of Art, catapulted from her impoverished Appalachian upbringing into a sophisticated, dissipated art scene.

It is also 1870. The teenage poet Arthur Rimbaud is on the verge of breaking through to the images and voice that will make...
Emily's Dress and Other Missing Things
AuthorKathryn Burak
ISBN1596437367
When Claire's best friend Richy went missing, he disappeared without a trace. But when Emily Dickinson's dress goes missing from the Amherst museum, she knows exactly where it is: in her closet.
As Claire and her student teacher, Tate, attempt to figure out what do to about the dress, they begin...
Imperfect Spiral
AuthorDebbie Levy
ISBN0802734413
Danielle Snyder's summer job as a babysitter takes a tragic turn when Humphrey, the five-year-old boy she's watching, runs in front of oncoming traffic to chase down his football. Immediately Danielle is caught up in the machinery of tragedy: police investigations, neighborhood squabbling, and,...
Promise the Night
AuthorMichaela MacColl
Immediately compelling and action-packed, this carefully researched work of historical fiction introduces young readers to the childhood of the famous yet elusive Beryl Markham, the first person to fly solo from England to North America. As in her debut novel, Prisoners in the Palace, MacColl propels...
Rock Star Superstar
AuthorBlake Nelson
ISBN0142405744
Music is Pete's life. He's happiest when playing his Fender P-Bass. He doesn't care about prestige or getting girls; it's the quality of the music that matters. Then he meets the Carlisle brothers. They can't sing and they can barely play, but somehow they have a following. Pete can't resist, and he joins...
Amelia Rules! Volume 8: Her Permanent Record
AuthorJimmy Gownley
ISBN1416986146
Amelia embarks on her most epic adventure yet in this final addition to the Amelia Rules! graphic novel series.

From surviving her parents' divorce, to withstanding the terror of Joe McCarthy Elementary, to handling devastating crushes (not-so-) gracefully, Amelia Louise McBride has...
The Island of Thieves
AuthorJosh Lacey
ISBN1849392455
Buried treasure. Ruthless gangsters. An ancient clue . . .

Our Captayne took the pinnace ashore and I went with hym and six men also, who were sworne by God to be secret in al they saw. Here we buried five chests filled with gold.

Tom Trelawney was looking for excitement. Now he's found...
Mercy on These Teenage Chimps
AuthorGary Soto
ISBN0152060227
On his thirteenth birthday, Ronnie woke up feeling like a chimp--all long armed, big eared, and gangly. He's been muddling through each gawky day since. Now his best friend, Joey, has turned thirteen, too--and after Joey humiliates himself in front of a cute girl, he climbs a tree and refuses to come...
Fire in the Streets
AuthorKekla Magoon
ISBN1442422300
What means more, shared values or shared blood? Maxie’s choice changes everything in this acclaimed companion to The Rock and the River.

Bad things happen in the heat, they say.

Maxie knows all about how fire can erupt at a moment’s notice, especially now, in the sweltering Chicago...
The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls
AuthorJulie Schumacher
ISBN0385737734
I'm Adrienne Haus, survivor of a mother-daughter book club. Most of us didn't want to join. My mother signed me up because I was stuck at home all summer, with my knee in a brace. CeeCee's parents forced her to join after cancelling her Paris trip because she bashed up their car. The members of "The Unbearable...
Bad Boy
AuthorDream Jordan
ISBN0312549970
Dream Jordan is back with a follow-up to the acclaimed Hot Girl

Kate is devastated to find herself back in a group home after a peaceful year of living with her loving foster parents, Lynn and Ted. The fantasy life of having the perfect family has come to an abrupt end and Kate's reeling from having...
Call the Shots
AuthorDon Calame
ISBN0763655562
And . . . action! As the uproarious trio returns, sensitive Sean takes the spotlight — scripting a low-low-budget film while fielding unexpected female fans.

Coop is cooking up another sure-misfire scheme (big surprise), and this time the comedy plays out from Sean’s point of view. What’s...
Waiting For Gonzo
AuthorDave Cousins
ISBN9780192745
Meet Oz . . . he's got a talent for trouble but his heart's always in the right place (well, nearly always).

Uprooted from his friends and former life, Oz finds himself stranded in the sleepy village of Slowleigh. When a joke backfires on the first day at his new school, Oz attracts the attention...
The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza
AuthorJack Gantos
ISBN0374300836
The fifth and final book in the groundbreaking Joey Pigza series brings the beloved chronicle of this wired, wacky, and wonderful boy to a crescendo of chaos and craziness, as everything goes topsy-turvy for Joey just as he starts to get his feet on the ground. With his dad MIA in the wake of appearance-altering...
The Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter
AuthorJohn Gosselink
ISBN0810989778
Designed like a case file, chock-full of notes, journal entries, letters, e-mails, illustrations, and more, The Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter is a hilarious middle-grade novel that argues why Thaddeus should be released from his in-school suspension and explains the unbelievable circumstances...
Catch & Release
AuthorBlythe Woolston
ISBN0761377557
I should have died quick. But I didn't. I'm a miracle of modern medicine, only the medicine doesn't get much credit, I notice. People say I'm lucky, or I'm blessed, and then they turn away.

I'm not the only miracle. There's Odd too.

Polly Furnas had The Plan for the future. Get married...
Record Breaker
AuthorRobin Stevenson
ISBN1554699592
It's 1963, and Jack's family is still reeling from the SIDS death of his baby sister. Adrift in his own life, Jack is convinced that setting a world record will bring his father back to his senses and his mother back to life. But world events, including President Kennedy's assassination, threaten to overshadow...
The Case of the Lonely One
AuthorJohn Allison
ISBN1620102129
A new school year brings a new classmate to Griswald's Grammar School! But he's a bit strange, and he really, really likes onions. When the whole school suddenly becomes best friends with him, Shauna seems to be the only one left out. It's up to her to peel back the mystery, one onion layer at a time. Join...
Zero Fade
AuthorChris L. Terry
ISBN0988480433
i'm not sure who the target audience for this book is - i think it is YA, but it is one of those rare gems that manages to simultaneously skew both younger and older. i could see a ten-year-old boy loving this, and i - an old lady, found it completely charming. and i am not one usually swayed by "charm."

and,...
Dogs on Duty: Soldiers' Best Friends on the Battlefield and Beyond
AuthorDorothy Hinshaw Patent
ISBN0802728464
When the news of the raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound broke, the SEAL team member that stole the show was a highly trained canine companion. Throughout history, dogs have been key contributors to military units. Dorothy Hinshaw Patent follows man's best friend onto the battlefield, showing readers...
The Qwikpick Papers: Poop Fountain!
AuthorTom Angleberger
ISBN1419704257
In your hands you hold a curious stash of documents. They were found by me, Tom Angleberger; in the storage room of the old Qwikpick gas station on Franklin street. They tell an absolutely crazy (and smelly!) story about three kids trying to go on an adventure in their pretty boring hometown of Crickenburg....
A Certain October
AuthorAngela Johnson
ISBN0689865058
Three-time Coretta Scott King Award–winner Angela Johnson writes a wrenching, honest book about surviving the unimaginable and finding a way to go on.

Scotty compares herself to tofu: no flavor unless you add something. And it’s true that Scotty’s friends, Misha and Falcone, and...
Fitz
AuthorMick Cochrane
ISBN0375856838
A father, a son, and a gun. This could make for an interesting day..

Sometimes Fitz would look at himself in the mirror, an expression of pathetic eagerness on his face. He was a dog in the pound, wanting to be adopted. He'd smile. What father wouldn't want this boy?

Fifteen-year-old...
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