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• Engaging the Senses Summer Adventure at AC Library

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  Make your summer sensational! Join us for our 2024 Summer Adventure from 6/1 to 8/1. Complete engaging activities to receive a book gift and prize drawing entries. Pick up an Adventure Guide at any library location starting 6/1 or download it from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Upstaged

  Easter, Robin,

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  Ever since sixth grade, Ashton Price and their best friend and enduring crush, Ivy Santos, have spent their summers together at theater camp. Now it’s their last year before they part ways for high school, and Ash is determined to end it on a high…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bridge to Bat City

  a Mostly True Tall Tale

  Cline, Ernest,

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  While living on the family farm after losing her mother, 13-year-old Opal befriends a group of orphaned, music-loving bats, but when their habitat is destroyed, she takes them to the nearby city of Austin to prove this is where she and the bats…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Color of Sound

  Isler, Emily Barth,

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  Twelve-year-old Rosie is a musical prodigy whose synesthesia allows her to see music in colors. Forced to spend the summer with her grandparents, Rosie is excited to meet another girl her age hanging out on their property. The girl is familiar, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed

  Iriarte, José Pablo,

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  When he moves into his late grandfather's Miami mansion, Benny discovers the ghost of his famous trumpet-playing abuelo is still there after being barred from the afterlife and agrees to help him earn his wings, with disastrous and hilarious results.

• A Sky Full of Song

  Meyer, Susan, 1960-

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  In 1905 North Dakota, eleven-year-old Russian immigrant Shoshana is bullied for being Jewish, but after listening to the music of her homeland, she is reminded of the resilience and traditions her people have brought all the way to the prairie.

• Garvey's Choice

  the Graphic Novel

  Grimes, Nikki,

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  Garvey’s father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading—anything but sports. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey’s life changes. The chorus finds a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miracle

  Chow, Karen S.,

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  Amie struggles to find herself through friendship and music in the wake of her father's death.

• A Duet for Home

  Glaser, Karina Yan,

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  Two children living in a homeless shelter whose friendship grows over a shared love of classical music, June and Tyree join forces to confront a new housing policy that puts homeless families in danger.

• Playing Through the Turnaround

  Larsen, Mylisa,

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  When their beloved Jazz Lab teacher is let go due to budget cuts, his students hatch a plan to save their class, becoming an unlikely band of crusaders whose quest turns into something bigger than they ever could have imagined.

• Tune It Out

  Sumner, Jamie,

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  Twelve-year-old Lou Montgomery's life has been centered on her mother's terrifying plan to make her a singing star, but a crisis reveals Lou's sensory processing disorder and people determined to help her address it.

• Simon B. Rhymin'

  Reed, Dwayne,

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  Chicago fifth-grader Simon, an aspiring rapper who lacks self-confidence, uses his rhymes to help bring his community together. (Book 1 of a series)

• Barakah Beats

  Siddiqui, Maleeha,

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  Leaving Islamic school to attend "real school," 12-year-old Nimra Sharif, joins the school's popular 8th grade boy band, Baraka Beats, in an attempt to fit in, even though she was taught that music isn't allowed in Islam, forcing her to make a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mystwick School of Musicraft

  Khoury, Jessica, 1990-

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  Humor and heart shine in this middle-grade fantasy about a girl who attends a boarding school to learn how to use music to create magic. (Book 1 of a series)

• The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane

  O'Shaughnessy, Kate,

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  Experiencing her world through the evocative sounds she collects, 11-year-old Maybelle becomes convinced that a new radio DJ is her absent father before entering a singing contest that the DJ will be judging in Nashville.

• Sci-fu. Book 1, Kick It Off

  Mercado, Yehudi,

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  Wax, a young mix-master, scratches the perfect beat and accidentally summons a UFO that transports his family, best friend, and current crush to the robot-dominated planet of Discopia. Now Wax and his crew must master the intergalactic musical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jukebox

  Chanani, Nidhi,

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  A mysterious jukebox, old vinyl records, and cryptic notes on music history, are Shaheen's only clues to her father's abrupt disappearance. She looks to her cousin, Tannaz, who seems just as perplexed, before they both turn to the jukebox which…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Science of Song

  How and Why We Make Music

  Cross, Alan, 1962-

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  This fascinating, fully illustrated resource explores the science and history behind our connection to music, revealing how music and the ways we experience it have transformed over the years.

• A History of Music for Children

  Richards, Mary Agnes,

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  A global history of music for children that celebrates how and why we make music.

• Children's Book of Music

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  Discover the power of music and be inspired by cultures from all over the world with this extensive guide. This book is the perfect introduction for young readers to the world of music.