Sunshine State Readers 2023-2024 Grades 6-8

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"It's June's first day at Huey House, and as if losing her home weren't enough, she also can't bring her cherished viola inside. Before the accident last year, her dad saved tip money for a year to buy her viola, and she's not about to give it up now. Tyrell has been at Huey House for three years and gives June a glimpse of the good things about living there: friendship, hot meals, and a classical musician next door. Can he and June work together...

4) Escape

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Alexander, K. R

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Publisher Annotation: It's all anyone talks about, and it's all Cody dreams about. It's the biggest adventure park in the world, and it's more than mere rides and rollercoasters: At ESCAPE, you can do anything you want, be anyone you want, and there are no adults to tell you no. Cody's a nobody, but for some reason he receives an invitation and the opportunity of a lifetime. At first, it's the most fun he's ever had. But after a few days, everything...

5) Hush-a-bye

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Mott, Jody Lee

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"Lucy and her younger sister find a broken doll that has astonishing powers and a sinister agenda."

6) Invisible

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Gonzalez, Christina Diaz

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How can you be yourself when no one sees the real you? Five students meet in the school cafeteria when they're forced to complete their school community service hours. There's George: the brain Sara: the loner Dayara: the tough kid Nico: the rich kid And Miguel, the jock. They immediately know that they have nothing in common with each other... even though their school administration has decided that they all belong together. None of the kids wants...

7) Linked

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Korman, Gordon

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"Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe it. How could such a symbol of hate end up in the middle of their school? Who would do such a thing? Because Michael was the first person to see it, he's the first suspect. Because Link is one of the most popular guys in school, everyone's looking to him to figure it out. And because Dana's...

8) Long lost

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West, Jacqueline

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Fiona Crane's family has just moved to Lost Lake, a tiny, unwelcoming town full of old houses, old forests, and old secrets. Fiona is miserable, and it's all because her older sister needed to be closer to her figure skating club. The only bright spot is Lost Lake's library, a rambling mansion that was once home to a wealth local family. That's where Fiona finds the book with the soft leather cover and the drawings of a forest with reaching hands...

9) The monster missions

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Martin, Laura

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Berkeley and her best friend, Garth, live on an old cruise ship, scavenging for supplies from the drowned cities left behind on the ocean floor after the sea swallowed up all the land. They think they've seen every kind of aquatic creature, but they never expected to find sea monsters... After awakening a Hydra, Berkeley and Garth are sent to live on a submarine, where they study and hunt sea monsters. But the Hydra wants revenge on their home ship--and...

10) Scout is not a band kid

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Armstrong, Jade

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Scout joins her middle school's band in order to go on the band's annual trip and meet her favorite author, but she is forced to face the music when the trombone section leader realizes Scout does not know how to play.

11) Skandar and the unicorn thief

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Steadman, A.F

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Thirteen-year-old Skandar Smith has always wanted to be a Unicorn rider, but when the mysterious Weaver steals the most powerful unicorn in the world, Skandar must face sky battles, ancient secrets, and bloodthirsty unicorns in order to save his island.

12) Treasure tracks

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Rodriguez, Sallie Anne

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Twelve-year-old Fin drags his reluctant father on a diving hunt for a missing treasure, hoping that finding the family legacy will help his ailing Abuelo.

13) Valentina Salazar is not a monster hunter

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Córdova, Zoraida

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Eleven-and-a-half-year-old Valentina Salazar grew up as a monster protector until her father's loss, but when a video of a mythical egg appears, Valentina convinces her older brother and sister to help her find and save it--all while avoiding the monster hunters who want to destroy it.

14) Wayward creatures

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Lorentz, Dayna

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Gabe doesn't know where he belongs anymore. His family is caught up in their own lives and his friends barely have time for him. In a desperate move for attention, Gabe sets off fireworks in the woods near his house and causes a small forest fire. In the chaos of the destruction, a coyote named Rill finds herself far from home. Gabe and Rill's paths irrevocably cross when Gabe is tasked with cleaning up the forest. The damage to the land and both...

15) Winnie Zeng unleashes a legend

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Zhao, Katie

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