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JUMP TO CHILDREN’S<\/span><\/a> -|||- <\/span>JUMP TO YOUNG ADULT<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n JUMP TO BOOKS BY AUTHORS OF COLOR<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n New books added daily through July 4th, 2020!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n HISTORICAL FICTION<\/p>\n By Anne Bustard<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Hardcover ISBN: 9781534446069; 224 pages; $17.99<\/a>; also available in eBook<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Visit the Lone Star Lit Tour Page<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ten-year old Glory Bea Bennett believes in miracles. After all, her grandmother\u2014the best matchmaker in the whole county\u2014is responsible for thirty-nine of them so far.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now, Glory Bea wants a miracle of her own\u2014her daddy\u2019s return.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n WWII is over, but Glory Bea\u2019s father never returned from the front in France. Deep in her heart, she believes Daddy is still out there.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When reports that the Texas boxcar from the Merci Train, a train filled with gifts of gratitude from the people of France\u2014will be stopping in Gladiola, Glory Bea just knows daddy will be its surprise cargo.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n But miracles, like people, are always changing, until at last they find their way home.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n ACTION \/ ADVENTURE \/ BOYS’ FICTION<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By Michael Scott Clifton<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Book Liftoff<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1947946521; 282 pages; $12.99<\/a>; also available in eBook<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Visit the Lone Star Lit Tour Page<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Genius, Inventor\u2026and Lonely Twelve-Year Old Boy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Edison Jones is a prodigy with a passion for technology. Although a car accident at age five left him orphaned and paralyzed from the waist down, Edison hasn\u2019t let his disability slow him down. In his underground lab, he happily busies himself with his latest inventions. Then one day his world changes overnight. His grandfather, a billionaire tech company owner, fears Edison\u2019s isolation from kids his own age is dangerous and unhealthy. Instead of private tutors, he decides to enroll Edison in a public school.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thrust into the chaotic world of seventh-grade boys and girls, Edison struggles to adjust. Algorithms, quantum physics, and digital engineering are easy, but despite his genius, what Edison really wants is to fit in and find his place\u2026and be just like everyone else.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n NONFICTION \/ AFRICA \/ DISABILITY<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Scholastic Focus<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Hardcover ISBN: 9781338356373; 199 pages; $17.99<\/a>; also available in pre-recorded audio player<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rebeka Uwitonze was born in Rwanda with curled and twisted feet which meant she had to crawl or be carried to get around. At nine years old, she gets an offer that could change her life. A doctor in the US might be able to turn her feet. But it means leaving her family and going to America on her own.<\/span><\/span><\/span> \nHer Own Two Feet <\/em>tells Rebeka’s inspiring story. In the face of dozens of hospital visits and painful surgeries, Rebeka’s incredible bravery and joyful spirit carry her to the opportunity of a lifetime. This book celebrates hope, perseverance, and what becomes possible when you take a risk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n MIDDLE GRADE MYSTERY \/ FANTASY<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n By James R. Hannibal<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1481467100; 416 pages; $7.99;<\/a> also available in eBook, audio book, and hardcover <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When Jack Buckles comes to London searching for his missing father, a man\u2014or perhaps a ghost\u2014fitting his father\u2019s description draws him to the Lost Property Office on Baker Street. There, aided by Gwen Kincaid, Jack learns his family belongs to a secret society of detectives called the Ministry of Trackers. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jack is the thirteenth in the Buckles line\u2014a Section 13, banned under ministry regulations. To find his father, he’ll run afoul of the Trackers and the other three secret ministries\u2014the Ministries of Secrets, Guilds, and Dragons. The search takes him deep into their mysterious world, filled with anachronistic technology, and pits him against the Clockmaker, a madman who is using Jack\u2019s father to recreate the Great Fire of London.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n By James R. Hannibal<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Paperback ISBN: 978-1481467131; 432 pages; $8.17;<\/a> also available in eBook, audio book, and hardcover <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s been a year since Jack Buckles discovered the Keep beneath Baker Street, the underground, upside-down tower of the Ministry of Trackers; a year since his dad fell into a coma. Nothing has been the same since. Jack\u2019s tracker abilities are on the fritz and his partner Gwen Kincaid is not speaking to him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When Jack convinces Gwen to go on an outing with him, the two are framed for the theft of the Crown Jewels. The true thief was after only one large ruby and the power it brings. Now, they must stop the thief from stealing its sister jewels across the globe and unleashing a reign of terror unlike nothing seen since the days of Genghis Kahn.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n By James R. Hannibal<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Paperback ISBN: 978-1481467162; 432 pages; $8.48;<\/a> also available in hardcover and eBook<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jack Buckles is on trial for his life.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Ministries of Secrets and Guilds conspire to put the Trackers down for good\u2014starting by ending Jack\u2019s very existence. His only hope is to prove their leader Ignatius Gall is the real danger, not him. A deep dive into Gall\u2019s conspiracy leads Jack and Gwen through the Austrian Alps to the great reaches of central China.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joined by their new friend Liu Fai, Jack and Gwen set out to stop Gall before he can uncover artifacts from the First Emperor, said to grant immortality and mind control. But a clockwork monster threatens them at every turn. The creature\u2019s ticking gears only serve as a reminder that Jack\u2019s judgment day is fast approaching.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ===========================<\/p>\n NONFICTION \/ INVENTORS \/ FOOD, HISTORY, & LATINO\/HISPANIC\/MEXICAN INTEREST<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n*MIDDLE GRADE* <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n
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<\/a>Edison Jones and the Anti-Grav Elevator<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/her_own_two_feet.jpg\")
<\/a>Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl\u2019s Brave Fight to Walk<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a>The Lost Property Office <\/em>(Section 13, Book 1)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/the_fourth_ruby2020.jpg\")
<\/a>The Fourth Ruby <\/em>(Section 13, Book 2)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/clockworkdragon_launchsmall.jpg\")
<\/a>The Clockwork Dragon <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em>(Section 13, Book 3)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/a>Nacho’s Nachos: The Story Behind the World’s Favorite Snack <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n