Author: Erika L. Sanchez
Published: 2017 Julia has always felt like a disappointment to her family. Her older sister Olga was perfect. She always did what she was supposed to do, she got along with their parents, and everyone loved her. Now Olga is dead. She was killed in a terrible accident, but her reputation for being perfect lives on. Julia feels like she's living in her shadow. When Julia does some digging into her sister's life she realizes that Olga was hiding something. She may not have been as perfect as everyone thought she was. Julia wants to learn more about her, but Olga's best friend is keeping her mouth shut. What was really going on with her? The stress of everything gets to Julia, and she feels like she has run out of options. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is a fantastic realistic fiction novel about identity and family that is perfect for high school readers.
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Author: Rex Ogle
Published: 2022 Will is going through a hard time. His parents just got divorced and now he and his mom have to move. At least he has his best friend, his dog FItz, to keep him company. When Will first shows up to the town of East Emerson, he notices that it's a very weird place. He sees ghosts and goblin children and zombies and other strange creatures. The weirdest thing about it is that no one else can see them except him! Will meets Ivy and discovers that she can also see these creatures. She has learned to keep her mouth shut because people just think she's lying whenever she brings it up to people. A lot of pets in the community have recently gone missing. When Fitz goes missing, Will is heartbroken and he teams up with Ivy and her brother Linus to figure out what is really going on in East Emerson. This creepy middle grade read is perfect for readers who like books like The Sasquatch Escape and A Series of Unfortunate Events. |
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