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Grades K-2
Rot, the Cutest in the World! by
Ben Clanton
For a mutant potato. Rot has so
much self-confidence that he
enters “The Cutest in the World
Contest.” Then he meets the
entrepreneur? Is Bondi a con man? Or a hard worker?
And is Wilf a thief? Or filled with adventure? These
three children race around Chicago trying to solve their
clues first. But there is much more than meets the eye.
This scavenger hunt, and all of the people associated
with it, are more than meets the eye.
Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead
other contestants who are all
It’s been five years since Livy
adorable. When Rot decides he
last opened the door to the
should just be himself, his inner
bedroom closet, but Bob, a
beauty shines…but is it enough
small green being wearing a
for the judges?
chicken suit, has been patiently
waiting for her to return and
The Very Impatient Caterpillar by
Ross Burach
help him figure out his identity
and where he belongs. After all,
With a nod to a certain classic
a promise is a promise.
picture book, the magical
process of metamorphosis is
explored from the point-of-
view of a hilariously clueless
Grades 6-8
24 Hours in Nowhere by Dusti Bowling
caterpillar who literally just
can’t wait to be a butterfly!
Gus hopes in just a short
twenty-four hours, he can
Grades 3-5
The Ambrose Deception
by Emily Ecton
Three students are chosen
seemingly at random to
participate in a scavenger hunt
with a ten thousand dollar
prize. Is Melissa a forger? Or an
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explore and escape the
abandoned mine in his home of
Nowhere, Arizona. He just has
to find the rumored gold, win
back a dirt bike from a thirteen-
year-old bully, and try not to die
from dehydration, cave-ins, and wild animal attacks. But
man can’t survive on Twinkies alone. A life-threatening
adventure such as this requires the companionship of
the dirt bike-riding new girl in town and Gus’s two