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MIDDLE GRADE
TEEN “Hedge over Heels”
by Elise Ciotti-McMullen
Reyna’s mom is in the military, so she’s used to
moving frequently and always being the new girl
in school. When she starts at yet another school,
she doesn’t want to make new people friends,
knowing she’ll just leave soon, but she does want
a dog. What she gets is a hedgehog that’s just as
prickly as Reyna is. When her mom insists she
enter Spike into a pet talent show, Reyna might
learn to let some new people into her life.

“Cat Girl’s Day Off ”
by Kimberly Pauley
Everyone else in Nat’s family has amazing
supernatural talents—her sister has X-ray
vision and levitation! Nat can talk to cats.

But when a fi lm crew is in town to fi lm a
remake of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ,” the
cats tell Nat that a shapeshifter has kidnapped
the female lead and a celebrity blogger.

Along with her best human friends and
plenty of snarky cats, Nat has to take her
own day off from school to save the day.

“Pets and their People: The Ultimate
Guide to Pets—Whether You’ve Got
One or Not!”
by Jess French
Why do cats hiss? What do pet snakes eat?
Whether you’re interested in a pet dog, horse,
lizard, bird or something else, this book will
teach you all about their behavior, history and
how to take care of them. There are even ideas
for how to care for animals when you don’t have
a pet of your own.

“Fetching” by Kiera Stewart
Olivia and her friends are relentlessly bullied
and humiliated by the popular girls in their
middle school. Fed up with it, Olivia decides to
fi ght back using dog training techniques she’s
learned from her canine behavior expert
grandmother. Her plan works extremely well,
until everyone fi nds out about it in this pun-
fi lled look at middle school popularity. 1
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