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48 Hours: The Medusa Curse
by Gabrielle Lord (Author)

Booktalk: Thieves smash a cursed Medusa statue and steal the supercomputer Sapphire in a terrifying museum raid. First on the scene, Jazz and Phoenix soon find themselves in the midst of a dangerous mystery. Their friend, museum owner Dr. Zhang, is the prime suspect, but where is he? Determined to prove him innocent and find Sapphire, Jazz and Phoenix have just 48 HOURS to follow the trail of evidence before it goes cold. Will the amateur investigators discover that a centuries-old curse has struck again, or is something even more sinister going on? The clock is ticking…

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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
by Jason Reynolds (Author)

Booktalk: A novel told in ten blocks, showing all the different directions kids’ walks home can take.

Snippet: In the cafeteria, instead of people leaving Ty alone, instead of them cracking their stupid jokes to each other, a bunch of them had decided to sit with him. Crowd around him at the lunch table. Tease him to his face. Including Slim.

By the time Bryson got there, they were calling Ty all kinds of names. Names that bite. Names that stick and mark. Names that catch fire and leave a burnt smell in the air.

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