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11:11

11:11
Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is PUT A SPELL ON YOU. Find more magical Middle Grade books during the month of March.
Dang it! I had missed 11:11. I have a list of all the ways there are to make a wish, like seeing a white horse or blowing a dandelion. Looking at a clock at exactly 11:11 is on my list. —WISH by Barbara O’Connor
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Losing Streak

Losing Streak
Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is PUT A SPELL ON YOU. Find more magical Middle Grade books during the month of March.
Blue’s right arm had been in a cast for weeks. He’d tried to stand up to a bully at school and, in hindsight, that hadn’t been the best idea. Fighting usually wasn’t when you were literally destined to lose. —TUMBLE & BLUE by Cassie Beasley
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Mermaid Wish

Mermaid Wish
Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is PUT A SPELL ON YOU. Find more magical Middle Grade books during the month of March.
“Of all the merfolk, Keeper loved Yemaya best. Goddess of the deep. Yemaya. If you gave her a gift, she might grant a wish.” —KEEPER by Kathi Appelt
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Evil Wizard

Evil Wizard
Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is PUT A SPELL ON YOU. Find more magical Middle Grade books during the month of March.
“I am the Evil Wizard Smallbone.” His voice swelled and clanged like iron bells. “I know spells of binding and release, transformation and stasis, finding and losing. I learned them by experiment and example and luck. But most of all, I learned them from books. And you’ll never learn a single thing I don’t choose to teach you, because you can’t read!” —THE EVIL WIZARD SMALLBONE by Delia Sherman
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Three Wishes

Three Wishes
Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is PUT A SPELL ON YOU. Find more magical Middle Grade books during the month of March.
The girl huffed. “I’m a genie, dummy! Lamp, three wishes—how much more do you need?”Darryl had no answer. She let out an exasperated sigh and spoke slowly, as if to a child: “My name is Eden, and your wish is my command.” —EDEN'S WISH by M. Tara Crowl
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A Gift

A Gift
Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is PUT A SPELL ON YOU. Find more magical Middle Grade books during the month of March.
That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. —ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine
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Prayers

Prayers
Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is PUT A SPELL ON YOU. Find more magical Middle Grade books during the month of March.
Wishes are made in moments of wonder and desperation. Wishes are prayers without a salutation and minus an amen. —GRANTED by John David Anderson
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End of the Rainbow

End of the Rainbow
Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is I CAN READ A RAINBOW. Find more colorful Middle Grade books during the month of February.
I walked past the metal racks of beef jerky and candy bars to the pot of gold at the end of my rainbow: the slushy machine. —THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF COYOTE SUNRISE by Dan Gemeinhart
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Somewhere

Somewhere
Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is I CAN READ A RAINBOW. Find more colorful Middle Grade books during the month of February.
And now here I am waiting to sing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” with a zillion other kids at some big-deal audition that half the town has shown up for. —SHORT by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Musical Talent

Musical Talent
Our themed Middle Grade reading challenge this month is I CAN READ A RAINBOW. Find more colorful Middle Grade books during the month of February.
Yang the Eldest drew his bow across his violin strings, and a shower of sparkling notes fell over the room. Yang the second Eldest drew her bow across her viola strings, and a rainbow of notes hung brightly in the air. Yang the Third Eldest drew her bow across her cello strings, and a wave of deep, mellow notes washed over us. —YANG THE YOUNGEST AND HIS TERRIBLE EAR by Lensey Namioka
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