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Check out one of these juvenile titles written by authors who currently or previously lived in Georgia.

Fulton County Library System

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  • An 11-year-old boy confronts the realities of race relations, past and present, and the mysterious agenda of his unconventional grandmother during an unplanned spring break road trip through the once-segregated American South.
    PaperbackNew York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2020]. — J STONE
  • Thirteen-year-old cancer survivor Sofia has been chosen as the next Guardian of a book called The Bestiary, an ancient text. Drawn into violent and unpredictable mysteries, Sofia learns that these misunderstood monsters from the book are…
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, [2016] — J GARRETT
  • Cassie and Fiona are friends, but when Fiona's diary is stolen by the most popular girls at school, things change.
    BookNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] — J MCVOY
  • When the city of Zollicoffer, Tennessee, where her family lives, announces plans to seize their one hundred seventy-five year old house through eminent domain, twelve-year-old Louise Mayhew needs to come up with a way to save it--and her…
    BookNew York, New York : Puffin Books, [2016] — J TYRE
  • Two girls who feel alone and lost bond over their shared emotions during the summer but find their friendship tested when the realities of their home lives intrude once more.
    BookNew York, NY : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — J SNYDER
  • Charlotte has a talent for anything technological, so when she receives a doll as a present, she upgrades it with a few spare parts and some code to create a new and improved friend.
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, [2018] — J PICTURE MCCLOSKEY
  • In Pakistan, Amal holds onto her dream of being a teacher even after becoming an indentured servant to pay off her family's debt to the wealthy and corrupt Khan family.
    BookNew York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2018] — J SAEED
  • When Destiny, the Fresh Princess, moves to a new neighborhood, she must be courageous as she makes new friends.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — J PICTURE MILLNER
  • Today is Family Fun Day at the library, and a magician named David puts on a show with his special trick--having the children pull books out of his tall hat, books that touch their deepest dreams and unlock their hopes for their future.
    Picture BookNew York, NY : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2018. — J PICTURE MITCHELL
  • A young girl and her neighbor bond over a love of gardening.
    BookNew York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2017] — J PICTURE SNYDER
  • Twelve-year-old Kitto Quick, stranded with his stepmother, Van, a Wampanoag girl, and a baby rescued from a slave ship on the very island where Morris hid valuable spices, learns powerful secrets of his past.
    PaperbackNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013. — J EAMES
  • Aurora County, Mississippi, is only the latest stop on the Cakes' nomadic lifestyle, opening bakeries wherever they go; but Emma Alabama Lane Cake (only girl of the six Cake children) is sick of it, and determined not to form any…
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2018. — J WILES
  • Little Taco Truck loves serving workers on Union Street, but when Ms. Falafal takes his spot, then more and bigger food trucks arrive, he fears no one will want his tacos anymore.
    Picture BookNew York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2019] — J PICTURE VALENTINE
  • More than anything, Sallie Gal wants pretty ribbons to wear in her hair, but she knows that they cannot afford them and Momma has too much dignity to accept charity.
    BookNew York : Scholastic, 2007. — J MOSES
  • When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life.
    BookNew York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015?] — J BEASLEY
  • Jack loves everything about Coppertown except its thriving mining industry, which long ago drove nature out of the town, but when a strike threatens to close the mine, Jack's family and others may be forced to leave for new jobs and homes.
    PaperbackSan Francisco, CA : Little Pickle Press, [2013?] — J DULEMBA