If I had to pick some likely candidates for this year though, there's a few I might look at.
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
A girl growing up in 1899 with a large family in Texas and is fascinated with science.
The language makes me think of Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt.
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The Year the Swallows Came Early by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
Budding 11-year old cook Eleanor, aka "Groovy" must cope when her father is arrested for stealing the money in her trustfund.
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The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
Kyra struggles to escape her family's rural polygamist cult before she is forced to marry her own uncle.
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We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes by Patrick Jennings
A wild snake is captured by a bully of a human boy, "pretending" to be domesticated while planning escape, she begins to find her will weakening.
A short book, but what an unusual protagonist!
Well, drat. Now that I've pointed out some books I liked, I feel certain that I may have jinxed them.
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