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Trouble in Pembrook (Dog Watch)

Mary Casanova - Aladdin; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Pembrook dogs are on the case! A ripped down sign, a broken fire hydrant, and now Tundra, the alpha dog of Pembrook, is missing! There's trouble brewing in this quiet Minnesota town, and none of the humans seem to notice. But the dogs do! They can smell it in the air. So the dogs...
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Pig Pickin'

Stephanie Greene - Two Lions
Format: Hardcover

Hildy almost becomes the dinner at a Pig Pickinx barbecue. Moosexs best friend, Hildy, is thrilled when a farmer invites her to enter a Pig Pickinx contest down South. She thinks itxs a beauty contest, and Moose is eager to go with her. When they get to the county fair, however, Moose starts...
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Hamstersaurus Rex

Tom O'Donnell - Harper
Format: Print book

BEWARE: Rampaging Mutant Dino-Hamster! Fans of My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish and The Terrible Two will be scrambling to get their hands on this hilarious classroom comedy. When a mysterious growling hamster appears at the back of his class, Sam knows just what to call him: Hamstersaurus Rex....
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Let's Get Cracking!: A Branches Book

Cyndi Marko - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Kung Pow Chicken is the superhero everyone has been waiting for!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these...
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Humphrey's Really Wheely Racing Day

Betty G. Birney - Puffin Books
Format: Book

Everyone’s favorite classroom pet is now starring in chapter books! Humphrey is one happy hamster. He lives in Room 26 at Longfellow School. He has a big comfy cage with a wheel perfect for spinning and a room full of friends. But when Humphrey goes to Mandy’s house one weekend,...
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The One and Only Ivan

Katherine Applegate - Harper
Format: Book

Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendships. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated...
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The Puppy Place #27: Lucy

Ellen Miles - Scholastic Paperbacks; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Welcome to the Puppy Place--where every puppy finds a home!Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home.Lucy, the bassett mix has super-long ears, a mournful howl, and, as the Petersons...
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Sophie Flufftail's Brave Plan

Daisy Meadows - Scholastic (Us) , 2016.
Format: Print book

Best friends Jess and Lily visit Friendship Forest, where animals can talk and magic exists!The girls are thrilled to be back in Friendship Forest, but Grizelda is up to her old tricks with some new helpers -- dragons! When Grizelda's ice dragon casts a spell on the Flufftail family,...
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Geronimo Stilton, Secret Agent

Geronimo Stilton - Scholastic
Format: Paperback

Enter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another funny adventure is always right around the corner. Each book is a fast-paced adventure with lively art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.My sister, Thea, is the mystery-loving rodent, not me! But somehow I found myself going undercover...
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Pete and Fremont

Jenny Tripp - Harcourt Children's Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Purebred and razzle-dazzle pink, Pete the poodle is the biggest star in the Circus Martinez. But when he muffs a couple of flaming-hoop jumps, he gets bumped from the headliner spot. Pete's just about ready to roll over and play dead when he comes nose to nose with the new attraction,...
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Rescue on the Oregon Trail

Kate Messner - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book

Meet Ranger! He's a time-traveling golden retriever who has a nose for trouble . . . and always saves the day!Ranger has been trained as a search-and-rescue dog, but can't officially pass the test because he's always getting distracted by squirrels during exercises. One day, he finds a mysterious...
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The Scruffy Puppy

Holly Webb - Tiger Tales
Format: Print book

Bella has always dreamed of getting her very own dog, and her wish finally comes true when she and her family visit the rescue shelter to choose a pet. One of the puppies, Jack, has wild, frizzy ears and a huge, fluffy tail, and he has always dreamed of the perfect home. Both are thrilled...
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America's beloved storytellerOnce, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely....
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The Taken

Inbali Iserles - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

The first book in a thrilling fantasy trilogy starring one of the animal kingdom's most hunted heroes. Foxcraft is full of excitement and heart, and a touch of magic. Isla and her brother are two young foxes living just outside the lands of the furless -- humans. The life of a fox is filled...
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A Dog's Way Home

Bobbie Pyron - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

After a car accident strands them at opposite ends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, eleven-year-old Abby and her beloved sheltie, Tam, overcome months filled with physical and emotional challenges to find their way back to each other.
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A Hundred Horses

Sarah Lean - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

From the author of A Dog Called Homeless, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award, comes another gentle novel with a touch of magic about the power of friendship and the truth of belonging.Nell isn't happy about spending her vacation on a farm, but when she meets a half-wild and mysterious...
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The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog

John R. Erickson - Maverick Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Hank has been accused of murder! In a fit of despair, Hank resigns his position as Head of Ranch Security and decides to join the outlaw coyotes. There he's known as Hunk (that's Hank in coyote language). Hank meets Missy Coyote, sister to Scraunch -- the meanest, roughest, toughest,...
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The Adventures of a South Pole Pig: A novel of snow and courage

Chris Kurtz - Harcourt Children's Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Format: Print book

Flora the pig was born for adventure: "If it's unexplored and needs to get dug up, call me. I'm your pig," she says. The day Flora spots a team of sled dogs is the day she sets her heart on becoming a sled pig. Before she knows it, she's on board a ship to Antarctica for the most...
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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

The beloved author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE enlightens us with a tale of adventure, despair, love, and soup.Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness...
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An Army of Frogs

Trevor Pryce - Audible Studios
Format: Hardcover

Its frogs versus scorpions in this new series by professional football player, Trevor Pryce. For years, the frogs of the Amphibilands have lived in safety, protected by an elite group of poisonous frogs named the Kulipari and by the dreamcasting spell of the turtle king that cloaks their...
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Shark Wars

EJ Altbacker - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

Since the dawn of time, prehistoric shark clans called Shivers have ruled over the earth's oceans, fierce protectors of all who swim. For eons, the Big Blue has prospered under Shiver Law, and the delicate balance of sea life kept sacred. Until now. Rising sea temperatures and overfishing...
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Ratscalibur

Josh Lieb - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Am A Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President"A witty mash-up of favorite fantasy motifs." - New York Times Book Review"Ratscalibur is funny, it's scary, and it's sweet, like...
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True Riders

Catherine Hapka - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

Brooke has major boy problems - from her brothers to her crush to her horse - in this sixth book in a contemporary middle grade series in the tradition of Marguerite Henry's Misty of Chincoteague.Boys ponies = trouble. Lots of it. Brooke's parents force Brooke to share Foxy with...
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Swindle

Gordon Korman - Scholastic Paperbacks; Reprint edition
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Oceans with -year-olds in a super stand-alone heist caper from Gordon KormanAfter a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swindles compound and recapture the card There are many things...
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Field Trip

Gary Paulsen - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Print book

Father-and-son writing team Gary and Jim Paulsen pick up where their Road Trip left off. Ben has been invited to try out for a special hockey academy. But Dad wants Ben to catch up to the school field trip instead. So Ben, Dad, and their dogs, Atticus and Conor, jump into their truck....
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The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail

Richard Peck - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Newbery Award-winning author Richard Peck is at his very best in this fast-paced mystery adventure. Fans of The Tale of Desperaux, A Little Princess, and Stuart Little will all be captivated by this memorable story of a lovable orphan mouse on an amazing quest.The smallest mouse in London's...
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Ralph S. Mouse

Beverly Cleary - HarperCollins; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

"Look, Ryan," he said. "I'm in trouble and I don't have time to tell you about it. Just take me and my motorcycle with you, and don't ask questions.""To school?" Ryan was surprised.Ralph's pesky cousins are wrecking his motorcycle, and his janitor...
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Dear Hound

Jill Murphy - Walker Childrens
Format: Hardcover

Alfie's your average deer hound puppy -- curious about the world around him, happy to chase the cat and laze around in his favorite beanbag bed, and very loyal to his boy, Charlie. So he's extremely upset when Charlie goes away and leaves him with a sitter -- upset enough that he escapes...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Robert C. O'Brien - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.
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Dog Tags #1: Semper Fido

C Alexander London - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Man's best friend goes to war.When Gus Dempsey joins the US Marine Corps, he knows without a doubt that he will make a great dog handler. He's always been good with dogs. In fact, he's often better with dogs than he is with people.But Loki is not the dog that Gus was expecting. Fun-loving...
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When Friendship Followed Me Home

Paul Griffin - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

A breathtaking middle-grade novel about happiness, loss, and an unforgettable dog named Flip"This story convinced me all over again that love and imagination are life's biggest magic." - Rebecca Stead, author of Newbery Award winner When You Reach Me Ben Coffin has never...
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The Quest of the Cubs

Kathryn Lasky - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

For generations, the noble polar bears have ruled the Northern Kingdoms. But now, their society is on the brink of collapse. A group of power-hungry bears has seized control, and darkness is creeping across the snow.Cubs First and Second don't know any of this. Although they're twins, they...
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Woof

Spencer Quinn - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times Bestselling MysteryThere is trouble brewing in the Louisiana swamp -- Bowser can smell it. Bowser is a very handsome and only slightly slobbery dog, and he can smell lots of things. Like bacon. And rawhide chews! And the sweat on humans when they're lying.Birdie...
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