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The Fourth Stall

Chris Rylander - Walden Pond Press
Format: Book

The humor of Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets a Godfather-like tale of crime and betrayal in this first book in Chris Rylander's The Fourth Stall Saga.Do you need something? Mac can get it for you. He and his best friend and business manager, Vince. Their methods might sometimes run afoul of the law,...
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The Mark of Athena

Rick Riordan - Disney Hyperion Books
Format: Print book

In The Son of Neptune, Percy, Hazel, and Frank met in Camp Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of Camp Halfblood, and traveled to the land beyond the gods to complete a dangerous quest. The third book in the Heroes of Olympus series will unite them with Jason, Piper, and Leo. But they number...
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The Supernaturalist

Eoin Colfer - Hyperion
Format: Print book

In the not-too-distant future, in a place called Satellite City, thirteen-year-old Cosmo Hill is unfortunate enough to come into the world unwanted by his parents. And so, as are all orphaned boys his age, Cosmo is dipped in a vaccine vat and sent to the Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally...
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Dead End in Norvelt (Norvelt Series, 1)

Jack Gantos - Square Fish
Format: Paperback

Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the years best contribution to childrens literature and the Scott ODell Award for Historical Fiction!Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named...
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs - Quirk Books
Format: Paperback

The #1 New York Times best-selling series. Includes an excerpt from Hollow City and an interview with author Ransom Riggs A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss...
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Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 (Book 1)

Richard Paul Evans - Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink
Format: Paperback

The start of an action-packed teen series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans.To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteen-year-old Michael Vey is nothing special, just the kid who has Tourettes syndrome. But in truth, Michael is extremely special - he has electric...
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StarCrossed

Elizabeth C. Bunce - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

The 2nd novel from the winner of the ALA's YA Debut Award is Tamora Pierce meets THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER -- a thrilling fantasy about a thief at a snowbound castle, caught in a simmering rebellion .In a glamorous castle full of Llyvraneth's elite, Celyn Contrare serves as a lady-in-waiting...
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The Amulet of Samarkand

Jonathan Stroud - Disney - Hyperion Books
Format: Audiobook

Cancelled library hardcover book with protective clear mylar jacket left on (can be removed by buyer if he/she chooses to reveal original dust jacket) . Shows minimal reader wear, all the usual library marks, tape and stamps/stickers. Pages intact with no ink markings or highlighting.
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Out of My Mind

Sharon M Draper - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

A New York Times bestseller for three years and counting! "A gutsy, candid, and compelling story. It speaks volumes." - School Library Journal (starred review) "Unflinching and realistic." - KirkusReviews (starred review) From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes...
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Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel

James Patterson - Little
Format: Print book

Angel says that Fang will be the first to die, and Angel is never wrong. Maximum Ride is used to living desperately on the run from evil forces sabotaging her quest to save the world--but nothing has ever come as close to destroying her as this horrifying prophetic message. Fang is Max's...
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The Kill Order

James Dashner - Delacorte Press
Format: Book

Read the fourth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent. The first and second books, The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials, are now major motion pictures featuring the star of MTV's...
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The Time Travelers (The Gideon Trilogy, Book 1)

Linda Buckley-Archer - Aladdin
Format: Paperback

Previously published as GIDEON THE CUTPURSE 1763 Gideon Seymour, thief and gentleman, hides from the villainous Tar Man. Suddenly the sky peels away like fabric and from the gaping hole fall two curious-looking children. Peter Schock and Kate Dyer have fallen straight from the twenty-first...
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Fearless

Cornelia Funke - Little
Format: Print book

Jacob Reckless returns once again to the Mirrorworld--filled with profound characters, extraordinary creatures, and epic life-or-death treasure hunts that could only come from the mind of the master storyteller of our generation, Cornelia Funke.
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Chasing the Prophecy

Brandon Mull - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling Beyonders fantasy trilogy comes to a stunning and epic conclusion.Jason and Rachel were not born in Lyrian. They did not grow up in Lyrian. But after all of the battles and losses, the triumphs and adventures, and most of all, the friendships forged...
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Middle School: My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar

James Patterson - Little
Format: Hardcover

From blockbuster author James Patterson comes the third installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling Middle School series! Georgia Khatchadorian--the sister of the star of the first two Middle School books, Rafe Khatchadorian--plans to excel at Hills Village Middle School in all the places...
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Archvillain #3: Yesterday Again

Barry Lyga - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book

YESTERDAY AGAIN is the third book in critically acclaimed author Barry Lyga's Archvillain series!Kyle Camden, a.k.a. the Azure Avenger, unintentional Bouring archvillain, has a foolproof plan to finally prove that Mighty Mike, unintentional town superhero, is an alien. Kyle's going back...
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Athlete vs. Mathlete

W. C. Mack - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

Owen Evans lights up the scoreboards. His brother, Russell, rocks the school boards. These twin brothers couldn't be more different. They've long kept the peace by going their separate ways, but all that is about to change. The new basketball coach recruits Russell for the seventh grade...
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Ivy in the Shadows

Chris Woodworth - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Hardcover

After Ivy's stepfather disappears, Ivy's mama begins waitressing at Dining Divinely to make ends meet. She also takes in a boarder -- twelve-year-old Caleb, who's the same age as Ivy and is the weirdest guy she's ever met. With Mama working full-time, Ivy has to babysit her little...
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A Song for Bijou

Josh Farrar - Walker Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Life for Alex Schrader has never involved girls. He goes to an all-boys prep school and spends most of his time goofing around with his friends. But all that changes the first time he meets Bijou Doucet, a Haitian girl recently relocated to Brooklyn after the earthquake-and he is determined...
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Prisoner B-3087

Alan Gratz - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It's something no one could imagine surviving. But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face. As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything...
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The Legend Thief

E J Patten - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Sky has more monsters to fight - and lives to save - in the sequel to Return to Exile.Sky thought he had problems before. "Before" as in when his uncle disappeared, he had to move to an odd new town with his family, and, oh yeah, it was up to him to make sure the world's...
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Seven Wonders Book 1: The Colossus Rises

Peter Lerangis - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestselling Series!"A high-octane mix of modern adventure and ancient secrets. The Colossus Rises is Lerangis's most gripping work yet. Young readers will love this story. I can't wait to see what's next in the Seven Wonders series!" - Rick Riordan, author of the Percy...
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Someday Dancer

Sarah Rubin - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Book

It's 1959, and freckle-faced Casey Quinn lives in the red-dust countryside of South Carolina. She's a farm girl: her family can't afford ballet lessons. But Casey's dream is to dance in New York City. And if anyone tries to stand in her way, she's going to pirouette and jet right over them.
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Seeing Cinderella

Jenny Lundquist - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover

Magical realism and a modern Cinderella story makes for a fun and relatable M!X read.Sixth grade is not going well for Calliope Meadow Anderson. Callie's hair is frizzy, her best friend, Ellen, is acting weird, and to top things off, she has to get glasses. And her new specs aren't even...
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