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The Return of Abracadabra

Michael Dahl - Stone Arch Books
Format: Print book

Charlie Hitchcock figured out that Brack is really Abracadabra, the missing magician. But as Brack prepares to unveil his true identity to the rest of the world, magical mysteries continue to unfold at his hotel. Charlie and Tyler Yu have solved challenging tricks here before, but can they...
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Lenny Cyrus, School Virus

Joe Schreiber - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Print book

It seemed so logical at first. Fourteen-year-old Lenny Cyrus had loved Zooey Andrews since third grade. All the boy genius needed to do to win her heart, surely, was shrink down to the size of an amoeba, ooze into a gelatin capsule, and have his friend Harlan slip it (him!) into Zooey's...
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Hide and Seek

Kate Messner - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book

For five hundred years the Jaguar Cup, sacred to the Silver Jaguar Society, was hidden in a cave on the coast of Costa Rica--so when a fake copy shows up on display in America, it is up to Jose', Anna, and Henry, junior members of the society, to travel to Costa Rica and rescue the real...
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The 13-Story Treehouse

Andy Griffiths - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

Andy and Terry live in a treehouse. But it's not just any old treehouse, it's the most amazing treehouse in the world!This treehouse has thirteen stories, a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a secret underground laboratory, and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically...
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time

Frank Cottrell Boyce - Candlewick Press
Format: Book

Everyone's favorite flying car shifts into another dimension as the intrepid Tooting family zooms back and forth through time.When the Tootings return to Zobrowski Terrace at the end of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, they find that "home" is looking a lot like Jurassic Park....
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The Genius Files #3: You Only Die Twice

Dan Gutman - Harper
Format: Book

The most dangerous road trip in history continues for thirteen-year-old twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald.Just when they thought they were safe, the twins will bechasedby an evil Elvis impersonator,trappedin a pool of flesh-eating soda pop, nearlypulverizedin a giant shredder, andcrushedin...
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Never Say Die

Will Hobbs - HarperCollins
Format: Library Binding

When the motto of your village is "never say die," you have a lot to live up to. . . . At home in Canada's Arctic, Nick Thrasher is an accomplished Inuit hunter at fifteen. About to bring home a caribou for his ailing grandfather, Nick loses the meat to a fearsome creature never...
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The Curse of the Pharaoh #1 (Agatha: Girl of Mystery)

Steve Stevenson - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover

Agatha: Girl of Mystery is a fanciful and fabulous new mystery series about a headstrong girl detective who jets off on exotic and international adventures with the help of her hulking bodyguard and loyal cat named, aptly, Watson. The first mystery in this series sees young detective Agatha...
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Otherworld Chronicles #2: The Seven Swords

Nils Johnson-Shelton - Harper
Format: Print book

The thrilling, action-packed sequel to The Invisible Tower, which School Library Journal called "a surefire hit with the legions of Rick Riordan fans."Spending the summer fighting dragons, rescuing wizards, and leaping through portals into the Otherworld was just the start of Artie...
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Navigating Early

Clare Vanderpool - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book

"Just the sort of book that saves lives by igniting a passion for reading." - James Patterson "Reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn." - The Wall Street Journal A Michael L. Printz Honor Winner From the author of Newbery Medal winner Moon Over Manifest...
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The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Mans Canyon

Sarah Stewart Taylor - Harlow Brook Books
Format: Paperback

Famed Explorer of the Realm Alexander West is presumed dead in the Fazian rainforest when a mysterious man with a clockwork hand leads Alexanders son Kit to half of a strange map. Soon Kit, his brother, Zander, and his sister, M.K., are on their way to a remote canyon in the Arizona desert,...
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Summer and Bird

Katherine Catmull - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An enchanting--and twisted--tale of two sisters' quest to find their parentsWhen their parents disappear in the middle of the night, young sisters Summer and Bird set off on a quest to find them. A cryptic picture message from their mother leads them to a familiar gate in the woods, but comfortable...
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Privateer's Apprentice

Susan Verrico - Peachtree
Format: Print book

Jameson Cooper always assumed someday he'd grow up to be a printer like his father. But after the death of his parents, he's wrongly accused of stealing bread and sentenced to indentured servitude for the baker, changing his fortunes forever. What happens next defies all of Jameson's expectations:...
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Horten's Incredible Illusions: Magic, Mystery & Another Very Strange Adventure

Lissa Evans - Sterling Children's Books
Format: Print book

This magical follow-up to Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms continues Stuart's amazing adventures--with more enchantment, more surprises, and more thrills. When we last left 10-year-old Stuart, he had just recovered his great-uncle Tony's long-lost magic workshop. Now all the priceless...
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Library Mouse: A Museum Adventure

Daniel Kirk - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

Sam the library mouse and his friend Sarah are off on a new adventure. This time they leave the library behind and go to a museum so Sam can make sketches in his explorer's journal. Sarah isn't so sure that explorers have the time or the interest to write in journals. But Sam shows her that...
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The Pirate Girl's Treasure: An Origami Adventure

Peyton Leung - Kids Can Press
Format: Print book

In this spectacularly original picture book, the story mirrors an origami activity: As a pig-tailed pirate girl travels through mountains, valleys, a cave and finally by sea to reach the treasure her grandfather has hidden for her, imaginative illustrations show different incarnations of a single...
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Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #7: The Flying Chinese Wonders

Jeff Brown - Harper
Format: Book

Watch out, Stanley Ouch Stanley accidentally caused twin acrobats Yin and Yang to take a tumble, right before their Chinese New Year show. Yang's foot is broken but luckily, Flat Stanley is flexible enough to take his place. To make up for his mistake, Stanley travels to China to help out but can he learn...
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Day of Doom (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, Book 6) (6)

David Baldacci - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

International bestseller David Baldacci pens the stunning conclusion to Cahills vs. Vespers!It started with a kidnapping. A shadowy organization known only as the Vespers snatched seven members of the Cahill family and demanded a series of bizarre ransoms from around the world. Thirteen-year-old...
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Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind

Gary Ross - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover

A soaring bedsheet carries a young boy on three incredible adventures in this compelling debut by acclaimed film director Gary Ross.Bartholomew Biddle's life has always been pretty ordinary, but when a huge wind blows past his window one night, he feels the call of adventure - and he can't...
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Fishtale

Hans Bauer - Marshall Cavendish Children
Format: Hardcover

What might have been an ordinary fishing trip becomes an unforgettable adventure when twelve-year-old Sawyer Brown pursues a legendary giant catfish and a stolen ring that may hold the key to his mother's life. Sawyer's family runs a catfish farm in rural Mississippi. When his widowed mom gets...
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The Icarus Project

Laura Quimby - Amulet Books
Format: Print book

More than anything, Maya wants to discover something incredible. Her parents are scientists: Her mother spends most of her time in tropical rainforests, uncovering ancient artifacts, and her dad is obsessed with digging up mammoths. When her father gets invited by an eccentric billionaire...
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The Candy Shop War, Book 2: Arcade Catastrophe

Brandon Mull - Deseret Book Co
Format: Book

It will take more than magical candy to win this war Something fishy is going on at the new amusement center in Walnut Hills. The trouble seems linked to the mysterious disappearance of Mozag and John Dar, who have spent their lives policing the magical community. When Nate and his friends...
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Secrets at Sea

Richard Peck - Puffin Books
Format: Book

The adorable tale of a family of mice stowaways on an adventurous ship's journey In the beloved tradition of The Borrowers, The Tale of Despereaux, and The Cricket in Times Square, here is an irresistible adventure story about the tiny creatures who secretly live among...
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Samantha Sutton and the Labyrinth of Lies

Jordan Jacobs - Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Format: Paperback

"Readers will be focused on the mystery, pulled on by the gripping suspense." - Kirkus A Legendary Ghost, An Ancient Treasure, A Mystery Only Samantha Sutton Can Solve There's nothing Samantha Sutton wants more than to become an adventure-seeking archaeologist like her brilliant...
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Downriver

Will Hobbs - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

Will Hobbs's classic tale of whitewater adventure is back in print with an exciting new look.No adults, no permit, no river map. After fifteen-year-old Jessie gets sent to Discovery Unlimited, an outdoor education program, she and six companions "borrow" the company's rafting...
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