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Hyde and Shriek: A Monsterrific Tale

David Lubar - Starscape
Format: Hardcover

There's something strange going on at Washington Irving Elementary School. People are turning into monsters-literally! Ms. Clevis is one of the most popular teachers at Washington Irving. Until the morning she accidentally puts some of the wrong ingredients into her breakfast smoothie....
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The Tell-Tale Start

Gordon McAlpine - Viking
Format: Hardcover

Meet Edgar and Allan Poe -- twelve-year-old identical twins, the great-great-great-great-grandnephews of Edgar Allan Poe. They look and act so much alike that they're almost one mischievous, prank-playing boy in two bodies. When their beloved black cat, Roderick Usher, is kidnapped and transported...
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LEGO® Hero Factory: Secret Mission #3: Collision Course

Greg Farshtey - Scholastic
Format: Paperback

On the Valiant's maiden voyage in space, it encounters a swarm of brains drifting quietly through space. Little does the crew know these strange creatures have the ability to control the minds of anyone they touch. The ship is quickly taken over by the hostile life-forms, and the Valiant...
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Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp

Nathan Bransford - Dial
Format: Hardcover

Jacob Wonderbar must have hit a time warp on his way home after losing the election for President of the Universe, because fifty years have passed on Earth. What's worse, during that time the entire Astral society has come under threat of destruction, and it's up to Jacob to make things--including...
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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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Bot Wars

J.V. Kade - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Trout St. Kroix has been searching for his missing father for the last two years, after his dad disappeared while fighting in the Bot Wars. The Bot Wars began after robots became so advanced that they revolted and demanded more workers' rights, causing the government to declare...
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Above World

Jenn Reese - Candlewick Press
Format: Book

A suspenseful sci-fi escapade plucks two children out of the ocean for a thrilling adventure.Thirteen-year-old Aluna has lived her entire life under the ocean with the Coral Kampii in the City of Shifting Tides. But after centuries spent hidden from the Above World, her colony's survival...
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The Whisper

Emma Clayton - Chicken House
Format: Hardcover

Listen -- can you hear it? The explosive sequel to THE ROAR!From a whisper...to a scream!Telepathic twins Mika and Ellie at last are reunited. But if they're ever to free the brainwashed, microchipped child soldiers, they must pretend to play along with the tyrant Mal Gorman's maniacal...
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Chronal Engine

Greg Leitich Smith - Clarion Books
Format: Print book

When Max, Kyle, and Emma are sent to live with their reclusive grandfather, they think he's crazy, especially when he tells them about his time machine. But after Emma is kidnapped at the exact time that her grandfather predicted, Max and Kyle are forced to believe his eccentric stories...
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Time Gangsters

Berin L Stephens - Sweetwater Books
Format: Book

When Billy discovers a hidden cache of ancient coins, it isn't long before a gang of thugs swipes them right from under Billy. Plotting to use the magical properties of the coins to seize power in the past, these power-hungry gangsters will do anything to reach their goal. Their future...
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Project Jackalope

Emily Ecton - Chronicle Boooks
Format: Print book

Jeremy's troubles begin when his eccentric neighbor leaves him an "experiment" for safekeeping - a jackalope! This so-called mythological creature looks like a bunny rabbit, but comes with razor-sharp antlers and is purported to be a ruthless killer. When government agents show...
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The Resisters #2: Sterling Squadron

Eric Nylund - Random House
Format: Print book

Million-copy bestselling Halo author and game developer Eric Nylund again brings action-packed science fiction to a young audience with the riveting second book in The Resisters series. Even as he trains to be a pilot for the Resisters, twelve-year-old Ethan Blackwood is still reeling...
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A Hero for WondLa (2) (The Search for WondLa)

Tony DiTerlizzi - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Audiobook

The second novel in the New York Times bestselling The Search for WondLa series, from the cocreator of The Spiderwick Chronicles.Before the end of The Search for WondLa, Eva Nine had never seen another human, but after a human boy named Hailey rescues her along with her companions, she couldnt...
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STAR FIGHTERS 1: Alien Attack

Max Chase - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book

Welcome to the Intergalactic Force Academy -- IF for short -- the training ground for an elite young fighting team sworn to protect and defend the galaxy. Peri is a first-year student who has been selected for a rare unsupervised exercise in space. His co-pilot? A half-Martian named Diesel....
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The Norumbegan Quartet #4: The Chamber in the Sky

M.T. Anderson - Scholastic Press
Format: Book

From National Book Award and Printz Honor winner M.T. Anderson comes the amazing conclusion to his Norumbegan Quartet!Brian and Gregory have seen it all. They've played a strange, twisty game and won, and then created their own...sort of. They've gone to investigate intergalactic suburban...
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Archvillain #2: Mad Mask

Barry Lyga - Scholastic Press
Format: Book

THE MAD MASK is book two in critically acclaimed author Barry Lyga's Archvillain series!Things haven't been going well for Kyle since Mighty Mike became the new town hero. He's pretty sure he could fix this disaster if he could expose Mike's secret (he's an alien) , but to do that Kyle...
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Infinity Ring Book 1: A Mutiny in Time

James Dashner - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Scholastics next multi-platform mega-event begins here!History is broken, and three kids must travel back in time to set it right!When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the secret of time travel -- a hand-held device known as the Infinity Ring -- theyre swept up in a centuries-long...
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The Wizards of Wyrd World 3

Pamela F. Service - Darby Creek
Format: Hardcover

Josh Higgins and his sister Maggie have vowed not to use the alien gizmo that lets them visit other worlds. But when Josh's favorite writer comes to town, the temptation is too much. Along with famous author P.L. Cuthbertson, Josh and Maggie prepare to visit the land of Cuthbertson's books:...
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George and the Big Bang

Lucy Hawking - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Explore how the universe began - and thwart evil along the way - in this cosmic adventure from Stephen and Lucy Hawking that includes a graphic novel.George has problems. He has twin baby sisters at home who demand his parents' attention. His beloved pig Freddy has been exiled to a farm,...
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Caught

Margaret Peterson Haddix - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Jonah and Katherine come face to face with Albert Einstein in the fifth book of the New York Times bestselling The Missing series.Jonah and Katherine are accustomed to traveling through time, but when learn they next have to return Albert Einstein's daughter to history, they think...
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Gamer: Next Level

Alan Durant - Stone Arch Books
Format: Book

One day, Mia and her little brother, Zak, find a new video game. But this is no ordinary game. When they begin playing, Mia and Zak are pulled into a virtual world. Now, Mia must save her brother and defeat the deadly game.
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MP3 Mind Control (Keystone Books)

Jonny Zucker - Stone Arch Books
Format: Library Binding

Stacey is sick of her unstylish handbag. One day, Stacey finds a beautiful old Kelly bag. She takes it everywhere. She soon finds a secret hidden in the bag thats meant only for her.
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Starcross: A Stirring Adventure of Spies, Time Travel and Curious Hats

Philip Reeve - Bloomsbury Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

Art, Myrtle and their mother accept the kind invitation of a holiday to an up-and-coming asteroid resort. But they set out with visions of rest and relaxation only to be sucked into a dastardly plot involving spies, time travel, and mind-altering clothing! Before their adventures are out,...
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