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The Field Guide

Tony DiTerlizzi - Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Format: Hardcover

The Grace children discover the faerie world is closer than you think in this repackage of the first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles.After finding a mysterious, handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion they've just moved into, Jared;...
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The Princess in Black

Shannon Hale - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Who says princesses don't wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black!Princess Magnolia is having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess Wigtower when . . . Brring! Brring! The monster alarm!...
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Beverly Cleary

In this imaginative adventure from Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary, a young mouse named Ralph is thrown into a world of excitement when a boy and his shiny toy motorcycle check into the Mountain View Inn.When the ever-curious Ralph spots Keith's red toy motorcycle, he vows to ride...
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Stuart Little

E. B. White - Harper & Row

A paperback edition of E.B. White's classic novel about one small mouse on a very big adventure! With black and white illustrations.Stuart Little is no ordinary mouse. Born to a family of humans, he lives in New York City with his parents, his older brother George, and Snowbell the cat....
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Going, Going, Gone (In Due Time Book 1)

Nicholas O. Time - Simon Spotlight
Format: Hardcover

Three middle schoolers travel back in time on a madcap adventure with the help of a library book in this laugh-out-loud start to the brand-new series, In Due Time.. Going, Going, Gone opens in the library at Sands Middle School where strange things are happening. Vikings burst out of bookcases,...
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I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916

Lauren Tarshis - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

In July, 1916, Chet Roscow is fascinated by news accounts of the great white shark said to be attacking people along the New Jersey shore not far from his home, but when he goes swimming in Matawan Creek he discovers the truth of the stories.
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Gooseberry Park

Cynthia Rylant - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In this animal adventure from Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Rylant, Stumpy Squirrel has just settled into a new nest in a magnificent pin oak in Gooseberry Park. It’s the perfect spot for her babies to be born! When they arrive healthy and strong, Stumpy’s three good...
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Bayou Magic

Jewell Parker Rhodes - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

If only Maddy sees the mermaid, can it be real?It's Maddy's turn to have a bayou summer. At first she misses life back home in the city, but soon she grows to love everything about her new surroundings -- the glimmering fireflies, the glorious landscape, and something else, deep within...
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Stormstruck!

John Macfarlane - Holiday House
Format: Print book

This gripping adventure-at-sea skillfully blends a suspenseful survival story, a heart-wrenching boy-and-his-dog tale and the sensitive treatment of a youngster coming to terms with the death of a family member.When twelve-year-old Sam overhears his parents talking about their elderly and infirm...
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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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Journey Under the Sea

R. A. Montgomery - Chooseco; Special Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Now enter the mysterious and beautiful world of Atlantis... YOU may be famous, you might decide never to return to the earth world above, or you may not get a chance to make that decision. Whatever happens, good luck!
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The Maze of Bones

Rick Riordan - Scholastic
Format: Hardcover

The first book in the #1 bestselling phenomenon sends readers around the world on the hunt for the 39 Clues!Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her decendants an impossible decision: "You have a choice - one million dollars or a clue."Grace is the last...
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Pippi Longstocking

Astrid Lindgren - Puffin Books; Reissue edition
Format: Book

Lexile Level: 870
Genre: Humor
Page Count: 158
Tommy and his sister Annika have a new neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no parents to tell her what to do, a horse that lives on her porch, and a flair for the outrageous...
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