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Joey and Johnny, the Ninjas: Get Mooned
Kevin Serwacki - Balzer + Bray
Format: Book
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Joey and Johnny are best friends, but they could not be more different. Joey follows all the rules. Johnny doesn't know what rules are. Joey is strategic. Johnny leaves everything up to chance. Joey is serious. Johnny is . . . well, he carries a clown hammer and wears a dooly-bopper... |
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Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
Kelly Jones - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown feels like a fish out of water when she and her parents move from Los Angeles to the farm they've inherited from a great-uncle. But farm life gets more interesting when a cranky chicken appears and Sophie discovers the hen can move objects with the power... |
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The League of Beastly Dreadfuls Book 1
Holly Grant - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A creepy Victorian house, secretive aunties, and a great escape combine in this debut that is part Mysterious Benedict Society, part Roald Dahl, and all quirky, smart, hilarious storytelling. Join the League. . . . Anastasia is a completely average almost-eleven-year-old. That is, UNTIL... |
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The Terrible Two
Mac Barnett - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Bestseller "A double helping of fun and mischief!" - Jeff kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series "Hilarious." - Dav Pilkey, author of the Captain Underpants series Miles Murphy is not happy to be moving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy... |
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The Astounding Broccoli Boy
Frank Cottrell Boyce - Walden Pond Press
Format: Book
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Rory Rooney likes to be prepared for anything. That sort of planning pays off when you're the smallest kid in your class. Rory is even prepared (mostly) for Tommy-Lee, his nemesis, who starts most days by throwing Rory out of the back of the school bus. Don't be scared, his favorite... |
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The League of Unexceptional Children
Gitty Daneshvari - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Are you average? Normal? Forgettable? If so, the League of Unexceptional Children is for you This first book in a hilarious new adventure series is for anyone who's struggled to be noticed in a sea of above-average overachievers. What "is" the League of Unexceptional Children?... |
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VIP : I'm with the band
Jen Calonita - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Twelve-year-old Mackenzie "Mac" Lowell's dreams have come true. Thanks to her mom scoring the coolest job EVER, Mac is going from boy band fanatic to official tour member of her favorite group, Perfect Storm. Good thing she's brought along her journal so she can record every moment,... |
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Josh Baxter Levels Up
Gavin Brown - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Josh Baxter is sick and tired of hitting the reset button. It's not easy being the new kid for the third time in two years. One mistake and now the middle school football star is out to get him. And Josh's sister keeps offering him lame advice about how to make friends, as if he needs her help... |
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VIP : I'm with the band
Jen Calonita - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Twelve-year-old Mackenzie "Mac" Lowell's dreams have come true. Thanks to her mom scoring the coolest job EVER, Mac is going from boy band fanatic to official tour member of her favorite group, Perfect Storm. Good thing she's brought along her journal so she can record every moment,... |
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The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island
Dana Alison Levy - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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The Fletchers are back on Rock Island, home of all their best summer memories. But from the first day they arrive, it's clear that this year, things have changed. FIRST, a giant fence is blocking their beloved lighthouse. SECOND, they have new neighbors. THIRD, who the heck is the weird... |
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The Last Kids on Earth
Max Brallier - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, with one million copies in print!"Terrifyingly fun! Delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs."--Jeff Kinney, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Diary of a Wimpy Kid Ever since the monster... |
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The Worst Night Ever
Dave Barry - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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Last year, Wyatt Palmer was the hero of middle school, having foiled a plot against the president of the United States. But now he and his friends are in Coral Cove High School-home of the Fighting Conchs-and Wyatt is no longer a hero: He's just another undersized freshman, hoping to fit in, or at least... |
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How to Beat the Bully Without Really Trying
Scott Starkey - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover
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When luck gives a new kid a false reputation as a tough guy, can he find the strength to live up to his image? Rodney Rathbone is a self-admitted coward. Things scare him, and he can't help it. So naturally he's terrified when he moves to a new town and the bully is ready to pounce. But just... |
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Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities
Mike Jung - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Can knowing the most superhero trivia in the whole school be considered a superpower?If so, Vincent Wu is invincible.If not (and let's face it, it's "not") , then Vincent and his pals Max and George don't get any props for being the leaders (and, well, sole members) of the (unofficial)... |
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Otis Dooda: Strange but True
Ellen Potter - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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HARDY-HAR-HAR!Meet Otis Dooda. Yes, that's his name. Go on and have a good laugh. He's heard it all before. He's been called things like Otis Poopy Stink and Otis Toilet Twinkie. That's right, yuck it up and get it out of your system. We'll wait.All right then. This is the story of Otis... |
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Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever.
BETSY BIRD - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Funny Girl is a collection of uproarious stories, rollicking comics, rib-tickling wit, and more, from 25 of today's funniest female writers for kids. What could be funnier than family? Read stories about Ursula Brown's grandmother driving her on a road trip to disaster, Lisa Brown's... |
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Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Planet Girl
Tom Greenwald - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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There's a crisis at Eastport Middle School! It appears that everyone has a boyfriend or girlfriend except . . . Charlie Joe Jackson??!? Yup-he's the only single guy out of all his friends. How is this possible? Even Pete Milano snagged a girl! Well, Charlie Joe refuses to be left out. He quickly... |
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Alien Encounter
Charise Mericle Harper - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Nine-year-old Morgan is fascinated with aliens. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, land of the sasquatch, and naturally is fascinated with those as well. When he meets new kid Lewis, whose parents own a motel named the Stay On Inn, the adventures begin with slingshots, underpants, annoying... |
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Fortunately, the Milk
Neil Gaiman - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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There's no milk for cereal. No matter--Dad will run down to the store to pick some up. The children wait. And wait. And wait. Dad better have a pretty good excuse for taking so long! In a delightful reversal of how things usually go, the father is the one making up wild, impossible stories,... |
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Public School Superhero
James Patterson - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover
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Kenny Wright is a kid with a secret identity. In his mind, he's Stainlezz Steel, super-powered defender of the weak. In reality, he's a chess club devotee known as a "Grandma's Boy," a label that makes him an easy target for bullies. Kenny wants to bring a little more Steel to the real... |
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