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Horton Halfpott: Or, The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor; or, The Loosening of MLady Luggertucks Corset

Tom Angleberger - ‎Harry N. Abrams; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Tom Anglebergers latest, loopiest middle-grade novel begins when MLady Luggertuck loosens her corset (its never been loosened before!) , thereby setting off a chain of events in which all the strict rules of Smugwick Manor are abandoned. When, as a result of "the Loosening,"...
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A House Called Awful End: Book One in the Eddie Dickens Trilogy

Philip Ardagh - H. Holt
Format: Print book

The first book in a hilarious, action-packed trilogy.Eddie Dickens is sent off to stay with his aunt and uncle and a riotously funny comedy of errors ensues.When both Eddie Dickens's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow, go a bit crinkly around the edges, and smell of hot water...
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls

John Bellairs - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback

Orphaned Lewis Barnavelt tries to help his uncle Jonathan and next-door neighbor turn back the hands of time and save the world from the disaster that will begin when the clock stops ticking within the walls of Jonathan's house. Reissue. NYT. PW.
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Matilda

Roald Dahl - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback

From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG!Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress....
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School of Fear (School of Fear, 1)

Gitty Daneshvari - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

For the first time--maybe ever--Madeleine, Theo, Lulu, and Garrison are not looking forward to the start of summer, and three little words are to blame: School of Fear. In what theyre sure will be the longest and most terrifying six weeks of their lives, the foursome must face their phobias...
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Hortens Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery, & a Very Strange Adventure

Lissa Evans - Union Square Kids
Format: Hardcover

Enter a wonderful world filled with real magic, mystery, and danger.As if being small and having S. Horten as his name isnt bad enough, now 10-year-old Stuart is forced to move far away from all his friends.But on his very first day in his new home, Stuarts swept up in an extraordinary...
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The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

The original hardcover edition of a perennial favorite, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold more than one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal. Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place - he's the only living resident...
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In a Glass Grimmly

Adam Gidwitz - Dutton Books for Young Readers; 1st edition
Format: Audio CD

More Grimm tales await in the harrowing, hilarious companion to a beloved new classic Take caution ahead-- Oversize plant life, eerie amphibious royalty, and fear-inducing creatures abound. Lest you enter with dread. Follow Jack and Jill as they enter startling new landscapes that may (or may not)...
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Dial-A-Ghost

Eva Ibbotson - Dutton Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

When little Oliver Smith inherits the gloomy mansion Helton Hall, his scheming cousins, the Snodde-Brittles, are determined to rid themselves of the orphan heir. They have a perfect plan. They will hire some terrifying ghosts from the Dial-a-Ghost Agency to scare the boy to death. But,...
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The Willoughbys

Lois Lowry - Yearling
Format: Hardcover

Now a Netflix animated film starring Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Séan Cullen, and Ricky Gervais!From the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Giver and Number the Stars, comes a "hilarious" (BOOKLIST , starred review) and wonderfully...
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Liesl & Po

Lauren Oliver - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver comes a luminous novel that glows with rare magic, ghostly wonders, and a true friendship that lights even the darkest of places. An E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor Book, its perfect for fans of the authors other middle grade novels: The Spindlers...
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"Who Could That Be at This Hour?": Also Published as "All the Wrong Questions: Question 1"

Lemony Snicket - ‎Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Before the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world. In a fading town, far from anyone he knew...
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The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

The original hardcover edition of a perennial favorite, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold more than one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal. Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place - he's the only living resident...
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Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf

Paul Stewart - David Fickling Books

BARNABY GRIMES IS a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and “highstacking” around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. In this first adventure, Barnaby is attacked one night by an enormous dog and soon finds himself swept up in a world of crooked...
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The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling

Maryrose Wood - Balzer + Bray; First Edition, First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place, the Incorrigibles are no ordinary children: Alexander, age ten or thereabouts, keeps his siblings in line with gentle nips; Cassiopeia, perhaps four or five, has a bark that is (usually) worse than her bite; and Beowulf, age somewhere-in-the-middle,...
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The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

Trenton Lee Stewart - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Before there was a Mysterious Benedict Society, there was simply a boy named Nicholas Benedict. Meet the boy who started it all....
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