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A Greyhound of a Girl
Roddy Doyle - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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Mary O’Hara is a sharp and cheeky 12-year-old Dublin schoolgirl who is bravely facing the fact that her beloved Granny is dying. But Granny can’t let go of life, and when a mysterious young woman turns up in Mary’s street with a message for her Granny, Mary gets pulled... |
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The Weight of Water
Sarah Crossan - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover
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Carrying just a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, Kasienka and her mother are immigrating to England from Poland. Kasienka isn't the happiest girl in the world. At home, her mother is suffering from a broken heart as she searches for Kasienka's father. And at school,... |
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After Iris
Natasha Farrant - Dial
Format: Hardcover
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An unforgettable middle-grade debut that will steal your heartBlue Gadsbys twin sister, Iris, died three years ago and her family has never been the same. Her histrionic older sister, Flora, changes her hair color daily her younger siblings, Jasmine and Twig, are completely obsessed with... |
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Blue Like Friday
Siobhan Parkinson - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Book
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NOT EVERYONE SEES THE WORLD THROUGH THE SAME LENS. From the author of Something Invisible comes this funny and poignant novel about the hues of friendship.Spunky Olivia and eccentric Hal are an unlikely pair. While Hal suffers from a neurological condition called synesthesia that causes... |
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Prince William, Maximilian Minsky and Me
Holly-Jane Rahlens - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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A brainy girl's first crush — on a certain British royal — leads to unexpected discoveries about life, loss, love, and loyalty in this hilarious, poignant, award-winning novel set in modern Berlin.Nelly Sue Edelmeister knows exactly who she is: a skinny thirteen-year-old... |
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Second Fiddle: Or How to Tell a Blackbird from a Sausage
Siobhan Parkinson - Roaring Brook Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Aspiring writer Mags Clarke has just moved with her mother to a new area after the death of her father Because her feet are usually firmly planted on the ground Mags is cautious about befriending Gillian whom she enchantingly finds playing the violin high up in the trees near her house... |
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Chained
Lynne Kelly - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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After ten-year-old Hastin's family borrows money to pay for his sister's hospital bill, he leaves his village in northern India to take a job as an elephant keeper and work off the debt. He thinks it will be an adventure, but he isn't prepared for the cruel circus owner. The crowds that... |
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Neil Flambé and the Aztec Abduction
Kevin Sylvester - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A fourteen-year-old crime-solving chef finds mayhem in Mexico in this full-flavored mystery.Teenage wunderchef—and budding detective—Neil Flambé heads to Mexico City to take part in the Azteca Cocina, a two-week battle of the chefs. But he’s off to an unsettling start:... |
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Becoming Naomi Leon
Pam Munoz Ryan - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive author treatment and new cover art by Raul Colon.Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life, her name for one. Then there are her clothes (sewn in polyester by Gram), her difficulty... |
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Manolito Four-Eyes: The 1st Volume of the Great Encyclopedia of My Life
Elvira Lindo - Marshall Cavendish
Format: Print book
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"Nobody knows me as Manolito Garca Moreno, not even Big Ears Lpez, and he's my best friend; even though sometimes he can be a dog and a traitor (and other times, a dog traitor), he's still my best friend and he's a whole lotta cool. In Carabanchel-that's the name of my neighborhood... |
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Grk Smells a Rat
Joshua Doder - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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A perfect middle-grade adventure for the same fans as Alex Rider readers.Tim Malt; his parents; his dog, Grk; and his friends Natascha and Max Raffifi have just arrived in India. They are all set to see the famous sights and watch Max compete in a tennis tournament. But after meeting a boy named... |
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The Grand Plan to Fix Everything
Uma Krishnaswami - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Eleven-year old Dini loves movieswatching them reading about them trying to write her ownespecially Bollywood movies But when her mother tells her some big news it does not at all jive with the script of her life she has in mind Her family is moving to Indiaand not even to Bombay which... |
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Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #5: The Amazing Mexican Secret
Jeff Brown - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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Special delivery: Danger!When Stanley's mother needs the secret ingredient for a special recipe, Stanley mails himself to Mexico to track down its mysterious maker. But when a band of spies threatens to steal the secret, Stanley's simple trip becomes a race against an opponent that... |
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Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #8: The Australian Boomerang Bonanza
Jeff Brown - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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G’day, Stanley!Stanley and his brother, Arthur, have just won a trip to Australia! They fly down under on a private jet and go diving in the Great Barrier Reef. But when Arthur launches Stanley into the air for a game of boomerang, the flat kid is accidentally sent spinning into an amazing... |
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Grk and the Pelotti Gang
Joshua Doder - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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NATASCHA AND MAX Raffifi, recently orphaned and new to England, are adjusting nicely to their new life. Anything's better than being on the run. Especially being reunited with their little black-and-white dog, Grk, and living with their friend, Tim. But one afternoon, Natascha sees... |
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Saraswati's Way
Monika SchroÌder - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Print book
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If the gods wanted Akash to have an education, he is told, they would give him one. But Akash has spent his entire twelve years poor and hungry. So he decides to take control of his own life and try for a scholarship to the city school where he can pursue his beloved math. But will challenging... |
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Lucy the Good
Marianne Musgrove - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Print book
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Lucy van Loon knows she's a good girl. So why is she always sitting in the Time Out chair? After all, she had a very good reason for dumping Jacinta's unicorn pencils all over the floor. And she only threw a tantrum because her aunt from Holland called her a bad girl and a greedy... |
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Naked Bunyip Dancing
Steven Herrick - Front Street, Incorporated; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A humorous look at the way one quirky teacher brings out the best in each of his students. Steven Herrick delves into the murky waters of a middle-school classroom, complete with a nerdy vegetarian teacher, Mr. Carey. What a crazy class! And what a funny, unpredictable year—the year... |
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Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #6: The African Safari Discovery
Jeff Brown - HarperCollins
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Stanleys not the only flat one!When a flat skull is discovered in Africa, Stanley Lambchop decides to travel there with his brother, Arthur, and their father, George. Maybe studying the skull will give them clues to Stanleys flatness. But once in Africa, the Lambchops are in for more adventure... |
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