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The 5th Wave

Rick Yancey - Listening Library
Format: Paperback

The Passage meets Enders Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey. After the first wave, only darkness remains. After the second, only the lucky escape. And after the third, only the unlucky survive. After the fourth wave, only one rule applies: Trust no one. Now,...
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The 13-Story Treehouse

Andy Griffiths - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

Andy and Terry live in a treehouse. But it's not just any old treehouse, it's the most amazing treehouse in the world!This treehouse has thirteen stories, a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a secret underground laboratory, and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically...
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The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey
Format: Book

The seventh book in Dav Pilkeys mega-bestselling Captain Underpants series. Now with super-cool foil covers! Shiny! Fun!Just when they thought they were out, it pulls them back in! Our heroes beat the Bionic Booger Boy, but they forgot about those rascally Robo-Boogers. Join George, Harold,...
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Almost Super

Marion Jensen - Harpercollins Childrens Books
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Pixar's The Incredibles, Almost Super is a fresh, funny middle grade adventure about two brothers in a family of superheroes who must find a way to be heroic despite receiving powers that are total duds. Filled with humor, heart, and just the right kind of heroics, Almost...
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Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon

Paula Danziger - Putnam's
Format: Print book

Amber Brown.Justin Daniels.Best friends...a team that really knows how to have fun, that knows how to help each other out.When Amber has trouble with fractions, Justin is there with the answers.When Justin writes a messy report, it's Amber to the rescue with neat cursive writing.They've...
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Belly Up

Stuart Gibbs - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

12 year old Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Fitzroy has got a murder on his hands and trouble on his tail. Henry, the hippopatamus at the brand-new nationally known FunJungle, has gone belly up. Even though it's claimed he died of natural causes, Teddy smells something fishy and it sure...
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The Big Field

Mike Lupica - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Losing his spot as shortstop on the team to a new arrival named D-Will, Hutch finds the transition difficult, especially when his father, an ex-professional shortstop, starts giving his replacement all of his tips and attention.
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Big Nate: In a Class by Himself

Lincoln Peirce - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback

"Big Nate is funny, big time."--Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy KidFor fans of the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid series: Get ready to meet Big Nate! In the first novel in the New York Times bestselling series, Big Nate is in a class by himself!Nate knows he's meant for big things....
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The Blobfish Book

Jessica Olien - Balzer + Bray
Format: Print book

Perfect for fans of Battle Bunny and Z Is for Moose, this irresistible book within a book introduces us to Blobfish, known as the "ugliest fish in the sea"...or is he actually the fish who will steal our hearts?Did you know that the deepest parts of the ocean are over one mile...
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Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville HC

Jeff Smith - Cartoon Books; Graphic Novel black & white edition
Format: Hardcover

After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins - Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone, are separated and lost in a vast uncharted desert. One by one, they find their way into a deep forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatures.
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Booked

Kwame Alexander - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

National Book Award Long ListNew York Times Bestseller Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/can't nobody stop you/can't nobody cop you ... In this follow-up to the Newbery-winning novel...
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Bookmarks Are People Too! #1

Henry Winkler - Penguin Group
Format: Hardcover

Hank stars the same Hank as in the bestselling Hank Zipzer series, only this time he's in 2nd grade! Hank is a kid who doesn't try to be funny, but he somehow always makes the kids in his class laugh. He's pretty bad at memorizing stuff, and spelling is his worst subject. (But...
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The Boys Start the War

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Format: Paperback

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The Hatford brothers expected three boys to move into the house where their best friends used to live. When the Malloy sisters arrive instead, the boys make a plan to drive them back to Ohio.,
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The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy

Dori Hillestad Butler - Albert Whitman & Co.
Format: Print book

"My name is King. I am a dog. I am also a detective."King has a very big mystery to solve. His family is missing, and he's been put in the P-O-U-N-D. Why doesn't his beloved human (Kayla) come to get him? When King is adopted by Connor and his mom, things get more confusing....
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Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery

Deborah Howe - Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Format: Paperback

BEWARE THE HARE! Is he or isn't he a vampire? Before it's too late, Harold the dog and Chester the cat must find out the truth about the newest pet in the Monroe household -- a suspicious-looking bunny with unusual habits...and fangs!
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Cam Jansen: the Mystery of the Stolen Corn Popper #11

David A. Adler - Puffin
Format: Paperback

The Cam Jansen series is perfect for young readers who are making the transition to chapter books. The first ten books in the series have received updated covers, bringing new life to these perennial bestsellers. Now the series redesign continues with five more books, giving Cam a cool,...
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

The gates of Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory are opening at last -- and only five children will be allowed inside. Show more Show less #outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient...
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Coraline

Neil Gaiman
Format: Book

The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring.... In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close.The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door to find...
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Chomp

Carl Hiaasen - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Paperback

Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so he's grown up with all manner of gators, snakes, parrots, rats, monkeys, snappers, and more in his backyard. The critters he can handle. His father is the unpredictable one. When his dad takes a job with a reality TV show...
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1

Jeff Kinney - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

Boys don't keep diaries -- or do they?The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate toIt's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share...
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Dog Man: From the Creator of Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey - Graphix
Format: Hardcover

New from the creator of Captain Underpants, it's Dog Man, the #1 New York Times bestselling, crime-biting canine who is part dog, part man, and ALL HERO!George and Harold have created a new hero who digs into deception, claws after crooks, and rolls over robbers. When Greg the police...
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The Doll People

Ann M. Martin - Hyperion Books for Children
Format: Book

Annabelle Doll is eight years old-she has been for more than a hundred years. Not a lot has happened to her, cooped up in the dollhouse, with the same doll family, day after day, year after year. . . until one day the Funcrafts move in.
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Dork Diaries 1: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

Rachel Renée Russell - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

Meet Nikki Maxwell! She's starting eighth grade at a new school - and her very first diary packed with hilarious stories and art in this SUPER SQUEE updated edition of Book One of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!Nikki confesses all in her first diary ever: her epic...
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Dory Fantasmagory

Abby Hanlon - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

Move over, Junie B. Jones and Ivy & Bean! Here comes a lovably energetic little sister with a BIG personality - and an imagination to match!As the youngest in her family, Dory really wants attention, and more than anything she wants her brother and sister to play with her. But she's...
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Dragonbreath

Ursula Vernon - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

It's not easy for Danny Dragonbreath to be the sole mythical creature in a school for reptiles and amphibians?especially because he can't breathe fire like other dragons (as the school bully loves to remind him) . But having a unique family comes in handy sometimes, like when his sea-serpent...
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Eerie Elementary #1: The School Is Alive!

Jack Chabert - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Print book

Eerie Elementary is one scary school!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading...
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Ella Enchanted (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Gail Carson Levine - Turtleback Books
Format: School & Library Binding

In a first novel and 1998 Newbery Honor Book based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against a childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
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Eoin Colfer's Legend Of. Spud Murphy

Eoin Colfer - Miramax
Format: Paperback

When their mother starts dropping them off at the library several afternoons a week, nine-year-old William and his brother dread boredom and the overbearing librarian, but they are surprised at how things turn out.
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Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure!

Jeff Brown
Format: Paperback

After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he is sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages.
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Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor: Book One

Jon Scieszka - Amulet Books
Format: Print book

"I never thought science could be funny . . . until I read Frank Einstein. It will have kids laughing." - Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid "Huge laughs and great science - the kind of smart, funny stuff that makes Jon Scieszka a legend." - Mac Barnett,...
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Getting Air

Dan Gutman - Aladdin Paperbacks
Format: Print book

They can rule the half-pipe, but can they survive this? Jimmy, David, and Henry are psyched. It's summer, school's out, and they are on their way to California, where they will be able to do some major skating. But on the plane, the unthinkable happens: They are hijacked by terrorists....
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Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

J. K. Rowling - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

A winner of England's National Book Award, the acclaimed debut novel tells the outrageously funny, fantastic adventure story of Harry Potter, who escapes a hideous foster home thanks to a scholarship to The Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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Hilo Book 1: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth

Judd Winick - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Dog Man meets Big Nate in HILO-the hilarious, intergalactic, action-packed New York Times Bestselling GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES kids love! "A Total BLAST," says the Miami Herald!BOOM! CLANG! CRASH! D.J. and Gina are totally ordinary kids. But Hilo isn't! Hilo...
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House of Robots

James Patterson - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover

In this new highly-illustrated series from James Patterson, an extraordinary robot signs up for an ordinary fifth grade class... and elementary school will never be the same! It was never easy for Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez to fit in, so he's dreading the day when his genius mom insists he bring...
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How Angel Peterson Got His Name

Gary Paulsen - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Hardcover

WHEN YOU GROW up in a small town in the north woods, you have to make your own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and showing off for the girls inspire Gary Paulsen and his friends to attempt:* Shooting waterfalls in a barrel* The first skateboarding* Breaking the world record for speed...
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How to Train Your Dragon

Cressida Cowell
Format: Hardcover

Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching and training a dragon. Show more Show...
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover...
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I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

Lauren Tarshis - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

The most terrifying events in history are brought vividly to life in this new fictional series! In book 1, ten-year-old George is trapped on the Titanic -- how will he survive?Ten-year-old George Calder can't believe his luck -- he and his little sister, Phoebe, are on the famous Titanic,...
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Ivy and Bean

Annie Barrows - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

World record fever grips the second grade, and soon Ivy and Bean are trying to set their own record by becoming the youngest people to have ever discovered a dinosaur. But how hard is it to find one?,
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Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Barbara Park - Random House
Format: Print book

Meet the World's Funniest Kindergartner - Junie B. Jones!Remember when it was scary to go to school? With over 50 million books in print, Barbara Park's New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing - and reading...
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The Kill Order

James Dashner - Delacorte Press
Format: Book

Read the fourth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent. The first and second books, The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials, are now major motion pictures featuring the star of MTV's...
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The Last Kids on Earth

Max Brallier - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

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 Lost Hero

Rick Riordan - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

After saving Olympus from the evil Titan lord, Kronos, Percy and friends have rebuilt their beloved Camp Half-Blood, where the next generation of demigods must now prepare for a chilling prophecy of their own:Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,To storm or fire the world must fall.An...
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Lunch money

Andrew Clements - Atheneum Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Print book

Twelve-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school.
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The Lunch Witch #1

Deb Lucke - Papercutz
Format: Paperback

For generations and generations, the women of Grunhilda's family have stirred up trouble in a big, black pot. Grunhilda inherits her famous ancestors' recipes and cauldron, but no one believes in magic anymore. Despite the fact that Grunhilda's only useful skill is cooking...
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The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive

Joanna Cole
Format: Paperback

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific information, the bestselling science series ever is back!When the Magic School Bus turns into a beehive, Ms. Frizzle's class learns firsthand...
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Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, No. 1)

Mary Pope Osborne - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

Read the #1 bestselling chapter book that started it all! Magic. Mystery. Time-travel. Get whisked back in time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie!Where did the tree house come from?Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past....
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Maniac Magee (Newbery Medal Winner)

Jerry Spinelli - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A Newbery Medal winning modern classic about a racially divided small town and a boy who runs.. Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadnt made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years,...
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Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25

Richard Paul Evans - Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink
Format: Hardcover

The electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling first installment of the action-packed Michael Vey series from author Richard Paul Evans.My name is Michael Vey, and the story I'm about to tell you is strange. Very strange. It's my story. To everyone at Meridian High School,...
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The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 2: Middle School Mayhem

Rachel Renée Russell - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries author Rachel Renee Russell comes the second book in an all-new series about Max Crumbly and his daily ups and downs in middle school.When we last left our hero, Max Crumbly, he had crash-landed on top of a Mighty Meat Monster pizza...
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Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little

Peggy Gifford - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

Here's the first book in the hilarious Moxy Maxwell series, which includes Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank-you Notes and Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Practicing the Piano. It wasn't as if Moxy hadn't tried to do her summer reading. She and Stuart Little had been inseparable...
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My Life As A Book

Janet Tashjian - Turtleback
Format: Book

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Dubbed a ""reluctant reader,"" 12-year-old Derek spends the summer learning important lessons even though he doesn't complete his summer reading list.
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My Pet Human

Yasmine Surovec - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Print book

From queen cat lady Yasmine Surovec comes a cuddly new chapter book series about a cat in need of a pet human. Oliver is an independent kitty. He has his run of the neighborhood and looks at his animal friends with their fussing humans with pity. But when a freckle-faced girl moves into...
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My Weirdest School #1: Mr. Cooper Is Super!

Dan Gutman - HarperCollins
Format: Print book

With more than 8 million books sold, My Weird School really gets kids reading!In this first book in the hilarious new My Weirdest School series, part of the internationally bestselling My Weird School series, A.J.'s third-grade teacher, Mr. Granite, is retiring after a million hundred...
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The Name Game! (Daphnes Diary of Daily Disasters)

Marissa Moss - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover

In The Name Game!, Daphne has never (ever) loved her name, but it is her name and she cant do much to change it. So when the first day of fourth grade comes, Daphne is flustered when the new teacher cant seem to remember her name. Its not Duffy or Daffy or Doffy. Its Daphne! And if you ask her,...
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New Kid

Tim Green - HarperTorch
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and former NFL defensive end Tim Green delivers another baseball tale that will keep kids on the edge of their seats. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica or Dan Gutman's Baseball Card Adventure series.Tommy's the new kid in town, like he's been...
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The New Way Things Work

David Macaulay
Format: Book

The information age is upon us, baffling us with thousands of complicated state-of-the-art technologies. To help make sense of the computer age, David Macaulay brings us The New Way Things Work. This completely updated and expanded edition describes twelve new machines and includes more...
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Ninja-rella: A Graphic Novel

Joey Comeau - Stone Arch Books
Format: Print book

Cinderella's stepmother and two stepsisters treat her like dirt. Each and every day, they force her to clean their clothes, cook their meals, and only give her rags to wear and crumbs to eat. But each night, in secret and in shadows, Cinderella trains to be a ninja! More than anything,...
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Noodlehead Nightmares

Tedd Arnold - Holiday House
Format: Print book

Mac and Mac, who love pie and hate making their beds, are hollow-headed. "See in here? Nothing! Zippo! Nada!" Mac explains. That's why they get duped by their friend Meatball and fooled out of their fair shares of apple pie. Slapstick humor, puns and wacky fun abound as the empty-headed...
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Not My Dog

Colby Rodowsky

Ellie Martin fiercely resists her new dog's charmsIt isn't Ellie's fault, really. She's always wanted a puppy, and now that she's almost nine, finally old enough to get one, Preston is foisted on her. What's more, her parents say that this fully grown mutt that Great-aunt Margaret can no longer...
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The One and Only Ivan

Katherine Applegate - Harper
Format: Book

Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendships. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated...
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The Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt & Julie Graham-Chang

Amy Ignatow - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang are best friends with one goal: to crack the code of popularity. Lydia's the bold one: aspiring theater star, stick-fighting enthusiast, human guinea pig. Julie's the shy one: observer and artist, accidental field hockey star, faithful recorder. In this...
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Rise of the Earth Dragon: A Branches Book

Tracey West - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

The DRAGON MASTERS series is "How to Train Your Dragon" meets the DRAGON SLAYERS' ACADEMY!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced...
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Roller Girl

Victoria Jamieson - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

The Newbery Honor Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Roller Girl is a heartwarming graphic novel about friendship and surviving junior high through the power of roller derby - perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Smile! For most of her twelve years, Astrid...
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Roscoe Riley Rules #1: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs

Katherine Applegate - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback

If the kids can't sit still for the class performance, Roscoe's teacher could be in big trouble. Fortunately Roscoe has a plan to save her - a super, mega, gonzo plan! What could go wrong?
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The Sasquatch Escape

Suzanne Selfors - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

When Ben Silverstein is sent to the rundown town of Buttonville to spend the summer with his grandfather, hes certain it will be the most boring vacation ever. That is, until his grandfathers cat brings home what looks like . . . a baby dragon?Amazed, Ben enlists the help of Pearl Petal,...
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Shredderman: Secret Identity

Wendelin Van Draanen

Alvin Bixby: Hulking, knuckles of steel, hideous breath, foul temper. Kids call him: Bubba. Nolan Byrd: Puny, power walker, math genius, cant keep shoes tied. Kids call him: Nerd.Bubba has been the bane of Nolans existence for five long years. So when Mr. Green asks the class to become...
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Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Louis Sachar - Morrow Junior Books
Format: Print book

Lois Sachar, best-selling author of the Wayside School series, knows how to make kids laugh. And there are laughs galore in this popular book, now available again in hardcover. Meet Mrs. Gorf, the teacher who turns the students in Wayside School into apples.
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Smile: A Graphic Novel

Raina Telgemeier - Graphix
Format: Paperback

Raina Telgemeiers #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood!Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey...
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Spy School

Stuart Gibbs - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Like many kids, Ben Ripley imagines life as a secret agent would be pretty awesome -- so when he learns he's been recruited to the C.I.A.'s top secret Academy of Espionage, it sounds too good to be true. And it is. From the moment he arrives -- and ends up in the middle of an enemy attack...
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Squish #1: Super Amoeba

Jennifer L Holm - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

Now an animated show streaming on HBO Max!Its SQUISH - a graphic novel series about a comic book-loving, twinkie-eating grade school AMOEBA trying to find his place in the world (or at least trying to make it through a school day) . Inspired by his favorite comic book hero, SUPER AMOEBA!,...
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The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Tom Angleberger - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

In this funny, uncannily wise portrait of the dynamics of a sixth-grade class and of the greatness that sometimes comes in unlikely packages, Dwight, a loser, talks to his classmates via an origami finger puppet of Yoda. If that weren't strange enough, the puppet is uncannily wise and prescient....
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Stick Dog (Stick Dog, 1)

Tom Watson - HarperCollins
Format: Audiobook

Introducing everyones new best friend: Stick Dog! Dont miss the very first book in this bestselling funny illustrated series.Hell make you laugh...hell make you cry...but above all, hell make you hungry!Follow Stick Dog as he goes on an epic quest for the perfect burger. With hilarious...
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Swindle

Gordon Korman - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Oceans 11... with 11-year-olds, in a super stand-alone heist caper from Gordon Korman!After a mean collector named Swindle cons him out of his most valuable baseball card, Griffin Bing must put together a band of misfits to break into Swindles compound and recapture the card. There are many...
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A Tale Dark and Grimm

Adam Gidwitz - Dutton Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind and beyond the bread crumbs, edible...
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The Terrible Two

MAC BARNETT - Amulet Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Miles Murphy is not happy to be moving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that's famous for one thing and one thing only: cows. In his old school, everyone knew him as the town's best prankster, but Miles quickly discovers that Yawnee Valley already has a prankster, and a great one. If Miles...
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Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

Stephan Pastis - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Want to aspire to greatness? Check out this new edition of Timmy Failure's first adventure - featuring the bonus section "How to Draw Timmy and Total."He may be clueless, but the comically self-confident Timmy Failure is CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation....
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Top of the Order

John Coy - Feiwel and Friends
Format: Print book

Jackson's parents are divorced and his mother has started dating. Gig's dad is in the National Guard and has been called up to serve in the Middle East. Isaac's dad wants him to go to a different middle school than all his friends. Diego is the new kid in school, a power-hitter who works...
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The Trouble with Chickens: A J.J. Tully Mystery

Doreen Cronin - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

J.J. Tully is a former search-and rescue dog who is trying to enjoy his retirement after years of performing daring missions saving lives. So hes not terribly impressed when two chicks named Dirt and Sugar who look like popcorn on legs and their chicken mom show up demanding his help to track...
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Upside-Down Magic

Sarah Mlynowski - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book

From New York Times bestselling authors Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins comes a new, offbeat series about a group of misfits who set out to prove that life on the other side of ordinary has its charms. It's never easy when your magic goes wonky. For Nory, this...
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Urban Outlaws

Peter Jay Black - Bloomsbury, 2014.
Format: Print book

Deep beneath the city live five extraordinary kids: world-famous hacker Jack, gadget geek Charlie, free runner Slink, communications chief Obi, and decoy expert Wren. Orphans bonded over their shared sense of justice, the kids have formed the Urban Outlaws, a group dedicated to outsmarting...
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The Wild Robot

Peter Brown - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Can a robot survive in the wilderness? When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping...
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Whatever After #1: Fairest of All

Sarah Mlynowski - Scholastic Press; 3.2.2013 edition
Format: Paperback

Mirror mirror on the basement wall Once upon a time a mirror slurped up me and my brother and magically transported us inside Snow Whites fairy taleThen we stopped Snow White from eating the poisoned apple Hooray Or not If Snow White doesnt die she wont get to meet her prince or get her happy...
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Your Mother Was a Neanderthal (Time Warp Trio, Vol. 4)

Jon Scieszka
Format: Print book

The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the middle of an adventure in prehistoric times, where cave art is a form of graffiti and "rock" music takes on a whole new meaning. Show more Show less #outer_postBodyPS...
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