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Al Capone Does My Shirts
Gennifer Choldenko
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Determined to find the knight responsible for the terrible deaths of her mother and the Jewish peddler who had given them a home, thirteen-year-old Sarah is helped in her quest by a strange old woman, a magical sword, a young faery, and an unkempt knight with little armor and no horse. |
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Among The Hidden
Margaret Peterson Haddix
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In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another third convinces him that the government is wrong. |
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The Apothecary
Maile Meloy - Puffin Books
Format: eBook
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It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows - a fascinating boy who's not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy. When Benjamin's father is kidnapped,... |
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The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket - HarperEntertainment
Format: Book
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SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESViolet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.In the first two books alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive... |
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Better Nate Than Ever
Tim Federle - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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"The Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what it's like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended." - Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, Hamilton A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Slate... |
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, Book 1)
Eoin Colfer - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Book
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Twelve year old Artemis Fowl is not your typical Irish kid. He is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. With two trusty sidekicks in tow, he hatches a cunning plot to divest the fairy folk of their pot of gold. Fantastic stuff from beginning to end, the Artemis... |
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Beyond the Bright Sea
Lauren Wolk
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'Harper Lee has a worthy successor. Wolk is a big new talent' - The Times Crow has lived her whole life on a tiny, starkly beautiful island. Her only companions are Osh, the man who rescued her from a washed-up skiff as a baby and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their neighbour acro |
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Big Nate: In a Class by Himself
Lincoln Peirce - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback
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"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 Black Book of Secrets
F. E. Higgins - W. F. Howes Ltd.
Format: Hardcover
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When Ludlow Fitchs parents cruelly betray him, he steals away to the country. He arrives in a remote village, where he meets the tall and limping figure of Joe Zabbidou - a pawnbroker with a difference. For Joe trades secrets, not goods. Employed as Joes assistant, Ludlow records the villagers... |
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The Boy Who Dared
Susan Campbell Bartoletti - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book
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A Newbery Honor Book author has written a powerful and gripping novel about a youth in Nazi Germany who tells the truth about HitlerBartoletti has taken one episode from her Newbery Honor Book, HITLER YOUTH, and fleshed it out into thought-provoking novel. When 16-year-old Helmut Hubner... |
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Bud, not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis - Laurel-Leaf Books
Format: Paperback
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Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids. |
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Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
Deborah Howe - Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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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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The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy
Dori Hillestad Butler - Albert Whitman & Co.
Format: Print book
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"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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Capture the Flag
Kate Messner - Scholastic (Us)
Format: Paperback
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A stolen flag, a secret society, and three complete strangers . . .Anna, Jos, and Henry have never met, but they have more in common than they realize. Snowed in together at a chaotic Washington, DC, airport, they encounter a mysterious tattooed man, a flamboyant politician, and a rambunctious... |
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Caveboy Dave: More Scrawny Than Brawny
Aaron Reynolds - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A funny graphic-novel series by New York Times bestselling author Aaron Reynolds!His grandpa invented fire. His dad invented the wheel. How will Caveboy Dave leave his mark?Dave Unga-Bunga has always been more scrawny than brawny. This is a major problem when your village expects... |
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The Chocolate Touch
Patrick Skene Catling
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In this zany twist on the legend of King Midas and his golden touch, a boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate!Can you ever have too much of your favorite food? John Midas is about to find out ... .The Chocolate Touch |
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Chomp
Carl Hiaasen - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Paperback
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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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The Clockwork Three
Matthew J. Kirby - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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An enchanted green violin, an automaton that comes to life, and a hidden treasure. . . . THE CLOCKWORK THREE is a richly woven adventure story that is sure to become a classic!Three ordinary children are brought together by extraordinary events. . .Giuseppe is an orphaned street musician... |
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Coraline
Neil Gaiman
Format: Book
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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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Dead End in Norvelt (Norvelt Series, 1)
Jack Gantos - Square Fish
Format: Paperback
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Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the years best contribution to childrens literature and the Scott ODell Award for Historical Fiction!Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named... |
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Death Cloud
Andy Lane - Square Fish
Format: Paperback
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It is the summer of 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. On break from boarding school, he is staying with eccentric strangers--his uncle and aunt--in their vast house in Hampshire. When two local people die from symptoms that resemble the plague, Holmes begins to investigate what really... |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1
Jeff Kinney - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Dragonbreath #1
Ursula Vernon - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback
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Danny Dragonbreath can't breathe fire, but he has no fear. And that comes in handy when a bad grade at school inspires him to enlist his cousin the sea-serpent's help with a research project. Using a hybrid of comic-book panels and text, Ursula Vernon introduces an irresistible set of characters... |
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
Chris Grabenstein - Yearling Books
Format: Book
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets A Night in the Museum in this action-packed New York Times bestseller from Chris Grabenstein, coauthor of I Funny, Treasure Hunters and other bestselling series with James Patterson!Kyle Keeley is the class clown... |
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The False Prince: Book 1 of the Ascendance Trilogy
Jennifer A. Nielsen - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Book
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In this first book in a remarkable trilogy, an orphan is forced into a twisted game with deadly stakes.Choose to lie...or choose to die.In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator... |
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Flush
Carl Hiaasen
Format: Book
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Bestselling novelist Carl Hiaasen is back with another hysterical mystery adventure for young readers, set in the Florida Keys. You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup. Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral... |
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Found
Margaret Peterson Haddix - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was any big deal. Then he and a new friend, Chip, who's also adoped, begin receiving mysterious letters. The first one says, "You are one of the missing." The second one says, "Beware!... |
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The Fourth Stall
Chris Rylander - Walden Pond Press
Format: Book
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The humor of Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets a Godfather-like tale of crime and betrayal in this first book in Chris Rylander's The Fourth Stall Saga.Do you need something? Mac can get it for you. He and his best friend and business manager, Vince. Their methods might sometimes run afoul of the law,... |
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Frindle
Andrew Clements - Aladdin Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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From bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Clements, a quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words that will have readers inventing their own words.Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? He really just likes to liven things up at school -- and he's always had plenty... |
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The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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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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Gregor the Overlander (Underland Chronicles (Pb))
Suzanne Collins - Scholastic Inc.
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When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving humans, and giant bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy. |
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Half Upon a Time (1)
James Riley - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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Jack lives in a fantasy world. Really. Hes the son of the infamous Jack who stole the magic beans from the giant, and hes working hard to restore his familys reputation. He finds the perfect opportunity when a "princess" lands in front of him, apparently from the land of Punk,... |
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition
J. K. Rowling - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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The beloved first book of the Harry Potter series, now fully illustrated by award-winning artist Jim Kay. For the first time, J.K. Rowling's beloved Harry Potter books will be presented in lavishly illustrated full-color editions. Kate Greenaway-award-winning artist Jim Kay has created... |
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Heat
Mike Lupica - Philomel Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestseller inspired by the true-life story of a former little leaguer Twelve-year-old Michael Arroyo lives in the shadows of Yankee Stadium, home of his heroes, but a place that might as well be on a different continent since he can't afford to see the inside.... |
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The Homework Machine
Dan Gutman - Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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DOING HOMEWORK BECOMES A THING OF THE PAST The unlikely foursome made up of a geek a class clown a teachers pet and a slacker -- Brenton Sam Snick Judy and Kelsey respectively -- are bound together by one very big secret the homework machine Because the machine code named Belch is doing... |
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Honus & Me (Baseball Card Adventures (Pb))
Dan Gutman
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Joe Stoshack lives for baseball. He knows everything there is to know about the game -- except how to play well. His specialty is striking out. Stosh feels like a real loser, and when he takes a low-paying job cleaning a bunch of junk out of his neighbor's attic, he feels even worse -- until... |
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House of Robots
James Patterson - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover
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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 to Eat Fried Worms
Thomas Rockwell
Format: Paperback
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"Because of a bet, Billy is in the uncomfortable position of having to eat fifteen worms in fifteen days. A hilarious story that will revolt and delight bumptious, unreachable intermediate-grade boys and any other less particular mortals that read or listen to it.... Colorful, original... |
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How to Steal a Dog
Barbara O'Connor - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Half of me was thinking, Georgina, don’t do this. Stealing a dog is just plain wrong. The other half of me was thinking, Georgina, you’re in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to get yourself out of it. Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left... |
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I Funny: A Middle School Story
James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Print book
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Jamie Grimm is a middle schooler on a mission he wants to become the worlds greatest standup comedian--even if he doesnt have a lot to laugh about these days. Hes new in town and stuck living with his aunt, uncle, and their evil son Stevie, a bully who doesnt let Jamies wheelchair stop... |
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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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
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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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James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl
Format: Print book
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A little magic can take you a long way.After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things... |
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Wendy Mass - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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In one month Jeremy Fink will turn thirteen. But does he have what it takes to be a teenager? He collects mutant candy, he won't venture more than four blocks from his apartment if he can help it, and he definitely doesn't like surprises. On the other hand, his best friend, Lizzy,... |
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Justin Case: School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters
Rachel Vail - Feiwel and Friends
Format: Book
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It's the start of the school year, and nothing feels right to Justin. He didn't get the teacher he wanted, he's not in the same class as his best friend, and his little sister, Elizabeth, is starting kindergarten at his school. Elizabeth doesn't seem nervous at all. Justin is very nervous... |
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Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark
Ridley Pearson - Disney/Hyperion Books
Format: Paperback
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Finn Whitman and his fellow DHIs, teenagers chosen to serve as actors for a new technology, investigate strange occurrences at Disney theme park attractions, racing to uncover a supernatural force that could destroy the world.Book Details:Format: HardcoverPublication Date: 9/1/2009Pages:... |
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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 Last Martin
Jonathan Friesen - Zonderkidz
Format: Hardcover
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Theres always a Martin. One Martin. Martin Boyle already has plenty to worry about. His germaphobic mother keeps him home from school if she hears so much as a sneeze, and his father is always off somewhere reenacting old war battles. Julia, the most beautiful girl in school, wont even... |
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Lawn Boy
Gary Paulsen - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Hardcover
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One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about "the beauty of capitalism.... |
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The Lemonade War (The Lemonade War Series)
Jacqueline Davies
Format: Paperback
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For a full hour, he poured lemonade. The world is a thirsty place, he thought as he nearly emptied his fourth pitcher of the day. And I am the Lemonade King. Fourth-grader Evan Treski is people-smart. Hes good at talking with people, even grownups. His younger sister, Jessie, on the other... |
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2)
C. S. Lewis - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback
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Don't miss one of America's top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS's The Great American Read.A beautiful paperback edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in the classic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition features cover art by three-time Caldecott... |
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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
Linda Sue Park - HMH Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond... |
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Loser
Jerry Spinelli - HarperCollins; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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From renowned Newbery-winning author Jerry Spinelli comes an incredible story about how not fitting in might just lead to an incredible life.Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also raises his hand... |
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The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Magician's Elephant
Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected - and making the extraordinary come true.What if? Why not? Could it be?When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene... |
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Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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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 hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years,... |
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Max and the Midknights (Max & The Midknights)
Lincoln Peirce - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES * Join Maxs quest to become a knight in this laugh-filled, New York Times bestselling adventure from theauthor of the Big Nate series!"Max is epic fun!" --JEFF KINNEY, New York Times bestselling author of the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series. Max wants... |
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The Maze of Bones
Rick Riordan - Scholastic
Format: Book
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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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Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life
James Patterson - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover
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Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever, if only he can pull it off: With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his school's... |
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary - W. Morrow
Format: Print book
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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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The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Dozens of children respond to this peculiar ad in the newspaper and are then put through a series of mind-bending tests, which readers take along with them. Only four children-two boys and two girls-succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive... |
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Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy
Nathan Hale - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover
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Nathan Hale, the author's historical namesake, was America's first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country" before being hanged by the British. In the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series, author Nathan... |
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The Nest
Kenneth Oppel - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book
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Steve just wants to save his baby brother:but what will he lose in the bargain This is a haunting gothic tale for fans of Coraline, from acclaimed author Kenneth Oppel (Silverwing, The Boundless) with illustrations from Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen.
For some kids summer is a sun-soaked... |
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No Talking
Andrew Clements
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The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest. |
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Okay for Now
Gary D. Schmidt - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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2011 National Book Award Finalist As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him. So begins a coming-of-age masterwork full of equal parts comedy and tragedy from Newbery Honor winner... |
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The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate - Harper
Format: Book
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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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Paperboy
Vince Vawter - Yearling; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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Reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird.Booklist, Starred An unforgettable boy and his unforgettable story. I loved it! ROB BUYEA, author of Because of Mr. Terupt and Mr. Terupt Falls Again This Newbery Honor winner is perfect for fans of To Kill a Mockingbird, The Kings Speech, and The Help.... |
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Public School Superhero
James Patterson - Jimmy Patterson Books
Format: Print book
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"A smart and kind story topped with just the right amount of social justice," according to Kirkus, James Patterson's newest hit illustrated novel is a genuinely funny, poignant look at middle school in a challenging inner-city setting, now available in paperback. |
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Revenge of the Witch (The Last Apprentice)
Joseph Delaney - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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Capturing witchesBinding boggartsDriving away ghostsFor years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried-some floundered, some fled, some failed... |
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The Ruins of Gorlan
John A. Flanagan - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback
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The international bestselling series with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone!They have always scared him in the past - the Rangers, with their dark cloaksand shadowy ways. The villagers believe the Rangers practice magic that makes them invisible to ordinary people. And now 15-year-old... |
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Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
Shel Silverstein - HarperCollins
Format: Image
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Runny Babbit turns 10! A special commemorative anniversary sticker graces Shel Silverstein's hilarious book of spoonerisms (words or phrases with letters or syllables swapped: bunny rabbit becomes Runny Babbit) to celebrate this momentous event.Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends... |
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Shredderman: Secret Identity
Wendelin Van Draanen
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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 - Harpercollins
Format: Book
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There was a terrible mistake-Wayside School was built with one classroom on top of another, thirty stories high! (The builder said he was sorry.) Maybe that's why all kinds of funny things happened at Wayside-especially on the thirteenth floor. |
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Sky Raiders
Brandon Mull - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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Adventure awaits in the Five Kingdoms - come and claim it in this start to a new series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series.Cole Randolph was just trying to have a fun time with his friends on Halloween (and maybe get to know Jenna... |
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Snake and Lizard
Joy Crowley - Kane/Miller Book Pub
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning author Joy Cowley comes an engaging story of two unlikely, but inseparable friends. Snake is elegant, calm and a little self-centered, while Lizard is exuberant and irrepressible. Through a series of small (and not so small) adventures, the two friends bicker, compete... |
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SPHDZ Book #1!
Jon Scieszka - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The perfect combination of the age old experience of holding and poring over a physical book with newest media technology that kids love! Michael K. just started fifth grade at a new school. As if that wasn't hard enough, the kids he seems to have made friends with apparently aren't kids... |
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Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time
Lisa Yee - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Stanford Wong is in big trouble--or as he would spell it, "trubble"--in this laugh-out-loud companion to the award-winning MILLICENT MIN, GIRL GENIUS.Stanford Wong is having a bad summer. If he flunks his summer-school English class, he won't pass sixth grade. If that happens,... |
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Steel Trapp: The Challenge
Ridley Pearson
Format: Paperback
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In this riveting thriller, 14-year-old Steven "Steel" Trapp sets off with his mom and their dog, Cairo, on a 2-day Amtrak journey to compete in the National Science Competition in Washington, DC. Steel is both blessed and cursed with a remarkable photographic memory--just one look and whatever... |
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The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Tom Angleberger - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Survivors #1: The Empty City
Erin Hunter - Harper
Format: Print book
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From the #1 nationally bestselling author of Warriors comes an action-packed animal fantasy series that shows readers the world through the eyes of dogs. Survivors is full of wild and wonderful adventure (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that will thrill fans of Spirit Animals and Wings... |
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Swindle
Gordon Korman - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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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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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume
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Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem. Living with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter feel like a fourth grade nothing. Fudge is never far from trouble. He's a two-year-old terror who gets away with everything-and Peter's had enough. When Fu |
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Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
John Grisham - Dutton Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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A perfect murder A faceless witness A lone courtroom champion knows the whole truth . . . and he's only thirteen years old Meet Theodore Boone In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he's only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he's one of them. Theo knows... |
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The Underdogs
Mike Lupica - Philomel Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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1 New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica tackles football!Will Tyler can fly on a football field. He may not be the biggest running back around, but no one can touch him when it comes to hitting the hole and finding the end zone. And no one can match his love of the game. When Will has a football... |
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The Underneath
Kathi Appelt - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound... |
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The Unwanteds
Lisa McMann - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover
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Every year in Quill, thirteen-year-olds are sorted into categories: the strong, intelligent Wanteds go to university, and the artistic Unwanteds are sent to their deaths Thirteen-year-old Alex tries his hardest to be stoic when his fate is announced as Unwanted, even while leaving behind... |
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Warriors #1: Into the Wild
Erin Hunter - Harper
Format: Print book
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Join the legion of fans who have made Erin Hunter's Warriors series a #1 national bestseller--with new editions featuring a striking new look Epic adventures. Fierce warrior cats. A thrilling fantasy world. It all begins here with Warriors #1: Into the Wild. For generations, four Clans... |
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WARP Book 1 The Reluctant Assassin
Eoin Colfer - Disney-Hyperion; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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Riley, a teen orphan boy living in Victorian London, has had the misfortune of being apprenticed to Albert Garrick, an illusionist who has fallen on difficult times and now uses his unique conjuring skills to gain access to victims' dwellings. On one such escapade, Garrick brings his reluctant... |
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The Wednesday Wars
Gary D Schmidt - Clarion
Format: Print book
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In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero. The Wednesday Wars is a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boy's mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967-68 school year in Long Island, New York.Meet Holling Hoodhood,... |
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Westing Game: Anniversary Edition
Ellen Raskin - Recorded Books, LLC
Format: Audiobook
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As Samuel G. Westing's 16 heirs gather for the reading of his will, they are elated to find that one of them stands to inherit a cool $200 million. In order to collect it, all he or she has to do is expose Mr. Westing's murderer, who also happens to be one of the heirs. As they are paired... |
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"Who Could That Be at This Hour?"
Lemony Snicket - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In a fading town, far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket began his apprenticeship in an organization nobody knows about. He started by asking questions that shouldnt have been on his mind. Now he has written an account that should not be published, in four volumes that... |
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The Witches
Roald Dahl - Puffin; Unabridged edition
Format: Paperback
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This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches.Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. Theres nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson... |
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Wonder
R J Palacio - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, OWEN WILSON, AND JACOB TREMBLAY!Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller WONDER and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. The book that inspired the Choose Kind... |
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Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this groundbreaking tour de force, Caldecott Medalist and bookmaking pioneer Brian Selznick sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey. Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious... |
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Word of Mouse
James Patterson - Little
Format: Print book
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James Patterson's newest illustrated middle grade story follows the illuminating journey of a very special mouse, and the unexpected friendships that he makes along the way. What makes Isaiah so unique? First, his fur is as blue as the sky--which until recently was something he'd never... |
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