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Children of Exile

Margaret Peterson Haddix · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
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Get into Knitting

Janice Dyer · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Knitting projects are more than just scarves and hats! Creative readers will get into knitting with this title, which offers a clear and easy-to-follow look at knitting techniques, opening readers eyes to the fun possibilities of extreme knitting projects! A comprehensive guide to knitting...
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World War II

Nancy Ohlin · little bee books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Get ready to blast back to World War II and discover what life was like during that time!Discover what life was like throughout the world during World War II. This engaging nonfiction book, complete with black and white interior illustrations, will make readers feel like they've traveled...
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Your growing body and remarkable reproductive system

Paul Mason · Crabtree Publishing Company, 2016.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

32 pages : color illlustrations ; 28 cm.
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DK Eyewitness Books: Horse

Juliet Clutton-Brock · DK Publishing
Pages: 72
Format: Print book

Did you know that horses used to have four toes? Or that a Zedonk is a cross between a zebra and a donkey? Discover these tidbits and more interesting facts and history about equines in DK Eyewitness Books: Horse.From pulling wagons and farm equipment to racing and jumping in professional...
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Phantom Flames

Rich Wallace · Magic Wagon
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Stu and Dan hike into the forest to camp overnight. They get caught in the rain and decide to spend the night in an unlocked hunting cabin. They smell smoke late at night and escape the cabin as it bursts into flames. The next morning, they return to the cabin to see if Stu's shoes...
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You Can Listen to Directions: Stop or Go?

Connie Colwell Miller · Amicus
Pages: 22
Format: Library Binding

"In this illustrated choose-your-own-ending book, Eric is excited to be at the mall and has trouble staying near his dad. Readers make choices for Eric and read what happens next, with each story path leading to different consequences. Includes three different endings and discussions...
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The Secret Keepers

Trenton Lee Stewart · Little
Pages: 501
Format: Print book

A New York Times Bestseller This heart-pounding mystery adventure, by the author of the New York Times bestselling series The Mysterious Benedict Society, is laced with magic and humor A magical watch A string of secretsA race against timeWhen Reuben discovers an extraordinary antique watch,...
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Women in Physical Science

Jodie Mangor · Core Library
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

From tiny atoms to vast galaxies, physical scientists study some of the smallest and largest objects in the universe. Women in Physical Science looks at individuals who are making a major difference in this field. Compelling text, full-color photos, and helpful back matter highlight these...
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Aw Yeah Comics! Volume 3: Make Way... For Awesome!

Art Baltazar · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

HERE COMES THE AWESOME! Your favorite superheroes return! Cornelius, Alowicious, Hammond, and Alice! Better known as Action Cat, Adventure Bug, Awesome Bear, and . . . Adorable Action Cat! What evil threat can threaten our heroes this time? No doubt EVIL CAT will pounce again! Parallel-O-Ham...
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The Elevator Ghost

Glen Huser · Groundwood Books
Format: Hardcover

When Carolina Giddle moves into the Blatchford Arms, no one knows what to make of her sequin-sprinkled sneakers and her trinket-crusted car. But the parents are happy there's a new babysitter around, and Carolina seems to have an uncanny ability to calm the most rambunctious child with...
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Downside Up

Richard Scrimger · Tundra Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Fred is a sixth-grader reeling from the loss of his beloved dog, Casey. Every day he walks home from school bouncing Casey's old worn-out tennis ball. One day, the ball falls down a sewer grate, and Fred can't bear to leave it down there. He pries open the grate and stumbles down....
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Beast & Crown

JOEL ROSS · HarperCollins
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling new middle grade fantasy from Texas Bluebonnet award winner Joel Ross, author of The Fog Diver. Packed with adventure and humor and filled with goblins, royals, and magic, this is a tale of unlikely heroes who embark on a daring quest.Boot boy Ji is tired of scrubbing soles...
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My Weirdest School #5: Miss Daisy Is Still Crazy!

Dan Gutman · HarperCollins
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

With more than 9.5 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!In this fifth book in the My Weirdest School series, the students of Ella Mentry School are in for a surprise. Mr. Cooper is sick, and that means A.J. and the gang are getting a substitute teacher...
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The Soldier

M. G. Higgins · Saddleback Educational Publishing
Format: Print book

When Leyla draws, shes in another world, not in this war-ravaged country. Her school has been destroyed. There are occupying forces in her village. Americans. Each trip to the water pump must be taken with care. She wont even look at the soldiers. But then she sees a woman, a soldier. And she does...
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