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Rachel Lynette · AV2 by Weigl
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Before a product ever reaches store shelves, it first has to be made. Learn about the steps of production in How Do They Make That? This series uses exciting images and easy-to-read text to show young readers how raw materials are turned into the finished products that people buy.
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It'll Never Work: Rockets and Space Travel: An Accidental History of Inventions

Jon Richards · Franklin Watts
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Have you ever wondered what made human beings think they could go to the Moon? The idea of exploring space started with fiction and science-fiction written by authors like Jules Verne and H G Wells. Little did they know that space travel would become a reality! It'll Never Work: Rockets...
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Change Up

Derek Jeter · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

In the third book in the New York Times bestselling middle grade series inspired by the life of iconic New York Yankee Derek Jeter, Derek's father keeps his promise to coach his son's youth baseball team.Derek is sure this will be the best season yet! He has it all planned - his dad will...
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City Trails - New York

Lonely Planet Kids. · Lonely Planet Pbns
Pages: 104
Format: Print book

Here's a book about New York that's seriously streetwise! Let Marco and Amelia, our Lonely Planet explorers, take you off the tourist trail and guide you on a journey through New York you'll never forget. This book is perfect for anyone who has been to New York, plans to go there...
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Moonkind

Sarah Prineas · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 261
Format: Hardcover

Fer must save her realm from the Forsworn, a group destroying the land with their broken oaths, in Moonkind, the conclusion to award-winning author Sarah Prineas's fantasy-adventure series, which includes Winterling, Summerkin, and the short story Thrice Sworn.As the Lady of the Summerlands,...
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Ghost

Jason Reynolds · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

A National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature. Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of a brand-new series from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author Jason...
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Vampires

Peter Castellano · Gareth Stevens Pub.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Theres a very clear line from Bram Stokers Dracula to the glut of vampire stories available in bookstores today. However, tales of bloodsucking creatures predate Dracula and exist in the mythology of many cultures. Covering the history of the vampire myth as well as how its used today,...
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The Lost Cipher

Michael Oechsle · Albert Whitman
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Lucas's father has recently died in Afghanistan, and to help him cope, his grandmother sends him to Camp Kawani, a camp for kids who have lost a parent. While there, he hears about the local legend of Thomas Jefferson Beale. Beale supposedly hid a hoard of gold in the mountains 200 years...
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Thor: The Dark World Junior Novel

Michael Siglain · Marvel Press; Nov edition

The Asgardian warrior continues his big-screen adventures in Thor: The Dark World as he battles to save Earth and all Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel's Thor and Marvel's The Avengers, Thor fights to restore order across...
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Survivors: The Gathering Darkness #3: Into the Shadows

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins
Pages: 293
Format: Hardcover

Darkness threatens the Wild Pack in this epic third book in the second Survivors series! From Erin Hunter, #1 nationally bestselling author of Warriors, Survivors is full of "wild and wonderful adventure" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that will thrill fans of Spirit Animals...
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The Cost of Gold: A True Fairytale

Daniel Mault · Kevin W W Blackley Books, LLC
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

What would you do if you had to choose between a castle, gold, and all the riches you ever wanted or the love of your family? In this charming and thought-provoking tale, Maggie and Henry are quickly presented with a very big decision. The two siblings live with their parents in a very...
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Voyager's Greatest Hits: The Epic Trek to Interstellar Space

ALEXANDRA SIY · Charlesbridge
Pages: 74
Format: Hardcover

2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the Voyager mission as the twin space probes that traveled to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, now journey beyond our solar system into interstellar space, where no probe has ventured before.Learn the fascinating story of the scientists, how the Voyager...
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Far from Fair

Elana K Arnold · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Odette Zyskowski has a list: Things That Aren't Fair. At the top of the list is her parents' decision to take the family on the road in an ugly RV they've nicknamed the Coach. There's nothing fair about leaving California and living in the cramped Coach with her par­ents...
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The Dragonsitter's Castle

Josh Lacey · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Dear Uncle Morton: Your dragons are still here. They have eaten the entire contents of the fridge and most of the cans in the pantry too. Arthur also swallowed three spoons and the remote control. Mom says they will probably come out the other end, but I'm not really looking forward...
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The Monarchs Are Missing: A Butterfly Mystery

Rebecca E Hirsch · Millbrook Pr
Format: Library Binding

Monarch butterfly populations have been declining for the last two decades, and scientists aren't sure why. Skilled science writer Rebecca E. Hirsh takes readers on a quest to discover what is happening and what scientists know. Hirsch also spotlights the contributions of citizen scientists,...
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