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Framed!

James Ponti · Aladdin
Pages: 292
Format: Print book

Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most wanted lists all because of his Theory of All Small Things in this hilarious start to a brand-new middle grade mystery series.So you're only halfway through your homework and the Director...
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More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Alvin Schwartz · Harper & Row
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback

All those who enjoyed shuddering their way through Alvin Schwartz's first volume of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark will find a satisfyingly spooky sequel in this new collection of the macabre, the funny, and the fantastic.Is it possible to die -- and not know it? What if a person...
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Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes

Mary E Lambert · Scholastic Press
Pages: 245
Format: Hardcover

Annabelle has a five mile rule: She must keep her friends from coming within five miles of her home. That's because Annabelle's mom is a hoarder. Their house is full of stuff: canned goods, broken toys, old newspapers... It's everywhere except for Annabelle's spotless room.Annabelle can't...
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The Lost Rainforest: Mez's Magic

ELIOT SCHREFER · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The Lion King meets Wings of Fire in the magical rainforest kingdom of Caldera in this new middle grade animal fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer. Caldera has forever been divided into those animals who walk by night and those...
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Will You Help Doug Find His Dog?

Jane Caston · Barefoot Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Help Doug find his dog by patting, tickling, and calling to the correct dogs based on Dougs clues! As the reader selects dogs, the pool narrows until a surprise ending reveals Dougs dogand why he went missing. Featuring hilarious illustrations of funny dogs galore, this text is perfect...
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Master Blasters: Working with Explosives in Demolition and Construction

Ruth Owen · Ruby Tuesday Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

When an abandoned 20-story building needs to be safely demolished and reduced to 80,000 tons of rubble, who do you call? Master blasters! These are the engineers who use precisely placed explosives to blast new subway tunnels under cities and demolish skyscrapers, towers, and bridges. Readers...
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Star Darlings Collection: Volume 1: Sage and the Journey to Wishworld; Libby and the Class Election; Leona's Unlucky Mission

Shana Muldoon Zappa · Disney Pr
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

START YOUR STAR DARLINGS ADVENTURE Welcome to Starling Academy, the prestigious school where students study to become Wish-Granters and help guide Wishlings in making their dreams and wishes come true. Twelve star-charmed girls--the Star Darlings--have been chosen to work as a team to save...
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Horrible Harry and the Field Day Revenge!

SUZY WEAVER KLINE · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover

Horrible Harry is at it again in a rollicking story of Field Day adventures, mishaps...and revenge!It's one of the best days at South School: Field Day! That means bean bag tosses, relay races, and tug of war. When Mr. Deltoid announces students will pair up to compete for a mystery...
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The Boy's King Arthur (Scribner Illustrated Classics)

Thomas Malory, Sir · Scribner
Pages: 321
Format: Hardcover

First published in 1880, The Boy's King Arthur was edited by the American poet Sidney Lanier from Sir Thomas Malory's history of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Lanier said of the Malory work, "I suspect there are few books in our language which lead a reader...
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The War I Finally Won

KIMBERLY BRUBAKER BRADLEY · Dial Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Like the classic heroines of Sarah, Plain and Tall and Little Women, Ada conquers the homefront as her World War II journey continues in this sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning The War that Saved My Life When Ada's clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she's...
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Dear Wandering Wildebeest: And Other Poems from the Water Hole

Irene Latham · Millbrook Press
Pages: 33
Format: Book

Welcome wildebeest / and beetle, / Oxpecker and lion. / This water hole is yours. / It offers you oasis / beside its shrinking shores. Spend a day at a water hole on the African grasslands. From dawn to nightfall, animals come and go. Giraffes gulp, wildebeest graze, impalas leap, vultures...
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Pope Francis

Marie Morreale · Childrens Press
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Pope Francis has inspired countless people with his inspiring message of peace and equality. Readers will learn all about the pope's life, from his childhood in Argentina to his long career in the Roman Catholic Church. They will also find out how he was chosen to become pope, how he has drawn...
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Cinders

Kate Klimo · Random House
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

In this Dog Diaries-meets-Horse Diaries Special Crossover Edition, a horse with a bad reputation meets his match in a no-nonsense fire dog and the biggest, hottest flames Chicago has ever seen! In the 1800s, firefighters needed horses to pull the fire trucks. But horses spook easily and run away...
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Total Baseball

TODD KORTEMEIER · SPORTSZONE
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

This title explores everything a young reader would want to know about baseball, from home run sluggers to World Series heroes. The title also features informative sidebars, a glossary, and further resources. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company. This item is Non-Returnable.
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Creepy Libraries

Troy Taylor · Bearport Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Libraries can be creepy places. They have silent rooms and long, dusty passageways with towering shelves. They are filled with dark shadows and quiet footsteps. You never know when someone may be lurking around a corner or watching you. Now imagine a library that's also filled with...
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