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All the Greys on Greene Street

Tucker, Laura · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"A dazzling debut novel about resilience, courage, home and family."--Rebecca Stead, Newbery Award-winning author of When You Reach MeSoHo, 1981. Twelve-year-old Olympia is an artist--and in her neighborhood, that's normal. Her dad and his business partner Apollo bring antique...
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Encounter Vol. 1: Out of This World

Art Baltazar · Lion Forge
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback

A brand-new comic from the creators of Tiny Titans and Mini Marvels-Art Baltazar, Franco, and Chris Giarrusso-teamed up for the first time! Encounter is a new kind of hero; an alien escaped to Earth with pods that will eventually hatch to become his siblings, who can take any form he chooses,...
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Crossing on Time: Steam Engines, Fast Ships, and a Journey to the New World

David Macaulay · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

David Macaulay, co-creator of the international bestseller The Way Things Work, brings his signature curiosity and detailing to the story of the steamship in this meticulously researched and stunningly illustrated book.Prior to the 1800s, ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean relied on the wind...
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Moles

Poliquin, Rachel · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Funny and fact-filled, MOLES is another installment in the SUPERPOWER FIELD GUIDES series by author Rachel Poliquin, featuring full-color illustrations by Nicholas John Frith that will engage readers with witty narration and fun visual elements, inspiring readers to dig deep and see the world,...
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Captain Aquatica

Cramp, Jessica · National Geographic Children's Books
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Take to the seas with marine conservationist and shark researcher Captain Aquatica and her hammerhead shark sidekick, Fin, to explore the ocean's wettest and wildest depths and get the latest facts from the field!Scientist Jessica Cramp illuminates her work studying sharks and protecting...
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Avalanche Dog Heroes: Piper and Friends Learn to Search the Snow

Elizabeth Rusch · Little Bigfoot
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Follow Piper the border collie and her canine classmates through a season of avalanche rescue training. As they learn the skills they need to become snow rescue dogs, you'll learn about the work these amazing canines do and about avalanche safety.Avalanche Dog Heroes in Training is a nonfiction...
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Disaster Strikes!: The Most Dangerous Space Missions of All Time

Jeffrey Kluger · Philomel Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Twelve thrilling and terrifying space-mission failures, told by the bestselling author of Apollo 13!There are so many amazing, daring, and exciting missions to outer space that have succeeded. But for every success, there are mistakes, surprises, and flat-out failures that happen along...
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Aquicorn Cove

KATIE O'NEILL · Oni Press
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Unable to rely on the adults in her storm-ravaged seaside town, a young girl must protect a colony of magical seahorse-like creatures she discovers in the coral reef.From the award-winning author of PRINCESS PRINCESS EVER AFTER and THE TEA DRAGON SOCIETY comes AQUICORN COVE, a heartfelt...
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Who Was Stephen Hawking?

Gigliotti, Jim E. · Penguin Workshop
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Learn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: "Where did the universe come from?"Stephen Hawking was born exactly three hundred years after the death of the scientist Galileo, so maybe it was written...
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Last Olympian: The Graphic Novel

Riordan, Rick · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Krono's army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan's power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging...
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