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The Dragon Warrior

Zhao, Katie · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"An exhilarating tale. . . Readers will be enthralled." --J.C. Cervantes, New York Times bestselling author of The Storm RunnerA debut novel inspired by Chinese mythology, this middle-grade fantasy follows an outcast as she embarks on a quest to save the world from demons--perfect...
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Adjectives

Ann Heinrichs · Childs World Inc
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

What is your favorite kind of book? Is it thick or thin? Long or short? If your favorite books are fun, colorful, and helpful, then this is the right book for you. You will discover the interesting and exciting world of adjectives! Learn what they are, where they go, and how to use them....
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Adverbs

Ann Heinrichs · Childs World Inc
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

No matter if you read quickly or slowly, or whether you start off grumpily or happily, you will surely have a smile on your face once you've learned about adverbs. This book will help young readers identify adverbs and use them in writing and speaking. Adverbs just make reading more...
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Interjections

Ann Heinrichs · Childs World Inc
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Wow! A book all about interjections! What is an interjection, anyway? Find out just that as you explore the ways interjections work in reading, writing, and speaking. Interjections will make your sentences more exciting--no kidding! Additional features to aid comprehension include colorful...
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Conjunctions

Ann Heinrichs · Childs World Inc
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

What would we do without conjunctions? We would have no 'cookies and milk,' no 'ready or not,' and no 'slowly but surely.' Reading this book will help young readers learn all about conjunctions and how to use them. No ifs, ands, or buts about it! Additional features...
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Atlas of Monsters and Ghosts

Lonely Planet Kids · Lonely Planet Kids
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

If you believe that all you need to fight an evil bloodthirsty fiend is garlic or holy water, think again. What you need is to keep a cool head and reach for your copy of Atlas of Monsters and Ghosts! Have you heard of the headless man roaming Edinburgh Castle? Or the mysterious girl who asks...
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Strange but True: 10 of the world's greatest mysteries explained

Kathryn Hulick · Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Prepare to have your mind blown! As you explore ten of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries, you'll witness a UFO encounter, search for the lost city of Atlantis, tour a haunted house, and discover the kraken's true form. Along the way, you'll use the scientific method...
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A Place to Land

Wittenstein, Barry · Neal Porter Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Much has been written about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1963 March on Washington. But there's little on his legendary speech and how he came to write it. Find out more in this gripping book with illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney.Martin Luther King, Jr. was once asked...
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Regretting You

Colleen Hoover · Montlake Romance
Format: Paperback

From #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us comes a poignant novel about family, first love, grief, and betrayal that will touch the hearts of both mothers and daughters.Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.Morgan...
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Anthem

Deborah Wiles · Scholastic Press
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, the remarkable story of two cousins who must take a road trip across American in 1969 in order to let a teen know he's been drafted to fight in Vietnam. Full of photos, music, and figures of the time, this is the masterful story...
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