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Debunk It!: How to Stay Sane in a World of Misinformation

John Grant · Zest Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

We live in an era of misinformation, much of it spread by authority figures, including politicians, religious leaders, broadcasters, and, of course, apps and websites. With so much bogus information coming from so many sources, how can anyone be expected to discover the truth? In Debunk...
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Australia and Southeast Asia

Tim Harris · Brown Bear Books
Format: Print book

"Describes various animals in Australia and Southeast Asia that are endangered and at risk of becoming extinct. Data Sheet sidebars and maps accompany the text"--
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Batmobiles and Batcycles: The Engineering Behind Batman's Vehicles

Tammy Enz · Capstone Press
Format: Book

No one rules the streets of Gotham like Batman. His road vehicles are tricked out with rocket boosters, weaponry, and so much more. But Batman is a fictional superhero none of his gear is real, right? Think again! Look inside to explore how the amazing features in the Batmobile and Batcycle...
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The Roaring Twenties: Discover the Era of Prohibition, Flappers, and Jazz

Marcia Amidon Lusted · Nomad Press
Format: Hardcover

The 1920s is one of the most fascinating decades in American history, when the seeds of modern American life were sown. It was a time of prosperity and recovery from war, when women's roles began to change and advertising and credit made it desirable and easy to acquire a vast array...
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The Battle for WondLa

Tony DiTerlizzi · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Eva Nine is at her bravest in the final book in the New York Times bestselling trilogy from the fantastical mind of Tony DiTerlizzi.All hope for a peaceful coexistence between humankind and aliens seems lost in the third installment of the WondLa trilogy. Eva Nine has gone into hiding for fear...
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The Prom Goer's Interstellar Excursion

Chris Mccoy · Ember
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

It's Superbad meets Spaceballs in this hilarious extraterrestrial road trip! Just a few days before prom, Bennett pulls off something he never imagined possible: his dream girl, Sophie, agrees to be his date. Moments afterward, however, he watches Sophie get abducted by aliens in the middle...
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Little Do We Know

TAMARA IRELAND STONE · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Next-door neighbors and ex-best friends Hannah and Emory haven't spoken in months. Not since the fight-the one where they said things they couldn't take back.Now, Emory is fine-tuning her UCLA performing arts application and trying to make the most of the months she has left with her boyfriend,...
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Falling into Place

Amy Zhang · Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

One cold fall day high school junior Liz Emerson steers her car into a tree This haunting and heartbreaking story is told by a surprising and unexpected narrator and unfolds in nonlinear flashbacks even as Lizs friends foes and family gather at the hospital and Liz clings to life This riveting...
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The Devil's Intern

Donna Hosie · Holiday House
Pages: 229
Format: Hardcover

"How did you die?"It's the most popular question in Hell, and Mitchell Johnson has been answering it ever since he was hit by a bus at age seventeen and inexplicably ended up in the Underworld. Now Mitchell is The Devil's intern in Hell's accounting office. Lately, he's noticed...
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The Island of Excess Love

Francesca Lia Block · Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 214
Format: Hardcover

In The Island of Excess Love, Pen has lost her parents. She's lost her eye. But she has fought Kronen; she has won back her fragile friends and her beloved brother. Now Pen, Hex, Ash, Ez, and Venice are living in the pink house by the sea, getting by on hard work, companionship, and dreams....
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Empower

Jessica Shirvington · Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

Its all come down to this. Its time to stop running. Its time to make a choice. Two years ago, Violet Eden walked away from her home, her friends, the Academy, and hardest of all, she walked away from her soul mate, Lincoln.  Now Spence is gone, and Violet knows she is the best person...
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Freeks

Amanda Hocking · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 387
Format: Hardcover

Step into a wondrously strange new world with this dazzling new standalone novel by Amanda Hocking, New York Times bestselling author of The Kanin Chronicles! Mara has become used to the extraordinary. Roaming from place to place with Gideon Davorin's Traveling Carnival, she longs for an ordinary...
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A Problematic Paradox

Eliot Sappingfield · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Guardians of the Galaxy meets The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in this wild, warm-hearted, and hilarious sci-fi debut about a brainy young girl who is recruited for a very special boarding school.Nikola Kross has given up on living in harmony with classmates and exasperated teachers:...
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Goodbye Days

Jeff Zentner · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

"Gorgeous, heartbreaking, and ultimately life-affirming," says Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also A Star, of this novel about finding strength and hope after tragedy. Perfect for fans of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl...
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The 2013 Oklahoma City Tornadoes

Stephanie Watson · Abdo Publishing Company
Format: Book

Essential Events offers a behind-the-scenes look at crucial moments of world history. Read ab out revolutions, natural disasters, discoveries, and conflicts that had lasting effects. Study their causes and historical contexts. Through eyewitness accounts, learn what happened in critical...
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