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Stick Dog Craves Candy

Tom Watson · HarperCollins
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Big Nate, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and the previous Stick Dog books, Tom Watson's hilarious series continues with Stick Dog Craves Candy - a fun Halloween adventure!Stick Dog and the gang are on their usual hunt for food, but there is something unusual going on. Little...
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Spirit Animals: Book 5: Against the Tide

Tui T. Sutherland · Scholastic
Pages: 180
Format: Hardcover

The adventure continues in this fifth book in the New York Times bestselling series.The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have traveled across the world, seeking a set of powerful talismans in order...
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Spirit Hunters

ELLEN OH · HarperCollins
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

We Need Diverse Books founder Ellen Oh returns with Spirit Hunters, a high-stakes middle grade mystery series about Harper Raine, the new seventh grader in town who must face down the dangerous ghosts haunting her younger brother. A riveting ghost story and captivating adventure, this tale...
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Good Night Owl

Greg Pizzoli · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Owl is ready for bed. But as soon as he settles in, he hears a strange noise. He'll never get to sleep unless he can figure out what's going on He looks everywhere-in his cupboard, underneath the floorboards-even in his walls. But while he's busy tearing his house apart, he doesn't notice...
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Brilliant Beauty Inventions

Nadia Higgins · Lerner Publishing Group
Format: Print book

Can you believe that the paint used on cars inspired the invention of nail polish in the 1920s? Or that people have been making hair dyes for thousands of years, using everything from boiled walnuts to gold powder? Get ready to learn the strange stories behind inventions you use every day....
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Pangu Separates the Sky from the Earth: A Chinese Creation Myth

Anita Yasuda · Short Tales - Beginning Readers
Format: Book

Pangu Separates the Sky from the Earth: A Chinese Creation Myth (Short Tales: Chinese Myths) [Library Binding] [Jan 01, 2014] Yasuda, Anita
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Attack of the Jack

R L STINE · SCHOLASTIC (US)
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Devin and his sister Violet are visiting their Uncle Jack for the summer. He lives in an old house by the seashore. Jack was a sailor and he has collected strange and fascinating items from the sea. Exploring a back room, Devin and Violet discover a locked trunk. A pirate's chest. The trunk...
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The Stars of Summer: An All Four Stars Book

Tara Dairman · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"A scrumptious gem of a story!" - Jennifer A. Nielsen, New York Times bestselling author of The False Prince for All Four StarsIn this charming sequel to All Four Stars, eleven-year-old foodie Gladys Gatsby now has her first published review under her belt and is looking forward...
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Toronto Blue Jays

Joanne Gerstner · SportsZone
Format: Hardcover

Inside MLB profiles each of the 30 franchises in Major League Baseball. Toronto Blue Jays is a beginner's history of the Blue Jays, covering the beginnings of the franchise, the greatest and lowest moments of the team, and the best players and managers. Fun facts, anecdotes, and sidebars...
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Minecraft: Redstone Handbook: An Official Mojang Book

Scholastic · Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Power up with this OFFICIAL Redstone handbook--it's electrifying!It's time to wire up and get connected to one of the most complex areas of Minecraft--Redstone. Redstone experts guide you through all aspects of working with Redstone including mining, smelting, using repeaters, circuit...
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Amazing Spider-Man 2: The Oscorp Files

Brittany Candau · Marvel,
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

This 64-page Who's Who features the characters and world of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, releasing May 2014.
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What You Need to Know about Meningitis

Renée Gray-Wilburn · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Meningitis make it a difficult disease to understand. But the more you know about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of meningitis, the better equipped you are to understand this disease. Clear, concise information breaks down down the disease, the experience of having it, or relating...
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Kansas City Royals

Paul Bowker · Sportszone
Format: Hardcover

A profile of the Kansas City Royals, including history, high and low moments, famous players, anecdotes, and more.
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Adventure Time Vol. 6

Ryan North · Kaboom
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Can Finn and Jake save The Land of Ooo.. again? The sixth collection of the best-selling comics is here!Finn is cursed! It looks like Magic Man is at it again and it's up to our heroes to save Ooo before Finn forgets everything...again. This is going to be an adventure you'll want...
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Monster Tractors

Chris Bowman · Bellwether Media
Format: Hardcover

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces tractors to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
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