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Case File 13 #3: Evil Twins

J. Scott Savage · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

With thrills, chills, and laughs on every page, this gruesomely funny book will leave you seeing double! In this third book in the acclaimed middle grade series that is "sure to please young readers looking for a thrill" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), three monster-obsessed...
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Robots & Repeats

GENE LUEN YANG · First Second
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Dr. One-Zero has added a new class to Stately Academy's curriculum. But in "Advanced Chemistry," they only teach one lesson: how to make Green Pop! While their classmates are manufacturing this dangerous soda, the Coders uncover a clue that may lead them to Hopper's missing...
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Seeing Through Walls: Superman and the Science of Sight

Agnieszka Biskup · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Super-sight allows the Man of Steel to see through walls and melt metal with his baby blue eyes. But what makes sight possible? And can anyone or anything in our world do what Superman does with his eyes? Get ready to find out with the help of the Worlds Greatest Hero. Youll be amazed by how much...
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Stick Dog Tries to Take the Donuts

Tom Watson · Harper
Pages: 209
Format: Print book

The Stick Dog series continues in Tom Watson's hilarious Stick Dog Tries to Take the Donuts!Stick Dog and his team of strays are off on another outrageous canine caper. To snatch some breakfast treats for his hungry pals, Stick Dog will need to stop a moving truck, outfox a man on a telephone...
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Down, Zombie, Down!

Nadia Higgins · Speeding Star
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Who let the zombies out? Leo is hurt when Chad starts spending all his time with Jeremy. Only his family's new dog, Tina, can make him feel better. But she's been acting funny lately. And she's not the only one. The Zombie Zappers soon realize Rotfield is facing a rare zombie...
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Park Scientists: Gila Monsters, Geysers, and Grizzly Bears in America's Own Backyard

Mary Kay Carson · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 76
Format: Hardcover

America's National Parks are protected places and have become living museums for as many as 270 million visitors per year! In addition, researchers are able to perform long term studies of a wide number of subjects from salamanders the size of thumbnails to gigantic geothermal geysers....
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Ballet Spectacular: A

Lisa Miles · Barron's Educational Series
Format: Hardcover

This enchantingly beautiful book is the perfect reference volume for children who love ballet. Featuring stunning full-color photos from The Royal Ballet's own collections and informative, fact-filled entries, it covers all things dance! Inside, young readers will be captivated by:A...
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The List

Patricia Forde · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"Originally published in 2014 in Ireland by Little Island Books."
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Lizard of Oz

R L Stine · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Kate Orton loves animals, especially unusual ones. So when she sees a pop-up ad on her computer for an amazing lizard from Australia, she has to have it. The ad says the lizard is actually a kind of chameleon--it can change its color to blend in with its surroundings. But what makes this...
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Abigail Adams, Pirate of the Caribbean

STEVE SHEINKIN · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

History and hijinks collide in a hilarious new series from acclaimed author Steve Sheinkin!Historical figures have overheard students saying "history is boring" -- and now they've decided to quit history! When First Lady Abigail Adams decides there's more to life than...
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The Mysterious Moonstone

Eric Luper · Scholastic Press
Pages: 111
Format: Print book

Cleo and Evan have a secret. A collection of books so dangerous they are locked up tight. A friend has vanished inside the pages of one of them. It's up to them to find the key that will set her free. A PRICELESS DIAMOND...STOLEN! When Cleo and Evan go undercover to help a rookie detective...
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Trapped in the Overworld: An Unofficial Minetrapped Adventure, #1

Winter Morgan · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Simon, Michael, and Lily are playing on a multiplayer server when a strange lightning storm hits their town. In the middle of an intense game, a bolt of lightning strikes near the house, sucking the three friends into the game! They find that they've been transformed into their Minecraft...
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SQUIRM

CARL HIAASEN · ALFRED A KNOPF
Format: Print book

Newbery Honor-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author Carl Hiaasen--beloved for his modern classics like Hoot and Chomp--delivers a wildly entertaining novel involving snakes, grizzlies, a missing dad, a menacing drone, and more!Some facts about Billy Dickens: * He once saw a biker...
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#26 High Five, Mallory!

Laurie B Friedman · Darby Creek
Pages: 159
Format: Print book

Mallory is excited to start fifth grade. She just got a cell phone, and Mary Ann's in her class. What could go wrong? For one thing, she gets off on the wrong foot with her new teacher. For another, Mary Ann seems to be avoiding her and spending all her time with their classmate Zoe. And then...
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Young Scrooge: A Very Scary Christmas Story

R L Stine · Feiwel and Friends
Pages: 185
Format: Print book

Rick Scroogeman hates Christmas. He can't stand the carols and the pageants. He can't stand the lights and the mistletoe. But what he hates the most is having to watch the old movie A Christmas Carol every year at school. Since his name is Scroogeman, all of his classmates start calling...
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