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The Firefly Code

Megan Frazer Blakemore · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover

Mori and her friends live a normal life on Firefly Lane in their utopian community, Old Harmonie. In a world this safe and perfect, they've never had to question anything . . . never had to wonder about how their lives came to be. Until a new girl named Ilana moves in. She's so...

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What a Waste: Where Does Garbage Go?

Claire Eamer · Annick Press
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

What a Waste! answers the question: when we throw something away, where is "away"? Ever since cave people cracked open seafood shells for dinner, humans have produced garbage, and we've had to figure out what to do with it. What a Waste! explores the history of garbage from...
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Total Basketball

PHIL ERVIN · SPORTSZONE
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

This title explores everything a young reader would want to know about basketball, from high-flying dunkers to long-range sharpshooters. The title also features informative sidebars, a glossary, and further resources. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company. This item is Non-Returnable.
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Voyagers: Infinity Riders

Kekla Magoon · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

The action is on the page, on your device, and out of this world! This multiplatform series is part sci-fi, all action-adventure. And you don't have long to wait - six books are coming all in one year!

Earth is in danger! The only things that can save our planet are six essential...
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The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life

Kwame Alexander · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller!

You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game...

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What's Great About Louisiana?

Rebecca Felix · Lerner Publications
Format: Print book

What's so great about Louisiana? Find out the top ten sites to see or things to do in the Pelican State! We'll explore Louisiana's festive cities, famous swamps, unique wildlife, and vivid history. The Louisiana by Map feature shows where you'll find all the places covered...
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Greetings from Witness Protection!

JAKE BURT · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Nicki Demere is an orphan and a pickpocket. She also happens to be the U.S. Marshals' best bet to keep a family alive. . . .

The marshals are looking for the perfect girl to join a mother, father, and son on the run from the nation's most notorious criminals. After all,...

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What's Great About Nevada?

Rebecca Felix · Lerner Publications
Format: Print book

What's so great about Nevada? Find out the top ten sites to see or things to do in the Silver State! We'll explore Nevada's lively cities, fun-filled parks, exciting rodeos, and interesting history. The Nevada by Map feature shows where you'll find all the places covered...
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Matilda: Broadway Tie-In

Roald Dahl · Puffin Books; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Now on Broadway!Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers...
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Elizabeth George Speare · HMH Books for Young Readers; Reissue edition
Format: Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she has never met. Torn...
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The invincible Iron Man : an origin story

Rich Thomas; Craig Rousseau; Hi-Fi Colour Design. · Spotlight
Format:  Print book : Elementary and junior high school : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats

Tells the story of an inventor named Tony Stark who was badly injured when he was taken prisoner and worked to create a device to keep his heart beating and a suit of armor to hold the device in place.
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Firelight

Kazu Kibuishi · Graphix
Pages: 197
Format: eBook

The unforgetable seventh installment of Kazu Kibuishi's #1 New York Times bestselling series!Emily, Trellis, and Vigo visit Algos Island, where they can access and enter lost memories. They're hoping to uncover the events of Trellis's mysterious childhood -- knowledge they can use against...
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Demon dentist

David Walliams · Harpercollins, 2016.
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

The UK's #1 bestselling children's author, David Walliams, hailed as "the heir to Roald Dahl" by the Spectator, bursts onto the American market with Demon Dentist - and this is one dentist appointment you don't want to miss.

Something strange is happening in Alfie's town....

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The Goat

Anne Fleming · Groundwood Books
Pages: 168
Format: Print book

When Kid accompanies her parents to New York City for a six-month stint of dog-sitting and home-schooling, she sees what looks like a tiny white cloud on the top of their apartment building. Rumor says there s a goat living on the roof, but how can that be? As Kid soon discovers, a goat...
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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 3 The Ship of the Dead

Rick Riordan · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Magnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn't naturally inclined to fighting. But he has strong and steadfast friends, including Hearthstone the elf, Blitzen...
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