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The Girl from Felony Bay

J. E. Thompson · Walden Pond Press; Reprint edition

The Girl from Felony Bay is a fresh, vibrant, funny, and heartwarming debut in the vein of Sheila Turnage's Three Times Lucky and Clare Vanderpool's Moon over Manifest. Set on a southern plantation, it's about a young girl named Abbey, her best friend, Bee, and a hundred-year-old...
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Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog

Ralph Hardy · Harper
Pages: 382
Format: Print book

From a compelling new voice in middle grade literature comes a reimagination of The Odyssey told from the point of view of Odysseus's loyal dog. Argos is a thrilling tale of loyalty, determination, and adventure.For twenty years, the great hero Odysseus struggles to return to Ithaka. After...
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Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem

Jack Prelutsky · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 191
Format: Paperback

Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza? How about a pig? How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents?Jack Prelutsky has written more than a thousand poems about all of these things - and many others. In this...
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The Time Fetch

Amy Herrick · Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Edward thought he had picked up a rock. He didnt know it was a sleeping Time Fetchand touching it would alter the entire fabric of time and space.Under normal circumstances, a Time Fetch sends out its foragers to collect only those moments that will never be missed or regretted. It then...
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DK Adventures: LEGO Star Wars: Into Battle!

Adam Bray · DK Children

Do you trust your friends and know your enemies? Learn all about the biggest and most important battles in LEGO® galactic history. Join the generals, soldiers, Jedi, and Rebels on their missions, and discover the traps, betrayals, and triumphs. Encounter the mysterious Sith, their droid...
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The Book of What If...?: Questions and Activities for Curious Minds

Matthew Murrie · Aladdin ; Hillsboro
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

From the creators of the What If ... ? Conference comes a quirky book that encourages kids to explore and engage with the world around them by asking more than eighty wild, absurd, and thought provoking questions.What if a book didn't just tell you how to think or what to know, but rather...
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Squish #4: Captain Disaster

Jennifer L. Holm · Random House Books for Young Readers

Introducing Squishmdasha hilarious, action packed graphic novel series from the award-winning creators of Babymouse! Filled with superheroes, comics within comics, and gross-out science, Squish is perfect for fans of Dav Pilkeys Captain Underpants, Dan Gutmans Weird School, and Jarrett...
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Fuzzy

Tom Angleberger · Amulet Books
Pages: 265
Format: Hardcover

When Max (Maxine Zealster) befriends her new robot classmate Fuzzy, she helps him navigate Vanguard Middle School and together they reveal the truth behind the Robot Integration Program.
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Bella's Fall Coat

Lynn Plourde · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Bella loves the sights and sounds of fall--the crinkle-crackle of fallen leaves, the crunch of crisp, red apples, the honking and flapping of migrating geese. She wants the season to last forever. She also wants her fall coat--the one her Grams made especially for her--to last forever....
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Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo

Jon Scieszka · Amulet Books
Pages: 171
Format: Print book

"Huge laughs and great science - the kind of smart, funny stuff that makes Jon Scieszka a legend." - Mac Barnett, author of Battle Bunny and The Terrible Two "I never thought science could be funny . . . until I read Frank Einstein. It will have kids laughing." - Jeff...
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