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Hacks for Minecrafters: Mods: The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You

Megan Miller · Sky Pony Press, 2016.
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Minecraft was designed to allow other people to modify it. And while there are several successful game guides on the market already, this book is the first unofficial "hacker's" super-guide dedicated to adding mods (modifications) to your Minecraft game.Mods add content...
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The Global Water Crisis: A Reference Handbook

David E. Newton · ABC-CLIO
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover

Human society depends on sufficient clean water. In many parts of the world, however, this most basic commodity is in very short supply. Even in developed, first-world nations, climate change and other factors have begun to create alarming water supply issues. The Global Water Crisis: A Reference...
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The Return of Zita the Spacegirl

Ben Hatke · First Second Books
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover

Ben Hatke brings back our intrepid space heroine for another delightful sci-fi/fantasy adventure in this New York Times-Bestselling graphic novel trilogy for middle grade readers.Zita the Spacegirl has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with interplanetary fame. But she faces...
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Compass South

Hope Larson · Margaret Ferguson Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

It's 1860 in New York City. When 12-year-old twins Alexander and Cleopatra's father disappears, they join the Black Hook Gang and are caught by the police pulling off a heist. They agree to reveal the identity of the gang in exchange for tickets to New Orleans. But once there, Alex...
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Change Up

Derek Jeter · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

In the third book in the New York Times bestselling middle grade series inspired by the life of iconic New York Yankee Derek Jeter, Derek's father keeps his promise to coach his son's youth baseball team.Derek is sure this will be the best season yet! He has it all planned - his dad will...
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Strikeout of the Bleacher Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales

David Lubar · Starscape
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Strikeout of the Bleacher Weenies is the eighth collection of spooky short stories for ages 8 to 12 by the beloved author of the Nathan Abercrombie series, David Lubar. This is the perfect pick for reluctant young readers who like a few chills and a lot of laughs.The appearance of a mysterious...
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The Fourteenth Goldfish

Jennifer L. Holm · Random House
Pages: 195
Format: Hardcover

Believe in the possible . . . with this "warm, witty, and wise" New York Times bestselling novel from three-time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer L. Holm Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer.Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked...
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The Initiation

Ridley Pearson · Harpercollins
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

"Will leave you dying to know more." - Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson seriesThe New York Times bestselling author of the Peter and the Starcatchers and Kingdom Keepers series, Ridley Pearson, brings us the riveting first tale of the Lock and Key trilogy about the origins...
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The Tweenage Guide To Not Being Unpopular

Jimmy Gownley · Turtleback Books
Pages: 187
Format: Book

In the original Amelia Rules!, the gang encounters mobs, makeovers, and bad catch phrases in a daring attempt to "not" be "un"popular. Illustrations. 208 pp. 50, 000 print. Pub. 4/10. This item is Non-Returnable.
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The Haunting of Falcon House

Eugene Yelchin · Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A long undisturbed bedroom. A startling likeness. A mysterious friend.When twelve-year-old Prince Lev Lvov goes to live with his aunt at Falcon House, he takes his rightful place as heir to the Lvov family estate. Prince Lev dreams of becoming a hero of Russia like his great ancestors....
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