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The Wolf's Boy

Susan Williams Beckhorn · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

An outcast boy and a young wolf against an Ice Age winter . . . Kai burns to become a hunter and to earn a rightful place among his people. But that can never be. He was born with a club foot. It is forbidden for him to use or even touch a hunter's sacred weapons.Shunned by the other boys,...
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The Meaning of Life . . . and Other Stuff

Jimmy Gownley · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Amelia McBride may be growing up, but she’s feeling down. If there’s one theme to her life, it’s that nothing lasts: not her parents’ marriage, not Aunt Tanner’s support, not the clubhouse for the Gathering of Awesome Super Pals (G.A.S.P.), not even her new spot...
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The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue

Suzanne Slade · Calkins Creek Books
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

George Gershwin heard music all the time - at home, at school, even on New York City's busy streets. Classical, ragtime, blues, and jazz - George's head was filled with a whole lot of razzmatazz! With rhythmic swirls of words and pictures, author Suzanne Slade and illustrator Stacy...
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Sure Signs of Crazy

Karen Harrington · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Love can be a trouble word for some people. Crazy is also a trouble word.I should know.You've never met anyone exactly like twelve-year-old Sarah Nelson. While most of her friends obsess over Harry Potter, she spends her time writing letters to Atticus Finch. She collects trouble words...
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Minecraft: The Survivors' Book of Secrets: An Official Mojang Book

Stephanie Milton · Del Rey Books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

An all-new official Minecraftâ„¢ guidebook full of tips to fend off mobs and withstand the wild!This official Minecraftâ„¢ book contains the collective knowledge of the Survivors: an underground group of Minecraftâ„¢ experts who have been around since the days of Alpha. You're...
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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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Book you're not supposed to have.

Stephan Pastis · Candlewick Press
Format:  Print book : English

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Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness

Donna Janell Bowman · Lee & Low Books Inc.
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

William "Doc" Key had a special way with animals. Growing up an enslaved child in Tennessee, Doc was sent to plantations around the state to care for sick and wounded animals. When the Civil War ended and Doc was freed, he began to dream of breeding a winning racehorse. But those...
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Broken Ground

Victoria Schwab · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 186
Format: Print book

A new threat faces the world of Erdas in this continuation of the New York Times bestselling series. Something ancient and evil has awoken from beneath the world of Erdas. Shrouded in shadow and older than memory, just a sliver of its power can destroy with a touch. Even the spirit animal...
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Rookie of the year

Phil Bildner; Tim Probert · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Just when they think they've got the hang of things, Rip and Red find that fifth grade continues to challenge them in head-spinning ways. Tiki, a new girl whose Egyptian dad is an animal-rights activist, has just joined their class. She's charismatic, funny -- and she's got game! Rip has his world...
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