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The Only Game

Mike Lupica · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Can a young baseball star maintain his love of the game after the loss of his brother? Find out in this start to the Home Team series about a small town with high hopes, from New York Times bestselling author and sportswriting legend Mike Lupica.Jack Callahan is the star of his baseball...
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Joshua Dread

Lee Bacon · Yearling; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

The first book in the series! Middle school is tough already - but when your parents are evil supervillains and you've just discovered you have powers of your own, life can be a real challenge. Not only do bullies pick on Joshua, but do you see those supervillains over there trying...
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Swing it, Sunny

Jennifer L. Holm · GRAPHIX
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Summer's over and it's time for Sunny Lewin to enter the strange and unfriendly hallways of . . . middle school. When her Gramps calls her from Florida to ask how she's doing, she always tells him she's fine. But the truth? Sunny is NOT having the best time.Not only is the whole middle...
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The Boundless

Kenneth Oppel · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover

All aboard for an action-packed escapade from the internationally bestselling author of Airborne and the Silverwing trilogy.The Boundless, the greatest train ever built, is on its maiden voyage across the country, and first-class passenger Will Everett is about to embark on the adventure...
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False Hearts

Laura Lam · Tor/Tom Doherty Associates
Pages: 365
Format: Print book

Laura Lam's adult sci-fi debut False Hearts: Two formerly conjoined sisters are ensnared in a murderous plot involving psychoactive drugs, shared dreaming, organized crime, and a sinister cult.Raised in the closed cult of Mana's Hearth and denied access to modern technology, conjoined sisters...
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The Best Worst Thing

Kathleen Lane · Little
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Front door locked, kitchen door locked,
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Marissa the Science Fairy

Daisy Meadows · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

It's time for Jack Frost to learn his lesson! Best friends Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker usually only get to spend vacations and holidays with each other. But for a special week, they'll both be going to the same school! It's a good thing the two friends are together. Jack Frost...
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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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Super Bug Encyclopedia

Dk Publishing. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Following on the success of Super Nature Encyclopedia and Super Human Encyclopedia comes Super Bug Encyclopedia - a look at the 100 most amazing insects on the planet!Using macro photography and brand-new CGI artworks, Super Bug zooms right in to reveal the secrets of the most successful...
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Arcady's Goal

Eugene Yelchin · Henry Holt and Company, 2014. Â2014
Pages: 234
Format: Print book

From Newbery Honor-winning author Eugene Yelchin comes another glimpse into Soviet Russia. For twelve-year-old Arcady, soccer is more than just a game. Sent to live in a children's home after his parents are declared enemies of the state, it is a means of survival, securing extra rations,...
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Skunked!: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet

Jacqueline Kelly · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 106
Format: Hardcover

From Newbery honor author Jacqueline Kelly comes a new illustrated chapter book series for younger readers featuring the beloved characters from The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. In Calpurnia Tate, Animal Doctor in Training, Callie Vee, Travis, and Dr. Pritzker help animals big and small.When...
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Horizon

Scott Westerfeld · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

This harrowing tale of supernatural suspense kicks off a new series from the visionary mind of #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld. When a plane crash-lands in the arctic, eight young survivors step from the wreckage expecting to see nothing but ice and snow. Instead they...
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The Wizards of Once

Cressida Cowell · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 373
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times and International Bestseller! In the first book of a new series by the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon, the warring worlds of Wizards and Warriors collide in a thrilling and enchanting adventure. Once there were Wizards, who were Magic, and Warriors,...
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Dog Day Afterschool

Tommy Greenwald · Scholastic Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Just what every crimebiting gang needs... a cat?!?!No one fights crime harder than the Crimebiters gang... and of course my crime-fighting dog, Abby. Together, we've fought against corruption in the world of elementary school sports and even stopped a neighborhood crime ring!But now a copy...
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Ivy

Katherine Coville · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 134
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Jessica Day George and E. D. Baker comes a charming young fantasy about a girl, her grandmother, and an animal hospital devoted to fantastical creatures. Ivy's grandmother is a healer - to mostly four-legged patients of the forest. Although the woodland creatures love her,...
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