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Trolls: The Deluxe Junior Novelization

Random House. · Random House
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

TROLLS hits theaters everywhere on November 4, 2016!DreamWorks Animation's TROLLS is an irreverent comedy extravaganza with incredible music! From the genius creators of SHREK, TROLLS stars Poppy, the optimistic leader of the Trolls, and her polar opposite, Branch. Together, this unlikely...
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All's Faire in Middle School

Victoria Jamieson · Dial Books
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

Calling all Raina Telgemeier fans! The Newbery Honor-winning author of Roller Girl is back with a heartwarming graphic novel about starting middle school, surviving your embarrassing family, and the Renaissance Faire. Eleven-year-old Imogene (Impy) has grown up with two parents working...
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Theodore Boone: the Fugitive

John Grisham · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Not since Nancy Drew has a nosy, crime-obsessed kid been so hard to resist." - The New York Times Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone thought the danger had passed, but he's about to face off against an old adversary: accused mur­derer and fugitive Pete Duffy. On a field...
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Thea Stilton and the Madagascar Madness: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure

Thea Stilton · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

The Thea Sisters are off to Madagascar for Adventure Camp, a wilderness survival competition! The five friends love exploring and learning about the many plants and animals that live there. But then they discover that they're not alone in the nature preserve -- and endangered animals...
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Last Day on Mars

Kevin Emerson · Walden Pond Pr
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

"Last Day on Mars is thrillingly ambitious and imaginative. Like a lovechild of Gravity and The Martian, it's a rousing space opera for any age, meticulously researched and relentlessly paced, that balances action, science, humor, and most importantly, two compelling main characters...
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Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power!

Mariko Tamaki · Amulet Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types. The five scouts of Roanoke cabin - Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley - love their summers at camp. They get to hang out with their best friends, earn Lumberjane scout badges, annoy their no-nonsense...
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Electrigirl and the Invisible Thieves

Jo Cotterill · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

The only thing Electrigirl didn't have was the perfect superhero outfit. Now she does, and nothing can stop her.
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Stick Dog Tries to Take the Donuts

Tom Watson · Harper
Pages: 209
Format: Print book

The Stick Dog series continues in Tom Watson's hilarious Stick Dog Tries to Take the Donuts!Stick Dog and his team of strays are off on another outrageous canine caper. To snatch some breakfast treats for his hungry pals, Stick Dog will need to stop a moving truck, outfox a man on a telephone...
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Waiting for Augusta

Jessica Lawson · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 329
Format: Print book

With a fresh, funny voice, lots of adventure, and a healthy dose of magic, from the author of The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher and Nooks & Crannies - which School Library Journal called "original, engaging, and funny" in a starred review - comes a profound...
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Three Pennies

MELANIE CROWDER · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

A girl in foster care tries to find her birth mother before she loses her forever in this spare and beautifully told novel about last chances and new opportunities.For a kid bouncing from foster home to foster home, The Book of Changes is the perfect companion. That's why Marin carries...
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The Cheese Experiment

Geronimo Stilton · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 103
Format: Print book

When the quest to find a cure to an epidemic targeting the citizens of New Mouse City is sabotaged, Geronimo Stilton must figure out who's behind it all before he ends up covered in blue spots too.
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This Is Just a Test

Madelyn Rosenberg · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot on his plate. Preparing for his upcoming bar mitzvah would be enough work even if it didn't involve trying to please his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers, who argue about everything. But David just wants everyone to be happy.That includes his friend Scott,...
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Squish #8: Pod vs. Pod

Jennifer L. Holm · Random House
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

From the New York Times bestselling, Eisner-winning creators of Babymouse, it's green . . . it's blobby . . . it's gross . . . it's SQUISH(!) , a comic-book-loving amoeba whose adventures are perfect for fans of Captain Underpants. Uh-oh! Squish's friend Pod just hasn't been himself...
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Famous Fails!: Mighty Mistakes, Mega Mishaps, & How a Mess Can Lead to Success!

Crispin Boyer · National Geographic Partners
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

This fun book of quirky failures and famous flops will keep kids laughing while they learn the importance of messing up in order to get it right. Science, architecture, technology, entertainment -- there are epic fails and hilarious goof-ups from every important field. Silly side features...
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