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The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine

MARK TWAIN · Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

A never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children's story is brought to life by Caldecott Medal winners Philip Stead and Erin Stead. In a hotel in Paris one evening in 1879, Mark Twain sat with his young daughters, who begged their father for a story. Twain began telling...
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Babymouse #4: Rock Star

Jennifer L. Holm · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling and Newbery Honor winning author Jennifer Holm teams up with Matthew Holm to bring you a fully illustrated graphic novel series packed with humor and kid appeal—BABYMOUSE!   With multiple Childrens Choice awards and over 1.7 million books in print, kids, parents,...
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Everyday Angel #2: Second Chances

Victoria Schwab · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 200
Format: Book

Meet a guardian angel like no other, from a writer like no other. Bold, rising star Victoria Schwab returns with the second book in this whimsical, inspiring, and clever middle-grade series.There's more to Aria than meets the eye. She's a guardian angel. And to earn her wings, she'll have...
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Serpents and Werewolves: Stories of Shape-Shifters from Around the World

Lari Don · Darby Creek
Pages: 142
Format: Print book

A princess makes a daring deal with the Queen of the Snakes. A lonely sister weaves stinging plants together in order to save her brothers from their mother. A curious boy suddenly becomes a wolf cub. Discover a worldwide collection of shape-shifter stories, based on folktales and lore...
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Refugee

ALAN GRATZ · Scholastic Press
Pages: 341
Format: Hardcover

JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world . . . ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft,...
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Welcome to Wonderland #2: Beach Party Surf Monkey

Chris Grabenstein · Random House
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

From Chris Grabenstein, the bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and coauthor with James Patterson of I Funny, House of Robots, and Treasure Hunters, comes the second hilarious, fun-in-the-sun adventure in his new illustrated series about all the wacky things that...
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The Secret of Goldenrod

Jane H O'Reilly · Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 370
Format: Print book

A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle-Grade Book of 2016When Trina and her father move into Goldenrod, an abandoned Victorian mansion, Trina hopes she will finally have a place to call home and a chance to make friends at her new school. But school doesn t go as planned, and Goldenrod might be haunted....
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Sherlock Holmes and the Disappearing Diamond

SAM HEARN · Scholastic Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

John Watson has barely settled into his new school, Baker Street Academy, when his teacher announces a trip to one of London's top museums, home to the Alpine Star, the world's most famous jewel. But the gem has been stolen! The police are soon on the trail and the whole of the country...
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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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Forever, or a Long, Long Time

Caela Carter · HarperCollins
Pages: 343
Format: Hardcover

From rising new talent Caela Carter, author of My Life with the Liars, comes an achingly beautiful and endearing story about two foster children who want desperately to believe that they've found their forever home. Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead's When You Reach Me, Leslie Connor's...
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Quest for the Golden Apple: An Unofficial Graphic Novel for Minecrafters

Megan Miller · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Phoenix dreams of seeing the world outside the high walls of her village. One day, she takes a risk - a quick hop over the walls - just to see the dark forest she's heard tales of. It is a magical forest, but Phoenix's forbidden trip unleashes a monster that attacks her brother, Xander....
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How to Outsmart a Billion Robot Bees

Paul Tobin · Bloomsbury
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

It's Friday the 13th again, and for sixth grade genius Nate Bannister, that means doing three more not-so-smart things to keep life interesting. But he has bigger problems than his own experiments. His nemesis, the Red Death Tea Society, is threatening to unleash a swarm of angry bees on the city...
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Unicorn vs. Goblins: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure

Dana Simpson · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 170
Format: Print book

Not every kid skips a rock across a pond and winds up with a unicorn best friend, right? The popular friendship of Phoebe and Her Unicorn is back for a third collection of adventures so heavenly they had to be shared.School's out! That means no more teachers, no more books, and lots of time...
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Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood

Pat McKissack · Schwartz & Wade Books
Pages: 173
Format: Print book

"Part songbook, part research text, this work is perfect for families to share together or for young scholars who seek to discover an important piece of cultural history." - School Library Journal, starred reviewFrom Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott...
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Genevieve's War

Patricia Reilly Giff · Holiday House
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Thirteen-year-old American girl Genevieve has spent the summer of 1939 at her grandmother's farm in Alsace, France. Then she makes an impulsive choice: to stay in France. It proves to be a dangerous decision. World War II erupts. The Nazis conquer Alsace and deport the Jews and others....
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