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Fair Ball

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

Inspired by Derek Jeter's own life, Fair Ball is the fourth middle grade novel in the New York Times bestselling Jeter Publishing Program and focuses on the theme "the world isn't always fair."Life isn't always fair. You can't control that, but you can control...
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A Wonderlandiful World

Shannon Hale · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

At Ever After High, everyone is expected to sign the Storybook of Legends, pledging to follow in their fairytale parent's footsteps. But when Raven Queen came along, things became fairy, fairy confusing. Now no one's destiny is certain, not even for the most royal of them all, Apple...
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5 Giraffes

Anne Innis Dagg · Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

The latest in the 5 Animals series, with an introduction by Rob Laidlaw, 5 Giraffes profiles five unique giraffes from both captivity and the wild. Accompanying the five giraffe profiles is information on their diet, social life, and chapters on some of their more unique aspects, like the giraffe's...
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How to Tame a Triceratops

Will Dare · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to The Lost Plains! A wild west frontier where dinosaurs never went extinct.Josh Sanders wants to be the next great dinosaur cowboy! Ropin' raptors and ridin' bucking brontosauruses just like his hero Terrordactyl Bill.Too bad he's stuck working on his family's...
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The Bad Mood and the Stick

Lemony Snicket · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Lemony Snicket sheds light on the way bad moods come and go.
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Lydia the Reading 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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Harry Potter: A Journey Through a History of Magic

SCHOLASTIC. · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

As the British Library unveils a very special new exhibition in the UK, Harry Potter: A History of Magic, readers everywhere are invited on an enchanting journey through the Hogwarts curriculum, from Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology to Defense Against the Dark Arts, Astronomy, and more...
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CatStronauts: Space Station Situation

Drew Brockington · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

In the third book in the CatStronauts graphic novel series, your favorite elite team of cat astronauts is a member short--one of the team has quit! When chief science officer Pom Pom rejoins the CatStronauts on the International Space Station, she has to get to work right away--the Hubba...
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Graveyard Shakes

LAURA TERRY · Graphix
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Katia and Victoria are sisters and scholarship students at a private boarding school. While Victoria tries to fit in, Katia is unapologetic about her quirks, even though their classmates tease her. After a big fight, Katia runs away from school. And when Victoria goes looking for her, she accidentally...
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Chloe #1: New Girl

GREG TESSIER · NBM/Papercutz
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Chloe is a teenager who's not sure of anything ... except that her family is SOOOOOO embarrassing.Everything was wonderful for young Chloe Blin - she loved her family, even despite their affectionate nickname for her. But everything changes when she starts High School. Suddenly, her family...
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Children of Exile

Margaret Peterson Haddix · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
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Batgirl at Super Hero High

Lisa Yee · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Get your cape on with the DC Super Hero Girlsâ„¢ - the unprecedented new Super Hero universe especially for girls! Readers of all ages can fly high with the all-new adventures of Wonder Womanâ„¢, Supergirlâ„¢, Batgirlâ„¢, and some of the world's most iconic female super...
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Mutant Rat Attack!

Jay Cooper · Scholastic Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Nothing exciting ever happens to boring Dex at his boring home or at boring school. He oversleeps (again!) , he daydreams while his science teacher Mr. McFur babbles on about his lab rat Princess Pretty Fabulous (Pretty for short) , he gets harassed by Millicent (the neighborhood meanie)...
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The Secret of the Stone Frog: A TOON Graphic

David Nytra · Toon Books
Format: Hardcover

When Leah and Alan awaken in an enchanted forest, they have only each other and their wits to guide them. In a world full of pet bees and giant rabbits, they befriend foppish lions and stone frogs. Learning to overcome danger, they find their way home - and their independence.
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Wedgie & Gizmo

SUZANNE SELFORS · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Stick Dog and My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish will love Suzanne Selfors's hilarious new illustrated series about the growing pains of blended families and the secret rivalry of pets."A delightfully fun read that will leave you in stitches!" - Caldecott Medalist Dan SantatWhen...
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