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Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

JONATHAN AUXIER · Amulet Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on "climbing boys" - orphans owned by chimney sweeps - to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless, and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived...
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Almost Paradise: A Novel

Corabel Shofner · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover

A heartfelt debut about a spunky girl determined to save her family and find her way home.Twelve-year-old Ruby Clyde Henderson's life changes the day her mother's boyfriend holds up a convenience store, and her mother is wrongly jailed for assisting with the crime. Ruby and her pet pig,...
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My Little Pony: The Movie: The Deluxe Junior Novel

HASBRO. · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

This exciting deluxe junior novel is based on My Little Pony: The Movie, releasing in theaters October 2017, and will feature a full color insert with still from the film! Join Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy on the adventure of their lives!Comes...
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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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Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party

Nathan Hale · Amulet Books
Pages: 123
Format: Hardcover

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Squish #2: Brave New Pond

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

Introducing Squish—a hilarious, action packed graphic novel series from the award-winning creators of Babymouse! Filled with superheroes, comics within comics, and gross-out science, Squish is perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants, Dan Gutman's Weird School,...
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The Notations of Cooper Cameron

Jane H O'Reilly · Carolrhoda Books
Format: Hardcover

"Eleven-year-old Cooper Cameron likes things to be in order. When he eats, he chews every bite three times on each side. Sometimes he washes his hands in the air with invisible water. He invented these rituals after the death of his beloved grandfather to protect others he loves from...
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The Mysterious Message

GERONIMO STILTON · SCHOLASTIC (US)
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

The micekings have received a mysterious message in a bottle! Unfortunately, most of it has been damaged by water -- but Geronimo can tell it's from the Oofa Oofas, the laziest rodents in the ancient far north. The micekings set sail to Oofadale, in case the Oofa Oofas are in trouble....
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Mothman's Curse

Christine Hayes · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

When Josie and her brothers uncover a haunted camera, the Mothman legend becomes a terrifying reality that threatens their entire town in this spooky and action-filled novel. Josie may live in the most haunted town in America, but the only strange thing she ever sees is the parade of oddball...
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Treasure Hunters: Quest for the City of Gold

James Patterson · jimmy patterson
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Gear up for an exciting new adventure with the thrill-seeking Kidds as they search for a missing city in South America made entirely of gold!When Bick and Beck Kidd find a hidden trove of pirate treasure, it includes a map with clues to an even bigger score: the lost Incan city of Paititi....
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Dive In!: Exploring Our Connection with the Ocean

Ann Eriksson · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

We're all connected to the ocean, and the ocean to us. The ocean provides half the oxygen we breathe; it feeds us, creates our weather and provides us with water. But we haven't been as kind to the ocean in return. The problems are many: pollution, overfishing, rising seas and acid...
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The Den of Forever Frost

KATHRYN LASKY · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Cubs Stellan and Jytte survived their treacherous trek across the Nunquivik, but their quest to rescue their mother has only begun. Svenna is imprisoned at the sinister Ice Clock-the headquarters of the Grand Patek whose dangerous influence is spreading throughout the bear kingdom. Only...
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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2 The Hammer of Thor

Rick Riordan · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon--the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal...
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Trials of Apollo, The Book Two The Dark Prophecy

Rick Riordan · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 414
Format: Hardcover

Zeus has punished his son Apollo--god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more--by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-covered sixteen-year-old mortal named Lester. The only way Apollo can reclaim his rightful place on Mount Olympus is by restoring several Oracles...
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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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