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HelloFlo: The Guide, Period.

Naama Bloom · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

From the founder of HelloFlo, a modern and insightful guide to periods and puberty for a new generation When will I get boobs? Does wearing a tampon hurt? What's the deal with menstrual cups? Seriously, when will I get boobs? Honest, funny, and unafraid of the messy, real-life...
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Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Won't-Walk-the-Dog Cure

Ann M Martin · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Missy's back for a second adventure in this spin-off series of the beloved Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books from Ann M. Martin and Annie Parnell!Missy Piggle-Wiggle is finally starting to feel settled in at the upside-down house, and the families in town have come to trust her magical cures for all sorts...
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Fierce Dinosaurs: Pachycephalosaurs and Ceratopsians

Clare Hibbert · Enslow Pub Inc
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

While triceratopses are one of the most recognizable dinosaurs, they are far from the only ones with distinctive features on and around their heads. This colorful, informative volume discusses the marginocephalians, dinosaurs with fringed heads. Readers will learn about how these dinosaurs'...
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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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Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd

Mary Losure · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 163
Format: Hardcover

A surprising true story of Isaac Newton's boyhood suggests an intellectual development owing as much to magic as science. Before Isaac Newton became the father of physics, an accomplished mathematician, or a leader of the scientific revolution, he was a boy living in an apothecary's house,...
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Let 'er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People's Champion

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson · Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In 1911, three men were in the final round of the famed Pendleton Round-Up. One was white, one was Indian, and one was black. When the judges declared the white man the winner, the audience was outraged. They named black cowboy George Fletcher the "people's champion" and took...
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Prosper Redding The Last Life of Prince Alastor

Alexandra Bracken · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Three hundred years ago, fate bound Prosper Redding and Prince Alastor of the Third Realm together. Now the human boy and fiend heir to the demon kingdom must put aside a centuries-old blood feud to save everything they love. Alastor will guide Prosper through the demon realm-under one huge...
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Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild

CATHERINE THIMMESH · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

From the Sibert medal winning author of TEAM MOON and the bestselling GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING comes a riveting, timely account of panda conservation efforts in China, perfect for budding environmentalists and activists.Roughly a thousand years ago, an estimated 23,000 pandas roamed wild...
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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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Action Presidents #1: George Washington!

FRED VAN LENTE · HarperCollins
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Where the history is real and the jokes are fake!The first Action Presidents book will turn even the most reluctant reader into a history buff. George Washington, ultimate founding father and awesome American, practically jumps off the page.We all know that George Washington was our first...
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Funny Kid for President

MATT STANTON · HarperCollins
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Big Nate meets Timmy Failure in Funny Kid for President, the first book in an uproarious new middle grade series by Matt Stanton, Australia's bestselling children's book author. When Max gets blamed for pooping in the storeroom (which he did NOT do) , tensions hit an all-time high between...
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The Secret Keepers

Trenton Lee Stewart · Little
Pages: 501
Format: Print book

A New York Times Bestseller This heart-pounding mystery adventure, by the author of the New York Times bestselling series The Mysterious Benedict Society, is laced with magic and humor A magical watch A string of secretsA race against timeWhen Reuben discovers an extraordinary antique watch,...
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Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys

Cara Familian Natterson · American Girl
Pages: 110
Format: Paperback

From the author of the bestselling Care & Keeping of You series! This book will provide you with the answers that will help you take care of yourself better, from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to shaving, acne to voice changes, and everything in between. With tips, how-tos,...
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Thundercluck!

PAUL TILLERY · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Cancel your dinner plans and dig in to Thundercluck! by Paul Tillery IV and Meg Wittwer. This is the first book in a hilarious new series stuffed with Norse mythology, black-and-white illustrations by the dozen, and a superhero chicken ready to ruffle some feathers. When danger calls . . . BAGAW!...
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Unbound: A Novel in Verse

Ann E Burg · Scholastic Press
Pages: 345
Format: Print book

The day Grace is called from the slave cabins to work in the Big House, Mama makes her promise to keep her eyes down. Uncle Jim warns her to keep her thoughts tucked private in her mind or they could bring a whole lot of trouble and pain.But the more Grace sees of the heartless Master and hateful...
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