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The False Fairy

Jordan Quinn · Little Simon
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

In the eleventh fantastical adventure of The Kingdom of Wrenly series, a spell makes all but one fairy disappear.A mysterious spell has hypnotized the fairies on the island of Primlox and now it is up to Prince Lucas and Clara for save the fairyland. Along with the last remaining fairy...
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A Crack in the Sea

H M Bouwman · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

An enchanting historical fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Thanhha Lai's Newbery Honor-winning Inside Out and Back Again No one comes to the Second World on purpose. The doorway between worlds opens only when least expected. The Raft King is desperate to change that by finding the doorway...
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The Bone Sparrow

Zana Fraillon · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

LONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE 2016Subhi is a refugee. He was born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, and the center is the only world he knows. But every night, the faraway whales sing...
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Be Light Like a Bird

Monika Schröder · Capstone Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Wren finds her life thrown into upheaval. And when her mother decides to pack up the car and forces Wren to leave the only home she's ever known, the family grows even more fractured. As she and her mother struggle to build a new life, Wren...
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Bad Luck

Pseudonymous Bosch · Little
Pages: 278
Format: Print book

The plot thickens in the brilliant sequel to Bad Magic! At Earth Ranch, things can get a little magical (some might say strange) . Intrepid readers will discover a runaway boy, fishy cruise ship, strange cave paintings, dragon-like footprints, and other mysteries that Clay and his friends...
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Bad Kitty Takes the Test

Nick Bruel · Roaring Brook
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Because of a recent string of embarrassing behavior, Kitty's cat license has been revoked and she must take a test to get it back so she can still be a cat.
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Bad Kitty Goes to the Vet

Nick Bruel · Square Fish
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

When Kitty is happy and healthy, everything is perfect. She jumps around, eats everything in sight, and has the energy to keep slobbering puppies in their place. But when she's sick, all she can do is lie in her bed. Looks like it's time for this sick kitty to go...to the vet.When...
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The Bad Guys

Aaron Blabey · Scholastic Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

They sound like bad guys, they look like bad guys . . . and they even smell like bad guys. But Mr. Wolf, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Shark are about to change all of that...Mr. Wolf has a daring plan for the Bad Guys' first good mission. They are going to break two hundred dogs...
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Anna, Banana, and the Puppy Parade

Anica Mrose Rissi · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 114
Format: Print book

Anna enters her beloved dog Banana in a contest in the fourth book of this "fast-paced, fun, and funny" (Megan McDonald, bestselling author of the Judy Moody series) illustrated chapter book series about the joys and challenges of elementary school friendships.Anna can't...
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Sealed with a Secret

Lisa Schroeder · Scholastic Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

When Phoebe finds a beautiful antique at a flea market, she's not sure whether it's as valuable as it looks. But inside she discovers something truly amazing a letter written during World War II, from a young girl to her sister who's been evacuated from London. The letter includes...
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The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation

Shannon Hale · Candlewick Press
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Even monster-battling princesses get tired sometimes But a peaceful time away is hard to find as the humorous "New York Times "best-selling series continues. After battling monsters all night, a sleepy Princess in Black decides that she needs a vacation. After all, the Goat Avenger,...
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Darkstalker

Tui Sutherland · Scholastic Press
Pages: 366
Format: Print book

Three dragons. One unavoidable, unpredictable destiny. This is the beginning... of the end. In the SeaWing kingdom, a young prince learns he is an animus -- capable of wonderful magic that comes with a terrible price. In the mind of a NightWing dragonet, a thousand futures unfold -- and almost...
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Absolutely Truly: A Pumpkin Falls Mystery

Heather Vogel Frederick · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An unsent letter in a first edition copy of Charlotte's Web leads to a hunt for treasure in this heartwarming middle grade mystery from the author of The Mother-Daughter Book Club.Now that Truly Lovejoy's father has been injured by an IED in Afghanistan and is having trouble finding...
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Ghost

Jason Reynolds · Atheneum Children'S Books
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of a brand-new series from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author Jason Reynolds.Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly...
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Gertie's Leap to Greatness

Kate Beasley · Farrar
Pages: 249
Format: Print book

"Meet the new Ramona Quimby!" -- Entertainment WeeklyGertie Reece Foy is 100% Not-From-Concentrate awesome. She has a daddy who works on an oil rig, a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Piggly Wiggly, and two loyal best friends. So when her absent mother decides...
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The Gallery

Laura Marx Fitzgerald · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 321
Format: Print book

A riveting historical art mystery for fans of Chasing Vermeer and The Westing Game, set in the Roaring Twenties! It's 1929, and twelve-year-old Martha has no choice but to work as a maid in the New York City mansion of the wealthy Sewell family. But, despite the Gatsby-like parties and trimmings...
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The Land of Forgotten Girls

Erin Entrada Kelly · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 299
Format: Print book

Erin Entrada Kelly, the author of the acclaimed Blackbird Fly, writes with grace, imagination, and deepest heart about family, sisters, and friendship, and about finding and holding on to hope in difficult times.Two sisters from the Philippines, abandoned by their father and living with...
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The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

Adam Gidwitz · Dutton Children's Books
Pages: 363
Format: Print book

An exciting and hilarious medieval adventure from the bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm. Beautifully illustrated throughout! * New York Times Bestseller * New York Times Editor's Choice * People Magazine Kid Pick * A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year"A profound and ambitious...
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Saving Wonder

Mary Knight · Scholastic Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Having lost most of his family to coal mining accidents as a little boy, Curley Hines lives with his grandfather in the Appalachian Mountains of Wonder Gap, Kentucky. Ever since Curley can remember, Papaw has been giving him a word each week to learn and live. Papaw says words are Curley's...
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Maxi's secrets : or what you can learn from a dog

Lynn Plourde · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

When a BIG, lovable, does-it-her-way dog wiggles her way into the heart of a loudmouth pipsqueak of a boy, wonderful things happen that help him become a bigger, better person. With its diverse cast, authentic narrator, and perfect blend of spot-on middle-grade humor, drama, and wisdom,...
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Word of Mouse

James Patterson · Little
Pages: 294
Format: Print book

James Patterson's newest illustrated middle grade story follows the illuminating journey of a very special mouse, and the unexpected friendships that he makes along the way. What makes Isaiah so unique? First, his fur is as blue as the sky--which until recently was something he'd never...
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Sugar and Spice

Sarah Mlynowski · Scholastic Press
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

That's the way the cookie crumbles!Yum! Our magic mirror has dropped me and my brother, Jonah, into the story of Hansel and Gretel. If we're lucky, we may even get to taste the cake-house...But we didn't count on accidentally getting trapped. The real Hansel and Gretel are on the run, and Jonah...
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Siren Sisters

Dana Langer · Aladdin
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

A soon-to-be siren finds herself responsible for the lives of her sisters--and the fisherman they curse--in this haunting debut novel.Now that I know the truth, I sometimes picture my sisters in headlights, the way they would have looked on that cold February night, armed with shovels and pickaxes,...
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Scar Island

Dan Gemeinhart · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Jonathan Grisby is the newest arrival at the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys--an ancient, crumbling fortress of gray stone rising up from the ocean. It is dark, damp, and dismal. And it is just the place Jonathan figures he deserves.Because Jonathan has done something terrible....
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