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Into the Wild: Yet Another Misadventure

Doreen Cronin · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

The Chicken Squad is back for their third (mis) adventure, this time facing off with whatever's hiding in a mystery box in the backyard. A hilarious chapter book in what has been called "a lip-bitingly funny series" (School Library Journal) by the bestselling author of Click,...
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Secrets & Sequences

Gene Luen Yang · First Second
Pages: 102
Format: Hardcover

Stately Academy is no ordinary school: it was once home to an elite institute where teachers, students, and robots worked together to unravel the mysteries of coding. Hopper, Eni, and Josh won't rest until they've learned the whole story, but they aren't the only ones interested in the school's...
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Dawn (Warriors: The New Prophecy, Book 3)

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins
Pages: 335
Format: Hardcover

The young feline heroes of The New Prophecy have finally made it back to the forest - but their quest is far from over... Now they must convince the fiercely independent Clans to travel together to a new home, through dangerous territory and without a clear destination. If they do not,...
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Trials of Apollo, The Book Two The Dark Prophecy

Rick Riordan · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

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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Dream Magic

Joshua Khan · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

In Book 2 of a three book series, things are dire for the inhabitants of Castle Gloom and the surrounding villages. The undead are leaving their graves in droves, a troll army is on the march from the north, and people are mysteriously disappearing from their homes. The people of Gehenna...
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In Over Their Heads

Margaret Peterson Haddix · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 307
Format: Hardcover

Nick and Eryn must figure out a way to save the world without sacrificing their newly discovered family in this follow-up to Under Their Skin, which BOOKLIST called "crisp, intriguing, and thought-provoking" in a starred review.In Under Their Skin, twins Nick and Eryn successfully...
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The Most Frightening Story Ever Told

Philip Kerr · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover

Roald Dahl meets R. L. Stine in this spine-tingling and hilarious tale from a bestselling author! Billy Shivers doesn't have a lot of excitement in his life. He prefers to spend his days reading alone in the Hitchcock Public Library. So it is a bit out of character when he finds himself...
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Lucky Broken Girl

Ruth Behar · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover

"A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds." - Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street In this unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrative - based on the author's childhood in the 1960s - a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life...
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Hello, Universe

Erin Entrada Kelly · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Acclaimed and award-winning author Erin Entrada Kelly's Hello, Universe is a funny and poignant neighborhood story about unexpected friendships. Told from four intertwining points of view - two boys and two girls - the novel celebrates bravery, being different, and finding your inner bayani...
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Calico Girl

Jerdine Nolen · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 164
Format: Print book

From the award-winning author of Eliza's Freedom Road comes the powerful tale of a slave girls' triumphant journey to freedom with her family during the Civil War.Twelve-year-old Callie Wilcomb and her family are slaves, and the Civil War gives them hope that freedom may be on the horizon....
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Beyond the Bright Sea

LAUREN WOLD · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the Newbery-honor winning author of the critically acclaimed Wolf Hollow comes a moving story of identity and belonging. Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift on a small...
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The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre

Gail Carson Levine · HarperCollins
Pages: 400
Format: Book

In this compelling and thought-provoking fantasy set in the world of The Two Princesses of Bamarre, Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine introduces a spirited heroine who must overcome deeply rooted prejudice - including her own - to heal her broken country. Peregrine strives...
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Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever.

BETSY BIRD · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Funny Girl is a collection of uproarious stories, rollicking comics, rib-tickling wit, and more, from 25 of today's funniest female writers for kids. What could be funnier than family? Read stories about Ursula Brown's grandmother driving her on a road trip to disaster, Lisa Brown's little...
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A Single Stone

Meg Mckinlay · Candlewick Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change everything - and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can bring down a mountain.Jena - strong, respected, reliable - is the leader of the line, a job every girl in the village dreams of. Watched over by the Mothers...
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Rise of the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel

MELISSA DE LA CRUZ · HARPERCOLLINS
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In this follow up to New York Times #1 best sellers The Isle of the Lost and Return to the Isle of the Lost, Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay face their biggest challenge yet as a rotten villain from their past returns. They'll have to do everything in their power-good and evil-to keep Auradon...
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The Fearless Travelers' Guide to Wicked Places

Peter Begler · Capstone Pr Inc
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Twelve-year-old Nell Perkins knows there is magic at work that she cant yet understand. Her mother has been taken by witches and turned into a bird. Nell must journey to get her mother back, even if it takes her deep into the Wicked Places the frightening realm where Nightmares resides....
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Lilly and Fin: A Mermaid's Tale

Cornelia Funke · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

The beloved and bestselling author of Inkheart returns with a chapter book full of mischief, heart, and kid mermaids! These mermaid friends are fishing for trouble! Lilly and Fin are merpups - mermaid kids - who love to play and explore the caves outside the mermaid city. They aren't...
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The Unbreakable Code

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Mr. Quisling is definitely up to something mysterious, and Emily and James are on high alert. First, there's the coded note he drops at a book event. Then, they uncover a trail of encrypted messages in Mark Twain-penned books hidden through Book Scavenger. What's most suspicious is that...
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The Thickety #4: The Last Spell

J A White · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

The spellbinding conclusion in the critically acclaimed Thickety series, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman. In The Thickety #4: The Last Spell, Kara and her brother Taff must find the hidden pieces of Princess Evangeline's grimoire to defeat Rygoth and her army of witches in one last good...
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Braced

Alyson Gerber · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 287
Format: Hardcover

Rachel Brooks is excited for the new school year. She's finally earned a place as a forward on her soccer team. Her best friends make everything fun. And she really likes Tate, and she's pretty sure he likes her back. After one last appointment with her scoliosis doctor, this will be her best...
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The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming

J Anderson Coats · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

High-spirited young Jane is excited to be part of Mr. Mercer's plan to bring Civil War widows and orphans to Washington Territory - but life out west isn't at all what she expected.Washington Territory is just the place for men of broad mind and sturdy constitution - and girls too, Jane...
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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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Roscoe Riley Rules #6: Never Walk in Shoes That Talk

Katherine Applegate · HarperCollins
Pages: 78
Format: Paperback

Mr. Destructo-Feet Roscoe's friend Gus wants a pair of cool new shoes. But Gus's parents won't buy them until his old, boring ones are worn out - and that could take forever. Luckily, if there's one thing Roscoe is good at, it's destroying things. . . .
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Song of the Poison Dragon: A Branches Book

Tracey West · Branches/Scholastic, 2016.
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina....
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Flight of the Moon Dragon: A Branches Book

Tracey West · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina....
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Dragon Masters #2: Saving the Sun Dragon

Tracey West · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

DRAGON MASTERS has it all--dragons, Dragon Stones, a wizard, and even some magic!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations...
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Dragon Masters #3: Secret of the Water Dragon

Tracey West · Branches/Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 90
Format: Paperback

Drake and the rest of the Dragon Masters are back for another adventure!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page,...
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The Elders

INBALI ISERLES · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Isla's search for her missing brother, Pirie, has brought her to the vast Wildlands. The forest is a treacherous place for a fox cub, but Isla is talented in foxcraft -- ancient arts of cunning known only to her kind.Skilled though she is, Isla's grasp of foxcraft is still new....
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A House Without Mirrors

Ma?rten Sande?n · Pushkin Children's Books
Pages: 176
Format: Book

A moving ghost story that explores the overcoming of loss, and how to move onThomasine has spent months living in her great-great-aunt's dusty, dark house with her father, and her aunt, uncle and cousins. While her father's siblings bicker about how much the house must be worth,...
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Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World

Bill Nye · Amulet Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling authors Bill Nye the Science Guy and Gregory Mone take middle-grade readers on a scientific adventure in the launch of an exciting new chapter book series, Jack and the Geniuses. The perfect combination to engage and entertain readers, the series features real-world...
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The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts: Being an Absolutely Accurate Autobiographical Account of My Follies, Fortune, and Fate

Avi · Algonquin Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

High adventure from a master storyteller about one boy's attempt to fend for himself among cruel orphan masters, corrupt magistrates, and conniving thieves. In the seaside town of Melcombe Regis, England, 1724, Oliver Cromwell Pitts wakes to find his father missing and his house flooded...
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Timmy Failure: The Cat Stole My Pants

STEPHAN PASTIS · CANDLEWICK PRESS
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

In the sixth book in Stephan Pastis's hilarious series, Timmy is being threatened and must rely on his new partner to solve the mystery - and possibly save his life! Timmy is in Key West, Florida, ostensibly for the honeymoon of his mother and Doorman Dave - if they even got married,...
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