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The Animals of Farthing Wood

Colin Dann · Egmont UK
Pages: 379
Format: Paperback

We must all find a new home. Now - before it's too late! Farthing Wood is being bulldozed, and there's a drought. Fox, Badger, Toad, Tawny Owl, Mole, and the other animals must band together and set off to a far-away nature reserve. Their journey is full of adventure and fraught with disasters,...
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Secret Origins

James Riley · Aladdin Paperbacks
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover

Bethany travels to a new fictional world to rescue her father in this third book in the New York Times bestselling series, Story Thieves--which was called a "fast-paced, action-packed tale" by School Library Journal--from the author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy. Owen and Bethany...
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The Alcatraz Escape

JENNIFER CHAMBLISS BERTMAN · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 368
Format: Book

Sleuthing duo Emily and James tackle their most challenging mystery yet set on the haunting Alcatraz Island in Book 3 of the New York Times bestselling Book Scavenger series! Legendary literary game-maker Garrison Griswold is back in action -- this time with "Unlock the Rock."...
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You Go First

ERIN ENTRADA KELLY · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed and award-winning author Erin Entrada Kelly's You Go First is an engaging exploration of family, bullying, spelling, art, and the ever-complicated world of middle school friendships. Her perfectly pitched tween voice will resonate with fans of Kate DiCamillo's Raymie Nightingale.Twelve-year-old...
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The Mad Wolf's Daughter

Diane Magras · Kathy Dawson Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A Scottish medieval adventure about the youngest in a war-band who must free her family from a castle prison after knights attack her home--with all the excitement of Ranger's Apprentice and perfect for fans of heroines like Alanna from The Song of the Lioness series.One dark night, Drest's...
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The Trials of Apollo Book Three The Burning Maze

Rick Riordan · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward mortal teenager named Lester Papadopoulos. In order to regain his place on Mount Olympus, Lester must restore five Oracles that have gone dark. But he has to achieve this impossible task without...
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Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Quest Mode

Cube Kid · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Minecraft meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in book 5 of the very popular 8-Bit Warrior series of the journal of a young Minecraft villager who dares to dream of becoming a Minecraft warrior!THESE ARE THE REAL BOOKS BY CUBE KID! DIARY OF AN 8-BIT WARRIOR: QUEST MODE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS WIMPY...
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Ada Lace, Take Me to Your Leader

Emily Calandrelli · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

From Emily Calandrelli - host of Xploration Outer Space, correspondent on Bill Nye Saves the World, and graduate of MIT - comes the third novel in a fun illustrated chapter book series about an eight-year-old girl with a knack for science, math, and solving mysteries with technology.Third...
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Positively Izzy

TERRI LIBENSON · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning comics creator and author of the bestselling Invisible Emmie Terri Libenson returns with a companion graphic novel that captures the drama, angst, and humor of middle-school life. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier, Jennifer Holm, and Victoria Jamieson.Middle school is all about...
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Bow Wow: A Bowser and Birdie Novel

Spencer Quinn · Scholastic Press
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover

A bull shark in the swamp? No one in the Louisiana town of St. Roch believes it at first, but when a local boy has a face-to-face encounter with the toothy monster, every big fisherman is called out for the hunt. There's a big cash bounty on the shark.Sharp-eyed Birdie Gaux and her handsome...
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Bob

Wendy Mass · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

It's been five years since Livy and her family have visited Livy's grandmother in Australia. Now that she's back, Livy has the feeling she's forgotten something really, really important about Gran's house.It turns out she's right.Bob, a short, greenish creature dressed in a chicken suit,...
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The Creature of the Pines

Adam Gidwitz · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

A fully illustrated, globe-trotting new middle grade fantasy-adventure series about mythical creatures and their cultures of origin, from the Newbery Honor-winning author of The Inquisitor's Tale.Elliot Eisner isn't exactly excited about starting at a brand-new school in a brand-new town;...
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