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A Properly Unhaunted Place

William Alexander · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

From National Book Award-winning author William Alexander comes a wryly humorous story about two kids who try to save their town by bringing back its ghosts.Rosa Ramona Díaz has just moved to the small, un-haunted town of Ingot - the only ghost-free town in the world. She doesn't want...
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Pablo and Birdy

Alison McGhee · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A boy who drifted into the seaside town of Isla as a baby searches for answers about where he and his parrot came from in this charmer of a tale laced with magical realism from New York Times bestselling author Alison McGhee.The seaside town of Isla has many stories, the most notable being...
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A Big Day for Baseball

MARY POPE OSBORNE · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Meet Jackie Robinson and solve a mystery in the #1 bestselling Magic Tree House chapter book series! PLAY BALL! Jack and Annie aren't great baseball players . . . yet! Then Morgan the librarian gives them magical baseball caps that will make them experts. They just need to wear the caps...
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Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle

Deborah Lee Rose · Persnickety Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

BEAUTY AND THE BEAK is a new, nonfiction picture book about Beauty, the wild bald eagle that made world news when she was illegally shot, rescued, and received a pioneering, 3D-printed prosthetic beak. BEAUTY AND THE BEAK follows Beauty close up from the moment she uses her baby beak to emerge...
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A Smart Girl's Guide: Digital World: How to Connect, Share, Play, and Keep Yourself Safe

Carrie Anton · American Girl
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback

Digital devices put a whole world at your fingertips. Play a game, listen to music, do research for school, read a story, or make a video -- anywhere, anytime. Connect with friends and family in fast and easy ways. Post photos and share ideas and inspiration. And that's only a small...
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Don't Read This Book Before Bed: Thrills, Chills, and Hauntingly True Stories

ANNA CLAYBOURNE · National Geographic Children's Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Love to tell scary stories around the camp fire? Like to solve mysteries? Brave enough to hear the truth about some pretty freaky phenomena? Then cuddle up with this spooky spine-tingler, filled with delightfully frightful true stories of real-life monsters, doomed domains, menacing mysteries,...
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Money Math: Addition and Subtraction

David A Adler · Holiday House
Pages: 31
Format: Hardcover

Trusted team David A. Adler and Edward Miller continue their series of popular math books!Amusing cartoon versions of American presidents guide children through this lively introduction to currency values and adding and subtracting money. Topics covered include an introduction to American...
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Geology Lab for Kids: 52 Projects to Explore Rocks, Gems, Geodes, Crystals, Fossils, and Other Wonders of the Earth's Surface

Garret Romaine · Quarry Books
Pages: 144
Format: Flexibound

Dig in and learn about the world where we live with Geology Lab for Kids.Geology Lab for Kids features 52 simple, inexpensive, and fun experiments that explore the earth's surface, structure, and processes. This family-friendly guide teaches the wonders of geology, like the formation...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality

Jonah Winter · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

To become the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice, the unsinkable Ruth Bader Ginsburg had to overcome countless injustices. Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1930s and '40s, Ginsburg was discouraged from working by her father, who thought a woman's place was in the home. Regardless,...
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Rosa Parks

LISBETH KAISER · Frances Lincoln Children's Bks
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists, to scientists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.Rosa Parks grew up during segregation in Alabama, but she was taught to respect...
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The Inuit

Kevin Cunningham · Childrens Pr
Format: Paperback

If you're a history buff and want to find out what America was like before European explorers arrived, read this enthralling series on American Indians. Filled with true tales of traditions and history, tragedy and triumph, each book focuses on a distinct group of American Indians and explores...
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PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE MYSTERIOUS PLAYDATE

SHANNON HALE · CANDLEWICK PRESS

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Slider

PETE HAUTMAN · Candlewick
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Competitive eating vies with family expectations in a funny, heartfelt novel for middle-grade readers by National Book Award winner Pete Hautman.David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. Not bad. But he knows he can do better. In fact,...
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The Night Garden

POLLY HORVATH · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning author Polly Horvath is this magical middle-grade novel about a garden that grants wishes. It is World War II, and Franny and her parents, Sina and Old Tom, enjoy a quiet life on a farm on Vancouver Island. Franny writes, Sina sculpts,...
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The End of Time

MITCH KRPATA · Amulet Books
Pages: 103
Format: Hardcover

Following the epic penultimate conclusion of The Secret Society, Oliver, Mya, and Jorge find themselves at an impasse: The Protectors' headquarters lie in ruins; the nefarious Octavian is nowhere to be found; and they have no idea how their tampering with the timeline of Poptropica might...
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Growing Up with Aloha: A Nanea Classic 1

Kirby Larson · American Girl
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Nine-year-old Nanea may be the youngest in her family, but she still wants to "dip her paddle in" and be useful. She knows she's grown-up enough to help in her grandparents' market. But before she can prove that she's ready for more responsibility, the unthinkable...
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Deadzone

Jennifer A Nielsen · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

The survivors have made it out of the jungle, but they may be sorry they ever left when they stumble upon a whole new ecosystem, populated with entirely new threats.And the greatest threat of all may come from within. Because one of the kids is changing...The seven-book series begun by #1 New York...
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Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Path of the Diamond: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure

Cube Kid. · Andrews Mcmeel Pub
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

In book 4 of the highly popular 8-Bit Diary series, Minecraft meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid in this journal of a Minecraft villager who dreams of becoming a Minecraft warrior.THESE ARE THE REAL BOOKS BY CUBE KID! DIARY OF AN 8-BIT WARRIOR: PATH OF THE DIAMOND €‹WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED...
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I Survived the American Revolution, 1776

LAUREN TARSHIS · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

The battlefield was soaked in blood. Screams of injured soldiers rang through the air. Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox knelt behind a rock, his gun clutched in his shaking hands. Nate had been heading to New York City to find his father. But now he was trapped in a terrible gunfight between...
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Jigsaw Jones: The Case from Outer Space

James Preller · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Jigsaw Jones is back and better than ever in this brand-new chapter book mystery. Are aliens coming to Earth? Jigsaw and friends have a clue, but is there really life in outer space?
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The Professor and the Puzzle

CAROLYN KEENE · Aladdin
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Nancy and her friends are on an epic quest to discover the identity of a treacherous Greek scholar in this fifteenth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to the classic mystery series.Nancy, Bess, and George are excited to attend Oracle College's annual Greek mythology themed...
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Creepy Cowboy Caper

Michael Anthony Steele · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 105
Format: Paperback

Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang are lost in the desert and find themselves smack dab in the middle of Sladeville; a ghost town! But the ghosts of Sladeville seem out of place. Something odd is going on in the town, and the gang is going to find out what it is!
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Skeleton Crew Showdown

Michael Anthony Steele · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 105
Format: Paperback

All aboard! The Mystery Inc. gang is ready for a vacation at sea. But the pirate ship is haunted by Captain Angus Grimm and his skeleton crew! Between sword fights and cannon ball wars, Scooby-Doo and his friends must work hard to solve this mystery and save their lives.
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The Ghosts at the Movie Theater #9

Dori Hillestad Butler

Edgar Award Winner Dori Hillestad Butler gives us the ninth title in her not-too-scary chapter book mystery series, The Haunted Library.Kaz are Claire are on the case again - this time, they're looking for Kaz's long-lost uncle! Their search takes them to a bakery a
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Crafty Cat and the Crafty Camp Crisis

Charise Mericle Harper · First Second
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Second grade isn't always a breeze for Birdie. There are just so many opportunities to embarrass herself! But Birdie's got a secret weapon that nobody knows about -- her alter-ego, Crafty Cat! Birdie can become Crafty Cat without anyone noticing, and she always manages to get herself out of a jam using...
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Children of Refuge

Margaret Peterson Haddix · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

After Edwy is smuggled off to Refuge City to stay with his brother and sister, Rosi, Bobo, and Cana are stuck alone - and in danger - in Cursed Town in the thrilling follow-up to Children of Exile from New York Times bestselling author, Margaret Peterson Haddix.It's been barely a day since...
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Captain America: The Tomorrow Army: A Marvel Chapter Book

Michael Siglain · Marvel Press
Format: Book

Steve Rogers woke up in the 21st century and to a world full of modern technology and changes. He's still not comfortable about his new life except when he is Captain America. When S.H.I.E.L.D. learns HYDRA agents are on the rise and threatening the world's safety, Nick Fury calls...
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Spider-Man: Attack of the Heroes: A Marvel Chapter Book

Rich Thomas · Marvel Press
Format: Paperback

Peter Parker spends a lot of time juggling school, friends, and living the life of the Super Hero called Spider-Man. He fs usually pretty good at balancing it all, but when high school quarterback Flash Thompson starts bullying him, Peter must find a way to control his powers. To make matters...
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Mighty Marvel Ant-Man Zombie Repellent

Chris Wyatt · Parragon Book Service Ltd
Format: Paperback

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Humphrey's Treasure Hunt Trouble

BETTY G BIRNEY · Puffin Books

Humphrey might be the only one who can solve the mystery of the missing treasure hunt prize! Garth has a surprise for his friends when they get to his party - a treasure hunt! Riddles are hidden all around his backyard and he put the prize in the best hiding spot of all - Humphrey's...
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Isadora Moon Goes Camping

HARRIET MUNCASTER · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Meet Isadora Moon! She's half-fairy, half-vampire and totally unique!Camping is full of surprises when you're a vampire-fairy! When Isadora Moon and her family go on a camping trip to the beach, they're just like everybody else. They roast marshmallows and build sand castles...
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Fishin': Impossible

Davy Ocean · Aladdin
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Harry does some deep sea detective work while investigating the fishy disappearance of his worst enemy in this eighth Shark School (mis) adventure.Harry Hammer's all-time favorite TV show is Mike Hammerhead, Shark Detective. The fin-tastic detective never fails to solve under-the-sea...
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Mighty Jack and the Goblin King

BEN HATKE · FIRST SECOND BOOKS
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone -- carried into another realm by an ogre.When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy's captor through the portal, they are ready for anything . . . except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds....
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Snowball Truce!

Michel-yves Schmitt · Graphic Universe
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

Winter has come, and Leopold wants to use his invisibility to launch the best snowball fight of all time! His big sister, Celine, thinks he should be using his powers for the greater good. He could catch thieves, stop wars, or save the world, after all! Of course, Leopold would rather torment...
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