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The Secret Keepers

Trenton Lee Stewart · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

Acclaimed "New York Times "bestselling author and E. B. White Read Aloud Award winner Trenton Lee Stewart returns with a captivating, heart-stopping adventure about thrilling secrets and dangerous mysteries--and the courage to reveal the most frightening of truths. Eleven-year-old...
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The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

Adam Gidwitz · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

The bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm takes on medieval times in an exciting and hilarious new adventure about history, religion . . . and farting dragons. 1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children:...
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Rise of the lioness

Bradley Hague · National Geographic
Pages: 56
Format: Print book

Poaching and war damaged an isolated wilderness in West Zambia, reducing its lion population to just one: Lady, the last lioness. Witness Lady's fight for survival in this evocative narrative on the decline, fall, and rebirth of the Liuwa Plains. Follow Lady as she grapples with a landscape...
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The storybook knight

Helen Docherty; Thomas Docherty · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 32
Format:  Print book : Fiction : Primary school : English

Ordered by his parents to tame a dragon, a gentle knight who prefers reading to fighting arms himself with a book.
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Captain Pug

Laura James

On one very ordinary day Pug's nose knows that breakfast is on its way. And with breakfast, come crumbs - but not just any old crumbs, jam tart crumbs. Jam tarts are Pug's favorite food, and he loves nothing more than to share them with his best friend, Lady Miranda. But just b
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Book Uncle and Me

Uma Krishnaswami · Groundwood Books
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending library next to her apartment building. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety bookstand, Yasmin has to take her nose out of her book and do something.But what can she do? The local...
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Race the Night

Kirsten Hubbard · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

"Without you, there'd be no hope for the world. Because you are the whole world."That's what Teacher says, and twelve-year-old Eider knows she's right. The world ended long ago, and the desert ranch is the only thing left. Still, Eider's thoughts keep wandering...
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Mark of the Plague

Kevin Sands · Aladdin
Pages: 544
Format: Print book

Christopher Rowe is back and there are more puzzles, riddles, and secrets to uncover in this follow-up to the Indie Next pick The Blackthorn Key, which was called a "spectacular debut" by Kirkus Reviews in a starred review.The Black Death has returned to London, spreading disease...
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Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics

Steve Jenkins · Harcourt
Pages: 48

How many species are there across the globe? How much do all of the insects in the world collectively weigh? How far can animals travel? Steve Jenkins answers these questions and many more with numbers, images, innovation, and authoritative science in his latest work of illustrated...
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Preaching to the Chickens

Jabari Asim · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis give readers a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader John Lewis. John wants to be a preacher when he grows up - a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think,...
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