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Mega Princess

KELLY THOMPSON · KaBOOM!
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Max has the powers of every princess ever . . . too bad she just wants to be a detective.Budding detective or princess in training? These are just a few of the questions Princess Maxine Titan must ask herself on her tenth birthday. See, turning ten is the very important day when every princess...
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CatStronauts: Space Station Situation

Drew Brockington · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover

In the third book in the CatStronauts graphic novel series, your favorite elite team of cat astronauts is a member short--one of the team has quit! When chief science officer Pom Pom rejoins the CatStronauts on the International Space Station, she has to get to work right away--the Hubba...
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The Popularity Papers: Book Seven: The Less-Than-Hidden Secrets and Final Revelations of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang

Amy Ignatow · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Lydia and Julie have been through many adventures as they navigated junior high, popularity, families, and friendship. In the final adventure in the series, the peaceful world of Hamlin Junior High is rocked when Lydia and Julie learn that they're going to have to play host to new students...
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What Was a Cliche Before It Became One?

Emma Carlson Berne · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

An engaging way to introduce young readers to parts of speech, particularly idioms and cliches. Explains the differences, and how best to use--and not use--said parts of speech. Fulfills Common Core standard for literature.
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Discovering Fossils

JESSIE ALKIRE · Checkerboard Library
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Investigate famous excavations and the archaeologists and paleontologists who led them with Discovering Fossils. Through fossils such as Mosasaurus and Neanderthal man, readers will discover how we learn about fossils and how they teach us how plants, animals, people, and Earth have changed...
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I Can Make Musical Instruments

Emily Reid · Windmill Books, 2016.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Making music is fun, but it's even more fun when you make the musical instruments, too! Readers follow a series of step-by-step instructions to create their own musical instruments, such as bongo drums, tambourines, and guitars. Each step is presented to readers through clear text and detailed...
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Top Prospect

Paul Volponi · Carolrhoda Books
Format: Print book

Travis, a pre-teen quarterback with big potential, gets the opportunity of a lifetime when the University of Florida football coach offers him a scholarship before he's even in high school. Can he handle his newfound celebrity status?
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Whoosh!: Wile E. Coyote Experiments with Flight and Gravity

Mark Weakland · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Wile E. Coyote will try anything to catch Road Runner. Watch as he tries out flying contraptions in the hopes of grabbing that crazy bird. Will gravity be on Wile E.'s side? Or will it simply drag him down? Learn the answers inside!
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Just Breathe: Meditation, Mindfulness, Movement, and More

MALLIKA CHOPRA · Running Press Kids
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

For kids ages 8 to 12, this is an accessible and fun meditation and mindfulness how-to book filled with full-color illustrations, written by Mallika Chopra and with a foreword by Deepak Chopra.Just Breathe is a fun and accessible, fully illustrated go-to meditation guide written by none...
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Sugar and Sweeteners

John Perritano · Mason Crest
Pages: 64
Format: Library Binding

Sugar had a huge impact on world history, and it continues to play a major role in our diets. But as tasty as it is, sugar can cause serious health problems. This book explains everything you need to know about the sweet stuff, from its chemistry and history to how it affects our bodies....
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Katie Ledecky

MATT SCHEFF · SPORTSZONE
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

This title introduces readers to Katie Ledecky, providing exciting details about her life and going deep inside the key moments of her swimming career. The title also features informative "fast facts, " a timeline, and a glossary. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company....
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Billy Bramble and The Great Big Cook Off

Sally Donovan · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

"Want to know something else about me? I am Billy Bramble: the King, the President and the Emperor of Bad Lucksville. I am the Chief Executive of Bad Luck Limited, the Bad Luck Champion of the World, the Bad Luck Guinness World Record holder and it's all thanks to my invisible...
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The Wolf's Boy

Susan Williams Beckhorn · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

An outcast boy and a young wolf against an Ice Age winter . . . Kai burns to become a hunter and to earn a rightful place among his people. But that can never be. He was born with a club foot. It is forbidden for him to use or even touch a hunter's sacred weapons.Shunned by the other boys,...
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Germany

Amy Rechner · Blastoff! Discovery
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Germany is famous for many things. Cars, art, and classical music are a few, but there is another shining star among them. Its the wurst! Germany is the home of hundreds of types of sausages. This title will fulfill young readers hunger for Germany as it explores the culture, landscape,...
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Buyer Beware

Kelly Rogers · Magic Wagon
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Ellie buys a snake egg from the sinister science teacher Ms. Fleek in room 201, and hides it in a cage in her closet, but when it finally hatches--well, snakes are not supposed to have legs and wings, are they?
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