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John David Anderson · Aladdin Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Bryan Biggins wakes up to find that his life has become a video game in this funny, honest coming-of-age novel from the author of Sidekicked and Minion.Meet Bryan Biggins. Most of the time he's a freckle-faced boy, small for his age, who attends a school known for its unwritten uniform...
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Metamorphic Rocks

Cecilia Pinto McCarthy · The Child's World
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Learn about types of metamorphic rocks, how they form, wherethey are found, and how we use them every day. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled captions and sidebars, detailed photographs, infographics or informational diagrams, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary,...
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A Conspiracy of Kings

Megan Whalen Turner · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 347
Format: Paperback

Discover the world of the Queen's ThiefNew York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner's entrancing and award-winning Queen's Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics and feature one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief....
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Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood

James Baldwin · Duke University Press Books
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover

Four-year-old TJ spends his days on his lively Harlem block playing with his best friends WT and Blinky and running errands for neighbors. As he comes of age as a "Little Man" with big dreams, TJ faces a world of grown-up adventures and realities. Baldwin's only children's...
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Miranda Lambert

Jim Gigliotti · Bearport Pub Co Inc
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

"Miranda Lambert is one of the most popular country artists of our time. In this fascinating introduction, young readers will learn how Miranda made it to the top of her profession?and continues to wow audiences with her incredible talent. Each 24-page book in this series of introductory...
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Scar Island

Dan Gemeinhart · Scholastic Press
Pages: 249
Format: Print book

Jonathan Grisby is the newest arrival at the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys--an ancient, crumbling fortress of gray stone rising up from the ocean. It is dark, damp, and dismal. And it is just the place Jonathan figures he deserves.Because Jonathan has done something terrible....
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Time Traveling with a Hamster

Ross Welford · Schwartz & Wade Books
Pages: 426
Format: Print book

Back to the Future meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in this original, poignant, race-against-time story about a boy who travels back to 1984 to save his father's life. My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty-nine and again four years later, when he was twelve....
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Who Was Henry Ford?

Michael Burgan · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Born on a small farm in rural Michigan, Henry Ford's humble beginnings were no match for his ambition. Ford quickly created a manufacturing dynasty, bringing affordable cars to the masses and forever changing America and the American workplace. Who Was Henry Ford? details his meteoric...
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The Notations of Cooper Cameron

Jane H O'Reilly · Carolrhoda Books
Format: Hardcover

"Eleven-year-old Cooper Cameron likes things to be in order. When he eats, he chews every bite three times on each side. Sometimes he washes his hands in the air with invisible water. He invented these rituals after the death of his beloved grandfather to protect others he loves from...
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The Principal's Underwear Is Missing

Holly Kowitt · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

When you're a sixth-grade nobody, the last person you want to accidentally zonk with a volleyball is Sloan "Selfie" St. Clair--the eighth-grade glamour queen of the school. But that's what happens to Becca Birnbaum, and it only gets worse when she tries to do Selfie a favor. She grabs...
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Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Special Edition 2018

NOT AVAILABLE. · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Don't miss this all-new Ripley's Believe It or Not! which features 144 full-color pages of the most incredible facts, strangest discoveries, and weirdest wonders of the world! This year's edition features oddities including a house in China that is covered with millions of sea shells,...
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Dog Diaries #8: Fala

Kate Klimo · Random House, 2016.
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Scottie dog Fala helps run a nation! As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's nearly constant companion, Fala the Scottish terrier was in the unique position to witness the workings of the U.S. presidency. And now for the first time, the sassy...
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Awesome Engineering Skyscrapers

Sally Spray · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Follow the development of skyscrapers, as they have grown taller and taller, and more fantastical through engineering skill, design and ambition.
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Bowfishing

Jason Porterfield · Rosen Pub Group
Format: Book

This book on bowfishing presents information on equipment, licensing, clothing, gear, safety precautions, and specialized techniques and strategies necessary for a successful day.
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The United States Flag

Kirsten Chang · Blastoff! Readers
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

In 1777, the United States flag had just 13 stars and stripes. How Old Glory has grown since then! Today, the flag flies over schools, libraries, government buildings, and more. Young readers will learn the flags symbolism and origins in this patriotic title.
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