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Compass South

Hope Larson · Margaret Ferguson Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

It's 1860 in New York City. When 12-year-old twins Alexander and Cleopatra's father disappears, they join the Black Hook Gang and are caught by the police pulling off a heist. They agree to reveal the identity of the gang in exchange for tickets to New Orleans. But once there, Alex...
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Soil for Fossils and History

Laura L Sullivan · Cavendish Square Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

We can thank soil for most of what we know about both the ancient and prehistoric worlds. It is soil that turned plants and animals into fossils, and then preserved them so we can discover them today. It is also soil that covered the ruins of civilizations and kept them safe from ruinous...
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Applesauce weather

Helen Frost · Candlewick Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

In a touching poetic novel, a fall apple ritual along with some inventive storytelling brings a family together as they grieve the loss of a beloved family member. When the first apple falls from the tree, Faith and Peter know that it s applesauce weather, even though Peter is getting a little...
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Extraordinary Bodies

Mason Crest Publishers · Mason Crest
Format: Hardcover

Collects unusual facts about the human body and the things people have done with their bodies, including the Elephant Man and others with natural physical differences, and people who have transformed themselves with body art.
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Spirit Animals: Book 2: Hunted

Maggie Stiefvater · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 185
Format: Hardcover

The adventure continues in this second book in the New York Times bestselling series.In the world of Erdas, only a rare few are able to summon a spirit animal in the way Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have. The bond they share with their animals is a partnership that allows them to access...
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The Wild World of a Zoo Vet

Ruth Owen · Ruby Tuesday Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

"Each day zoo vets are hard at work dealing with emergencies, performing operations, and keeping some of the world's rarest animals healthy. From microchipping a baby Komodo dragon to taking an x-ray of a tiger's leg, zoo vets use technology and their science skills to take...
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Payback on Poplar Lane

Margaret Mincks · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

ABC's Shark Tank meets The Terrible Two when a pair of sixth grade entrepreneurs compete to become top mogul on their block.Twelve-year-old Peter Gronkowski prides himself on being a professional businessman. Tired of the clichéd lemonade stands that line his block, he decides to start...
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Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Everything Locator

Luke Sharpe · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Billy Sure, inventor and CEO of Sure Things, Inc., invents a device that can track down everything - and we mean everything - he's ever lost in the tenth book of a hilarious middle grade series!What's a kid entrepreneur to do when he loses his math homework? Invent the Everything...
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Marvel Universe Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 6

Joe Caramagna · Marvel
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

The Spartax War! Thanos has come to the planet Spartax, and trust us, he isn't on vacation! Now the Guardians of the Galaxy must unite with Thor and his all-star guard in order to save Peter Quill! But while Star-Lord's future may be in doubt, can Gamora escape her past? She's attempting...
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Play It Again, Mallory

Laurie B. Friedman · Darby Creek Publishing
Format: Book

Mallory is excited about the six-week arts electives program at Fern Falls Elementary—until she gets stuck in her last-choice class, band. To make matters worse, she is assigned to the tuba, and when she plays, it sounds more like passing gas than music. She dreads the showcase at the end of the program....
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The Copernicus Legacy: The Crown of Fire

Tony Abbott · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 553
Format: Print book

This concluding book in bestselling author Tony Abbott's critically acclaimed middle grade adventure series is a mile-a-minute thrill ride. Perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Ridley Pearson."Upon my life, I will." Across the centuries, every Guardian who has protected one of the twelve...
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The Candymakers

Wendy Mass · Little, Brown, 2010.
Pages: 453
Format: Print book

In the town of Spring Haven, four children have been selected to compete in the national candymaking contest of a lifetime. Who will make a candy more delicious than the Oozing Crunchorama or the Neon Yellow Lightning Chew?Logan, the candymaker's son, who can detect the color of chocolate...
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Bound for Danger

Franklin W Dixon · Aladdin Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Brother detectives Frank and Joe find themselves on the basketball court and in the midst of a dangerous team initiation scheme in this thrilling Hardy Boys adventure.Joe and Frank are taken aback when Principal Gerther announces that they need more extracurriculars on their school transcript,...
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Virginia

Deborah Ann Kent · C. Press/F. Watts Trade
Pages: 144
Format: Library Binding - Revised Ed.

America the Beautiful, Third Series is bursting with fascinating facts, up-to-date statistics, glorious full-color photographs, and unusual lists guaranteed to elicit at least one WOW! with the turn of every page. America the Beautiful's new dynamic design and editorial approach to the geography,...
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Iraq

Emily Rose Oachs · Bellwether Media
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Iraq gets a lot of bad publicity. People hear regularly about the countrys troubles without learning about its achievements. For example, youve maybe never heard that Iraqis invented the wheel, sailboat, and plow! This title takes young readers past news headlines to tell the full story...
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