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The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 2

Neil Gaiman · Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pages: 164
Format: Hardcover

The second volume of a glorious two-volume, four-color graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning novel The Graveyard Book, adapted by P. Craig Russell and illustrated by an extraordinary team of renowned artists.Inventive,...
 
 
Nightmares! The Lost Lullaby

Jason Segel · Delacorte Press
Pages: 318
Format: Print book

The third book in the hilariously scary Nightmares! series by New York Times bestselling authors Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller is here! You thought the nightmares were over? You better keep the lights on! Charlie Laird has a very bad feeling. 1. There's a NEW GIRL at school, and Charlie...
 
 
Scorpion vs. black widow

Caitie McAneney · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 24
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : English : First edition

Scorpions and black widows are both feared arachnids. They carry venom that can be deadly. Black widow venom can turn their prey's insides into mush! Scorpions have their deadly stinger to inject their poison, while black widows use fangs. These two bad beasts occasionally meet in a battle...
 
 
Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel

Chris Grabenstein · Random House
Pages: 284
Format: Print book

From Chris Grabenstein, the bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and co-author with James Patterson of I Funny, House of Robots, and Treasure Hunters, comes a hilarious illustrated series about all the wacky things that happen when you live in a motel! Eleven-year-old...
 
 
The Underground Railroad: Would You Help Them Escape?

Elaine Landau · Enslow Elementary
Format: Book

It is the early 1860s. Slavery is legal in the United States. Brave slaves try to escape to freedom along the secret "Underground Railroad," but they don’t always make it. What would you do? Would you help and protect the slaves from the slave catchers or Would you follow...
 
 
Striker's Sister

Jake Maddox · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 72
Format: Library Binding

Lily Davis' big sister, Jana, has recently left home for basic training, and Lily really misses her soccer idol. But when Lily's parents and coach start pushing her to fill Jana's cleats, the pressure to be like the all-star striker is too much. Can Lily find the strength to be herself?...
 
 
How the Legislative Branch Works

Maddie Spalding · The Child's World
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Learn how a bill becomes a law and how the U. S. Congress helps maintain the government's balance of power. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled captions and sidebars, detailed photographs, informational diagrams, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources...
 
 
Minecraft: Redstone Handbook

Nick Farwell · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 93
Format: Print book

Revised edition with the most up to date stats, info, and sixteen pages of brand-new material! It's time to wire up and get connected to one of the most complex areas of Minecraft--redstone. Redstone experts guide you through all aspects of working with redstone including mining, smelting,...
 
 
Pigs Might Fly

Nick Abadzis · First Second
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

All the sensible hogfolk in Pigdom Plains know that if pigs were meant to fly, they'd have been born with wings -- but there's no convincing Lily Leanchops. The daughter of renowned inventor Hercules Fatchops, Lily has watched her father's flying machines fail time and time...
 
 
The Not-so-Heroic Knight

B A Hoena · Stone Arch books
Pages: 56
Format: Print book

A knight in shining armor asks Thud and Blunder to join him on a heroic journey! But it leads to a deadly dungeon. The dungeon has lots of treasure! But its guarded by the Ultra-Mega-Lich. The knight says he can easily defeat the monster! But his armor and sword look unused. How can two nine-year-old...
 
 
Colorado

Barbara A. Somervill · 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,...
 
 
Eyewitness to the role of women in world war ii

Jill Sherman · The Child's World
Pages: 32
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

Through narrative nonfiction, tells about numerous roles of women during the war, including as spies, army nurses, factory workers, and pilots.
 
 
Gory gladiators, savage centurions, and Caesar's sticky end : a menacing history of the unruly-- Romans!

Kay Barnham · Gareth Stevens Pub
Pages: 32
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

Because the Roman Army was so large, they had to be very serious about punishing those who broke the rules. For disobeying an order, a soldier would get as many as 200 lashes with a whip. And deserters? They were stoned or beaten to death. These penalties sound harsh in todays world, but they...
 
 
The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend

SHARON ROBINSON · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Stephen Satlow is an eight-year-old boy living in Brooklyn, New York, which means he only cares about one thing-the Dodgers. Steve and his father spend hours reading the sports pages and listening to games on the radio. Aside from an occasional run-in with his teacher, life is pretty simple...
 
 
Gustav Gloom and the Inn of Shadows #5

Adam-Troy Castro · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

Gustav and Fernie continue their journey through Dark Country! Gustav and Fernie's adventures in the Dark Country continue as they search for their families. But as they get closer to discovering their families' fates, their mission is once again threatened by old foes - as well...