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Into the Lion's Den
Into the Lion's Den

Linda A Fairstein · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

Watch out, Nancy Drew - Devlin Quick is smart, strong, and she will DEFINITELY close the case in this thrilling new mystery series for girls and boys from New York Times bestselling author Linda FairsteinSomeone has stolen a page from a rare book in the New York Public Library. At least,...
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Nothing But Trouble
Nothing But Trouble

Jacqueline Davies · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 314
Format: Print book

From the acclaimed author of The Lemonade War comes a new book starring two smart girls determined to liven up their town - one epic prank at a time.Odawahaka has always been too small for Maggie's big scientific ideas. Between her stuck-in-a-rut mom, her grumpy grandpop, and the lifetime...
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The Bad Kid
The Bad Kid

Sarah Lariviere · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Claudeline Feng LeBernardin learns what it really means to be bad in this Edgar Award-nominated colorful and hilarious mystery reminiscent of Harriet the Spy.Claudeline Feng LeBernardin is very good at being bad. Her Grandpa Si was a real-life gangster, and Claude always thought she'd take...
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Courage test
Courage test

James Preller · Feiwel and Friends
Pages: 212
Format: Print book

Will has no choice. His father drags him along on a wilderness adventure in the footsteps of legendary explorers Lewis and Clark--whether he likes it or not. All the while, Will senses that something about this trip isn't quite right. Along the journey, Will meets fascinating strangers...
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The Stolen Chapters
The Stolen Chapters

James Riley · Aladdin
Pages: 354
Format: Print book

Owen, Kiel, and Bethany confront secrets, stolen memories, and some very familiar faces in the follow-up to The Story Thieves - which was called a "fast-paced, action-packed tale" by School Library Journal - from the bestselling author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy.Owen Conners...
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27 Magic Words
27 Magic Words

Sharelle Byars Moranville · Holiday House
Pages: 200
Format: Print book

An irrepressibleten-year-oldwith a vibrant imagination must reconcile her fantasies with reality in this beautifully writtennovel about facing the future. Although Kobi s parents sailed into a storm at sea five years ago, she knows they are alive. If she says Avanti she can see them. Now that...
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Under the Ashes
Under the Ashes

Cindy Rankin · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Elizabeth "Littlebeth" Morgan would rather race the boys, chase skunks, and read about bandits than act like a lady. When she whacks the head off a rattlesnake, her parents decide it's the last straw. They send her to live with her maiden aunt Sally in San Francisco...
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Princess Between Worlds: A Tale of the Wide-Awake Princess
Princess Between Worlds: A Tale of the Wide-Awake Princess

E D Baker · Bloomsbury
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

The magic continues in the fifth tale of the Wide-Awake Princess!Just as Annie and Liam are busy making plans to travel the world, a witch shows up and gives them a collection of postcards from the Magic Marketplace. Each postcard gives Annie and Liam the opportunity to travel to exotic...
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Sunker's deep.
Sunker's deep.

Lian Tanner · Feiwel and Friends
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Action, adventure, and mystery surround the Sunkers, a band of children who live in a submarine, as they try to survive a war in Book Two of the Icebreaker Trilogy. Sharkey is a Sunker--he was born on a fortunate tide, and everyone in the giant submersible Rampart knows it. The trouble...
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The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief & Sinister
The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief & Sinister

Stefan Bachmann · Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

A collection of thirty-six forty eerie, mysterious, intriguing, and very short stories by the acclaimed authors Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire LeGrand, and Emma Trevayne. The Cabinet of Curiosities is perfect for fans of Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark...
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The Classy Crooks Club
The Classy Crooks Club

Alison Cherry · Aladdin
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Twelve-year-old AJ is dreading spending the summer with her uber-strict grandmother - that is, until she's recruited to join Grandma Jo's heist club - in this hilarious and quirky twist on a summer vacation story.AJ does not, under any circumstances, want to spend an entire month...
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Screaming at the Ump
Screaming at the Ump

Audrey Vernick · Clarion Books
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Casey Snowden knows everything about being an umpire. His dad and grandfather run a New Jersey umpire school, Behind the Plate, and Casey lives and breathes baseball. Casey's dream, however, is to be a reporter - objective, impartial, and fair, just like an ump. But when...
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The Classroom When Nature Calls, Hang Up!
The Classroom When Nature Calls, Hang Up!

Robin Mellom · Disney-Hyperion Books, 2015.
Pages: 266
Format: Print book

A documentary crew has descended upon Westside Middle School to detail the life of an average seventh grader named Trevor Jones and his classmates. The one-on-one interviews, film footages, and camp journals will chronicle the dangerous and highly awkward overnight field trip to Camp Whispering...
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