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The Adventurers Guild

Zack Loran Clark · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Few ever asked to join the Adventurers Guild. . . . Their members often died young.In one of the last cities standing after the world fell to monsters, best friends Zed Kagari and Brock Dunderfel have high hopes for the future. Zed desperately wishes to join the ranks of the Mages Guild,...
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Just Like Jackie

LINDSEY STODDARD · HarperCollins
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Family is family, no matter what it looks like. Readers will cheer for this pitch-perfect story, just right for fans of such books as The Great Gilly Hopkins and Fish in a Tree.For as long as Robinson Hart can remember, it's just been her and Grandpa. He taught her about cars, baseball,...
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Stormspeaker (Spirit Animals: Fall of the Beasts, Book 7)

Christina Diaz Gonzalez · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 182
Format: Hardcover

Confidential until January 2018
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Super Rabbit Boy vs. Super Rabbit Boss! A Branches Book

Thomas Flintham · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 80
Format: Library Binding

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina....
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Dragon Overnight

SARAH MLYNOWSKI · Scholastic Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

It's time for the Upside-Down Magic class to go on a field trip--a sleepover field trip! But things go wonky from the start, and soon there's a dragon to deal with.
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Monster Maze!: A Monster Truck Myth

Blake Hoena · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 50
Format: Library Binding

Watch the THESEUS monster truck face-off, bumper-to-bumper, against his meanest mechanical foe - BULLISTIC! Will he crush the competition or be bulled over? With short, action-packed chapters and high-powered art, the world's mightiest monster trucks - the ThunderTrucks - will have little...
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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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The Unicorn Quest

Kamilla Benko · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

An enchanting, exciting fantasy about a real-world girl searching for her sister in a land full of magic and strange creatures, blending the timeless feel of The Last Unicorn and Wildwood with Frozen's powerful themes of identity, enchantment, and sisterhood.Claire Martinson still worries...
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Marty Pants #2: Keep Your Paws Off!

MARK PARISI · HarperCollins
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Marty Pants is back! And in an unexpectedly hairy situation, Marty must put his deduction skills to the test as this new mystery might be leading to monstrous consequences. When Marty finds a ripped page from his sister's diary, the most crucial piece - revealing Marty's true identity - is still...
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Gimme Shelter: Misadventures and Misinformation

DOREEN CRONIN · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

The Chicken Squad is back for their fifth (mis) adventure in this "lip-bitingly funny" (School Library Journal) chapter book from the bestselling author of Click, Clack, Moo and The Trouble with Chickens.The Chicken Squad prides themselves on being ready for anything. Marshmallow...
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Geeked Out

Obert Skye · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Book 1 in a post-apocalyptic diary fiction odyssey!Waddle Jr. High has become a dystopian outpost with divided cliques -- Pepville, Jockstown, Staffland, and even Geekdom. Society may be in danger but middle school must go on. Enter geeky Tip and all his friends: easy-to-blush Owen, coding...
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Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen

Candace Fleming · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Balto and other real-life dog stories, here's a heavily illustrated middle-grade novel about a canine movie star of the 1920s, dramatically told in both words and pictures by an acclaimed author and a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator.When movie director Larry Trimble travels...
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Marabel and the Book of Fate

TRACY BARRETT · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Free-spirited Marabel must defy expectations to rescue her brother--and their kingdom--in this charming, action-packed, and magical story perfect for fans of Ella Enchanted and Dealing with Dragons.In Magikos, life is dictated by the Book of Fate's ancient predictions, including the birth...
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The Rizzlerunk Club: Best Buds Under Frogs

LESLIE PATRICELLI · Candlewick
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

In her first novel, illustrated in her inimitable style, Leslie Patricelli hits all the humorous ups and downs of being the new kid at school, navigating complicated friendships, and standing up to frenemies.For Lily, it's the worst first day of school ever. Who would want to be friends...
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Bravelands #2: Code of Honor

ERIN HUNTER · HarperCollins
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Heed the call of the wild ... discover the second book in this action-packed animal fantasy series from the #1 bestselling author of Warriors! "Deep characters, a complex plot, rich mythology, and a stunning setting. Wild and wonderful." - Kirkus ReviewsSet in the African savannah...
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Harper and the Circus of Dreams

CERRIE BURNELL · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Late one evening as the stars begin to twinkle, Harper and her friends are flying on the scarlet umbrella when they see a girl running on air, skipping along a tightrope. She leads them to the Circus of Dreams, suspended in the air by hot air balloons. There, they meet the mermaid acrobat,...
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Hamster Princess: Whiskerella

URSULA VERNON · Dial Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A funny, feminist twist on the Cinderella fairy tale for fans of fractured fairy talesPrincess Harriet Hamsterbone is not the kind of princess who enjoys fancy dresses or extravagant parties. Cliff-diving, fractions, and whacking people with swords are more her thing. So when she's forced...
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Forest World

Margarita Engle · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning author Margarita Engle comes a lively middle grade novel in verse that tells the story of a Cuban-American boy who visits his family's village in Cuba for the first time - and meets a sister he didn't know he had.Edver isn't happy about being shipped off to Cuba to visit...
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A Pup Called Trouble

BOBBIE PYRON · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Fans of classic animal stories like Pax and A Dog's Way Home will howl over the heartwarming adventures of a coyote pup lost in New York City. Brimming with curiosity, Trouble can't wait to explore the world beyond Singing Creek. So one morning the coyote pup stows away in the back of a truck...
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The Not-So-Boring Letters of Private Nobody

Matthew Landis · Dial Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A trio of seventh graders become one another's first friends as they discover the secrets of a Civil War soldier in this middle grade novel for fans of Gordon Korman and Gary SchmidtTwelve-year-old Oliver Prichard is obsessed with the Civil War. He knows everything about it: the battles,...
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Spin the Golden Light Bulb

Jackie Yeager · Amberjack Publishing
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover

It's the year 2071 and eleven year-old Kia Krumpet is determined to build her 67 inventions, but she won't have the opportunity to unless she earns a spot at PIPS, the Piedmont Inventor's Prep School. Kia, who has trouble making friends at school, has dreamed of winning the Piedmont Challenge...
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