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You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

ALEX GINO · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister Emma is born Deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. A big fantasy reader, Jilly connects with another fan, Derek, who is a Deaf Black ASL user. She goes to Derek for advice but doesn't always know the best way to ask for it and makes...
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Sif and the Dwarfs' Treasures

Joan Holub · Aladdin
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From the authors of the Goddess Girls series comes the second book in a brand-new series steeped in Norse mythology, magic, adventure, and friendship.Twelve-year-old Sif is goddess of the harvest, with her abilities woven into her long, blonde hair. She also has special prophetic powers...
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The Darkdeep

ALLY CONDIE · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

"Move over, Stranger Things . . . The Darkdeep will pull you into an irresistibly eerie world beyond your wildest dreams--and nightmares." --Melissa de la Cruz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Descendants series"The stakes are huge, the action high-throttle, but what...
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Kat Wolfe Investigates: A Wolfe & Lamb Mystery

Lauren St John · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Kat Wolfe starts a pet-sitting agency, she soon finds herself unraveling a mystery, in this first book of a new middle-grade series from award-winning author Lauren St. John.After a break-in at their London home, Kat Wolfe and her veterinarian mum decide it's time to move...
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Bluecrowne: A Greenglass House Story

Kate Milford · Clarion Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Return to the world of the bestselling Greenglass House, where smugglers, magic, and pyrotechnics mix, in a new adventure from a New York Times best-selling, National Book Award-nominated, and Edgar Award-winning author.Lucy Bluecrowne is beginning a new life ashore with her stepmother...
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News from Me, Lucy McGee

Mary Amato · Holiday House
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

A fun-loving new chapter book series by state-award favorite MARY AMATO starring a heroine who matches wits with a mean girl.Spunky Lucy McGee proves herself a match for mean girl Scarlett Tandy, but not before being duped. In this humorous and heartfelt story about a girl with a song in her heart...
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Everlasting Nora: A Novel

MARIE MIRANDA CRUZ · Starscape
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

An uplifting young reader debut about perseverance against all odds, Marie Miranda Cruz's debut Everlasting Nora follows the story of a young girl living in the real-life shantytown inside the Philippines' Manila North Cemetery.After a family tragedy results in the loss of both father and home,...
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The Train to Impossible Places: A Cursed Delivery

P G Bell · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A middle-grade fantasy and nonstop adventure, The Train to Impossible Places by debut author P. G. Bell is as fun as it is full of heart, and the first book of a planned trilogy.A train that travels through impossible places. A boy trapped in a snow globe. And a girl who's about to go on the adventure...
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Counting to Perfect

Suzanne M LaFleur · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Eight Keys comes a loving story of sisters who are trying to find their way back to each other.Julia used to be the perfect big sister: she played great games and took good care of Cassie. Now life at home revolves around Julia and her daughter, Addie. No one pays much...
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Misfits

Jen Calonita · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Forced to attend Enchantasia's Royal Academy, Devin teams up with other misfits to investigate why Olivina, the fairy godmother/headmistress, is obsessed with villains rather than teaching them to be proper princes and princesses.
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Dragons in a Bag

Zetta Elliott · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

The dragon's out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy from an award-winning author!When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she's not his grandmother--but she is a witch! She needs his help delivering baby dragons to a magical...
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Soof

SARAH WEEKS · Scholastic Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

All her life, Aurora has heard stories about Heidi and all the good luck she brought Aurora's family. Aurora, though, doesn't feel very lucky. The kids at school think she's weird. And she's starting to think her mom thinks she's weird, too. Especially compared to Heidi.On the eve of a visit...
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The Perfect Secret

Rob Buyea · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the beloved author of Because of Mr. Terupt comes the sequel to The Perfect Score, about a lovable group of students at Lake View Middle School and the rewards and challenges of seventh grade.These students are in for a year of secrets, discoveries, and kid power!GAVIN finally joins...
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The Infamous Ratsos: Project Fluffy

KARA LAREAU · Candlewick
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Louie Ratso tries to help super-cool Chuck Wood win the heart of his friend Fluffy Rabbitski in the third installment of the Infamous Ratsos.Chuck Wood is the most popular kid in school, and Louie Ratso can't believe that Chuck has asked him for help! Chuck likes Louie's friend Fluffy Rabbitski,...
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Dork Diaries 13

RACHEL RENE RUSSELL · Aladdin
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

It's Nikki Maxwell's birthday!! Will it be a blast or a bust? Find out in Nikki's newest diary, the thirteenth installment in the #1 New York Times blockbuster bestselling Dork Diaries series!Nikki and her BFF's Chloe and Zoey have been planning a birthday party of epic proportions! There's...
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The Magic of Melwick Orchard

Rebecca Caprara · Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover

After more moves than they can count, Isa's family finally puts down roots. People in town are afraid of the abandoned orchard behind their home, but Isa and her sister Junie are happy to have acres of land to explore.But when Junie gets sick, Isa's mom falls into a depression, and medical...
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Let Sleeping Dragons Lie

GARTH NIX · Scholastic Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Odo and Eleanor are excited to be knights. Only . . . nobody's asking them to go on a quest. So they're stuck at home, using their trusty and talkative swords to defend their village when there's cause for defense. But mostly it's just . . . waiting for something bigger to come along.That...
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The Den of Forever Frost

KATHRYN LASKY · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Cubs Stellan and Jytte survived their treacherous trek across the Nunquivik, but their quest to rescue their mother has only begun. Svenna is imprisoned at the sinister Ice Clock-the headquarters of the Grand Patek whose dangerous influence is spreading throughout the bear kingdom. Only...
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The Land of Stories: The Ultimate Book Hugger's Guide

CHRIS COLFER · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A behind-the-scenes, comprehensive look at the #1 New York Times bestselling series.A combination travel guide, encyclopedia, and exciting fan compendium, this ultimate guidebook includes sections such as "Who's Who," "Places to Go," and "Trinkets, Treasures, and Other...
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Lock and Key: The Final Step

RIDLEY PEARSON · HarperCollins
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

"Will leave you dying to know more." - Rick Riordan, author of the #1 bestselling Percy Jackson seriesThe New York Times bestselling author of the Peter and the Starcatchers and Kingdom Keepers series, Ridley Pearson, brings us the thrilling conclusion to the Lock and Key trilogy.Before...
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The Adventurers Guild #2 Twilight of the Elves

ZACK LORAN CLARK · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

I should probably start at the beginning, Zed wrote, when things first went wrong .Zed, Brock, and their friends may have saved Freestone from destruction, but the fight against the Dangers is far from over. No one knows what to expect next from the dark power that forced the elves to abandon...
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The Flash: The Tornado Twins

Barry Lyga · Amulet Books
Pages: 127
Format: Hardcover

Catch up with the super adventures of Barry Allen, also known as the Flash, in the third book of this middle-grade series. Featuring adventures not seen on TV, Barry continues his mission to protect Central City from sinister plots. The book builds upon the world of the popular TV show...
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Flashback

SHANNON MESSENGER · Aladdin
Pages: 800
Format: Hardcover

In this unforgettable seventh book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series, Sophie must let the past and present blur together, because the deadliest secrets are always the ones that get erased.Sophie Foster doesn't know what - or whom - to believe....
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The Polar Bear Explorers' Club

Alex Bell · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A precocious young girl is determined to prove herself as an explorer in the first novel in the whimsical Polar Bear Explorers' Club series.Stella Starflake Pearl knows, without a doubt, that she was born to be an adventurer. It's too bad girls are forbidden from becoming explorers. But Stella's...
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It's Not Easy Being Mimi

Linda Davick · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

"I love this sweet and quirky book - Fancy Nancy would have loved to be Mimi's identical twin!" - Robin Preiss Glasser, illustrator of Fancy Nancy Mimi and her cat Marvin must adjust to life with an unexpected new neighbor in this hilarious, quirky, and heartwarming start to a brand-new...
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