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Lucky

Chris Hill · Chicken House/Scholastic Inc., 2016. ©2015
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Lucky, a lost little squirrel, finds himself in Albion Park surrounded by native squirrels that are very big, very tough, and VERY different than him. He needs lots of luck to fit in, and even more to pass the Squirrel Trial that will give him a permanent place in the park. But when he discovers...
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Spy School Secret Service

Stuart Gibbs · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 338
Format: Hardcover

Ben goes undercover in the White House to take on a SPYDER operative determined to assassinate the president in this latest addition to the New York Times bestselling Spy School series.Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley has had a lot of field success despite only just beginning his second year...
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Half-Truths and Brazen Lies: An Honest Look at Lying

Kira Vermond · Owlkids Books Inc.
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Do you believe in telling the truth? Sure you do. But even that's a lie - because we all lie. Whether to protect a friend, to make someone feel better, or to avoid telling even bigger lies later, lying is actually central to human nature. Usually we're taught that lying is bad,...
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When My Sister Started Kissing

Helen Frost · Farrar
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Claire and Abi have always loved their summers at the lake house, but this year, everything's different. Dad and Pam, their stepmom, are expecting a new baby, and they've cleared out all of Mom's belongings to make room. And last summer, Abi was looking at boys, but this summer,...
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Rise of the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel

MELISSA DE LA CRUZ · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Ride with the tide! Deep beneath the waves, King Triton's powerful trident has passed through the magical barrier that surrounds the Isle of the Lost-keeping villains in and magic out. And when Mal's longtime rival Uma, daughter of Ursula, gets wind of this, she can't believe her luck....
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Sting: A Loot Novel

Jude Watson · Scholastic Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

"Never do a favor for a friend." Twelve-year-old March McQuin forgot rule number one for cat burglars, which is how he and his twin sister, Jules, found themselves dangling upside down twenty feet above a stone floor at three in the morning. Their target was a set of stunning...
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Peter and the starcatchers

Dave Barry · Disney Editions/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 2006.
Format: eBook

Don't even think of starting this book unless you're sitting in a comfortable chair and have lots of time. A fast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan Peter and his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They set sail aboard the Never...
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LEGO The LEGO Movie: Emmet's Guide to Being Awesome

Ace Landers · Scholastic Inc.; Gift edition
Format: Hardcover

Emmet Brickowski, the star of the LEGOR Movie, is back and ready to share his awesome advice!The LEGOR Movie continues to dazzle and delight children everywhere! Now readers can discover Emmets best tips and tricks for having an awesome day with this hilarious guide book.Whats the best...
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The Riverman

Aaron Starmer · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 310
Format: Print book

Alistair Cleary is the kid who everyone trusts. Fiona Loomis is not the typical girl next door. Alistair hasn't really thought of her since they were little kids until she shows up at his doorstep with a proposition: she wants him to write her biography. What begins as an odd vanity project...
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Open If You Dare

DANA MIDDLETON · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Like Birdie Adams didn't have enough problems this summer. But Birdie's Birdie. And if a long-buried box has "Open if you dare" written on its lid, then Birdie and her best friends, Ally and Rose, are going to open it. And now, along with everything else that's going...
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Island of Graves

Lisa McMann · Aladdin
Pages: 514
Format: Print book

On the brink of war, the fates of both Artimé and Quill are at stake in book six of the New York Times bestselling Unwanteds series, which Kirkus Reviews called "The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter."Alex and Aaron Stowe are at a crossroads. Everything Aaron has worked so hard...
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Heaven to Betsy/Betsy in Spite of Herself

Maud Hart Lovelace · William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Print book

This brand-new edition of Maud Hart Lovelace’s beloved works brings together the first two books of Betsy and Tacy’s high school years, Heaven to Betsy and Betsy in Spite of Herself, along with a new foreword by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman.
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Cécile's Gift

Denise Lewis Patrick · Amer Girl
Format: Hardcover

CxEcile and her friend Marie-Grace volunteer at an Orphanage every week and CxEcile becomes especially close to one little girl named Perrine But there are so many children who have lost their families to yellow fever and CxEcile wishes she could do more to help them When she hears that...
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CatStronauts: Mission Moon

Drew Brockington · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

CatStronauts, you are needed!
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