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Curling

Claire Throp · Raintree
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Though its not as popular as some of the other winter sports, curling is a lot of fun to both watch and play. Learn the ins and outs of the game and find out what youll need to give it a try!
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Not a Chance

Michelle Mulder · Orca Book Publishers
Format: Paperback

Dian has been coming to the Dominican Republic with her doctor parents for years. Now that she's thirteen, she had wanted to stay home in Canada, but instead she is helping her parents set up their clinic and looking forward to hanging out with her Dominican friend Aracely. When fourteen-year-old...
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I, Q The Windy City

Roland Smith · Cherry Lake Pub
Pages: 231
Format: Hardcover

After Q and Angela help foil a Ghost Cell plot in San Antonio, they head to Chicago, the next stop on the Match tour. Since they've been busy fighting international terrorism, they're behind on their school assignments. Their parents tell them if they don't get caught up, it's...
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Life Without Nico

Andrea Maturana · Kids Can Press
Pages: 36
Format: Print book

Maia and Nico are best friends. They never get tired of playing together. Unexpectedly, though, Nico and his family have to move far away for a while. Maia is devastated. ?Now time passes slowly, and the emptiness is with Maia everywhere she goes.? She makes her way through the dark days,...
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Ava and Taco Cat

Carol Weston · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 215
Format: Print book

Ava desperately wants a pet for her eleventh birthday-but gets way more than she bargained for when she adopts T-A-C-O-C-A-T. When Ava Wren hears about an injured yellow tabby with mismatched ears, she becomes obsessed and wants to rescue him. She even picks out a perfect palindromic...
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LEGO FRIENDS: Adventures in Heartlake City

Olivia London · Little, Brown Books For Young Readers, 2015.
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

In Heartlake City, five friends are determined to have fun in everything they do--whether they're riding horses, babysitting, snowboarding, helping animals, or flying up to the sky in a hot-air balloon! Join Mia, Olivia, Andrea, Stephanie, and Emma as they discover the powers of friendship...
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The Screaming Staircase

Jonathan Stroud · Disney-Hyperion Books
Pages: 390
Format: Print book

A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters are appearing throughout the city, and they aren't exactly friendly. Only young people have the psychic abilities required to see-and eradicate-these supernatural foes. Many different Psychic...
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Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

Stephan Pastis · Candlewick Press
Pages: 294
Format: Book

Want to aspire to greatness? Check out this new edition of Timmy Failure s first adventure featuring the bonus section How to Draw Timmy and Total. He may be clueless, but the comically self-confident Timmy Failure is CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Now Timmy...
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Maine

Ann Heinrichs · 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,...
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How to Catch a Bogle

Catherine Jinks · HMH Books for Young Readers; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

If ever a chill entered her soul, or the hope suddenly drained from her heart, she knew a bogle was to blame. Birdie McAdam, a ten-year-old orphan, is tougher than she looks. Shes proud of her job as apprentice to Alfred the Bogler, a man who catches monsters for a living. Birdie lures...
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