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German Shepherds

Nico Barnes · Abdo Kids
Format: Print book

From School Library Journal PreS-Gr 2-The slight content in these titles includes appearance, behavior, care, and compatibility. The majority of the spreads are devoted to bright, clear dog photos (most emphasizing faces) . The pictures support the text for the most part....
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Deadly Morgues

Joyce L Markovics · Bearport Pub Co Inc
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

You enter a cold room covered with white tiles. The lights flicker. You notice a metal stretcher in the corner. On it is a body draped in a white sheet. A thin stream of blood trickles from the stretcher onto the floor. Then, suddenly, the lights go out! Get ready to read four spine-tingling...
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Jingle

Gordon Korman · Scholastic Press
Pages: 199
Format: Print book

JINGLE: a light clinking or tingling sounds, often heralding the approach of Santa, reindeer, or the mysterious thief of a priceless possession . . . Griffin Bing and his friends are NOT happy. Instead of going away for winter break, they've been signed up to volunteer at a local Christmas...
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Triceratops

Harold T Rober · Lerner Publications
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Triceratops is one of the most iconic dinosaurs, but you might not know everything about this dinosaur . . . for example, did you know it had a birdlike beak? This book can help readers become Triceratops experts! Lively, age-appropriate text helps young readers build nonfiction skills,...
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Love, Ish

Karen Rivers · Algonquin Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

My name is Mischa "Ish" Love, and I am twelve years old. I know quite a lot about Mars. Mars is where I belong. Do you know how sometimes you just know a thing? My mom says that falling in love is like that, that the first time she saw Dad, she just knew. That's how I feel about...
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Liberty

Kirby Larson · Scholastic Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Fish has a knack for inventing. His annoying neighbor, Olympia, has a knack for messing things up. But when his latest invention leads Fish to Liberty, a beautiful stray dog who needs a home, he and Olympia work together to rescue her. At the Higgins boatyard, where the boats that just...
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Twerp

Mark Goldblatt · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

Its not like I meant for Danley to get hurt. . . .   Julian Twerski isnt a bully. Hes just made a big mistake. So when he returns to school after a weeklong suspension, his English teacher offers him a deal if he keeps a journal and writes about the incident that got him and his friends...
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Children Just Like Me: A School Like Mine: A Celebration of Schools Around the World

Dk Publishing. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Explore schools around the world through the eyes of more than 40 students in Children Just Like Me: A School Like Mine.A refreshed edition of a DK classic, Children Just Like Me: A School Like Mine looks at different countries and cultures around the globe and reveals the lives of children...
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Towers Falling

Jewell Parker Rhodes · Little
Pages: 228
Format: Print book

From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks. When her fifth-grade teacher hints that a series of lessons about home and community will culminate with one big answer about two tall towers once visible outside their classroom window,...
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The Accelerati Trilogy Book One Tesla's Attic

Neal Shusterman · Hyperion Books for Children
Pages: 246
Format: Book

After their home burns down, fourteen-year-old Nick, his younger brother, and their father move into a ramshackle Victorian house they've inherited. When Nick opens the door to his attic room, he's hit in the head by a toaster. That's just the beginning of his weird experiences with the old junk...
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Judy Blume · Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reissue edition
Format: Print book

Margaret shares her secrets and her spirituality in this iconic Judy Blume novel, beloved by millions, that now has a fresh new look.Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are pink. She's just moved from New York City to Farbook,...
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3D Printing

Terence O'Neill · Cherry Lake Publishing
Format: Book

From School Library Journal Gr 3-5 - These three titles provide interested readers with a brief background on these tech-related topics. Each volume features bright and enticing photographs with clear captions that closely match the text. The writing...
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Ned Kelly: A Notorious Bandit of the Australian Outback

Tim Cooke · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Ned Kelly, famous outlaw and folk hero, grew up in Australia in the late 1800s. His life of crime began as a teenager stealing horses and later escalated to murder. Kelly soon had a price on his head, which could be collected through his capture or death. This high-interest volume relays...
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Alistair Grim's Odditorium

Gregory Funaro · Harpercollins
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Verne-ian fantasy and reversal of fortune la Dickens willlure readers into this good-vs.-evil series debut.-Kirkus Reviews Funaro's first book for young readers has all theplayfulness of classic adventures like The Phantom Tollbooth and the intrigue ofnewer steampunk novels, making...
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Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Won't-Walk-the-Dog Cure

Ann M Martin · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Missy's back for a second adventure in this spin-off series of the beloved Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books from Ann M. Martin and Annie Parnell!Missy Piggle-Wiggle is finally starting to feel settled in at the upside-down house, and the families in town have come to trust her magical cures for all sorts...
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