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The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement

Teri Kanefield · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

Describes the peaceful protest organized by teenager Barbara Rose Johns in order to secure a permanent building for her segregated high school in Virginia in 1951, and explains how her actions helped fuel the civil rights movement."Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before...
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DISCOVERED! A Beagle Called Bella

Wendy Orr · Square Fish
Pages: 115
Format: Print book

From the moment she's born, the adorable beagle puppy named Bella has a lot of energy. She runs, she chases, she somersaults, she chews, and she sniffs . . . and sniffs and sniffs and sniffs. Her new owners love her, but they soon realize that Bella is bored while they're out of the house...
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Sleepover Girls: Willow's Spring Break Adventure

Jen Jones · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 103
Format: Library Binding

It's finally spring break! Time to unwind and have some fun, Sleepover Girl-style. This year spring break calls for a serious road trip. Willow's family is headed to their home in Whidbey Island, and Ashley, Maren, and Delaney are along for the ride. But when they get there, Maren...
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Overboard!

Terry Lynn Johnson · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

A high-stakes adventure series perfect for fans of the I Survived series and Hatchet. Eleven-year-old Travis and his family are on a whale watch off the coast of Washington when disaster strikes. The boat capsizes, throwing everyone into the ice-cold chaotic waves. Separated from their...
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Teacher's Pet

Judy Katschke · Aladdin
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

A back-to-school assignment has Willa scrambling in this seventh book of a chapter book series inspired by Marguerite Henry's Misty of Chincoteague.Willa just started school again and everyone in her class has come up with clever ideas for their back-to-school projects. Even her best...
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Dog Diaries: Secret Writings of the WOOF Society

Betsy Byars · Faber And Faber
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

It is the first annual meeting of the WOOF Society. Dogs of all different backgrounds and breeds have gathered together to listen to the stories of twelve dogs from around the world and throughout history. Abu is the ruler of ancient Egypt, but Miu, the Royal Cat, continues to challenge...
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The Ambrose Deception

Emily Ecton · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Melissa is a nobody. Wilf is a slacker. Bondi is a show-off. At least that's what their middle school teachers think. To everyone's surprise, they are the three students chosen to compete for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, solving clues that lead them to various locations around Chicago....
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5,000 Awesome Facts

National Geographic Kids · Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

More exciting than a video game, this boredom-busting book is an explosion of information about sensational topics kids love: dessert, underwear, amusement parks, pirates, famous criminals, marsupials, Ancient Egypt, famous landmarks, you name it! The new 5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!)...
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Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle

George Hagen · Schwartz & Wade Books
Pages: 371
Format: Print book

"A first-rate fantasy for middle-grade readers," declares BOOKLIST in a starred review, comparing Gabriel Finley to Harry Potter, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, and The Mysterious Benedict Society. A tangle of ingenious riddles, a malevolent necklace called a torc,...
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It Ain't So Awful, Falafel

Firoozeh Dumas · Clarion Books
Pages: 378
Format: Hardcover

Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block . . . for the fourth time. California's Newport Beach is her family's latest perch, and she's determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name - Cindy. It's the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes...
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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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Karma Khullar's Mustache

Kristi Wientge · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Debut author Kristi Wientge tackles the uncomfortable - but all too relatable - subject of female body hair and self-esteem with this sweet and charming novel in the tradition of Judy Blume.Karma Khullar is about to start middle school, and she is super nervous. Not just because it seems...
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The Copernicus Legacy: The Golden Vendetta

Tony Abbott · Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 509
Format: Print book

Filled with pulse-pounding action and cryptic codes, The Golden Vendetta is the third engrossing book in bestselling author Tony Abbott's cloak-and-dagger series for young readers. Fans of Rick Riordan and Ridley Pearson will love this adventurous series.It's been two months since the Kaplan...
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Galaxy's Most Wanted

John Kloepfer · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Aliens Attack! When science camp buddies Kevin, Warner, Tara, and TJ summon alien life to earth, they quickly find out that not all extraterrestrials come in peace. Can they stop an alien takeover and save the world in time to win the Invention Convention? John Kloepfer, author of the popular...
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Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Making Money

Tommy Greenwald · Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

Charlie Joe's weekly allowance just isn't cutting it and he desperately needs money to buy a Botman, the latest gadget to sweep his middle school. Only catch is, he wants to earn the money by doing the least amount of work possible. After several failed attempts, including a near...
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