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Choose Your Own Career Advenuture in Hollywood

Don Rauf · Cherry Lake Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

What do people do in Hollywood? Readers pick from eight different scenarios and experience "next best thing to being there yourself" opportunities for interactive career exploration. Sidebars promote additional learning activities and independent reaserch
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Skies Like These

Tess Hilmo · Margaret Ferguson Books
Pages: 231
Format: Print book

In Tess Hilmo's Skies Like These, twelve-year-old Jade's perfect summers have always been spent reading and watching TV reruns, so she's not happy when her parents send her off to Wyoming to her aunt's house. She meets a boy who calls himself Roy Parker -- just like the real name of the legendary...
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The Six-Day Hero

Tammar Stein · Kar-Ben Publishing
Format: Print book

Motti knows that war is coming. Israel is only nineteen years oldthe same age as Motti's brave older brother, Gideonand the tiny country is surrounded by enemies. It's only a matter of time before Egypt, Jordan and Syria attack. When Motti's best friend's family flees the country...
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Hamstersaurus Rex

Tom O'Donnell · Harper
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

BEWARE: Rampaging Mutant Dino-Hamster! Fans of My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish and The Terrible Two will be scrambling to get their hands on this hilarious classroom comedy. When a mysterious growling hamster appears at the back of his class, Sam knows just what to call him: Hamstersaurus Rex....
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Zoe in Wonderland

Brenda Woods · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 196
Format: Print book

Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brenda Woods introduces introverted, daydream-prone Zoe, who's afraid her real life will never be as exciting as her imaginary one. Zoe Reindeer considers herself "just Zoe" - never measuring up to her too-perfect older sister or her smarty-pants...
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Hercufleas

Sam Gayton · Clarion Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

"A resonant story about family, friendship and loss, and the power of hope and unity. Gayton reminds us that small things are sometimes the most important." - Sunday Times [UK] To protect her village from a giant, Greta recruits a champion: Hercufleas! He may be tiny, but this...
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Wings of Fire Book Five: The Brightest Night

Tui Sutherland · Scholastic, Incorporated
Pages: 308
Format: Print book

The dragonets struggle to fulfill the prophecy and -- somehow -- end the war in this thrilling new installment of the bestselling WINGS OF FIRE series!It all comes down to this: The Dragonets of Destiny must finally bring the epic war to an end, reconcile the seven tribes, and choose the next...
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Three's Company, Mallory!

Laurie B. Friedman · Lerner Publishing Group
Pages: 159
Format: Hardcover

Some simple math: One One One = One too many! From the day we were born, Mary Ann and I have been best friends. We've always been a two-some. But now, there's a new girl in town, and what used to be just us two has turned into three. If you ask me, things just don't add up!
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Space Taxi: The Galactic B.U.R.P.

Wendy Mass · Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Archie Morningstar's dad drives a taxi through outer space! And with the help of a talking cat named Pockets, Archie and his dad help fight crime across the universe.
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Will You Help Doug Find His Dog?

Jane Caston · Barefoot Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Help Doug find his dog by patting, tickling, and calling to the correct dogs based on Dougs clues! As the reader selects dogs, the pool narrows until a surprise ending reveals Dougs dogand why he went missing. Featuring hilarious illustrations of funny dogs galore, this text is perfect...
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The Vine Basket

Josanne La Valley · Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Things aren’t looking good for fourteen-year-old Mehrigul. She yearns to be in school, but she’s needed on the family farm. The longer she’s out of school, the more likely it is that she’ll be sent off to a Chinese factory . . . perhaps never to return. Her only...
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If You Find This

Matthew Baker · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Mixing mystery and adventure in the tradition of Louis Sachar, Avi, and E.L. Konigsburg, If You Find This is the story of unlikely friendships, unexpected bravery and eleven-year-old Nicholas Funes's quest to prove his grandfather's treasure is real.
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Lucy & Andy Neanderthal

Jeffrey Brown · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Jedi Academy books comes a hilarious graphic novel series about two young cave kids living 40,000 years ago."Lucy & Andy are Stone Age rock stars! I loved this book!" - Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate series Lucy...
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Super Women: Six Scientists Who Changed the World

Laurie Lawlor · Holiday House
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

"Inspiring profiles of six 20th-century trailblazers." - Kirkus Reviews Super Women celebrates the scientific as well as the social significance of six incredible women who broke new ground with their research, busted through glass ceilings with their careers, and advanced humanity's...
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If You Were a Dog

Clare Hibbert · Smart Apple Media
Pages: 32
Format: Book

Offers a fresh look at the physical traits, habits, abilities, and personalities of dogs and puppies. Students will enjoy the bright photos and action shots, as well as text features like color-coded facts, vocabulary words, and Q&A sidebars that challenge young readers to learn about...
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