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A Crown of Wishes

Roshani Chokshi · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 367
Format: Hardcover

From the author of The Star-Touched Queen comes a beautiful lush fantasy, Roshani Chokshi's A Crown of Wishes.Gauri, the princess of Bharata, has been taken as a prisoner of war by her kingdom's enemies. Faced with a future of exile and scorn, Gauri has nothing left to lose. Hope unexpectedly...
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Math Dictionary for Kids, 4E: The Essential Guide to Math Terms, Strategies, and Tables

Theresa Fitzgerald · Prufrock Press; 4 edition
Format: Paperback

Equipped with this handy, updated reference of more than 400 full-color, illustrated definitions, children will be able to quickly find the definitions and illustrated examples that will enable them to solve many of the math challenges they face. Covering everything from "addend"...
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She Is Not Invisible

Marcus Sedgwick · Henry Holt & Co
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Laureth Peak's father has taught her to look for recurring events, patterns, and numbers--a skill at which she's remarkably talented. Her secret: She is blind. But when her father goes missing, Laureth and her 7-year-old brother Benjamin are thrust into a mystery that takes them...
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Lucky Strikes

Louis Bayard · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 313
Format: Print book

With her mama recently dead and her pa sight unseen since birth, Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister -- and of the family gas station. Harley Blevins, local king and emperor of Standard Oil, is in hot pursuit to clinch his fuel monopoly. To keep him at bay and keep...
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We Are Okay

Nina Lacour · Dutton
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

From the award-winning author of Hold Still comes an achingly beautiful novel about grief and the enduring power of friendship.★ "Exquisite." - Kirkus, starred review★ "LaCour paints a captivating depiction of loss, bewilderment, and emotional paralysis . . . raw and beautiful."...
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Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen

Garth Nix · HarperCollins
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series by Garth NixAward-winning author Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom with a thrilling prequel complete with dark magic, royalty, dangerous action, a strong heroine, and flawless world-building. This epic...
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Cruel Crown

Victoria Aveyard · HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Pages: 1
Format: Audio CD

In Queen Song, Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, has a secret diary that recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her royal life. In Steel Scars, Captain Farley exchanges coded...
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Buried Heart

Kate Elliott · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The explosive finale to World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's captivating, New York Times bestselling young adult series
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Strange Star

Emma Carroll · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of In Darkling Wood comes a spine-tingling novel inspired by Frankenstein with more than a hint of mystery and suspense.One stormy June evening, five friends meet at Villa Diodati, the summer home of Lord Byron. After dinner is served, they challenge...
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Dear Martin

Nic Stone · Listening Library

Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
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The Vietnam War: 1954-1975

Simon Rose · Av2 by Weigl
Format: Book

This book is part of the America at War series and examines the role of the United States in the Vietnam War. ,
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Under a Painted Sky

Stacey Lee · G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 374
Format: Print book

A powerful story of friendship and sacrifice, for fans ofCode Name Verity Missouri, 1849: Samantha dreams of moving back to New York to be a professional musician not an easy thing if you re a girl, and harder still if you re Chinese. But a tragic accident dashes any hopes of fulfilling...
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Winter

Marissa Meyer · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 827
Format: Print book

Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana. Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won't approve of her feelings...
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We Visit the Philippines

John Bankston · Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Format: Book

We Visit the Philippines takes middle school students on a wonderful journey to the Asian country of the Philippines. The book is written in a lively and interesting style that makes the Philippines come alive. The title contains Filipino history, geography, conflicts, culture, religions,...
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The Liberators

Chris Lynch · Scholastic Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

"All the sizzle, chaos, noise and scariness of war is clay in the hands of ace storyteller Lynch." -- Kirkus ReviewsChris Lynch concludes his gritty, thoughtful, and critically acclaimed WWII fiction series -- providing entirely new insight into "The Good War."The US Marines...
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