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Denis Ever After

TONY ABBOTT · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Written by award-winning author Tony Abbott and perfect for fans of The Ethan I Was Before and The Thing About Jellyfish, this bittersweet middle grade novel follows the ghost of Denis Egan as he teams up with his living twin brother to solve the mystery of his death. Denis Egan is dead....
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The Case of the Monster Fire

John R. Erickson · Maverick Books
Pages: 115
Format: Hardcover

After his many years as a typical bachelor cowboy, Slim Chance is convinced?against his will ? that he needs to build his own herd of cattle and invest in the future. So, he takes the plunge, takes out a loan, and takes his newly-bought heifers to a pasture on Viola?s father?s ranch....
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Bad Kitty: Kitten Trouble

NICK BRUEL · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

There's terrible news in the neighborhood next to Kitty's! A conflict there is growing worse and worse. It started as an argument and has now turned into a full-fledged fight. Worst of all: The cat shelter has been destroyed.Kitty's family decides it's time to do something...
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Big Nate: Silent But Deadly

Lincoln Peirce · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 178
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR! Everyone's favorite sixth grader is back for more misadventures, and Big Nate: Silent But Deadly smells like a winner! Whether he's showing the ropes to a detention rookie, campaigning for the Student of the Month Award, or writing hilarious...
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Big Nate Goes Bananas!

Lincoln Peirce · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 178
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR! The school year is winding down, and Nate can't wait for summer vacation: baseball, beach trips, and...overripe bananas? Yuck! Turns out Nate has a problem with fruit that's past its prime. And that's not all that's bugging him. Kim Cressly...
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The Season of Styx Malone

Kekla Magoon · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

This lively and diverse middle-grade story from the award-winning author of How It Went Down has the warmth of a modern-day The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963.Caleb Franklin and his big brother Bobby Gene have the whole summer for adventures in the woods behind their house in Sutton, Indiana....
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Big Nate: A Good Old-Fashioned Wedgie

Lincoln Peirce · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 178
Format: Hardcover

Need a way to shut up some snooty kid when he gloats about his private school? Looking for the perfect response when your best friend joins the grammar police? Want a quick and easy way to out-snap even the snappiest comeback? Nate Wright has the answer: a good old-fashioned wedgie! The whole...
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Ecclesiastes: To Everything There Is a Season

Cynthia Rylant · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of her acclaimed Dog Heaven and Cat Heaven, Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant illustrates verses from the King James Bible chapter of Ecclesiastes in a simple yet powerful folk art style.Cynthia Rylant takes the familiar text of the third chapter of Ecclesiastes, as told in the King...
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The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

Jaclyn Moriarty · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Bronte Mettlestone is ten years old when her parents are killed by pirates.This does not bother her particularly: her parents ran away to have adventures when she was a baby. She has been raised by her Aunt Isabelle, with assistance from the Butler, and has spent a pleasant childhood of afternoon...
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Call of the Wraith

Kevin Sands · Aladdin
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

Christopher Rowe is back and there are more puzzles, riddles, and secrets to uncover in this fourth novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series.Christopher Rowe has no idea who he is. After being shipwrecked in Devonshire, he wakes up alone, his memories gone. Villagers tell him he was possessed...
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