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Dragon Flight

Jessica Day George · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 262
Format: Hardcover

With the Dragon Wars over, Creel finds herself bored with life as a seamstress. Then word comes that a bordering country has been breeding dragons in preparation for an invasion. Never one to sit around, Creel throws herself headlong into an adventure that will reunite her with her dragon...
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Becoming Emily: The Life of Emily Dickinson

Krystyna Poray Goddu · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Emily Dickinson wrote short, often enigmatic poems that are widely read and quoted by people of every age. Yet, as well known as her poetry is, Dickinson as a person is considered to have been a mysterious recluse - a silent figure who wore only white, wrote in secret, never left her home,...
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Rootless

Chris Howard · Scholastic Inc.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

17-year-old Banyan is a tree builder. Using salvaged scrap metal, he creates forests for rich patrons who seek a reprieve from the desolate landscape. Although Banyan's never seen a real tree--they were destroyed more than a century ago--his missing father used to tell him stories...
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Rosie's Hat

Julia Donaldson · Macmillan Children's
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

One little girl, one smart hat, and a sudden gust of wind Rosie's Hat isn't just any old hat. When a gust of wind sweeps it off her head, it goes off on a whole hatful of adventures! It becomes a toy for a dog, a hiding-place for a mouse, a frisbee for some children, and even a nest...
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The book of three

Lloyd Alexander · Listening Library
Format: Audio CD

Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, longs to be a hero. He begins his journey to heroism with a strange assortment of companions on a dangerous mission to save his beloved homeland, Prydain. Taran's adventures chronicle the brave battle he wages against the forces of evil to protect it.
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Sea Witch

SARAH HENNING · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Wicked meets The Little Mermaid in the captivating origin story of the sea's most iconic villainess, perfect for fans of Heartless and Dorothy Must Die.Ever since her best friend Anna died, Evie has been an outcast in her small fishing town. Hiding her talents, mourning her loss, drowning...
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The Spell Book Of Listen Taylor

Jaclyn Moriarty · Arthur A. Levine Books; First Edition edition
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

A fairytale, a mystery, a history of hot-air ballooning, and a romance . . . A novel so brilliant, moving, zingy -- and Zingy -- that it could only have come from Jaclyn Moriarty.The Zing family lives in a world of misguided spell books, singular poetry, and state-of-the-art surveillance...
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My Brother Sam Is Dead

James Lincoln Collier · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

A young rebel's decision to fight against the British affects his Tory family
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Test Of Time:Novel Approach Sat/ Pa

Charles Harrington Elster · Harvest
Pages: 450
Format: Paperback

Test of Time is a captivating time-travel adventure that incorporates vocabulary words from the SAT and ACT, boldfacing them throughout the novel and providing definitions in a handy back-of-the book glossary. The result is a fun and effective study method for the thousands of diligent...
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Basher Science: Microbiology

Simon Basher · Kingfisher; Pap/Pstr edition
Format: Print book

This latest book from the Basher Science series investigates the unseen world of microbes. Basher's distinctive style presents key microbes as characters with their own voice and personality. Microbiology investigates the "teensy tykes" such as algae and bacteria that are all around...
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The Date to Save

STEPHANIE KATE STROHM · Point
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The word is out... BROOKS MANDEVILLE, quarterback: Friday is the homecoming game and dance. It is a very big deal. NATALIE WAGNER, marching band clarinet: Our band's halftime show performances are legendary, even if our football team isn't. CINTHIA ALVAREZ, Academic Battle team member:...
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Wiesel's Night (Cliffs Notes)

Maryam Riess · Cliffs Notes; 1 edition
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background.In CliffsNotes on Night, you follow the humanistic first-person account of a teenage boy's incarceration by the Nazi Secret Service in World...
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Angela's ashes

Frank McCourt
Format: Audiobook

The author chronicles his impoverished childhood in Limerick, Ireland, in the 1930s and 1940s, describing his father's alcoholism and talent for storytelling; the challenges and tragedies his mother faced, including the loss of three children; and his early experiences in the Catholic church,...
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Wild Magic: Library Edition

Tamora Pierce · Findaway World; Unabridged edition
Format: Book

This first volume of the Immortals Quartet tells the adventures of Daine a young girl on the edge of discovering her own magic-- and her powerful andstrange connection to the animal world
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