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Science Ideas in 30 Seconds
Science Ideas in 30 Seconds

Mike Goldsmith · Ivy Press Limited
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

In this book, great science ideas from ancient Greece to the present day are introduced and explained. Ideas about motion, gravity, DNA, nuclear energy, antimatter, and more are concisely covered across 30 key topics.
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Where Is Alcatraz?
Where Is Alcatraz?

Nico Medina · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Escape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America's most famous prison!The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that's fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island....
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A Rocketful of Space Poems
A Rocketful of Space Poems

John Foster · Frances Lincoln
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Space Riddle I used to be a Planet But I'd a terribLe shock When they annoUnced That I was nothing buT a large lump of rOck. Fly into space, drive to the moon, meet an asteroid dog and a flurb blurp, and then play intergalactic Squibble-Ball. There are wizards and witches...
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Cabinet of souls
Cabinet of souls

Jo Ann Ferguson; Dan Angel; Billy Brown; Universal Studios Home Entertainment · Scholastic Inc.
Format:  Print book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

"When a traveling Hall of Horrors comes to their town just in time for Halloween, teenage friends, Beth, Nicole, Kellen, and Luke can't wait to get spooked. The ghosts and ghouls are completely realistic, and the show's creep-in-chief, Dr. Hysteria, is deliciously...
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Tour of Trouble
Tour of Trouble

Michele Jakubowski · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 139
Format: Print book

The Tour Across the Land is no ordinary bicycle race. Only the top riders take on the cross-country route, and soon they will whiz right through Somerville. The townspeople expect only fun and excitement, but Somerville's young sleuths realize one cycling team has a sinister plan. Will...
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Baseball: Then to WOW!
Baseball: Then to WOW!

The Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids · Liberty Street
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Baseball: Then to WOW! shows readers how baseball has evolved from the early days of the 1920s to the game it is today. Using MLB action photographs, illustrations, stories, and trivia, the book is a journey through time both for baseball fans and those new to the game. Kids will learn...
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20 fun facts about soccer
20 fun facts about soccer

Ryan Nagelhout · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 32
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

"Soccer is called 'the beautiful game' for a reason. It's an amazing sport full of interesting players, teams, and records. This book takes readers onto the pitch with the greatest players ever to lace up their cleats. From the club teams of England to America's Major...
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The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life
The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life

Kwame Alexander · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what...
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Hooray for Construction Workers!
Hooray for Construction Workers!

Kurt Waldendorf · Lerner Publications
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about how construction workers help their community. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills.
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Children of Exile
Children of Exile

Margaret Peterson Haddix · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
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The King of Kazoo
The King of Kazoo

Norman Feuti · Graphix
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Scatterbrained Cornelius, King of Kazoo, and his resourceful daughter, Bing, explore a mysterious cave at the top of Mount Kazoo. There they discover a famous alchemist named Quaf is planning a dangerous and forbidden experiment. Now Cornelius, Bing, and the brilliant royal inventor Torq...
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The Mystery of the Mayhem Mansion
The Mystery of the Mayhem Mansion

Matthew K Manning · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 104
Format: Print book

When Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang visit a famous mansion once owned by horror filmmakers Jeffrey and Madeline Mayhew, they discover they ve arrived at a pretty creepy place. With its maze-like layout, strange stairways that abruptly end at the ceiling, doors opening to reveal brick...
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Hideout
Hideout

Dax Varley · Magic Wagon
Format: Print book

When his mother disappears one night, her room awash in blood, and marked by footprints that do not belong to any human or animal, Max is determined to find and rescue her, even if it means killing every demon on Earth.
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Giselle the Christmas Ballet Fairy
Giselle the Christmas Ballet Fairy

Daisy Meadows · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Jack Frost is on the naughty list! Every year, Giselle the Christmas Ballet Fairy's special magic helps every holiday ballet show run perfectly. But when Jack Frost crashes a performance and steals her magic objects, it looks like everything will be ruined! Rachel and Kirsty need to get the magic...
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The Jumbies
The Jumbies

Tracey Baptiste · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The jumbies are coming! Corinne La Mer isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. She knows that jumbies aren't real; they're just creatures parents make up to frighten their children. But on All Hallows' Eve, Corinne...
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