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Minecraft: Mining and Farming

James Zeiger · Cherry Lake Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Did you even wonder how innovation happens? Or what it takes to turn a new idea into something that works? The Innovation Library takes a look at people and their creative ideas. It explores how lasting contributions are made in diverse fields such as sports, entertainment, medicine, technology,...
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Horse Diaries #2: Bell's Star

Alison Hart · Random House
Pages: 114
Format: Paperback

Vermont, 1850sBell's Star is a brown Morgan colt with a white star and two white stockings. He was bred for hard work, yet he longs to run free with his human friend, Katie, on his back. But when Star helps rescue a runaway slave girl, his ideas about freedom may change forever. Here...
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Trickster #3

Laurie Halse Anderson · Puffin
Format: Paperback

As soon as he sees Trickster, the new horse at Quinn's Stables, David knows he's found the horse he was born to ride. But David's got a reputation as a troublemaker . . . and Trickster's still recuperating from an accident. David is determined to clear his name and prove...
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Days Like This

Simon James · Candlewick; 1st Am Edition edition
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

DAYS LIKE THIS is a book of celebration—whether it's the novelty of sleeping outdoors, the delight of picnicking on the beach, or the sheer joy of bouncing on the bed in the afternoon. These small poems, some familiar, some new, have been carefully selected by Simon James, the acclaimed...
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Bear

Ellen Miles · Scholastic; a edition
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

Brrr! It's cold! Snuggle up with a happy husky in this winter adventure.10-year-old Lizzie Peterson and her family are on an adventurous winter vacation in snowy Vermont when she meets Bear, an adorable husky called lazy and then abandoned by his sled-dog racing team. Lizzie falls in love...
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The Cloud Searchers

Kazu Kibuishi · GRAPHIX
Format: Paperback

Kazu Kibuishis enchanting series about two ordinary children on a life-or-death mission continues!In the third installment of the thrilling Amulet series, Emily, Navin, and their crew of resistance fighters charter an airship and set off in search of the lost city of Cielis, which is believed...
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Scholastic True or False: Reptiles

Gilda Berger · Scholastic Reference
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback

Fun, photographic nonfiction at its best from the authors of the successful Question and Answer series.Scholastic True or False is a science series aimed at second and third graders in a fun question-and-answer format. Each book contains 22 true or false questions with a full-color photograph...
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Dial L for Loser (The Clique, No. 6)

Lisi Harrison
Format: Paperback

THE CLIQUE is back...Massie Block: With her glossy brunette bob and Whitestrip smile, Massie is the uncontested ruler of The Clique and the rest of the social scene at Octavian Country Day, an exclusive private school in Westchester County, New York.Claire Lyons: Has finally arrived! But will...
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Warp Speed

Lisa Yee · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 310
Format: Print book

Lisa Yee returns to her core strength in older middle-grade fiction and the characters that made her famous in this "Diary of a Wimpy Trekkie."Entering 7th grade is no big deal for Marley Sandelski: Same old boring classes, same old boring life. The only thing he has to look forward...
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The Case of the Frog-Jumping Contest (Jigsaw Jones Mystery, No. 27)

James Preller · Scholastic
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

Looking for intriguing mysteries, great friendship stories, and quality chapter books for beginning readers? Look no further: Jigsaw and Mila are the best detectives on the market!It's not easy being green! The carnival is in town and Jigsaw's friends are excited to enter their...
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Joey Pigza Loses Control

Jack Gantos
Format: Book

The sequel to Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist.When Joey Pigza meets his dad for the first time in years, he meets a grown-up version of his old out-of-control self. Carter Pigza is as wired as Joey used to be -- before his stint in special ed, and before he got his new meds....
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Missing Grace: A Kit Mystery

Elizabeth McDavid Jones · American Girl
Format: Hardcover

Kit writes a newspaper story about how her dog, Grace, saved the Kittredges and their boarders from a house fire. Grace becomes a local celebrity, and all the attention is a lot of fun for Kit--until the night Grace mysteriously vanishes. Who would take Kit's dog--and why?
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