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Lacrosse Face-Off

Stephanie True Peters · Little
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback

Eleven-year-old Garry, embarrassed when his unathletic brother joins his lacrosse team, faces a bigger problem when the team bully turns on both of them.
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Who Was Roald Dahl?

True Kelley · Turtleback Books
Pages: 102
Format: Book

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An introduction to the adventurous life of the famous children's author responsible for such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factor includes coverage of his military service, his marriage to an Academy Award-winning actress and his accomplishments...
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The Buddy Files: The Case of the Library Monster

Dori Butler · Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Buddy is in the school library and kids are taking turns reading with him. While Buddy listens to a ghost story, he hears rustling in the shelves behind him. He turns to look, but doesnt see anyone back there. He hears a book fall. Something smells strange. Not human...not canine, not like...
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The Teen Who Invented Television: Philo T. Farnsworth and His Awesome Invention (Genius at Work! Great Inventor Biographies)

Edwin Brit Wyckoff · Enslow Publishers
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Edwin Brit Wyckoff shows how Farnsworth, a fifteen-year-old farmer's son, dreamed of using electrons carried by radio waves to create the first electronic television and went on to develop over 100 other patents.
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How to Build Aircraft

Rita Storey · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Take to the skies with How to Build Aircraft. Featuring simple step-by-step instructions, handy templates, vibrant photographs, and easily accessible materials, this title shows readers how to build their very own aircraft that can really fly! Projects include a hot-air balloon, roto-copter,...
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The London Eye Mystery

Siobhan Dowd · David Fickling Books; First American Edition edition
Pages: 336
Format: Library Binding

Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off–except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police...
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A Kid's Book of Experiments with Light

Robert Gardner · Enslow Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

With these easy-to-follow experiments, budding scientists will explore the properties of light, including refraction, reflection, and how light travels. Readily accessible materials make this a go-to resource for young readers who want to learn more about light.
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Shipwreck (Island, Book 1)

Gordon Korman
Format: Paperback

Luke, J.J. Will, Lyssa, Charla, and Ian. They did'nt want to be on the boat in the first place. They didn't want to be stuck at sea with a bunch of strangers. But when you're in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, there's no easy way out. And when a terrifying storm hits, there's no way to fully...
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Howliday Inn (Howliday Inn Nrf)

James Howe · Atheneum Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Harold and Chester could hardly believe it. The Monroe family was going on vacation without them. Bunnicula, the family rabbit, would be boarded with a neighbor. But they, the family's loyal dog and cat, were to be sent away with strangers; they were to spend a week at Chateau Bow-Wow....
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Rising Storm (Warriors, Book 4)

Erin Hunter
Format: Hardcover

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This Book Is Not Good For You (The Secret Series)

Pseudonymous Bosch · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Kindle Edition

Between the pages of this book lies the secret to the best-tasting chocolate in all the world. I promise, your taste buds will tingle. Your palette will sing! Oh no, have I accidentally tempted you to read this book? I will warn you, however, the most delicious things are never good...
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NewsPrints

Ru Xu · Graphix
Pages: 198
Format: Print book

Blue is an orphan who disguises herself as a newsboy. There's a war going on, and girls are expected to help the struggling economy by selling cookies. But Blue loves living and working at the Bugle, the only paper in town that tells the truth. And what's printed in the newspapers now matters...
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The 13th Sign

Kristin O' Donnell Tubb · Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

What if there was a 13th zodiac sign? You're no longer Sagittarius, but Ophiuchus, the healer, the 13th sign. Your personality has changed. So has your mom's and your best friend's. What about the rest of the world? What if you were the one who accidentally unlocked the 13th...
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