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The Genius Files #4: From Texas with Love

Dan Gutman · HarperCollins
Pages: 273
Format: Hardcover

The wackiest road trip in history continues in book four of the New York Times bestselling Genius Files series, following twins Coke and Pepsi as they dodge villains and visit weird-but-true landmarks from Texas all the way to Roswell, New Mexico!After their explosive escape at Graceland,...
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Ever After High: Kiss and Spell

Suzanne Selfors · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

What's a girl to do when she accidentally turns her crush into a frog? Ginger Breadhouse had a hard time growing up with the Candy Witch for a mom. It's not easy making friends if everyone believes your mom tried to cook Hansel and Gretel! But now that Ginger's attending Ever...
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Golden & Grey (An Unremarkable Boy and a Rather Remarkable Ghost)

Louise Arnold · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Grey Arthur is a ghost who hasn't found his place in the world. Tom Golden is a boy who doesn't fit in at school. When Tom and Grey Arthur mutter the same three words, "Life isn't fair," at exactly the same moment, a connection is made between them. Suddenly Grey Arthur...
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Carmelo Anthony

John Torres · Mitchell Lane Publishers
Format: Book

Exciting contemporary biographies written for readers ages 8-12 years old.
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The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery

Nancy Springer · Philomel; First Edition edition
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

When Enola Holmes the much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes discovers her mother has disappearedmdashon her th birthday nonethelessmdashshe knows she alone can find her Disguising herself as a grieving widow Enola sets out to the heart of London to uncover her motherrsquos whereaboutsmdashbut...
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Shoeless Joe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure

Dan Gutman · HarperCollins
Pages: 163
Format: Hardcover

Since Joe Stoshack first traveled back in time through a baseball card to meet Honus Wagner, he knew he had a special gift. So when sports card shop owner Flip tells Stosh all about his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson -- about the scandal that destroyed the star player's career -- Stosh...
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Bread and Roses, Too

Katherine Paterson · Clarion Books; First Edition edition
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

2013 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Rosas mother is singing again, for the first time since Papa died in an accident in the mills. But instead of filling their cramped tenement apartment with Italian lullabies, Mamma is out on the streets singing union songs, and Rosa is terrified that her mother...
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The Summer I Lost It

Natalie Kath · Stone Arch Novels
Format: Print book

Kat is just like other fourteen-year-old girls. Except that this summer, she's taking charge of her life and finally losing weight. But can she do it?
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All or Nothing

Margaret Gurevich · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Senior year is full of surprises as Chloe finds herself becoming friends with Nina LeFleur her formal rival as they work together to design dresses for Winter Formal and complete their fashion portfolios before the application deadlines. But as Chloe grows closer to Nina, her relationship...
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Confessions from the Principal's Kid

Robin Mellom · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

During the school day, fifth-grader Allie West is an outsider. Everyone knows the principal's kid might tattle to her mom! But after school, Allie is an insider. She's friendly with the janitor, knows the shortest routes around the building, and hangs out with the Afters, a group...
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Bloodsucking Mosquitoes

Santana Hunt · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Mosquitoes are truly more terrifying than vampires could ever be! Thats because as disease carriers, they are the deadliest animals on Earth. Mosquitoes are vectors for malaria, yellow fever, and many other diseases that kill more than a million people every year. And thats all because...
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