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The Left Behinds: The iPhone that Saved George Washington

David Potter · Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Percy Jackson fans will embrace this humorous time travel adventure, the first in a series, about an iPhone malfunction that sends three kids back to 1776 in time to rescue George Washington. On Christmas Day, Mel finds General George Washington lying dead as a doornail in a stable. But Mel knows...
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The Emperor's Code

Gordon Korman · Scholastic Inc.; For sale in other territories/ and Library exclusive in UK ed edition
Format: Hardcover

Tensions run high in the explosive 8th book of 39 Clues, the #1 New York Times bestselling series.One belief has sustained fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, on their hunt for the 39 Clues: They are the good guys. But then a shocking discovery about their parents...
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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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Secrets at Camp Nokomis: A Rebecca Mystery

Jacqueline Greene , · American Girl

Rebecca is off to summer camp, where she can't wait to swim, canoe, and meet new girls. She loves the shivery tales told around the campfire and seeing the stars and fireflies at night, but making friends turns out to be harder than she expected. What secrets is her bunkmate hiding--and...
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Masterminds

Gordon Korman · Balzer Bray
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"A terrific page-turner, full of unexpected twists and revelations. Buckle up." - James PattersonThe first book in a new action-packed series from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman is perfect for young fans of James Patterson and John Grisham. Eli Frieden lives in the most...
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Tyme #1: Grounded: The Adventures of Rapunzel

Megan Morrison · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

"Think you know Rapunzel's story? Think again, because the tower was only the beginning..." -- Jennifer Nielsen, New York Times bestselling author of THE FALSE PRINCEIn all of Tyme, from the Redlands to the Grey, no one is as lucky as Rapunzel. She lives in a magic tower that...
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How to Build a Hovercraft: Air Cannons, Magnetic Motors, and 25 Other Amazing DIY Science Projects

Stephen Voltz · Chronicle Books

From the Coke and Mentos fountain makers who found initial fame via Maker Faire and YouTube more than 150 million views! comes this collection of DIY science projects guaranteed to inspire a love of experimentation. Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz, also known as EepyBird, share their favorite...
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Whales

Dan Greenberg , · Benchmark Books

Book by Greenberg, Dan, Hess, Nina
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Revolution

Deborah Wiles · Scholastic Pr
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

*A 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST* It's 1964, and Sunny's town is being invaded. Or at least that's what the adults of Greenwood, Mississippi, are saying. All Sunny knows is that people from up north are coming to help people register to vote. They're calling it Freedom...
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The Classroom When Nature Calls, Hang Up!

Robin Mellom · Disney-Hyperion Books, 2015.
Pages: 266
Format: Print book

A documentary crew has descended upon Westside Middle School to detail the life of an average seventh grader named Trevor Jones and his classmates. The one-on-one interviews, film footages, and camp journals will chronicle the dangerous and highly awkward overnight field trip to Camp Whispering...
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