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Mutant Rat Attack!

Jay Cooper · Scholastic Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Nothing exciting ever happens to boring Dex at his boring home or at boring school. He oversleeps (again!) , he daydreams while his science teacher Mr. McFur babbles on about his lab rat Princess Pretty Fabulous (Pretty for short) , he gets harassed by Millicent (the neighborhood meanie)...
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The Quirks in Circus Quirkus

Erin Soderberg · Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls, Children of All Ages... Just as the Quirk family was settling into Normal... Ta da! The circus comes to town! At school, Molly, Penelope, and Finn are all learning circus skills in gym class. At home, they are putting similar skills to good use;...
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10 True Tales: Heroes of Hurricane Katrina

Allan Zullo · Scholastic Inc.
Format: Print book

Donald Colletti and Jimmy Pitre are forced to flee their flooded houses as Hurricane Katrina devastates their beloved city of New Orleans. But rather than seek shelter, the two brave men put their lives on the line to rescue hundreds of their neighbors.   As Coast Guard helicopter 6514...
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Rebel Genius

Michael Dante Dimartino · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 370
Format: Print book

A new fantasy-adventure series from the co-creator of the hit animated shows Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra!In twelve-year-old Giacomo's Renaissance-inspired world, art is powerful, dangerous, and outlawed. A few artists possess Geniuses, birdlike creatures that are the living...
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Seals

Claire Throp · Heinemann InfoSearch
Format: Print book

Heres an animal lovers  one-stop source for in-depth information on seals! What do they eat? How do they behave? Are they at risk? This book also includes loads of fun and fascinating facts about seals, as well as maps, charts, and wonderful photographs of these fascinating creatures.
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Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Writers

David/ Horner Doogie Stabler (ILT) · Quirk Books
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

Funny and totally true childhood biographies and full-color illustrations tell the tales from the challenging yet defining growing-up years of J. K. Rowling, Beverly Cleary, J. R. R. Tolkien, and 12 other great writers. Every great author started out as a kid. Before the best sellers,...
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Patterns in the Park

J. Clark Sawyer · Bearport Publishing
Format: Book

Patterns in the Park (Seeing Patterns All Around) by J. Clark Sawyer
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Beautiful Blue World

Suzanne M LaFleur · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Beautiful Blue World is a thrilling and moving story of children who become the key to winning a war. Sofarende is at war. For twelve-year-old Mathilde, it means food shortages, feuding neighbors, and bombings. Even so, as long as she and her best friend, Megs, are together, they'll...
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Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous

David West · Smart Apple Media
Format: Hardcover

This dynamic series takes readers into the thrilling and frightening world of prehistoric Earth. This volume, focused on dinosaurs of the Cretaceous era, is filled with lush, vivid illustrations that portray the unusual and captivating creatures that once roamed the planet, accompanied...
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Celebrate the Season: Secret Snowflake

Taylor Garland · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 155
Format: Paperback

Celebrate that magic of Christmas... This year, Riley Archer's seventh grade class is having an anonymous gift exchange called "Secret Snowflake." Riley is thrilled when she gets to be the Secret Snowflake for the cutest boy in school, Marcus Anderson, who she's had a crush...
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William and the Witch's Riddle

Shutta Crum · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 280
Format: Print book

A charming re-imagination of "Sleeping Beauty" in which a boy must solve a witch's riddle in order to save his family and end a centuries-long curse. William and his little brother, Pinch, have been left alone at their home atop the mountain ever since their mother disappeared...
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Top 10: Dads

Virginia Loh-Hagan · Cherry Lake Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Dive into the Wild Wicked Wonderful world of the animal kingdom with the Top 10: Dads. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes tons of fascinating...
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Catch You Later, Traitor

Avi · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Brooklyn, New York, 1951. Twelve-year-old Pete Collison is a regular kid who loves Sam Spade detective books and radio crime dramas, but when an FBI agent shows up at Pete's doorstep accusing his father of being a Communist, Pete finds himself caught in a real-life mystery. Could there...
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The Vlogger Diaries: Confessions of an Internet Sensation

Tim Collins · Michael O'Mara
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

If you can't make friends, make followers! Olivia Warren is living the vlogging dream. With thousands of subscribers, a gorgeous boyfriend, and freebies coming through the door, it couldn't be going better. But Olivia has a secret. The girl on the vlog isn't her. How long can it last?...
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Bone Snatcher, The

Charlotte Salter · Dreamscape Media
Format: Audiobook

Sophie Seacove is a storyteller. She tells stories of what the world would be like if madness hadn't taken over. If her parents hadn't sold her off as a servant to pay for their stupid vacation. If she wasn't now trapped in a decaying mansion filled with creepy people and surrounded...
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