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Making Friends with Billy Wong

Augusta Scattergood · Scholastic Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Azalea is not happy about being dropped off to look after Grandmother Clark. Even if she didn't care that much about meeting the new sixth graders in her Texas hometown, those strangers seem much preferable to the ones in Paris Junction. Talk about troubled Willis DeLoach or gossipy Melinda...
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Princeless Volume 3: The Pirate Princess

Jeremy Whitley · Action Lab Entertainment Incorporated
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Adrienne has been on the run and working to save her sisters, but when she finds another princess locked away in a tower, she decides to spring her! But Raven Xingtao, the daughter of the Pirate King, is more of a handful than Adrienne could have ever expected. Before she knows it, Adrienne...
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The Losers Club

Andrew Clements · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 231
Format: Hardcover

The beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Frindle celebrates books and the joy of reading with a new school story to love! Sixth grader Alec can't put a good book down. So when Principal Vance lays down the law - pay attention in class, or else - Alec takes...
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Sea Turtles and Yellow Tang Fish

Kevin Cunningham · Cherry Lake Publishing
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

The Better Together series presents an introductory look at some of nature's most exciting cooperative pairs. Sea Turtles and Yellow Tang Fish explores the close mutualistic relationship between the two sea creatures. Sidebars encourage readers to engage in the material by asking deeper...
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The Poison Frog Assault

Jack Patton · Scholastic, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 118
Format: Print book

Never leave a bug behind-- collect all the Battle Bugs books!It's mission time again for Max Darwin. General Komodo has unleashed his new secret weapon -- birds!The leader of the reptiles has forged an alliance with a flock of insect-hungry flycatchers. Faced with peril from the air, Max must...
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Charlie and the grandmothers

Katy Towell · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 223
Format: Print book

When fearful twelve-year-old Charlie and his bolder younger sister are sent to visit a grandmother they never knew they had, they discover a dark secret.
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Fun Chinese New Year Crafts

Karen E. Bledsoe · Enslow Elementary
Format: Print book

"Explains the importance of Chinese New Year and how to make ten holiday-related crafts."--
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Under Their Skin

Margaret Peterson Haddix · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 311
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix comes the first book in a brand-new thrilling series about twins who are on a quest to discover the secrets being kept by their new family.Nick and Eryn's mom is getting remarried, and the twelve-year-old twins are skeptical...
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Alabama

Joyce Hart · Cavendish Square Publishing
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

The third edition of this popular series is updated with a variety of features that will help students learn about the state of Alabama. This comprehensive book outlines the geography, history, people, government, and economy of the state. Lists of key people, events, cities, plants and animals,...
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Popular Mechanics Robots: A New Age of Bionics, Drones & Artificial Intelligence

Daniel H. Wilson · Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Thanks to film and literature, the idea of robots and artificial intelligence has long intrigued us. The fascination continues with Popular MechanicsRobots, which gathers the very best of the magazine's fantastic robotic coverage and examines the way we live with these machines today...
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Frank Einstein and the bio-action gizmo

Jon Scieszka · Amulet Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

More clever science experiments, funny jokes, and robot hijinks await readers in book five of the New York Times bestselling Frank Einstein chapter book series from the mad scientist team of Jon Scieszka and Brian Biggs. The perfect combination to engage and entertain readers, the series...
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The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey
Format: Book

The seventh book in Dav Pilkeys mega-bestselling Captain Underpants series. Now with super-cool foil covers! Shiny! Fun!Just when they thought they were out, it pulls them back in! Our heroes beat the Bionic Booger Boy, but they forgot about those rascally Robo-Boogers. Join George, Harold,...
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Monarch butterflies matter

Cecilia Pinto McCarthy · Core Library
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

What can we learn about the health of an ecosystem through monarch butterflies? This title takes readers through our warming world where butterfly habitats are dwindling. Learn why humans are the cause of dropping butterfly populations and what we can do to help them bounce back.
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Middle School: Big Fat Liar

James Patterson · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Previously published as Middle School: My Brother is a Big Fat Liar. From blockbuster author James Patterson comes the third installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling Middle School series! Georgia Khatchadorian--the sister of the star of the first two Middle School books, Rafe Khatchadorian--plans...
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Building the Great Wall of China : an interactive engineering adventure

Allison Lassieur · Capstone Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

"Explores various perspectives on the process of building the Great Wall of China. The reader's choices reveal the historical details"--
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