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Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game

Chris Grabenstein · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Mr. Lemoncello is going live with a brand-new televised BREAKOUT game! Discover what James Patterson calls "the coolest library in the world" in the fourth puzzle-packed adventure in Chris Grabenstein's New York Times bestselling MR. LEMONCELLO series!Greetings, boys and girls,...
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The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown

Mac Barnett · Balzer Bray
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

What is important about Margaret Wise Brown?In 42 inspired pages, this biography by award-winning writer Mac Barnett vividly depicts one of the greatest children's book creators who ever lived: Margaret Wise Brown, the author of Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and The Little Fur Family....
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Caterpillar Summer

Gillian McDunn · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

This beautifully written, emotional debut perfect for fans of Lynda Mullaly Hunt or Ali Benjamin tells the story a girl, her special needs brother, and the summer they will never forget."An engaging, honest book." --Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That...
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My Weird School Special: Bummer in the Summer!

Dan Gutman · HarperCollins
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

With more than 23 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!School's almost out for the summer, and A.J. is dreaming about all the fun things he's going to do on vacation.But A.J.'s dream quickly turns into a nightmare when three familiar spirits...
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Sticks and Stones: A Kid's Guide to Building and Exploring in the Great Outdoors

Melissa Lennig · Quarry Books
Pages: 144
Format: Flexibound

Sticks and Stones presents a treasure trove of building and engineering ideas for children to employ in the great outdoors using the materials made readily available to them, from cabins and tipis to bridges and dams. Many smaller scale projects are included, too - such as how to make ochre...
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Birdie

Eileen Spinelli · Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A relatable novel-in-verse about loss ... and what happens afterwardsTwelve-year-old Birdie Briggs loves birds. They bring her comfort when she thinks about her dad, a firefighter who was killed in the line of duty. Life without her dad isn't easy, but at least Birdie still has Mom and Maymee,...
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The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day

Christopher Edge · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

As in Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, math and science inform this mind-bending mystery about a girl who must work with the laws of the universe and trust the love of her family if she is to set her world right.It's the morning of Maisie's tenth birthday, and she can't...
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Our Castle by the Sea

Lucy Strange (author) · Chicken House Ltd
Format: Paperback

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Beast Rider

Tony Johnston · Amulet Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Manuel leaves his small town in Mexico to join his older brother in Los Angeles. To cross the US border, he must become a "beast rider" - someone who hops on a train. The first time he tries, he is stopped by the Mexican police, who arrest and beat him. When he tries...
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Apocalypse Taco

Nathan Hale · Amulet Books
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Sid, Axl, and Ivan volunteer to make a late-night fast-food run for the high school theater crew, and when they return, they find themselves. Not in a deep, metaphoric sense: They find copies of themselves onstage. As they look closer, they begin to realize that the world around them isn't...
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