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A Good Kind of Trouble

Lisa Moore Ramée · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

From debut author Lisa Moore Ramée comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what's right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give and the novels of Renée Watson and Jason Reynolds.Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic...
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Women's Suffrage

Nancy Ohlin · little bee books
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Blast back to the past and learn all about the women's suffrage movement.When people think about the women's suffrage movement, things like voting rights and protests may come to mind. But what was the movement all about, and what social change did it bring? This engaging nonfiction...
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Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets

Kwame Alexander · Candlewick
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times bestseller!A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Honoree offer a glorious, lyrical ode to poets who have sparked a sense of wonder.Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award-winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory...
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DK Eyewitness Books: Shakespeare

DK Publishing · DK Publishing
Pages: 72
Format: Print book

Whether your child has a special interest in theater, poetry, or the work of William Shakespeare, you're going to see a Shakespeare play as a family, or you want to add depth and additional resources to Shakespeare's work that your student is studying in the classroom, "Eyewitness:...
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Back from the Brink: Saving Animals from Extinction

Nancy Castaldo · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed author of Sniffer Dogs details the successful efforts of scientists to bring threatened animals back from the brink of extinction, perfect for animal lovers and reluctant nonfiction readers. With full-color photography.How could capturing the last wild California condors help...
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Alicia the Snow Queen Fairy

Daisy Meadows · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Alyssa the Snow Queen Fairy makes sure that everyone has a happy and fun time during the winter. But when her magic falls into Jack Frost's icy hands, the season goes haywire. Fairyland might end up frozen!Fortunately for Alyssa, Rachel and Kirsty are eager to help. They're going...
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Spaced Out

Stuart Gibbs · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The moon base commander has gone missing and Dash Gibson is on the case in the second mind-boggling mystery of the Moon Base Alpha series from the "New York Times "bestselling author of "Belly Up "and "Spy School. " There s nowhere to hide on the world s first...
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The One and Only Ivan

Katherine Applegate · Harper
Pages: 305
Format: Book

Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendships. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated...
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The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown Ups

Gina Ingoglia · Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Format: Hardcover

The birds, the bees, the flowers and the?TREES! How do trees grow? Why do leaves change? What kind of tree is that? The acclaimed Brooklyn Botanic Gardens newest guide answers all kids and their parents tree-related questions in an easy-to-understand way. It features 33 different trees...
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The Arrow Finds Its Mark: A Book of Found Poems

Georgia Heard · Roaring Brook Press
Format: Book

Twitter feeds, school notes, advertisements, street signs--find poetry in the unlikely places with thirty comtemporary poets. Imagine picking up a scrap of paper off the floor or reading a sign at a gas station or looking at graffiti on the subway and finding poetry in these words....
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Rumpelstiltskin: An Interactive Fairy Tale Adventure

Eric Braun · Capstone Press
Pages: 111
Format: Library Binding

James? Eddie? Freddy? Chris P. Bacon? In the ultimate name game between the miller's daughter and the little man behind the spinning wheel, it's anyone's guess who will win. Navigate through three fractured retellings of the classic fairy tale. In this story, YOU CHOOSE how it ends....
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Senegal

DEBBIE NEVINS · Cavendish Square
Pages: 144
Format: Library Binding

The westernmost country in mainland Africa, Senegal has a complex and varied history. Home to one of Africa's earliest recorded kingdoms in the early ninth century, Senegal was later colonized by both the Portuguese and the French. Since its independence in 1960, the country has managed...
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Days of the Dead

KERSTEN HAMILTON · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Glorieta Davis y Espinosa doesn't hate that Papi is getting remarried, or the fact that he's happy again after years of mourning Mamá. She does hate her new, white stepsister. And she hates la Migra, the immigration police, who threaten her friends and neighbors with deportation....
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The Wind Called My Name

Mary Louise Sanchez · Lee & Low Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Some days, ten-year-old Margaríta Sandoval feels as if the wind might blow her away. The country has been gripped by the Great Depression, so times are hard everywhere. Then she has to leave her família in New Mexico -- especially her beloved Abuelita -- to move to Fort Steele, Wyoming,...
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Bonita

Ellen Miles · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Lizzie is shocked to see that Aunt Amanda has returned home from her vacation to Puerto Rico with an injured puppy. Bonita is a street...
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