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Big Nate: Say Good-bye to Dork City

Lincoln Peirce · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 222
Format: Print book

Wanted: Nate Wright, better known as Big Nate, four-and-a-half feet tall, black hair with seven spikes, age eleven, sixth-grader at P.S. 38, record holder for school detentions. Reward: Big Nate: Say Good-bye to Dork City!Can Nate Wright get any cooler? Not according to Nate himself. He's...
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Nick and Tesla's Robot Army Rampage: A Mystery with Hoverbots, Bristle Bots, and Other Robots You Can Build Yourself

Bob Pflugfelder · Quirk Books
Pages: 221
Format: Hardcover

Nick and Tesla return in an all-new, robot-filled adventure! When a rash of robberies hits the town of Half Moon Bay, 11-year-old sleuths Nick and Tesla are determined to catch the criminals - but to do so, they'll have to build a host of new gadgets and gizmos! In this robot-themed...
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, Book 8

Jeff Kinney · Amulet Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn...
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Gertie's Leap to Greatness

Kate Beasley · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Meet the new Ramona Quimby!" -- Entertainment WeeklyGertie Reece Foy is 100% Not-From-Concentrate awesome. She has a daddy who works on an oil rig, a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Piggly Wiggly, and two loyal best friends. So when her absent mother decides...
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Minnie's Pet Salon

Bill Scollon · Leveled Readers
Format: Book

It's a spa day like no other for Pluto, Figaro, Bella, Butch, and Mr. Pettibone at Minnie's Pet Salon!
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Itch!: Everything You Didn't Want to Know About What Makes You Scratch

ANITA SANCHEZ · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover

Everybody gets itchy, and every kid will love this title that scratches the itch to know more and about the history, anatomy, botany, biology behind it. Perfect for fans of Grossology books looking for something more substantive and dynamic. You can feel it coming on - that terrible, tortuous...
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The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book: 15 Designs to Spread Holiday Cheer

Chris McVeigh · No Starch Press
Pages: 220
Format: Print book

This Christmas, LEGO is moving from under the tree to on the tree! With The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book as your guide, you'll make classic globe and barrel ornaments, all out of LEGO, as well as original gingerbread houses, a merry Santa, arcade cabinets, and many more.Packed with step-by-step...
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Chancey of the Maury River

Gigi Amateau · Candlewick; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

"The sentimental horse story is revived to magnificent effect in this moving novel. . . . Winds to a stirring finish." — THE HORN BOOKOn the night that Chancey is born, a "fire star" gallops across the sky, a signal that a great horse has entered the world. But it will...
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Sacagawea

TIM COOKE · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Sacagaweas critical role in the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 to 1806 is irrefutable. Without her, the Corps of Discoverys exploration of the newly acquired western territory might not have been successful. However, her life before that celebrated journey is just as absorbing. This...
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The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary

Richard A. Tennant · Gallaudet University Press; 2nd Edition, w/DVD edition
Format: Hardcover

Featuring* More than 1,900 Sign Illustrations Including 327 New Signs * Plus DVD Showing How to Form Signs * Arranged by Handshape for Easy Identification * Complete Index of English Vocabulary for All Signs * An Introduction to Deaf Culture and ASL StructureThe first reference source that...
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Seals

Josh Gregory · C. Press/F. Watts Trade
Format: Paperback

Discover the most fascinating animals in the world. Learn how they survive in the wild, raise their young and relate to other animals.
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Girl of the Year 2019 #2

JENNIFER CASTLE · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Readers got to know American Girl's 2019 Girl of the Year in her first novel. The girl's exciting story moves forward in this second book.
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Man-Bat's Sneak Attack!

Matthew K Manning · Stone Arch Books
Format: Print book

A psychology trip gone wrong! Three college students find themselves trapped by the vicious Man-Bat. And when the power goes out in the asylum, Batman is there to even out the scales and defeat his evil foe. But will Batman also be intimidated by the monstrous Man-Bat?
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Bangladesh

Mariam Whyte · Cavendish Square
Format: Hardcover

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Warriors and Weapons: A Young Adventurer's Guide

Dungeons & Dragons
Format: Hardcover

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