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The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA

Brenda Woods · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

The Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author tells the moving story of the friendship between a young white boy and a Black WWII veteran who has recently returned to the unwelcoming Jim Crow South.On Gabriel's twelfth birthday, he gets a new bike--and is so excited that he accidentally...
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Kayla Miller · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

For fans of Smile and Real Friends comes a debut graphic novel about friendship and finding where you "click" in middle school.Olive wants to get in on the act . . .. . . Any act! Olive "clicks" with everyone in the fifth grade - until one day she doesn't. When a school...
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The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo: The Monster Mall

DREW WEING · First Second
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Charles meets a lot of monsters in his line of work. While assisting Margo Maloo on her assignments, he's had close encounters with trolls, ghosts, imps, and ogres. And lately, they're all saying the same thing: living in Echo City is getting harder.As the human population of the city...
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Disaster on the Titanic

Kate Messner · Scholastic Press
Pages: 144
Format: Library Binding

Everyone says the Titanic is unsinkable, and Patrick Murphy believes this most of all. He grew up near the shipyard where the magnificent ship was built and officially started working there when he turned thirteen. He's even been chosen to be part of the crew during the Titanic's...
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Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow

Henry Louis Gates Jr. · Scholastic Nonfiction
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring account of emancipation, the struggle for citizenship and national reunion, and the advent of racial segregation, the renowned Harvard scholar delivers...
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Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Start a Club by Accident

Julie Falatko · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Sassy and Waldo love school! Everything smells like meat and dirty socks! And they love being able to help Stewart.When Stewart has to stay late after school for a Junior Office Supply Enthusiasts meeting, Sassy and Waldo are left alone to raid the cafeteria's refrigerator. As Sassy...
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The Test of Time

Geronimo Stilton · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Professor Volt's first time machine somehow made it to the present and must be escorted back in time as soon as possible, before it alters the course of history!
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I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944

Lauren Tarshis · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 144
Format: Library Binding

In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Lauren Tarshis shines a spotlight on the story of the Normandy landings, the largest seaborne invasion in history and foundation for the Allied victory in World War II.
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Genevieve's War

Patricia Reilly Giff · Holiday House
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old American girl Genevieve has spent the summer of 1939 at her grandmother's farm in Alsace, France. Then she makes an impulsive choice: to stay in France. It proves to be a dangerous decision. World War II erupts. The Nazis conquer Alsace and deport the Jews and others....
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Eliza Bing Is

Carmella Van Vleet · Holiday House
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

This is a funny and heartfelt sequel to Eliza Bing Is (NOT) a Big, Fat Quitter, which was nominated for four state awards and won the Christopher Award.Eliza Bing survived tae kwon do--and earned her yellow belt--when her whole family expected her to quit. But can she get through the sixth...
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