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Tangled in Time 2: The Burning Queen

Kathryn Lasky · HarperCollins
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

For fans of the Royal Diaries series and of Gail Carson Levine, here is the second adventure in a middle grade time travel series from Newbery Honor-winning Kathryn Lasky!In book 2, newly orphaned Rose finds herself time-traveling between present day and the court of the two most memorable...
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The Other Half of Happy

Balcarcel, Rebecca · Chronicle Books
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover

Quijana is a girl in pieces. One-half Guatemalan, one-half American: When Quijana's Guatemalan cousins move to town, her dad seems ashamed that she doesn't know more about her family's heritage. One-half crush, one-half buddy: When Quijana meets Zuri and Jayden, she knows she's...
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The Skeleton Coast

Mardi McConnochie · Pajama Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The grey light of dawn crept through the sky. The sun was yet to make its first appearance, but the crew of the Sunfish were already up and ready to weigh anchor. Having barely escaped the dangers of a world dominated by gangs, the corrupt Admiralty, and the hostile sea, Will, Annalie and their...
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The Story That Cannot Be Told

Kramer, J. Kasper · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A powerful middle grade debut that weaves together folklore and history to tell the story of a girl finding her voice and the strength to use it during the final months of the Communist regime in Romania in 1989.Ileana has always collected stories. Some are about the past, before the leader...
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Stuffed

Liz Braswell · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Welcome, little one. You have been chosen to join us, in the dark and in the light, in love and in cloth, in safety and in danger. You join us.Everyone thinks that Clark is too old to still play with stuffed animals. He's almost eleven! Bullies target him at school while his mother...
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All the Colors of Magic

Valija Zinck · Chicken House
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

"An exciting new voice among the world's storytellers." -- Cornelia FunkeA heartfelt, adventure-filled, and charming novel about a peculiar girl who embarks on a journey to find her father, the wizard.Penelope has always been different from other children. Her hair has been...
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The Monster Hypothesis

Romily Bernard · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to Bohring-home to 453 people, 2,053 alligators, and one monster curse.Correction: home to 454 people, now that Kick Winter is living in the swamp Hollows with her Grandma Missouri, the town (fake) psychic. Bohring is anything but boring for Kick who has already blown a hole...
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The Memory Keeper

Jennifer Camiccia · Aladdin
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Fish in a Tree meets The Thing About Jellyfish in this heartfelt middle grade debut about long-buried secrets, the power of memory, and the bond between a girl and her gram.All Lulu Carter wants is to be seen. But her parents are lost in their own worlds, and Lulu has learned the hard way that...
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Shine!

J.J. Grabenstein · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

"Inspirational, commonsensical, and a whole lot of fun." --James PattersonEveryone deserves to shine in this sparkling new book from the New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, Chris Grabenstein, and coauthor J.J. Grabenstein--just right...
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A Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem #2: The Treacherous Seas

Christopher Healy · Walden Pond Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The second book in the new adventure trilogy from the beloved author of The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom.It's 1883 - only a few months after Molly Pepper; her mother, Cassandra; and her friend, Emmett, saved New York from an attack by the megalomaniacal Ambrose Rector while...
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