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Nobody's Princess (Princesses of Myth)

Esther Friesner · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

She is beautiful, she is a princess, and Aphrodite is her favorite goddess, but something in Helen of Sparta just itches for more out of life. Not one to count on the gods—or her looks—to take care of her, Helen sets out to get what she wants with steely determination and a sassy...
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Garden Princess

Kristin Kladstrup · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Dig in to this middle-grade fantasy featuring a horticulturally minded princess, a beautiful butevil witch, and a magpie with a shameful secret.Princess Adela is not a typical princess. Shes neither particularly beautiful nor particularly graceful, and shed rather spend her days digging...
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Mako Shark

Jody Sullivan Rake · Blazers
Format: Print book

The mako shark has the need for speed. A powerful tail propels it like a torpedo through the water. Look inside to learn more about the fastest shark in the ocean.
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The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

Michael Scott · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 369
Format: Hardcover

Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter - but did you know he really lived? And he might still be alive today! Discover the truth in Michael Scott's New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel with The Alchemyst, book one. The truth:...
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Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman in Space

Tam E O'Shaughnessy · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 153
Format: Print book

Selected for the 2016 National Science Teachers Association's Outstanding Science Trade Books ListYears before millions of Americans tuned in to watch her historic space flight aboard the Challenger in 1983, Sally Ride stayed up late to watch Neil Armstrong become the first person to walk...
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The romantics

Leah Konen · Recorded Books

When his first big relationship crumbles on the heels of his parents' painful separation, seventeen-year-old Gael is heartbroken until Love intervenes.
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Winston Churchill: British Soldier, Writer, Statesman (Signature Lives)

Brenda Haugen · Compass Point Books
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

A biography profiling the life of Winston Churchill, the heroic prime minister of Great Britain and Nobel Prize winner. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Sorrow's Knot

Erin Bow · Scholastic, Incorporated
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the 2014 Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, from the author of PLAIN KATE At the very edge of the world live the Shadowed People. And with them live the dead. There, in the village of Westmost, Otter is born to power. She is the proud daughter of Willow, the greatest...
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Mila 2.0

Debra Driza · Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

Just like Mila, this series opener is both smart and gutsy and I cant wait to see where the next installment takes us.  --New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer CINDERMila was living with her mother in a small Minnesota town when she discovered she was also living a lie.  She was never...
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Fearless

Cornelia Funke · Little
Pages: 424
Format: Print book

Jacob Reckless returns once again to the Mirrorworld--filled with profound characters, extraordinary creatures, and epic life-or-death treasure hunts that could only come from the mind of the master storyteller of our generation, Cornelia Funke.
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Beautiful LEGO: Wild!

Mike Doyle · No Starch Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Scenes from nature spring to life in Mike Doyle's latest curated collection of LEGO art, Beautiful LEGO: Wild! From botanical marvels to adorable critters - as a sea otter family made from 3,500 LEGO pieces - every page is sure to delight the artist and naturalist in all of us.Interviews...
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