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Maya Lin: Thinking with Her Hands

Susan Goldman Rubin · Chronicle Books
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is one of the most famous pieces of civic architecture in the world. But most people are not as familiar with the reserved college student who entered and won the design competition to build it. This accessible biography tells the story...
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The Magic Misfits

Neil Patrick Harris · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

From beloved award-winning actor, Neil Patrick Harris, comes the magical first book in a new series with plenty of tricks up its sleeve.
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MUTANT BUNNY ISLAND

OBERT SKYE · HarperCollins
Pages: 224

Obert Skye, author of the bestselling Leven Thumps series, delivers a delightful mixture of offbeat mystery and laugh-out-loud humor in this thoroughly inventive adventure complete with comic-style illustrations, the first in a trilogy. Ten-year-old Perry Owens has learned everything he needs...
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Muppets Meet the Classics: The Phantom of the Opera

ERIK FORREST JACKSON · Penguin Workshop
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

What do you get when you cross the Muppets and the classics? A monster hit! Join Kermit, Miss Piggy, Uncle Deadly, and the other Muppets as they bring this gripping tale of mystery and suspense to life in their own hilarious way.This classic tale of love, intrigue, and jealousy at the Paris...
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Have Sword, Will Travel

Garth Nix · Scholastic Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

It is strange enough that Odo and Eleanor have stumbled upon a sword in a dried-up river outside their village. It is even stranger that Odo is able to remove it from where it's buried. And it's REMARKABLY strange when the sword starts to talk.Odo and Eleanor have unearthed Biter,...
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The Real McCoys

Matthew Swanson · Imprint
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Her name's Moxie. Moxie McCoy.Bold, opinionated, and haplessly self-confident, the world's greatest fourth-grade detective faces her biggest challenge! When someone kidnaps beloved school mascot Eddie the Owl, Moxie is on the case -- but she's forced to fly solo now that...
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How Oscar Indigo Broke the Universe

David Teague · HarperCollins
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

? "Suspend all disbelief and enjoy." - Kirkus (starred review) From David Teague, the coauthor of the critically acclaimed Saving Lucas Biggs, comes a funny and sweet story about learning to have courage even when it feels like the world is ending.Oscar Indigo has never...
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Monster Nanny

Tuutikki Tolonen · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The Hellman children must make dowith a nanny while their mother is away at a spa. The only problem? Their nanny is a monster. Grah is hairy, dusty, and doesn't talk. When the siblings discover that other neighborhood kids have been left with similar creatures, they start to wonder...
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Better Off Undead

James Preller · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

After becoming undead, a boy tries to survive middle school.Adrian Lazarus has met with a curious fate. He's returned from the dead (after a bad bike accident, no helmet) , yet not a lot has changed. He's always been an outcast. But it's not just being a zombie that makes...
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Black Moon Rising

DJ MacHale · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 293
Format: Hardcover

The next fast-paced, thrilling adventure from bestselling author D. J. MacHale! Check out a book and fall under its spell . . . literally. Marcus is an agent of the Library - a place filled with tales that don't have an ending. Mysteries that won't be solved until Marcus and his friends...
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