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How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens

Paul Noth · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 212
Format: eBook

Happy Conklin Jr. is the only 10-year-old who has to shave three times a day. Hap's dad is a brilliant inventor of screwball products, and being a Conklin kid means sometimes being experimented on. So Hap has his beard, and his five sisters each have their own unique - and often problematic...
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Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Quest for the Magic Porcupine

John Dougherty · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

The BADgers are back in Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face's second adventure, perfect for fans of The Stinky Cheese Man and Pseudonymous Bosch.The villainous badgers have escaped from prison, and it's up to Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face to find them and put them back! Only someone who knows...
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Sherlock Holmes and the Disappearing Diamond

SAM HEARN · Scholastic Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

John Watson has barely settled into his new school, Baker Street Academy, when his teacher announces a trip to one of London's top museums, home to the Alpine Star, the world's most famous jewel. But the gem has been stolen! The police are soon on the trail and the whole of the country...
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Rebound

KWAME ALEXANDER · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander comes Rebound, the dynamic prequel to his Newbery Award-winning novel in verse, The Crossover. Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. In this prequel to Newbery...
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The Only Game

Mike Lupica · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Can a young baseball star maintain his love of the game after the loss of his brother? Find out in this start to the Home Team series about a small town with high hopes, from New York Times bestselling author and sportswriting legend Mike Lupica.Jack Callahan is the star of his baseball...
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Gone to Drift

Diana McCaulay · HarperCollins
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning Jamaican author Diana McCaulay, Gone to Drift is a powerful voice-driven middle grade novel about family set in Jamaica.Lloyd comes from a long line of fishermen. Growing up in Kingston, Jamaica, Lloyd feels most at home with the sea and his grandfather, Maas Conrad,...
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The Lifters

Dave Eggers · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Discover an underground world full of tunnels and mystery in this middle grade adventure from the bestselling, Pulitzer-nominated author of Heroes of the Frontier and Her Right Foot.What if nothing was as it seemed? What if the ground beneath your feet was not made of solid earth and stone...
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Maggie & Abby's Neverending Pillow Fort

Will Taylor · HarperCollins
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A sparkling new series about two best friends on the adventure of a lifetime!Maggie's been waiting for her best friend Abby to get home from Camp Cantaloupe for SIX. WHOLE. WEEKS. But now that Abby's finally home, she's ... different. All New Abby wants to do is talk about camp...
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Time Jumpers

Brandon Mull · Aladdin
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Trapped in a world where magic is powerful and dreams are real, Cole's epic adventure comes to a close in book five of the New York Times bestselling "fanciful, action-packed adventure" series (Publishers Weekly, starred review) , from the author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders...
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Glacier

Joanne Mattern · Childrens Pr
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

In northwest Montana's Glacier National Park, huge, icy glaciers stream the sides of towering mountain peaks. Below, beautiful green forests grow along the shores of sparkling blue lakes. Readers will get a detailed view of the park as they explore its beautiful natural landscapes and examine...
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