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The Phantom Bandit

GERONIMO STILTON · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

While vacationing at Skull Castle Geronimo stumbles on a mystery. A ghost cat is threatening the special pumpkins that grow in the Von Cacklefurs' garden! Can Geronimo find out who wants to steal the pumpkins?
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The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid

DYLAN THURAS · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

The team behind the #1 bestselling Atlas Obscura presents a kid's illustrated guide to 100 of the world's most mesmerizing and mysterious wonders, both natural and manmade, in 47 countries and on every continent on earth. Travel the world through common points of interest, from...
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Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice

Veronica Chambers · HarperCollins
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A perfect tool for young readers as they grow into the leaders of tomorrow, Veronica Chambers's inspiring collection of profiles - along with Senator Cory Booker's stirring foreword - will inspire readers of all ages to stand up for what's right.You may only be one person, but you have...
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Last stand on the ocean shore : an unofficial Minecrafter's adventure

Mark Cheverton

Herobrine is rallying all the monsters of Minecraft to one server in hopes of eliminating Gameknight999 and his friends once and for all. They destroy every village they find, threatening to continue until the User-that-is-not-a-user surrenders. Gameknight has just two things, the Oracle's...
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The Jungle Temple Oracle: The Mystery of Herobrine: Book Two: A Gameknight999 Adventure: An Unofficial Minecrafter's Adventure

Mark Cheverton · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 225
Format: Paperback

An ancient jungle temple holds the secrets to stopping the evil Herobrine! Gameknight999's true enemy has finally surfaced: Herobrine, an artificially intelligent virus that wants to escape Minecraft and destroy mankind with their own creation - the Internet. If he is able to escape...
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Toaff's Way

CYNTHIA VOIGT · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Meet Toaff: a lovable squirrel, and new standout character, searching for a place to call home in this gem of a story by a Newbery Medal-winning author. Toaff is a small squirrel full of big questions. Why must I stay away from the human's house? Why shouldn't I go beyond the pine...
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Begone the Raggedy Witches

CELINE KIERNAN · Candlewick
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

When witches kidnap her dad, Mup is swept up in a wild tide of magic that carries her to another world. Can she reunite her family and find her way back?On the night that Aunty dies, the raggedy witches come for Mup's family. Pale, cold, and relentless, the witches will do anything...
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I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967

Lauren Tarshis · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Since the opening of Glacier National Park in 1910, there were no reported fatal bear attacks until one summer night in 1967, when two grizzlies attacked campers and killed two young women. Inspired by the dramatic and tragic story of that night, and how it eventually influenced the fate...
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The Haunted Serpent

DORA M MITCHELL · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

"You know how people always tell you 'just be yourself? ' That's terrible advice. You won't survive middle school that way. Trust me. " Welcome to Thedgeroot, where Spaulding Meriwether is on a quest to make friends, become cool . . . and figure out why dead people...
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Cuba

Wiley Blevins · Childrens Pr
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

A close neighbor of the United States, Cuba is a beautiful island nation with a rich culture. Readers will join Teresa and Xavier, their local tour guides, for an in-depth look at this amazing country. They will find out what it is like to live in Cuba, f
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