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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 13

JEFF KINNEY · Amulet Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

With millions of books sold around the world in 65 editions and 56 languages, Wimpy Kid has turned millions of kids into readers.
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Ra the Mighty: Cat Detective of Pharaoh's Court

Amy Butler Greenfield · Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

Starring an egotistical royal cat and his scarab-beetle sidekick, this hilarious illustrated novel reads like Laurel and Hardy crossed with The Egypt Game.Ra relishes his role as Pharaoh's beloved--and outrageously spoiled--cat. So when an amulet goes missing from the palace, Ra has no interest...
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Short & Skinny

Mark Tatulli · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Cambria; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} New from syndicated comic strip artist Mark Tatulli comes a full-color middle grade graphic novel that centers on Mark's own experience in the summer after seventh...
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The House With Chicken Legs

SOPHIE ANDERSON · Scholastic Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sure, the house can play games like tag and hide-and-seek, but Marinka longs for a human companion. Someone she can talk to and share secrets with. But that's tough when your grandmother...
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: 40th Anniversary Special Edition

Mildred D Taylor · Dial Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A stunning repackage of Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning masterpiece with cover art by two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner Kadir Nelson and an introduction by Jacqueline Woodson, just in time for its 40th Anniversary! Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this...
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Eleanor Roosevelt's in My Garage!

CANDACE FLEMING · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In this hilarious follow-up to BEN FRANKLIN'S IN MY BATHROOM!, history and hijinks collide once more when Eleanor Roosevelt accidentally time travels to a ten-year-old's home in 21st-century America!When Eleanor Roosevelt time travels to Nolan and Olive's house in modern-day...
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A Long Line of Cakes

DEBORAH WILES · Scholastic Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Emma Lane Cake has five brothers, four dogs, and a family that can't stay put. The Cake family travels from place to place, setting up bakeries in communities that need them. Then, just when Emma feels settled in with new friends . . . they move again.Now the Cakes have come to Aurora...
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Counting to Perfect

Suzanne M LaFleur · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Eight Keys comes a loving story of sisters who are trying to find their way back to each other.Julia used to be the perfect big sister: she played great games and took good care of Cassie. Now life at home revolves around Julia and her daughter, Addie. No one pays much...
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Knights vs. Dinosaurs

MATT PHELAN · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Renowned for their courage, their chivalry, and their ability to fight mythical creatures, the Knights of the Round Table must face their most dangerous opponents yet - DINOSAURS!This heavily illustrated middle grade novel from award-winning author and artist Matt Phelan is a hilarious,...
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Absolutely Everything!: A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD · What on Earth Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Discover everything from the creation of planet earth and the rise of animals, to globalization, wars and global warming with this collection of the most remarkable true stories of our time.How was our universe made from a tiny speck of energy? Where did the first trees, plants, animals...
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