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One-Third Nerd

Gennifer Choldenko · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A funny, fast-paced, and heartfelt story from the Newbery Honor-winning author of the Al Capone series.Fifth grade is not for amateurs, according to Liam. Luckily, he knows that being more than one-third nerd is not cool. Liam lives in the Bay area near San Francisco with his mom and two younger...
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Escape from the Palace

SANTA MONTEFIORE · Aladdin
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Mission Impossible and James Bond have nothing on this wily bunch of rabbits who are pledged to protect the Queen of England - and the President of the United States - from a dastardly plot in this charming second novel of the Royal Rabbits of London series.Life is an adventure. Anything...
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Ever After High: Kiss and Spell

Suzanne Selfors · Little
Pages: 213
Format: Hardcover

Whats a girl to do when she accidentally turns her crush into a frog Ginger Breadhouse had a hard time growing up with the Candy Witch for a mom Its not easy making friends if everyone believes your mom tried to cook Hansel and Gretel But now that Gingers attending Ever After High she has a chance...
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30-Minute Robotics Projects

Loren Bailey · Lerner Publications
Pages: 31
Format: Library Binding

What can be created in 30 minutes or less? How about a robot? With clear step-by-step instructions and photos, these fun robotics projects with delight young makers and tech fans.
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30-Minute Edible Science Projects

Anna Leigh · Lerner Publications
Pages: 31
Format: Library Binding

Step-by-step instructions and photos guide readers through projects that introduce them to the science of food. While shaking up butter and cooking candy, readers will learn about molecules, matter, and taste with these fast and fun projects.
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Planets and Stars

Claudia Martin · Qeb Pub
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Explore the wonders of our world in this introduction to outer space. Planets, moons, asteroids, and aliens will capture children's imaginations as they learn about our solar system and beyond. Easy-to-understand text, simple experiments, top facts, and true or false questions, such...
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The Lotterys More or Less

Emma Donoghue · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Sumac Lottery is the keeper of her family's traditions -- from Pow Wow to Holi, Carnival to Hogmanay, Sumac's on guard to make sure that no Lottery celebration gets forgotten. But this winter all Sumac's seasonal plans go awry when a Brazilian visitor overstays his welcome....
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The Unteachables

GORDON KORMAN · Balzer Bray
Pages: 288
Format: Library Binding

A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordan Korman about what happens when the worst class of kids in school is paired with the worst teacher - perfect for fans of Ms. Bixby's Last Day. The Unteachables are a notorious class of misfits, delinquents,...
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Refugee

Alan Gratz · Scholastic Press
Pages: 341
Format: Hardcover

JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world . . .ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft,...
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Mind-Boggling Numbers

Michael J. Rosen · Millbrook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

If you could hike to the moon, how long would it take? Just how many glasses of lemonade would you need to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool? If everyone on Earth owned exactly the same amount of land, how big would your yard be? And how much time would you spend mowing the lawn?Learn...
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