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Inside a Sprint Car

H. Phillips · Cavendish Square Publishing
Format: Book

A look at the high-powered racing cars designed to race short distances.
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Rita the Frog Princess Fairy

Daisy Meadows · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Happily Ever After?Once upon a time, Rachel and Kirsty were excited to attend the special Fairy Tale Festival at TipTop Castle. But when Jack Frost steals the Fairy Tale Fairies' magic items, stories everywhere get all jumbled up. Even worse, characters from inside the books are coming...
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Orangutans

Buffy Silverman · Heinemann InfoSearch
Format: Book

Orangutans explores the fascinating world of primates. The title includes information about classification, habitats, adaptations, food chains, behavior, and intelligence. Readers will also learn about the threats these creatures face, how they can help protect them and their habitats,...
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My Aunt Is in the Army Reserve

Julian Lowe · PowerKids Press
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

The United States Army Reserves is full of heroes who have dedicated their lives to serving our nation. Equally heroic are their families, whose sacrifices are just as important. This title explores the world of military families, which acts as a unique teaching tool about life in the military....
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The Madman of Piney Woods

Christopher Paul Curtis · Scholastic Press
Pages: 363
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis delivers a powerful companion to his multiple award-winning ELIJAH OF BUXTON.Benji and Red couldn't be more different. They aren't friends. They don't even live in the same town. But their fates are entwined. A chance meeting...
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DK Adventures: Galactic Mission

Richard Platt · DK Children
Format: Hardcover

Set in the year 2098, in Galactic Mission five school children have won an international competition to visit outer space and journey to the distant star system of Alpha Centauri on the spaceship Argo to find a new home. But right from the start things dont go according to plan — conflict,...
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The Vietnam War: An Interactive Modern History Adventure

Michael Burgan · Capstone
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

Its the 1960s, and the Vietnam War is raging. You find yourself in the midst of the turmoil. Will you: Enlist in the Marines and volunteer to go to war? Join your fellow young Americans eager to protest the war? Be a young Vietnamese man forced to choose between the communist North...
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Black Anchor

Carl Bowen · Stone Arch Books
Format: Book

A Chinese oil rig platform in Cuban waters has been hijacked, forcing Shadow Squadron to intervene. But before Lt. Cross and his men can board the BLACK ANCHOR, they get some startling intel the mercenaries are American, and theyve taken hostages. Even worse, the Cuban military is on its way,...
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Playing with Matches

Dan Slott · DC Comics
Format: Hardcover

Batmans out to bust the various rackets of the gangster named Black Mask...but hes playing with fire when he goes after the Masks pet arsonist Firefly!,
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Big Nate: In the Zone

Lincoln Peirce · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Library Binding

The sixth Big Nate book in the New York Times bestselling series by Lincoln Peirce! The latest illustrated novel from Lincoln Peirce is a laugh-out-loud must-read starring the one and only cartooning genius, king of detention, and Cheez Doodle connoisseur, Nate Wright. Nate's not having...
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