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Star Darlings Adora Finds a Friend

Shana Muldoon Zappa · Disney Pr
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Adora can be aloof and opinionated and she must learn, through her Wishworld mission, to accept help and ideas from others. On this mission, which was originally set for Cassie, Adora is set to help a super sensitive and shy Wisher who must try to make a new best friend because the one she has had since...
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Alexis's Cupcake Cupid

Coco Simon · Simon Spotlight
Format: Hardcover

He loves me, he loves me not…Alexis leaves a Valentine’s Day surprise for her crush. Does he like her back?Despite objections from her Cupcake Club pals, Alexis makes a special valentine cupcake for her crush, Emma’s older brother Matt, and leaves it for him next to his computer....
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The School for Good and Evil #3: The Last Ever After

Soman Chainani · HarperCollins
Pages: 655
Format: Hardcover

In the riveting third installment of the New York Times bestselling School for Good and Evil series, everything old is new again, as Sophie and Agatha fight the past as well as the present to find the perfect end to their fairy tale.Former best friends Sophie and Agatha thought their ending...
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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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Math on the Move

Katie Marsico · Lerner Publications
Format: Book

Math is everywhere when you're traveling! See who's on the move inside this book—and how we need math to finish the trip! You'll need your math smarts to calculate time, distance, and speed, choose the best route and type of transit, figure out time zones, plan travel...
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Washington, D.C.

Terry Allan Hicks · Cavendish Square Publishing; 2 edition
Format: Paperback

Originally published: New York: Benchmark Books, c2007.
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El Deafo

Cece Bell · Amulet Books
Pages: 233
Format: Book

A 2015 Newbery Honor Book Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles...
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Thor, tales of Asgard: Balder the Brave

Stan Lee; Jack Kirby · Spotlight
Format:  Book : Picture : Elementary and junior high school : Fiction : English

Book by Lee, Stan,
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Positive & Negative Numbers, Oh My!

Lisa Arias · Rourke Pub Group
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From School Library Journal Gr 4-8-Jocular titles and rhyming text aside, these slim volumes each provide short, straightforward definitions, explanations, and plentiful demonstration problems set in large print numerals. Photographs and small pictorial elements are used...
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Five Ancestors Out of the Ashes #3: Jackal

Jeff Stone · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Jake explores his super-smart sneaky Jackal side in the final installment of this high-octane page-turning series After all the excitement and danger he and his friends survived in California Jake just wants to chill out and ride his bike Then he gets an offer he canrsquot refusemdashthe...
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Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

Donald J. Sobol · Spotlight
Format: Hardcover

Fifth-grader ""Encyclopedia"" Leroy Brown solves ten mysteries and, by putting the solutions at the back of the book, challenges the reader to do the same.
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Bugged: How Insects Changed History

Sarah Albee · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Book

There are about ten quintillion insects in the world--and some of them have affected human history in tremendous ways! For as long as humans have been on earth, weve co-existed with insects . . . for better or for worse. Once you begin to look at world history through fly-specked glasses,...
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The Lost Track of Time

Paige Britt · Scholastic Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A magical fantasy, an allegorical cautionary tale, a feast of language, a celebration of creativity--this dazzling debut novel is poised to become a story for the ages!Penelope is running out of time!She dreams of being a writer, but how can she pursue her passion when her mother schedules...
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