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You Can Be a Gymnast

Alix Wood · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Book

"In order to compete high on the rings, flip through the air, and do walking handstands on the beam, gymnasts have to be strong, flexible, and confident. With lots of practice and help from a coach and spotter, readers can learn to execute splits, L-sits, and other cool gymnastics...
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Star Darlings Leona's Unlucky Mission

Shana Muldoon Zappa · Disney Press
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Leona is very focused on her studies and is especially busy as the lead vocalist in the Star Darlings band.
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Navy Seals

Lee Slater · ABDO Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
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John Deere

Sara Green · Bellwether Media
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

"Engaging images accompany information about John Deere. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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You Can Be a Dancer

Alix Wood · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Book

Music videos, reality shows, and Broadway musicals all employ talented dancers that can move to the music. These dancers all spent many years practicing and perfecting good dance technique, and possibly took classes in many genres, including ballet, jazz, tap, and hip-hop. Through an introduction...
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The Young Investigator's Guide to Ancient Aliens

History Channel · Roaring Brook
Pages: 105
Format: Print book

As a tie-in to the wildly successful History Channel show, perfect for young readers, here's a book filled with fascinating tales, ancient folklore, and compelling evidence of the role extraterrestrials may have played in human history. What really happened to the dinosaurs? Who actually...
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Origins of Olympus

Kate O'Hearn · Aladdin Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Emily and her winged horse, Pegasus, face an ancient challenge of Olympic proportions in this fourth book of an exciting series.A deadly plague has struck Olympus. While the Olympians fade one by one, Emily's heart breaks as she watches, particularly when Pegasus begins to slip away....
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I Survived The Great Chicago Fire, 1871

Lauren Tarshis · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

In a national contest, readers voted and decided that the next I SURVIVED topic will be the Great Chicago Fire, 1871!In the next book of the I SURVIVED series, one boy will struggle to stay alive as the great city of Chicago burns.
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Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire

Susan Tan · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Meeting Cilla felt like making a new best friend." -- Grace Lin, bestselling author of Newbery Honor book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Priscilla "Cilla" Lee-Jenkins is on a tight deadline. Her baby sister is about to be born, and Cilla needs to become a bestselling...
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The Eye of Zoltar

Jasper Fforde · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Although she's an orphan in indentured servitude, sixteen-year-old Jennifer Strange is pretty good at her job of managing the unpredictable crew at Kazam Mystical Arts Management. She already solved the Dragon Problem, avoided mass destruction by Quarkbeast, and helped save magic in the Ununited...
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Fashion Design Studio: Learn to Draw Figures, Fashion, Hairstyles & More

Christopher Hart · Drawing with Christopher Hart
Format: Paperback

This fun introduction to design opens the world of style to budding fashionistas! Bestselling art instructor Chris Hart not only gives step-by-step instructions on drawing figures from many points of view and in varying poses, he explains the tricks of the trade: how to “dress”...
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The Closer: Young Readers Edition

Mariano Rivera; Wayne R Coffey; Sue Corbett · Little
Format: Hardcover

Mariano Rivera never dreamed of becoming a professional athlete. He didn't grow up collecting baseball cards, playing Little League, or cheering on his home team at the World Series. He had never heard of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, or Mickey Mantle.
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Game Over, Pete Watson

Joe Schreiber · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

When videogame obsessed Pete Watson discovers his dad is not only a super-spy but has been kidnapped and is now trapped inside a video game, he has to use his super gaming skills and enter the game to rescue him. Will he be able to save his friends and family and the entire world from...
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The Book of Lost Things

Cynthia Voigt · Knopf Books for Young Readers; 8.11.2013 edition
Format: Hardcover

Newbery medalist Cynthia Voigt presents a rollicking mystery in three acts!Maxs parents are missing. They are actors, and thus unpredictable, but sailing away, leaving Max with only a cryptic note, is unusual even for them. Did they intend to leave him behind? Have they been kidnapped? Until...
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I Want My Daddy

Tracey Corderoy · Tiger Tales
Format: Hardcover

Arthur is trying to build a castle, but it keeps falling down. Too wobbly! a frustrated Arthur says. Then Arthur catches something in the moat at the playground, and its too big and scary for Arthur to handle by himself. Luckily, Daddy is there to help! The perfect book for days when only...
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