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Twisted True Tales From Science: Explosive Experiments

Stephanie Bearce · Prufrock Press Inc.
Pages: 125
Format: Print book

Two thousand years ago Chinese scientists were looking for a medicine that would make them live forever. Instead, they blew up their lab and discovered gunpowder. Alfred Nobel blew up his laboratory twice before he discovered the formula for dynamite. Learn about the Apollo 13 and Challenger...
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The Case of the Missing Moonstone

Jordan Stratford · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

"Imagines an alternate 1826 London, where Ada Lovelace (the world's first computer programmer) and Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) meet as girls and form a secret detective agency. Their first case involves a stolen heirloom, a false confession, and an array of fishy suspects"--
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Creeper Invasion: An Unofficial Minetrapped Adventure, #5

Winter Morgan · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

In this exciting fifth installment of the Unofficial Minetrapped Adventure series, friends Lily, Michael, and Simon are celebrating a small victory they've won over their sworn enemy, Mr. Anarchy. The group of friends is finally feeling confident and hopeful that they'll make it out of their...
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School of Dragons #2: Greatest Inventions

Nancy Castaldo · Random House, 2016.
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

An all-new nonfiction series featuring DreamWorks Dragons! Hiccup, Toothless, and other exciting characters from DreamWorks Dragons help readers learn all about ancient and modern inventions--even some amazing inventions created by kids! Filled with full-color photos and lots of fun facts,...
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Ever After High: A School Story Book 6

Suzanne Selfors · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 210
Format: Hardcover

The sixth fableous book in Suzanne Selfors' Ever After High: A School Story series. Meeshell is not an ordinary mermaid princess; she knows that someday, when she is older, she will leave her sea kingdom and live happily ever after on land with her prince. The thought of living on land...
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The Unicorn in the Barn

Jacqueline K Ogburn · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

For years people have claimed to see a mysterious white deer in the woods around Chinaberry Creek. It always gets away. One evening, Eric Harper thinks he spots it. But a deer doesn't have a coat that shimmers like a pearl. And a deer certainly isn't born with an ivory horn curling...
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Scout: National Hero

Jennifer Li Shotz · HarperCollins
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Li Shotz comes a whole new dog adventure full of courage and canine friendship.Scout, once a stray puppy with a troubled past, has grown into one of the best search-and-rescue dogs in Mississippi. And now he's ready for bigger and better...
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Ten Rules for Living with My Sister

Ann M Martin · Square Fish
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback

Pearl's older sister, Lexie, is in eighth grade and has a boyfriend. Pearl's only boyfriend is the family's crabby cat, Bitey. Lexie is popular. Pearl is not, mostly because of the embarrassing Three Bad Things that happened in school and which no one has forgotten. Everything Pearl does...
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I Got This: To Gold and Beyond

NOT AVAILABLE. · HarperCollins
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller!Gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast and Dancing with the Stars champion Laurie Hernandez shares her story in her own words in this debut book for fans of all ages - with never-before-seen photos!At sixteen years old, Laurie Hernandez...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 10th Anniversary Edition

J.K. Rowling · Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

New Jacket artwork by Mary GrandPreAdditional four-color frontispiece artwork from Mary GrandPreTwo pages of special content from J.K. RowlingFull cloth case with gold stamping28 million copies sold worldwide!
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The Caldera

JOHN FLANAGAN · Philomel Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The Herons take to the high seas to fend off pirates and rescue the heir to an empire in the newest adventure from John Flanagan, author of the worldwide bestselling Ranger's Apprentice!Includes BONUS content--a brand-new Ranger's Apprentice short story featuring fan-favorites Will and Maddie!In...
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Ellie, Engineer

Jackson Pearce · Bloomsbury UK
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Ellie is an engineer. With a tool belt strapped over her favorite skirt (who says you can't wear a dress and have two kinds of screwdrivers handy, just in case? ) , she invents and builds amazing creations in her backyard workshop. Together with her best friend Kit, Ellie can make anything....
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A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans

Laurence Yep · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 152
Format: Print book

Fans of How to Train Your Dragon will love this whimsical tale, the first in a series, by a Newbery Honor winner, featuring charming illustrations and pet "training tips" in each chapter. Crusty dragon Miss Drake has a new pet human, precocious Winnie. Oddly enough, Winnie seems...
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Warriors: Legends of the Clans

Erin Hunter · Harpercollins Childrens B
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Three novellas featuring the cats of Erin Hunter's #1 bestselling Warrior series - available only in this collection! In Warriors: Legends of the Clans, experience three stand-alone, never before published adventures from the Warriors world:Spottedleaf's Heart: Young apprentice...
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101 Animal Super Powers

Melvin Berger · Scholastic Paperback Nonfiction
Format: Print book

Find out which creatures in the animal kingdom have the coolest superpowers in this new book in the 101 Animal series!Discover some of the most extraordinary creatures in nature! This book takes a close look at 101 of the coolest tricks and superpowers in the animal kingdom. Find out how these...
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