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Star Wars Galactic Maps: An Illustrated Atlas of the Star Wars Universe

Lucasfilm Book. · Disney Lucasfilm Pr
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Learn about all of the various planets of the Star Wars universe with Galactic Maps! With detailed maps showing the different worlds and characters, this is the perfect book for any avid Star Wars reader. Fans will be delighted to find a spread introducing them to the planet and characters...
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Rosalie the Rapunzel Fairy: A Rainbow Magic Book

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

Once upon a time in Fairyland. . . .

Jack Frost is up to his old tricks again. He has sent his goblins to steal the Storybook Fairies' magic objects -- and now readers' favorite stories are all mixed up.

Rosalie's magic hairbrush is missing-- only Rachel and Kirsty can help...
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Wish Upon a Sleepover

Suzanne Selfors · Imprint
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Five misfits. One magical wish.

Bestselling author Suzanne Selfors brings heart and humor to this middle grade novel about a group of misfits who find true friendship where they least expect it.
Leilani dreams of being friends with the most popular girls in her class -- the Haileys...

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The Sea Turtle Mystery

Gertrude Chandler Warner · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

The Aldens are spending spring break on a beach, but they aren't just soaking up the sun. They're protecting an endangered species! Their job is to mark sea turtle nests so the eggs can be moved to a safe place to hatch, but someone is digging up the eggs without permission. Can the Boxcar...
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Phoebe and Her Unicorn

Dana Simpson · Andrews McMeel Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Book

"Phoebe is a remarkably real little girl, as bright and imaginative as Bill Watterson's Calvin, as touchingly vulnerable as Charles Schulz's Charlie Brown. And if these strike you as big names to conjure with, I'll go further and state for the record that in my opinion...
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Rutherford B. Hayes

BreAnn Rumsch
Format: Print book

This biography introduces readers to Rutherford B. Hayes including his early political career and key events from Hayes's administration including civil service reforms, the end of Reconstruction, and the passage of the Bland-Allison Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal...
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Revolution

DEBORAH WILES · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 495
Format: Paperback

Revolution
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Alice-Miranda in China

Jacqueline Harvey · Random House Australia
Pages: 358
Format: Print book

When a surprise letter arrives at Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for Proper Young Ladies offering a cultural exchange to Beijing, Alice-Miranda and her friends are quick to sign up. They can't wait to experience the delights of one of the world's busiest cities! While there, the visitors...
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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Squirrel Meets World

Shannon Hale · Marvel Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

WHO RUNS THE WORLD? SQUIRRELS! Fourteen-year-old Doreen Green moved from sunny California to the suburbs of New Jersey. She must start at a new school, make new friends, and continue to hide her tail. Yep, Doreen has the powers of . . . a squirrel! After failing at several attempts to find...
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Eos the Lighthearted

Joan/ Williams Suzanne Holub · Aladdin
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Get to know Eos, the Goddess of Dawn, in this twenty-fourth Goddess Girls adventure!
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It Ain't So Awful, Falafel

FIROOZEH DUMAS · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block . . . for the fourth time. California's Newport Beach is her family's latest perch, and she's determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name - Cindy. It's the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes...
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Math on the Job: Building a Business

Rick Wunderlich · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A large bakery wants a regular supply of your homemade brownies. What if you could figure out how to do it out of your parents' kitchen using math? This amazing book makes you a math problem solver by putting you into situations faced by people who are building their own businesses....
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A Kid's Book of Experiments with Stars

Robert Gardner · Enslow Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Perfect for science fairs or sleepovers, this book will inspire young readers to learn about constellations, the Sun, and even the Moon through hands-on experiments that use easy-to-obtain materials and the scientific method.
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A Stand for Independence

VALERIE TRIPP · AMER GIRL
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

When Felicity overhears a plot against the colonists, no one believes her but Ben, her father's apprentice. So the two risk great danger to warn the colonists themselves. Soon afterward, Felicity finds a secret note from Ben. He has run away to join George Washington's army, and he is injured....
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Framed!

JAMES PONTI · Aladdin
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most wanted lists all because of his Theory of All Small Things in this hilarious start to a brand-new middle grade mystery series.

So you're only halfway through your homework and the Director...
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