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Living in "Ghost Central": Diaries from a Very Haunted House

William J Hall · Rosen Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Nestled deep in Litchfield Hills, Connecticut, a 1790 farmhouse sits near the epicenter of a paranormal commotion. The family that resides there regularly encounters its own ancestors and strangers human and non-human who seemingly occupy the same physical space in our world while remaining...
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Class Action

Steven Frank · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

NO. MORE. HOMEWORK. That's what sixth grader Sam Warren tells his teacher while standing on top of his desk. He's fed up with doing endless tasks from the time he gets home to the time he goes to sleep. Suspended for his protest, Sam decides to fight back. He recruits his elderly neighbor/retired...
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Littlest Pet Shop: Art from the Heart: Starring Minka Mark

Ellie O'Ryan · Little
Pages: 145
Format: Print book

When the Endangered Animal Fun contacts Blythe to design a fashion line, she wants it to be extra special. After all, the proceeds are going to a very worthy cause! So Blythe asks Minka to paint the patterns for her exclusive fabric, but it's not long before this normally chipper monkey...
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The 12 Most Amazing American Myths & Legends

Anita Yasuda · The 12 Most Amazing American Myths & Legends Library Binding – January, 2015
Format: Print book

The 12 Most Amazing American Myths and Legends discusses 12 compelling American myths and legends. Origins of each are included, along with historical development and use of the myths over time.
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LEGO Elves: Chapter Book #2

Stacia Deutsch · Scholastic
Pages: 126
Format: Print book

When a human girl enters a portal into the land of the elves, she's in for a journey full of action, magic, and friendship!The chapter books in this series will have foil on the cover and offer enchanting adventures in a lush new world.
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Confronting the Dragon: Book Three in the Gameknight999 Series: An Unofficial Minecrafter's Adventure

Mark Cheverton · Sky Pony Press
Format: Print book

An evil army threatens to destroy all of Minecraft in the third Gameknight999 adventure!The ghast king Malacoda and the terrible enderman Erebus have led their monster army to the server that houses the Source, with plans to destroy Minecraft and all the digital lives on its servers before...
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Donatello

Brian And Walz Lynch · Spotlight
Format: Hardcover

Donatello goes incognito to a science fair and finds out that it's being put on by none other than Baxter Stockman"--
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Ashes

Laurie Halse Anderson · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 298
Format: Hardcover

Return to the American Revolution in this blistering conclusion to the trilogy that began with the bestselling National Book Award Finalist Chains and continued with Forge, which The New York Times called "a return not only to the colonial era but to historical accuracy."As the Revolutionary...
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Pirates

Andrew Langley · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Print book

From School Library Journal Gr 4-8 - Each of the 100 "facts" in these books is actually the topic sentence of a paragraph about a person or subject, rather than stand-alone pieces of information. The titles are organized nicely into chronological chapters, with...
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Thor's Serpents

K. L. Armstrong · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the thrilling conclusion to The Blackwell Pages, written by New York Times bestselling YA authors, K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr.
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National Hockey League

David Rausch · Epic
Format: Print book

"Engaging images accompany information about the National Hockey League. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
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My Little Pony: Friends Forever Volume 1

Alex De Campi · IDW Publishing
Format: Print book

- Introducing four tales dedicated to exploring the magic of friendship. First, Applejack and Pinkie Pie enter a baking contest! Then, The Cutie Mark Crusaders team up with Discord, Spike enlists Princess Celestia to help him find a birthday present, and finally, Twilight Sparkle and Shining...
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Ninja-rella: A Graphic Novel

Joey Comeau · Stone Arch Books
Format: Print book

Cinderella's stepmother and two stepsisters treat her like dirt. Each and every day, they force her to clean their clothes, cook their meals, and only give her rags to wear and crumbs to eat. But each night, in secret and in shadows, Cinderella trains to be a ninja! More than anything,...
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How to Build Aircraft

Rita Storey · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Take to the skies with How to Build Aircraft. Featuring simple step-by-step instructions, handy templates, vibrant photographs, and easily accessible materials, this title shows readers how to build their very own aircraft that can really fly! Projects include a hot-air balloon, roto-copter,...
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