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Orange for the Sunsets

Athaide, Tina · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From debut author Tina Athaide comes a soaring tale of empathy, hope, and resilience, as two best friends living under Ugandan President Amin's divisive rule must examine where - and who - they call home.Perfect for fans of Half from the East and Inside Out and Back Again.Asha and her best...
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Beavers

Donohue, Moira Rose · Childrens Pr
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Did you know that beavers can hold their breath for up to fifteen minutes under wateror that their front teeth have an iron coating that makes them orange? Learn fascinating facts like theseand moreall in the pages of this book!
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Bison

Grunbaum, Mara · Childrens Pr
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Did you know that bison are the largest mammals in North Americaor that theyve lived in Yellowstone since prehistoric times? Learn fascinating facts like theseand moreall in the pages of this book!
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Bald Eagles

Roome, Hugh · Childrens Pr
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Did you know that the bald eagle is one of the largest raptors in the worldor that it can reach speeds of up to 100 mph (160 km/hr) when diving after prey? Learn fascinating facts like theseand moreall in the pages of this book!
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Alligators

Fitzgerald, Stephanie · Childrens Pr
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Did you know that alligators are the largest reptiles in North Americaor that they survived the mass-extinction that wiped out most animals on the planet 65 million years ago? Learn fascinating facts like theseand moreall in the pages of this book!
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The Poison Jungle

Sutherland, Tui T. · Scholastic Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling series continues with a thrilling revelation -- brand-new tribes of dragons!Some secrets are deadly.It's no secret that Sundew wants to destroy the HiveWings. It's her life's mission to exact revenge on the tribe that tried to wipe out the LeafWings...
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Strawberry Shortcake 1: The Baby Berrykin Baking Challenge

Georgia Ball · Spotlight
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Strawberry Shortcake enters a regional baking competition, but when someone starts sabotaging the other contestants, it's up to Strawberry to figure out the culprit is before they target her. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division...
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The Day the World Stopped Turning

Morpurgo, Michael · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

In the unique landscape of the Camargue (France) during WWII, Lorenzo lives among the salt flats and the flamingos. There are lots of things he doesn't understand-but he does know how to heal animals, how to talk to them; the flamingos especially. He loves routine,...
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Lulu the Broadway Mouse

JENNA GAVIGAN · Running Press Kids
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Ratatouille meets Broadway in this charming new middle grade novel about a little mouse with big dreams. Lulu is a little girl with a very big dream: she wants to be on Broadway. She wants it more than anything in the world. As it happens, she lives in Broadway's Shubert Theatre; so achieving...
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Benjamin Franklin: A nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #32: To the Future, Ben Franklin!

Mary Pope Osborne · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Track the facts about the great printer, inventor, and Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin!When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #32: To the Future, Ben Franklin! they had lots of questions. What was Ben Franklin's first job? How did a kite teach him about...
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