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Owl Boy
Owl Boy

Brian Schatell · Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

In this laugh-out-loud picture book, owl-obsessed Al spends a night with his favorite creatures - and learns an important lesson along the way.Al loves owls. He reads books about owls, watches movies starring owls, and draws pictures of owls - he even sleeps with a stuffed owl. Al wishes...
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The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and Beyond
The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and Beyond

Patrick Dillon · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 95
Format: Hardcover

Aspiring architects will be in their element! Explore this illustrated narrative history of buildings for young readers, an amazing construction in itself.We spend most of our lives in buildings. We make our homes in them. We go to school in them. We work in them. But why and how did people...
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Return of the forgotten
Return of the forgotten

Lisa Fiedler · Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2015.
Pages: 310
Format: Print book

Althought Felina the cat queen is gone, the subway tunnels are still dangerous, not only because of Hopper's rogue brother Pup and his arachnid companion Hacklemesh, but also due to a secret Firren has been hiding that worries her more than the disappearance of her daughter, Hope. Includes...
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Niagara Falls, Or Does It? #1
Niagara Falls, Or Does It? #1

Henry Winkler · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 133
Format: Paperback

Inspired by the true life experiences of Henry Winkler, whose undiagnosed dyslexia made him a classic childhood underachiever, the Hank Zipzer series is about the high-spirited and funny adventures of a boy with learning differences. It's science project time in Ms. Adolf's class. This...
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Dragonbreath #9: The Case of the Toxic Mutants
Dragonbreath #9: The Case of the Toxic Mutants

Ursula Vernon · Dial Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Attention all Wimpy Kid and Bad Kitty fans!Who do you call when you have a really weird mystery involving mutants, toxic sludge, and enormous missing dentures? Detective Danny Dragonbreath, of course! He may not be as book smart as his nerdy friends Wendell and Christiana, but this dragon...
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Save the chimpanzee
Save the chimpanzee

Louise Spilsbury · PowerKids Press
Format:  Book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

32 pages : colored illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Maniac Magee (Newbery Medal Book)
Maniac Magee (Newbery Medal Book)

Jerry Spinelli
Format: Book

Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run--and not just run away, but run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins,...
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Moonkind
Moonkind

Sarah Prineas · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 261
Format: Hardcover

Fer must save her realm from the Forsworn, a group destroying the land with their broken oaths, in Moonkind, the conclusion to award-winning author Sarah Prineas's fantasy-adventure series, which includes Winterling, Summerkin, and the short story Thrice Sworn.As the Lady of the Summerlands,...
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Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times
Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times

Emma Trevayne · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 307
Format: Paperback

A boy discovers a mysterious mechanical world he may never escape in this steampunk fantasy that's "a thrill a minute" (Kirkus Reviews) , set in nineteenth-century England.Ten-year-old Jack Foster has stepped through a doorway and into quite a different London.Londinium is a smoky,...
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The Case of the Clown Carnival
The Case of the Clown Carnival

Laurie S. Sutton · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

It's a Scooby-Doo reunion when Scooby and the rest of the Mystery Gang gather at a circus carnival under the big top. But when the clowns enter the ring, things go from merry to mayhem: clowns turn into robots, Scooby Snacks are snatched, and parents are kidnapped To solve this You Choose...
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The Zero Degree Zombie Zone
The Zero Degree Zombie Zone

Patrik Henry Bass · Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of Tony Abbott's UNDERWORLD books, comes the new kid on the block - Barkari Katari Johnson!Shy fourth-grader Bakari Katari Johnson is having a bad day. He's always coming up against Tariq Thomas, the most popular kid in their class, and today is no different. On top of that,...
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At Your Service
At Your Service

Jen Malone · Aladdin Paperbacks
Pages: 262
Format: Paperback

Chloe loves working as a junior concierge at an exclusive NYC hotel - but when three royal kids come to stay, her hospitality is put to the ultimate test!Chloe Turner has pretty much the BEST life. She gets to live in the super fancy Hotel St. Michele. New York City is her hometown. And her dad,...
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What's Great About Massachusetts?
What's Great About Massachusetts?

Amanda Lanser · Lerner Publications
Format: Book

Whats so great about Massachusetts? Find out the top ten sites to see or things to do in the Bay State! Explore Massachusettss beautiful beaches, bustling harbors, scenic trails, and rich history. The Massachusetts by Map feature shows where youll find all the places covered in the book....
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Lizzie!
Lizzie!

Maxine Kumin · Triangle Square
Format: Hardcover

Lizzie, age eleven, does not let her wheelchair get in the way of her curiosity. After she is partially paralyzed in a diving accident, Lizzie and her single mom are starting life over in a small town in Florida, where Lizzie's thirst for knowledge and adventure makes her some unlikely...
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Samantha Sanderson At the Movies
Samantha Sanderson At the Movies

Robin Caroll · Zonderkidz
Format: Print book

Sam Sanderson is an independent, resourceful, high-tech cheerleader. She dreams of becoming an award-winning journalist like her mother, and so she’s always looking for articles she can publish in her middle-school paper (where she secretly hopes to become editor). And with a police...
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