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Lily and the Great Quake: A San Francisco Earthquake Survival Story

Veeda Bybee · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

Lily is a twelve-year-old Chinese American girl living in San Francisco's Chinatown when an earthquake destroys her home and sets her neighborhood on fire. Separated from her parents, Lily must help her younger brother and neighbor escape San Francisco. As the city burns, Lily struggles...
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Medical Robots

Luke Colins · Bolt Jr.
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

From exploring space to exploring the deepest parts of the ocean, robots are becoming a big part of human life. With engaging graphics and charts that emphasize visual literacy, let readers explore the impacts robots are having on our world and our future.
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Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom

Louis Sachar · HarperCollins
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

For the first time in twenty-five years, Wayside School is back in session in this brand-new, fourth installment in the perennially beloved and bestselling series by Newbery Medal-winning author Louis Sachar.Welcome back to Wayside School!Your favorite students and teachers are all here....
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Gold Rush Girl

Avi · Candlewick
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Newbery Medalist Avi brings us mud-caked, tent-filled San Francisco in 1848 with a willful heroine who goes on an unintended - and perilous - adventure to save her brother.Victoria Blaisdell longs for independence and adventure, and she yearns to accompany her father as he sails west...
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The Mystery of the Forgotten Family

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

The Boxcar Children are helping a friend find out more about their family's history. But what they find is a mystery going back generations! Can the Aldens help their friend unlock secrets of the past--and present?
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Freddie Ramos Tracks Down a Drone

Jacqueline Jules · Albert Whitman & Co
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Mr. Vaslov is building a drone to help him take care of Starwood Park—but that's Freddie's job! And when Freddie finds out his mom has a new boyfriend, he's worried about their relationship too. How can his Zapato Power help with all this change?
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Feathers

Corona, Jorge · Archaia
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

There's a ghost in the Maze!Born covered in black feathers, abandoned as a baby in the slums of the Maze, Poe has lived his entire eleven-year-old life hidden away under the protection of his adoptive father, Gabriel. He spends his days secretly helping the Mice, bands of orphans who roam...
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Sam Wu Is Not Afraid of Spiders

Katie Tsang · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Who's afraid of spiders? NOT SAM WU! In this fourth book in the hilarious series, Sam must conquer his fears and help save the school pet tarantula. Sam Wu is NOT afraid of anything. Well, maybe some things - like ghosts, sharks . . . and the dark's pretty scary, too. And now he has something...
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To Fly Among the Stars: The Hidden Story of the Fight for Women Astronauts

Rebecca Siegel · Scholastic Focus
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A searing look at the birth of America's space program, and the men and women aviators who set its course.In the 1960s, locked in a heated race to launch the first human into space, the United States selected seven superstar test pilots and former military air fighters to NASA's...
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Wings Of Fire Legends Dragonslayer

Tui T. Sutherland · Scholastic Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

This special edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars back in time to give readers a glimpse of Pyrrhia through new eyes.In the shadow of wings . . . humans fight for survival. Ivy doesn't trust the Dragonslayer. He may be her father and the beloved ruler...
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