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Where the Watermelons Grow
Cindy Baldwin · HarperCollins Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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Fans of The Thing About Jellyfish and A Snicker of Magic will be swept away by Cindy Baldwin's debut middle grade about a girl coming to terms with her mother's mental illness. When twelve-year-old Della Kelly finds her mother furiously digging black seeds from a watermelon in the middle... |
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You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!
ALEX GINO · Scholastic Press Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister Emma is born Deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. A big fantasy reader, Jilly connects with another fan, Derek, who is a Deaf Black ASL user. She goes to Derek for advice but doesn't always know the best way to ask for it and makes... |
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The Losers Club
Andrew Clements · Random House Books for Young Readers Pages: 231 Format: Hardcover
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The beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Frindle celebrates books and the joy of reading with a new school story to love! Sixth grader Alec can't put a good book down. So when Principal Vance lays down the law - pay attention in class, or else - Alec takes... |
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The Collector
K R ALEXANDER · Scholastic Press Pages: 224 Format: Paperback
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Josie always liked visiting her grandmother in the countryside. But when her mother loses her job in the city and they're forced to relocate along with Josie's sister, Annie, she realizes she doesn't like the country that much. Especially because Grandma Jeannie has some strange... |
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Earth-Friendly Science Crafts
Veronica Thompson · Lerner Pub Group Pages: 32 Format: Library Binding
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Science stars can transform recycled materials into science-themed crafts. Convert old clothing into space gear using ice, turn broken crayons into a candle with heat, and grow crystallized candy in a recycled jar. Photos and detailed instructions walk you through each step. Additional... |
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Earth-Friendly Tech Crafts
Veronica Thompson · Lerner Pub Group Pages: 32 Format: Library Binding
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Create new technology crafts from old household materials. Devise a sundial from recycled cardboard, refresh old earbuds with string, and make a cell phone charging cradle from a recycled container. Detailed instructions and photos of the steps and the finished product will guide crafty... |
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Robotify It! Robots You Can Make Yourself
ELSIE OLSON · Checkerboard Library Pages: 32 Format: Library Binding
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Makerspaces are places designed to inspire creativity and collaboration. In Robotify It! Robots You Can Make Yourself, kids will make a mini monster robot that responds to light, a spinning robotic pencil holder, and more! Colorful step-by-step photos bring each project to life. Techniques... |
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Code It! Programming and Keyboards You Can Create Yourself
JESSIE ALKIRE · Checkerboard Library Pages: 32 Format: Library Binding
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Makerspaces are places designed to inspire creativity and collaboration. In Code It! Programming and Keyboards You Can Create Yourself, kids will make a computer key out of a banana and use popular software programs to code music, game characters, and more! Step-by-step photos bring each... |
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Lenny's Book of Everything
Karen Foxlee · Knopf Books for Young Readers Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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"Holy Batman, this is a gorgeous, heartbreaking, heartwarming book." --R.J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of WonderPerfect for readers who love Liar and Spy, Counting by 7s, and Bridge to Terabithia, a heartwarming and transformative novel about family, loss, and never... |
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All Summer Long
Hope Larson · Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 176 Format: Hardcover
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Thirteen-year-old Bina has a long summer ahead of her. She and her best friend, Austin, usually do everything together, but he's off to soccer camp for a month, and he's been acting kind of weird lately anyway. So it's up to Bina to see how much fun she can have on her own. At first it's... |
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Ruby in the Sky
Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo · Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Twelve-year-old Ruby Moon Hayes does not want her new classmates to ask about her father. She does not want them to know her mother has been arrested. And she definitely does not want to make any friends. Ruby just wants to stay as silent and invisible as a new moon in the frozen sky. She and her mother... |
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The Casket of Time
Andri Snaer Magnason · Restless Books Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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An entrancing adventure for today's troubled planet, The Casket of Time is a fantastical tale of time travel and environmental calamity from celebrated Icelandic author Andri Snær Magnason.Teenage Sigrun is sick of all the apocalyptic news about the "situation" and, worse,... |
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