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Read Something Else: Collected & Dubious Wit & Wisdom of Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket · HarperCollins
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Looking for wit, wisdom, and inspiration all within the pages of one useful book? Read Something Else. Life is a turbulent journey, fraught with confusion, heartbreak, and inconvenience. This collection of wit and wisdom from New York Times bestselling author Lemony Snicket is unlikely...
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Harriet's Monster Diary

Raun Melmed · Familius
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback

Meet Harriet, a lovable monster who is just sick at the thought of giving a report in front of her class! Her heart pounds, her chest gets tight, and her stomach twists in painful knots. She can't even bear to get started on it! What is she going to do?In the same humorous spirit of Diary...
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George Washington's Secret Six

Brian Kilmeade · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

A page-turning middle-grade adaptation of the New York Times bestseller about George Washington's top-secret spy ring that helped defeat the British.

The American Revolution is well under way in 1776, but things are looking bleak for General George Washington and his Continental...
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The King of Sting

Coyote Peterson · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Wildlife expert Coyote Peterson brings his 12.5 million YouTube subscribers and legions of kid fans a highly designed, full-color exploration of his "Sting Zone"...
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After Life: Ways We Think About Death

MERRIE-ELLEN WILCOX · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 88
Format: Hardcover

Why do we die? Why can't we live forever? What happens to us after death? Moving between science and culture, After Life: Ways We Think About Death takes a straightforward look at these and other questions long taboo in our society. By showing the fascinating, diverse ways in which...
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In Your Shoes

Donna Gephart · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"A unique and compelling novel from a master storyteller." - School Library Journal

The critically acclaimed author of Lily and Dunkin delivers another heartfelt story that will remind readers you never know who needs a friend the most, about two imaginative tweens...
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Good Enough: A Novel

Jen Petro-Roy · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A young girl with an eating disorder must find the strength to recover in this moving middle-grade novel from Jen Petro-RoyBefore she had an eating disorder, twelve-year-old Riley was many things: an aspiring artist, a runner, a sister, and a friend. But now, from inside the inpatient treatment...
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Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II

Andrea Warren · Margaret Ferguson Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

It's 1941 and ten-year-old Norman Mineta is a carefree fourth grader in San Jose, California, who loves baseball, hot dogs, and Cub Scouts. But when Japanese forces attack Pearl Harbor, Norm's world is turned upside down.

One by one, things that he and his Japanese American family...
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