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Lantern Sam and the Blue Streak Bandits
Michael D. Beil · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 277 |
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"An atmospheric late-1930s adventure with old-time cinematic appeal. Fans of fast-paced, far-fetched action will lap it up as enthusiastically as Sam swallows his favorite brand of sardines." - Kirkus Reviews Lantern Sam is the wise-cracking, sarcastic, talking cat (for those... |
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Dash
Kirby Larson · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256 |
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New from Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson, the moving story of a Japanese-American girl who is separated from her dog upon being sent to an incarceration camp during WWII.Although Mitsi Kashino and her family are swept up in the wave of anti-Japanese sentiment following the attack on Pearl... |
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Ice Dogs
Terry Lynn Johnson · Harcourt Brace and Company
Pages: 288 |
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Victoria Secord, a fourteen-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her dogs. With food gone and temperatures dropping, her survival and that of her dogs and the mysterious boy she meets in the woods is entirely up to her. |
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Three Bird Summer
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An introspective boy and an adventurous girl uncover a poignant family mystery during a summer on the shores of Three Bird Lake.For as long as he can remember, Adam and his parents have spent their summers at his grandmothers rustic cabin on Three Bird Lake. But this year will be different.... |
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Curiosity
Gary Blackwood · Dial Books |
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Intrigue, danger, chess, and a real-life hoax combine in this historical novel from the author of The Shakespeare StealerPhiladelphia, PA, 1835. Rufus, a twelve-year-old chess prodigy, is recruited by a shady showman named Maelzel to secretly operate a mechanical chess player called the Turk.... |
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The Night Gardener
Jonathan Auxier · Harry N Abrams Inc
Pages: 350 |
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This much-anticipated follow-up to Jonathan Auxier's exceptional debut, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, is a Victorian ghost story with shades of Washington Irving and Henry James. More than just a spooky tale, it's also a moral fable about human greed and the power of storytelling.The... |
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Kingdom Keepers VII: The Insider
Ridley Pearson · Disney Pr
Pages: 609 |
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The Kingdom Keepers' senior year in high school is almost over. For more than three years, things have been quiet. Their battles are long behind them, they agree, the threat to the Disney realm silenced albeit at great cost. But inside the catacombs of the Aztec temple where Finn Whitman... |
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The Boundless
Kenneth Oppel · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 332 |
All aboard for an action-packed escapade from the internationally bestselling author of Airborne and the Silverwing trilogy.
The Boundless, the greatest train ever built, is on its maiden voyage across the country, and first-class passenger Will Everett is about to embark... |
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The Meaning of Maggie
Megan Jean Sovern · Chronicle Books Llc
Pages: 220 |
* "Smart, sensitive, sad and funny." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
As befits a future President of the United States of America, Maggie Mayfield has decided to write a memoir of the past year of her life. And what a banner year it's been! During this period she's... |
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