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The Castle in the Mist
The Castle in the Mist

Amy Ephron · Philomel Books
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

In the tradition of Edward Eager and E.L. Konigsburg, a novel about the excitement - and the dangers - of wishing.Tess and her brother, Max, are sent for the summer to their aunt's sleepy village in the English countryside, where excitement is as rare as a good wifi signal. So when...
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The Ghosts at the Movie Theater #9
The Ghosts at the Movie Theater #9

Dori Hillestad Butler · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Edgar Award Winner Dori Hillestad Butler gives us the ninth title in her not-too-scary chapter book mystery series, The Haunted Library.Kaz are Claire are on the case again - this time, they're looking for Kaz's long-lost uncle! Their search takes them to a bakery and a movie theater....
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The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life
The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life

Kwame Alexander · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what we want, what we aspire to, what...
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Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd
Isaac the Alchemist: Secrets of Isaac Newton, Reveal'd

Mary Losure · Candlewick Press
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

A surprising true story of Isaac Newton's boyhood suggests an intellectual development owing as much to magic as science.Before Isaac Newton became the father of physics, an accomplished mathematician, or a leader of the scientific revolution, he was a boy living in an apothecary's...
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Found
Found

S A Bodeen · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Sarah, Marco, their families, friend Leo, and his grandfather continue to strive to outwit treasure-seeker Fox and escape the mysterious island and its strange inhabitants.
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The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist

Cynthia Levinson · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you're never too little to make a difference.Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else. So when...
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Not Quite Narwhal
Not Quite Narwhal

Jessie Sima · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

In the tradition of Uni the Unicorn and Gaston, this heartwarming and adorable debut picture book tells the story of a young unicorn who was born under the sea to a family of narwhals.Growing up in the ocean, Kelp has always assumed that he was a narwhal like the rest of his family. Sure,...
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Ballet Cat What's Your Favorite Favorite?
Ballet Cat What's Your Favorite Favorite?

Bob Shea · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 56
Format: Print book

Ballet Cat and her cousin Goat are preparing a show for Grandma. Each is trying to outdo the other--Ballet Cat with an elaborate dance routine (of course) , and Goat with his amazing (amazingly lame, that is) magic tricks. Neither act goes off quite as planned, but it doesn't matter...
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Dalmatian in a Digger
Dalmatian in a Digger

Rebecca Elliott · Capstone Pr Inc
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Dugger! Dugger! Dugger! Whats that noise? It's the booming sound of big construction vehicles, and Little Dalmatian is determined to find out what they are building in this energetic picture book from Rebecca Elliott.
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Blueberry Pancakes Forever: Finding Serendipity Book Three
Blueberry Pancakes Forever: Finding Serendipity Book Three

Angelica Banks · Henry Holt
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In this third adventure from the author of Finding Serendipity, Tuesday McGillycuddy must grapple with a new villain in the Land of Story.After an unthinkable loss, time seems to freeze for Tuesday and her mother, the famous author Serendipity Smith. In the land of story, Vivienne Small's...
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