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Weaponizing Poop

Jeff Mapua · Enslow Pub Inc
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Bows and arrows, firearms, missilesand poop? The progress of invention marches forward through time as humans discover a new material to use in the manufacturing of weapons. People have a history of utilizing excrement for various uses. This book takes a look at this interesting development...
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Illegal

Eoin Colfer · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

A powerfully moving graphic novel by New York Times bestselling author Eoin Colfer and the team behind the Artemis Fowl graphic novels that explores the current plight of undocumented immigrants.Ebo is alone.His brother, Kwame, has disappeared, and Ebo knows it can only be to attempt the hazardous...
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief Illustrated Edition

Rick Riordan · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school . . . again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered...
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You May Already Be a Winner

Ann Dee Ellis · Dial Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Ali Benjamin's The Thing About Jellyfish and Katherine Applegate's Crenshaw comes the humorous and heart aching story of one girl's struggle to keep hope alive for her and her younger sister in Sunny Pines Trailer Park. Twelve-year-old Olivia Hales has a foolproof plan for winning...
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Spain

Jennifer Howse · Weigl Pub Inc
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Spain, a large country in southwestern Europe, covers most of the Iberian Peninsula. Historic sites, modern cities, sunny beaches, beautiful landscapes, and varied cultural heritages make Spain one of the worlds top tourist destinations. Learn more about Spains fascinating history, culture,...
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The Sisters Vol. 4: Selfie Awareness: William Maury & Cazenove

Cazenove · Papercutz
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Wendy and Maureen are in vacation mode. Wendy loves summer, the beach, and the sun. She loves getting a tan. But her little sister, Maureen, is more annoying than sand in a bathing suit! But a family boat trip makes the siblings appreciate their life on land! Plus, Wendy wants to explore...
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Panda-monium

Stuart Gibbs · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Teddy Fitzroy returns as FunJungle's resident sleuth when the zoo's newest addition goes missing - before she even arrives! - in Panda-monium, the latest novel in Stuart Gibbs's FunJungle series.FunJungle is frenzied, awaiting the arrival of its most thrilling animal yet - Li Ping...
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Stick Cat: Cats in the City

Tom Watson · HarperCollins
Pages: 219
Format: Hardcover

Join Stick Cat and his incomparable sidekick Edith on another dangerous, epic, and hilarious rescue mission in Tom Watson's Stick Cat: Cats in the City!With over-the-top fun and humor, this scrumptious story features Tom Watson's trademark laughs, adventure, and hilarious stick-figure drawings,...
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How Bluetooth Works

Avery Elizabeth Hurt · Cavendish Square Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

This interesting and informative book will explain to young readers what Bluetooth technology is, what problems it solves, and the science that makes it work. This text is enlivened by stories such as why Bluetooth was named after a Viking king and how the technology was based on innovations...
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Arizona

Jason Kirchner · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Welcome to the Grand Canyon State! Learn about Arizona's history, weather, geography, people, and more in this book that's all about our 48th state.
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Oona finds an egg

Adele Griffin · Scholastic Press
Pages: 133
Format: Hardcover

Oona has found a very special egg. Oh, how she loves her baby! She'll do anything to protect this egg until it hatches. Then she can find out what's inside, even though it might just gobble her up! But Oona's precious bundle of eggy joy may never see the light of day. It seems everyone...
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New Hampshire

Ann Heinrichs · Child's World
Pages: 40
Format: Library Binding

From the grand heights of Mount Washington to the state capitol in Concord, there's lots to see and do in New Hampshire! Additional features include maps on each spread, state symbols, famous people, fact bubbles, and informative captions that highlight some of the things that make...
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The Salem Witch Showdown

Matthew K Manning · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang are excited when they're invited to be guest judges at an annual costume contest in Salem, Massachusetts. But when the party is crashed by two terrifying witches, chaos unfolds among the trick-or-treaters. The Gang begins to investigate and quickly...
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Hyacinth and the Secrets Beneath

Jacob Sager Weinstein · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Library Binding

For fans of the Mapmakers trilogy and anyone who likes a little history along with their fantasy, here's a quirky new series! Magic is real. History is a big, fat lie. Before Hyacinth Hayward moves from Illinois to London, she reads up on the city's history. Too bad for her....
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The Sisters Vol. 2: Doing It Our Way!

Christophe Cazenove · Papercutz
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

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