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Monsters Unleashed

JOHN KLOEPFER · HarperCollins
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A monstrously fun new series from John Kloepfer, author of the fan-favorite series The Zombie Chasers.Freddie Liddle has a big problem: Monsters. Giant, fire-breathing, electric-shocking, bone-crunching monsters are attacking his town. Even worse, it's Freddie's fault. After drawing...
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The Unlucky Lottery Winners of Classroom 13

Honest Lee · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

When unlucky teacher Ms. Linda LaCrosse wins the lottery, she shares her winnings with her class--giving each student over a BILLION DOLLARS!
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Apex Predators: The World's Deadliest Hunters, Past and Present

Steve Jenkins · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

What does it take to be the "top dog"? In his latest book, the award-winning author and illustrator Steve Jenkins introduces readers to apex predators - the animals that are at the top of their food chains and have no natural enemies. Using his signature art style, Jenkins...
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The Whole Sky

Heather Henson · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

When a devastating sickness spreads through a thoroughbred farm community, a young horse whisperer is determined to find out why all the foals are dying in this tightly woven, tender coming-of-age novel from award-winning author Heather Henson.Twelve-year-old Sky and her father are horse...
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Outside In

JENNIFER BRADBURY · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A twelve-year-old boy living on the streets of Chandigarh, India, stumbles across a secret garden full of sculptures and sees the possibility of another way of life as he bonds with the man who created them in this searingly beautiful novel based on a true story.Twelve-year-old Ram is a street...
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Aleca Zamm Is a Wonder

Ginger Rue · Aladdin
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Meet the wonder-full Aleca Zamm, an ordinary ten-year-old with an extraordinary ability: she can stop time!Aleca Zamm has finally reached double digits and she still doesn't have a "thing" - a special talent or ability that will make her stand out. Her best friend, Maria,...
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A Dash of Dragon

HEIDI LANG · Aladdin
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A thirteen-year-old master chef has a lot to prove as she tries to run a five-star restaurant, cook the perfect dragon cuisine, repay a greedy loan shark, and outsmart the Elven mafia in this entertaining novel that combines all of the best ingredients - fantasy, humor, adventure, action,...
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Exit Strategy

LAUREN ALLBRIGHT · Aladdin
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Ross tries to discover the formula for being funny and getting his new classmates to like him in this laugh-out-loud debut novel!Ross Stevens has changed schools twelve times in the last three years but when his beloved Pops becomes ill, Ross and his mom must plant roots...
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Serafina and the Splintered Heart

ROBERT BEATTY · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The storms are coming... Something has happened to Serafina. She has awoken into a darkness she does not understand, scarred from a terrible battle, only to find that life at Biltmore Estate has changed in unimaginable ways. Old friends do unthinkable things and enemies seem all around.
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The Girl with the Ghost Machine

LAUREN DESTEFANO · BLOOMSBURY USA
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

When Emmaline Beaumont's father started building the ghost machine, she didn't expect it to bring her mother back from the dead. But by locking himself in the basement to toil away at his hopes, Monsieur Beaumont has become obsessed with the contraption and neglected the living,...
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