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Pip Bartlett's Guide to Sea Monsters

Jackson Pearce · Scholastic Press
Pages: 166
Format: Hardcover

Pip and Tomas have dealt with magical creatures that burst into flames and runaway unicorns. Now they are headed with Tomas's family to Port Candor, a seaside showplace full of magical sea creatures. Soon they are surrounded by Slimekrakens and Tubafish and Spinnerseals and other dazzlers...
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Hamstersaurus Rex

Tom O'Donnell · Harper
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

BEWARE: Rampaging Mutant Dino-Hamster! Fans of My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish and The Terrible Two will be scrambling to get their hands on this hilarious classroom comedy. When a mysterious growling hamster appears at the back of his class, Sam knows just what to call him: Hamstersaurus Rex....
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Everything You Need to Ace World History in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide

Ximena Vengoecheo · Workman Publishing
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

It's the revolutionary world history study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest. Everything You Need to Ace World History . . . kicks off with the Paleolithic Era and transports the reader to ancient civilizations - in Egypt, Greece, India, China,...
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Discovering Pyramids

Nancy Furstinger · AV2 by Weigl
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Explore the different objects that make up the physical world in 3D Objects. Engaging, easy-to-read text and vibrant visuals teach young readers what these objects are and how they are used in the world.
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Nicaragua

Wil Mara · Children's Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

The tropical nation of Nicaragua has experienced many hardships throughout its history, from civil war to deadly hurricanes. However, Nicaraguans are working hard to bring prosperity to their country. Readers will trace Nicaragua's history from its earliest days to the present. Along...
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Game Changer

Tom Greenwald · Amulet Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Teddy Youngblood is in a coma fighting for his life after an unspecified football injury at training camp. His family and friends flock to his bedside to support his recovery - and to discuss the events leading up to the tragic accident. Was this an inevitable result of playing...
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How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens

Paul Noth · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Happy Conklin Jr. is the only 10-year-old who has to shave three times a day. Hap's dad is a brilliant inventor of screwball products, and being a Conklin kid means sometimes being experimented on. So Hap has his beard, and his five sisters each have their own unique--and often problematic--qualities...
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Serafina and the Twisted Staff

Robert Beatty · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 370
Format: Print book

Serafina's defeat of the Man in the Black Cloak has brought her out of the shadows and into the daylight realm of her home, Biltmore Estate. Every night she visits her mother in the forest, eager to learn the ways of the cat amount. But Serafina finds herself caught between her two worlds:...
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Real Friends

Shannon Hale · First Second
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

"Fresh and funny." -- New York Times Book ReviewNewbery Honor author Shannon Hale and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends -- and why it's worth the journey.When best friends are not forever...
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The Bad Guys in Alien vs Bad Guys

AARON BLABEY · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

The Bad Guys are vanishing! A creature with TONS of teeth and WAY too many butts is stealing them, one by one. Is this the end for the Bad Guys? Maybe. Will it be funny? You bet your butts it will!
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Volume 4: Take the Milanoand Run

Andrew R Robinson · Marvel Age
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

After crash landing on a space station called Conjunction, the Guardians search for Pandorian Crystals while avoiding fighting in the Conjunction Arena and being busted by Nova Corpsman Titus. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.
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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

Vashti Harrison · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES INSTANT BESTSELLER!A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!This beautifully illustrated New York Times bestseller introduces readers of all ages to 40 women who changed the world. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px 'Times New Roman'} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;...
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Jason, the Argonauts, and the Golden Fleece: An Interactive Mythological Adventure

B A Hoena · Capstone Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

You are the mighty Greek hero Jason. Along with your crew of argonauts, you are setting sail in search of the Golden Fleece. But your journey will not be easy. Sea monsters, powerful witches, and deadly beasts stand in your way. Can you survive and bring the Golden Fleece back to your kingdom?...
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Sanity & Tallulah

Molly Brooks · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Sanity Jones and Tallulah Vega are best friends on Wilnick, the dilapidated space station they call home at the end of the galaxy. So naturally, when gifted scientist Sanity uses her lab skills and energy allowance to create a definitely-illegal-but-impossibly-cute three-headed kitten,...
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