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Goosebumps Most Wanted #6: Creature Teacher: The Final Exam

R.L. Stine · Scholastic
Pages: 160
Format: Book

The infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and they're coming after you! Catch them all, undead or alive! It doesn't take long for Tommy to find out he's in big trouble. His whole family is obsessed with winning and he's being sent off to a special...
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Pretty Hands & Sweet Feet

Quarto Publishing Limited · Quarto Publishing Group
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

With more than 25 easy-to-follow, step-by-step nail art tutorials, Pretty Hands & Sweet Feet will inspire aspiring nail artists to arrive in stylefrom their fingers to their toes!
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Uncanny Avengers Volume 3: Ragnarok Now

Rick Remender · Marvel
Format: Book

It's the dark origin of the Apocalypse Twins as Kang's true motives are revealed! When an Avenger falls, it's only the first casualty of many! As the Wasp faces the Grim Reaper, the Scarlet Witch confesses her true love and makes an impossible choice. And Sunfire and Rogue must...
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The Secret Life of Pets: The Deluxe Junior Novelization

David Lewman · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

The Secret Life of Pets: The Deluxe Junior Novelization is a retelling of Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures' The Secret Life of Pets, a comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. This hardcover edition features eight pages of full-color...
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The Komodo Conflict

Jack Patton · Scholastic (Us) , 2016.
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

The time has come for the Battle Bugs to drive General Komodo's reptilian forces off Bug Island for good. Using all the knowledge Max has gained in his time with the Battle Bugs, he must lead the bug army in an all-out attack. It's a bug battle royale, with only one possible winner!
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Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids: Family-Friendly Projects for Exploring and Teaching Math, Science, History, and Culture Through Creative Building

John Miller · Quarry
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Now an Amazon Best Kids' Books of 2016 pick!Balancing your child's screen time can be difficult, especially when it comes to wildly popular, open-ended video games like Minecraft. Minecraft offers players an environment focused on exploration, imagination, and creation, but its nonlinear...
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Goosebumps Most Wanted #5: Dr. Maniac Will See You Now

R L Stine · Scholastic Inc.,
Pages: 160
Format: eBook

The infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and they're coming after you! Catch them all, undead or alive!The Most Wanted list continues with Dr. Maniac, the strangest doctor of them all. When a group of comic book characters appear in the real world, twelve-year-old...
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The Runaway: A Maryellen Mystery

ALISON HART · AMER GIRL
Pages: 232
Format: Print book

Scooter, Maryellen's pudgy pet dachshund, may be lazy, but he's one of the family, and Maryellen loves him dearly. And he never misses a meal! So when Scooter doesn't show up at dinnertime, she's worried. Maryellen launches a search--and discovers some strange goings-on...
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The Science of Race Cars: Studying Forces and Motion

Karen Latchana Kenney · Checkerboard Library
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

"In this engaging title, young readers learn about the moving form of energy that is motion! The relationship of mass and acceleration is explained, as are the forces of downforce, updraft, friction, inertia, centripetal force, and the role of aerodynamics in managing these forces....
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One Wish

Michelle Harrison · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Tanya Fairchild may look like an ordinary twelve-year-old, but her life is anything but ordinary. After all, Tanya can see fairies. And real fairies are nothing like the ones in books....When Tanya and her mother arrive in the bustling seaside town of Spinney Wicket, they have no idea what's...
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Flying Lessons & Other Stories

Ellen Oh · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold anthology - written by the best children's authors - celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us. In a partnership with We Need Diverse Books, industry giants Kwame Alexander, Soman...
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Genie in a Bottle

Sarah Mlynowski · Scholastic Press
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Abby and her little brother, Jonah, have a magic mirror in their basement that takes them to different fairy tales -- which they always wind up messing up. But sometimes, it's for the better: Snow White doesn't eat the apple, Cinderella gets a job she loves, etc. In this enchanting ninth...
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Uncanny Avengers Volume 4: Avenge the Earth

Rick Remender · Marvel
Format: Print book

Welcome to Planet X, the new mutant homeworld!Everything is great - if you possess the mutant gene!The Wasp is the last human alive, relentlessly pursuedby Magneto's All-New X-Force and protected by her husband, Havok! Now, as Kang' Chronos Corps arrive on Planet X with a terrible...
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The Golden Tree (Guardians of Ga'hoole, Book 12)

Kathryn Lasky · Scholastic Paperbacks; Reissue edition
Format: Kindle Edition

After the time of the legends, the tale of the Guardians returns to the present in which Soren, the hero of Books 1-6, must train a new king. Old friends, new adventures!Coryn, Soren, and the Band preside over a new Golden Age of the Great Tree under the subtle influence of the Ember. All seems...
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It's Chinese New Year!

Richard Sebra · Lerner Publications
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about the traditions and celebrations of Chinese New Year. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills.
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