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Amina's Voice

Hena Khan · Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 197
Format: Hardcover

"Amina's anxieties are entirely relatable, but it's her sweet-hearted nature that makes her such a winning protagonist." - Entertainment Weekly A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after...
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Timmy Failure: We Meet Again

Stephan Pastis · Candlewick Press
Pages: 258
Format: Print book

From the New York Times best-selling creator of Timmy Failure comes a third adventure about the comically overconfident sleuth.His name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And his detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. And yet the gods keep throwing him curveballs:...
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Thea Stilton and the Venice Masquerade: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure

Thea Stilton · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

The Thea Sisters are headed to Venice, Italy! They'll be there for the Carnival, an annual festival that's famouse for its elaborate masks. They mouselets love exploring the city's bridges and canals, and seeing the beautiful costumes mice wear to Carnival celebrations. But a mysterious...
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Galaxies, Galaxies!

Gail Gibbons · Holiday House
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Planet Earth is in the Milky Way Galaxy, the cloudy band of light that stretches clear across the night sky. How many galaxies are there in the universe? For years astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the universe. Now we know that there are billions of them. Gail Gibbons takes the reader...
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A Dog Called Homeless

Sarah Lean · Katherine Tegen Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Praised by Newbery Medal-winning author Katherine Applegate as "graceful" and "miraculous," this Schneider Family Book Award-winning novel tells how one girl's friendship with a homeless dog mends a family's heart.Cally Fisher knows she can see her dead mother,...
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Worlds Apart

James Riley · Aladdin
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Owen and Bethany try to find their way back to each other after the fictional and nonfictional worlds are torn apart in this fifth and final book in the New York Times bestselling series, Story Thieves - which was called a "fast-paced, action-packed tale" by School Library Journal...
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The Knights of Boo'Gar

Art Roche · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 170
Format: Paperback

The Knights of King Mewkus's roundtable have all retired; only one knight (along with his friendly pet turtle and ostrich) comes to the king's aid when doom strikes the townspeople of Boo'Gar. Storm clouds hang over the kingdom of Boo'Gar. The cantaloupe crop has failed. There is no money...
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The School the Aztec Eagles Buit

Dorinda Makanao?nalani Stagner Nicholson · Lee & Low Books
Pages: 48
Format: Book

In May 1942, German U-boats torpedoed two unarmed Mexican oil tankers off the Gulf Coast, forcing Mexico to enter World War II. With the help of United States President Roosevelt, Mexican President Camacho arranged to send one Air Force squadron to fight in the war. Thirty-eight of Mexico...
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Bug Girl

Sarah Hines-Stephens · Imprint
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Nothing prepares a girl for battling the forces of evil like the first year of middle school...Amanda Price adores all things bug-related -- from spiders to mantises -- like, seriously loves them. Unfortunately most of her fellow sixth-graders do not share her invertebrate obsession. They're...
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5 Worlds Book 1: The Sand Warrior

Mark Siegel · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Amulet, Kazu Kibuishi, hails this first book in this groundbreaking sci-fi/fantasy adventure series as "a magical journey, as fun as it is beautiful!" Think Star Wars meets Avatar: The Last Airbender! The Five Worlds are on the brink...
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Jake the Fake Keeps it Real

Craig Robinson · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 135
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the first book in a side-splitting illustrated series from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient and cartoonist Keith Knight. Jake can barely play...
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Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker

SHELLEY JOHANNES · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 154
Format: Hardcover

Beatrice does her best thinking upside down.Hanging from trees by her knees, doing handstands . . . for Beatrice Zinker, upside down works every time. She was definitely upside down when she and her best friend, Lenny, agreed to wear matching ninja suits on the first day of third grade....
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