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Saving Marty

PAUL GRIFFIN · Dial Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Because of Winn Dixie will adore this warm and heart-wrenching story of the friendship between a boy and a pig who thinks it's a dog. Renzo is a quiet kid, content to let his charismatic friend Paloma do all the talking while he dreams of playing the guitar and surfing out in California,...
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The Key to Every Thing

PAT SCHMATZ · Candlewick
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

For eleven-year-old Tash, Cap'n Jackie isn't just the elderly next-door neighbor - she's family. When she disappears, only Tash holds the key that might bring her back.Tash didn't want to go to camp, didn't want to spend the summer with a bunch of strangers, didn't want to be separated...
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #8: Twisters and Other Terrible Storms: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #23: Twister on Tuesday

Will Osborne · Random House
Pages: 119
Format: Print book

Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #23: Twister on Tueaday, they had lots of questions. How do tornadoes form? What kinds of tools can help...
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Ezra's Duel with Danger

Michael Kogge · Abdo Group, 2016.
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

"When Ezra Bridger runs into an old friend from his past, secrets about Ezra's missing parents are finally brought to light. Can Ezra unravel the mystery of their disappearance while still helping the rebels fight the Empire? The stakes are higher than ever as Imperial Agent Kallus...
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Native American Doctor: The Story of Susan Laflesche Picotte (Trailblazer Biographies)

Jeri Ferris · Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

A biography of the young Omaha Indian woman who became the first Native American woman to graduate from medical school.
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Secret of the Haunted Cave

Matthew K Manning · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 76
Format: Print book

Follow Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred into a bottomless cavern, which is haunted by the ghosts of Civil War soldiers. Or is it? The Mystery Inc. gang must uncover the secret of the haunted cave while taking care of another bottomless pit: Scoobys stomach! Action-packed text and comics-style...
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How to Turn $100 into $1,000,000: Earn! Save! Invest!

James Mckenna · Workman Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

From the creators of Biz Kid$ and Bill Nye the Science Guy, here is a comprehensive guide for kids to the basics of earning, saving, spending, and investing money. Written in a humorous but informative voice that engages young readers, it's the book that every parent who wants to raise...
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Escape from the island of aquarius

Frank E. Peretti · Crossway Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Two teenagers and their father brave many dangers on an exotic South Sea island as they search for a missing missionary.
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From Percy Jackson: Camp Half-Blood Confidential

Rick Riordan · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

In response to an awful camp orientation video created by the god Apollo, Percy Jackson and other residents of Camp Half-Blood answer such questions as "What is this place?" and "Do I get to keep the T-shirt?" Newbies can check out the section on the Divine Cabins, read...
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When Friendship Followed Me Home

Paul Griffin · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 247
Format: Print book

A breathtaking middle-grade novel about happiness, loss, and an unforgettable dog named Flip"This story convinced me all over again that love and imagination are life's biggest magic." - Rebecca Stead, author of Newbery Award winner When You Reach Me Ben Coffin has never been...
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Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star

Rachel Renée Russell · Aladdin; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Rachel Renee Russell serves up more laughs and adorable illustrations in the next installment of the bestselling DORK DIARIES series.Nikki Maxwell has been doing everything she can to keep everyone at school from learning the truth--that she's there on scholarship in exchange for her Dad working...
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Absolutely Almost

Lisa Graff · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 7
Format: Book

From the author of the National Book Award nominee A Tangle of Knots comes an inspiring novel about figuring out who you are and doing what you love.Albie has never been the smartest kid in his class. He has never been the tallest. Or the best at gym. Or the greatest artist. Or the most...
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City of the Beasts (Alexander Cold Series #1)

Isabel Allende · HarperCollins
Pages: 406
Format: Paperback

Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold has the chance to take the trip of a lifetime. Parting from his family and ill mother, Alexander joins his fearless grandmother, a magazine reporter for International Geographic, on an expedition to the dangerous, remote world of the Amazon. Their mission,...
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