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Curiosity

Gary Blackwood · Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

Intrigue, danger, chess, and a real-life hoax combine in this historical novel from the author of The Shakespeare StealerPhiladelphia, PA, 1835. Rufus, a twelve-year-old chess prodigy, is recruited by a shady showman named Maelzel to secretly operate a mechanical chess player called the Turk....
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Aru Shah and the End of Time

Roshani Chokshi · Rick Riordan Presents
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Best-selling author Rick Riordan introduces this adventure by Roshani Chokshi about twelve-year-old Aru Shah, who has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she'll be spending her autumn break...
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Very Rich

Polly Horvath · Margaret Ferguson Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print Length

From Newbery Honor and National Book Award-winning author Polly Horvath, another quirky novel featuring a time travel adventure (among others) .Ten-year-old Rupert Brown comes from an ordinary family. They live in a small house in the poorest section of Steelville, Ohio, and have little...
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I So Don't Do Makeup

Barrie Summy · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

What's better than a sleepover? A sleepover with makeovers! Sherry and her friends have an awesome time with eye shadow, glitter, and more hair products than a salon. But when the girls wake up the next morning with serious skin issues, Sherry is freaked. Someone must have tampered...
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Do You Really Want to Meet an Owl?

Bridget Heos · Amicus Illustrated
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

After learning about several species of an owl, a boy goes to the wilderness nearby to observe owls behavior in the wild. Includes range map, glossary, and further resources.
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The Cold war

John Ziff; Jason R Musteen · Mason Crest
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

During the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union had worked together to defeat Nazi Germany. But in the years after the war ended, the former allies became bitter rivals. The two superpowers did not fight each other directly; instead, they tried to get other countries...
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Sun

Mason Crest · Mason Crest
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

The story of the Solar System starts in the center; it starts with the Sun. Blazing with intense heat, the Sun is literally the source of life on our planet as well as the center of the entire Solar System. Inside, explore this incredible star. Find out how it was formed, why it continues...
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The Door by the Staircase

Katherine Marsh · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 273
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Mary Hayes can't stand her orphanage for another night. But when an attempted escape through the stove pipe doesn't go quite as well as she'd hoped, Mary fears she'll be stuck in the Buffalo Asylum for Young Ladies forever. The very next day, a mysterious woman named Madame...
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Fish Girl

Donna Jo Napoli · Clarion Books
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

The triple Caldecott winner David Wiesner brings his rich visual imagination and trademark artistry to the graphic novel format in a unique coming-of-age tale that begins underwater. A young mermaid, called Fish Girl, in a boardwalk aquarium has a chance encounter with an ordinary girl....
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Rise of the Rebels

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

Kanan, Hera, and trusty old Chopper battle TIE fighters while Sabine uses her artistic talents to outsmart Stormtroopers. Zeb never misses an opportunity to take down troopers, and Ezra scores a special souvenir at the crash site of an Imperial fighter.
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Listen, Slowly

Thanhha Lai · HarperCollins
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Listen, Slowly is a New York Times Book Review Notable Book and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year! This remarkable and bestselling novel from Thanhha Lai, author of the National Book Award-winning and Newbery Honor Book Inside Out & Back Again, follows a young girl as she learns...
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Star wars.

Ryder Windham · Scholastic
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback

Luke Skywalker and his friends in the Rebel Alliance formulate a daring plan to defeat the Empire and its evil leaders, Darth Vader and the Emperor.
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Zepha the monster squid

Adam Blade · Scholastic
Pages: 78
Format: Print book

Desperate for knowledge about his mysterious father and determined to finish his quest, Tom heads west, where Cepha the Giant Squid threatens the seas. But his arrival brings back memories of his encounter with Sepron the Sea Serpent, an encounter he barely had survived.
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Deadliest Snakes

Kris Hirschmann · ReferencePoint Press
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Deadly snakes abound in the world. They rely on sight, sound, speed, and venom to capture and kill their prey. Six deadly snakes, including the black mamba and king cobra, are profiled.
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Armstrong and Charlie

Steven B. Frank · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 298
Format: Hardcover

Charlie isn't looking forward to sixth grade. If he starts sixth grade, chances are he'll finish it. And when he does, he'll grow older than the brother he recently lost. Armstrong isn't looking forward to sixth grade, either. When his parents sign him up for Opportunity Busing to a white...
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