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Juana and Lucas
Juana Medina · Candlewick Press
Pages: 96
Format: Print book |
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Fans of Judy Moody and Clarice Bean will love Juana, the spunky young Colombian girl who stars in this playful, abundantly illustrated new series.Juana loves many things - drawing, eating Brussels sprouts, living in Bogotá, Colombia, and especially her dog, Lucas, the best amigo ever.... |
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Baseball Genius
Tim Green · Aladdin Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book |
An average kid with an above average talent for predicting baseball pitches tries to help his favorite player out of a slump in this entertaining novel from bestselling authors Tim Green and Derek Jeter.
Jalen DeLuca loves baseball. Unfortunately his dad can't afford to keep him on the travel... |
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Summer of Lost and Found
Rebecca Behrens · Aladdin
Pages: 278
Format: Print book |
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Nell is a city girl forced to spend her summer in Roanoke, North Carolina, but when she meets historical reenactor Ambrose, they explore for clues as to what really happened to the lost colonists, turning her once boring vacation into an adventure. |
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The Gauntlet
Karuna Riazi · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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A trio of friends from New York City find themselves trapped inside a mechanical board game that they must dismantle in order to save themselves and generations of other children in this action-packed debut that's a steampunk Jumanji with a Middle Eastern flair.When twelve-year-old... |
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Seeking Cassandra
Lutricia Clifton · Holiday House
Pages: 192
Format: Print book |
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When work takes Cassie s mom abroad, Cassie is stuck living with her dad in his Winnebago in Palo Duro Canyon State Park for the summer. She loves her dad, but he s different since the divorce, and, for that matter, so is she. She s gotten used to a different lifestyle that s not exactly... |
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The Big Dark
Rodman Philbrick · Blue Sky Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover |
What would you do if every spark of electricity suddenly vanished, as if somebody had flipped a switch on the entire planet? Cars won't start, the heat shuts off, there's no water in your faucet, and your radio, TV, and flashlight go dark. Everyone in Charlie's small town is baffled.
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The Midnight War of Mateo Martinez
Robin Yardi · Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 176
Format: Print book |
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Life is confusing for Mateo Martinez. He and Johnny Ramirez don't hang out anymore, even though they used to be best friends. He and his new friend Ashwin try to act like brave, old-time knights, but it only gets them in trouble. And last night, two skunks stole Mateo's old trike.... |
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Above
Roland Smith · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 336
Format: Print book |
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Pat O'Toole and his brother, Coop, are on the run from an enemy that specializes in hiding in plain sight. Along with their new companion, Kate, they've narrowly escaped a cultlike community situated beneath the streets of New York City. Kate has lived underground since birth, and the world... |
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Scar Island
Dan Gemeinhart · Scholastic Press
Pages: 249
Format: Print book |
Jonathan Grisby is the newest arrival at the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys--an ancient, crumbling fortress of gray stone rising up from the ocean. It is dark, damp, and dismal. And it is just the place Jonathan figures he deserves.
Because Jonathan has done something... |
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Fishbone's Song
Gary Paulsen · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book |
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An orphan reflects on the lessons he was taught by the wise old man who raised him in this lyrical novel that reads like poetry from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen.Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he's raised as his own. This sage... |
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You Can't See the Elephants
Susan Kreller · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover |
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One brave girl takes an extreme step to protect two abused children When thirteen-year-old Mascha is sent to her grandparents' for the summer, she spends her days bored and lonely at a nearby playground. There she meets Julia and Max, two young siblings who are incredibly... |
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Curse of the Boggin
D J MacHale · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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"I'm not sure anyone does suspense quite like D. J. MacHale." - James Dashner, New York Times bestselling author of the Maze Runner series Leave the lights on for this spooky thriller from D. J. MacHale, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Pendragon! Enter the Library,... |
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Jed and the Junkyard War
Steven Bohls · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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Jed is a regular kid with a normal, loving family . . . that is, if it's normal for a loving family to drop their child off in the middle of nowhere and expect him home in time for Sunday dinner. Luckily, Jed excels at being a regular kid who-armed with wit and determination-can make... |
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The Ballad of a Broken Nose
Arne Svingen · Margaret Mcelderry Bks
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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From award-winning Norwegian author Arne Svingen comes "an unusually exciting and funny story" (Dagbladet) about a relentlessly positive teenager who uses his love of opera to cope with his less-than-perfect home life.Bart is an eternal optimist. At thirteen years old, he's... |
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Look Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts
Esta Spalding · Little
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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Kim Fitzgerald-Trout took to driving with ease--as most children would if their parents would ever let them try. She had to. After all, she and her siblings live in a car. Meet the Fitzgerald-Trouts, a band of four loosely related children living together in a lush tropical island. They... |
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