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Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game

Chris Grabenstein · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Mr. Lemoncello is going live with a brand-new televised BREAKOUT game! Discover what James Patterson calls "the coolest library in the world" in the fourth puzzle-packed adventure in Chris Grabenstein's New York Times bestselling MR. LEMONCELLO series!Greetings, boys and girls,...
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Shouting at the Rain

Lynda Mullaly Hunt · Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Fish in a Tree comes a compelling story about perspective and learning to love the family you have.Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's always lived with her kindhearted Grammy,...
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A Wolf Called Wander

Rosanne Parry · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Don't miss this dazzling tour de force." - Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal winning author of The One and Only IvanThis gripping novel about survival and family is based on the real story of one wolf's incredible journey to find a safe place to call home. Illustrated...
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Jaclyn Hyde

Annabeth Bondor-Stone · HarperCollins
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In this heartwarming and hilarious reimagining of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a secret potion accidentally turns eager-to-please eighth grader Jaclyn into Jackie, a goblin-like monster who'll do anything to win at everything she does - no matter how much chaos she creates...
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Finding Orion

John David Anderson · Walden Pond Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day and Posted returns with an unforgettable tale of love and laughter, of fathers and sons, of what family truly means, and of the ways in which we sometimes need to lose something in order to find ourselves.Rion Kwirk comes from a rather odd family....
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Girl of the Southern Sea

Michelle Kadarusman · Pajama Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

From the time she was a little girl, Nia has dreamed up adventures about the Javanese mythical princess, Dewi Kadita. Now fourteen, Nia would love nothing more than to continue her education and become a writer. But high school costs too much. Her father sells banana fritters at the train...
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Theodore Boone: The Accomplice

John Grisham · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Theodore Boone is back on the case in an all-new adventure! Bestselling author John Grisham delivers a page-turning legal thriller for a new generation of readers.Theo has been worried about his good friend Woody Lambert. Woody is struggling at school and making bad choices. But when Woody...
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Time Sight

Lynne Jonell · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Castles, battles, the ancient Scottish Highlands, and a boy who is determined to bring everyone safely home combine in this absorbing middle grade time-travel adventure.Will's mother is in danger overseas, and his father must find her, so Will and his little brother are packed off to relatives...
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The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four Jokers

Pseudonymous Bosch · Dial Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling Secret Series comes this funny chapter-book mystery about a third-grade magician and the wisecracking rabbit who is the secret brains behind his act.Eight-year-old Oliver dreams of being a professional magician, even though he has terrible stage fright....
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Spark

Sarah Beth Durst · Clarion Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

When a shy girl and her dragon-like companion discover their country's idyllic weather comes at a steep - and secret - cost, they recruit fellow students to defy authority and attempt to spread the truth.Storm beasts and their guardians create perfect weather every day, and Mina longs...
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Planet Earth Is Blue

Nicole Panteleakos · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

"Tender and illuminating. A beautiful debut." --Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach MeA heartrending and hopeful debut novel about a nonverbal girl and her passion for space exploration, for fans of See You in the Cosmos, Mockingbird, and The Thing About...
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Goodbye, Mr. Spalding

Jennifer Robin Barr · Calkins Creek
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Set in Philadelphia during the Great Depression, this middle-grade historical novel tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy and his best friend as they attempt to stop a wall from being built at Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics, that would block the view of the baseball field...
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Emily Windsnap and the Pirate Prince

Liz Kessler · Candlewick
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Emily Windsnap ends up surrounded by pirates - and on a life-changing adventure - in the eighth installment of the New York Times best-selling series.Traveling home by cruise ship should be a relaxing break after Emily's latest adventure, but things take a turn when the ship is overtaken...
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Chasing Helicity Into the Wind

Ginger Zee · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

When Helicity Dunlap flies for Texas to spend time with her best friend Mia she hopes to leave the tragedies of the devastating tornado and flash flood back in Michigan-at least for a little while. Her responsibilities at Mia's Aunt Suze's beachfront bed and breakfast are pretty...
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