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A Story About Cancer With a Happy Ending

India Desjardins · Lincoln Children's Books
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

I think about everything I'll miss if they tell me I'm going to die . . . my mom, my dad, my sister, cookies, TV shows I'll never get to see the end of, walking outside when it's really nice, the smell of fall, the starry sky on a full moon, my grandparents, my grandpa's lasagna, kissing...
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The Revenge of Magic

James Riley · Aladdin
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

"This imaginative and exciting story feels like the start of something big. The brilliant premise unfolds into a thrilling first book that has me impatient for the next one." - Brandon Mull, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fablehaven and Dragonwatch When long-dead magical...
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Supernatural Hero

Eran Gadot · Beyond Words Publishing Inc
Pages: 170
Format: Paperback

Sixth-grader Andy is your average nerd. He is scrawny, wears glasses, is exceptionally good at math, and is in love with the popular girl, Zoe. He is lonely both at school and at home. His parents pay more attention to his older sister, but his best friend and closest confidant, is his grandpa....
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Midsummer's Mayhem

Rajani LaRocca · Yellow Jacket
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Can Mimi undo the mayhem caused by her baking in this contemporary-fantasy retelling of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream?Eleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad's a renowned food writer, Mom's a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings...
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The Silver Moon of Summer

LEILA HOWLAND · HarperCollins
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

In the third book in the middle grade series that Newbery Honor-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia raved is "brimming with hilarity and sisterly hijinks," Marigold, Zinnia, and Lily Silver return to Cape Cod for a final, unforgettable summer.The Silver Sisters are heading to Pruet...
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In over their heads

Margaret Peterson Haddix · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Nick and Eryn must figure out a way to save the world without sacrificing their newly discovered family in this follow-up to Under Their Skin, which BOOKLIST called "crisp, intriguing, and thought-provoking" in a starred review.In Under Their Skin, twins Nick and Eryn successfully...
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The Haunting of Henry Davis

Kathryn Siebel · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Two kids are about to find out that their lives are anything but ordinary when a ghost arrives and stirs up adventure. Perfect for fans of A Tale Dark and Grimm!Ghosts only haunt when they've left something behind...When Henry Davis moves into the neighborhood, Barbara Anne and her classmates...
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Serafina and the Seven Stars

Robert Beatty · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Serafina and Braeden make an epic return in the hotly anticipated fourth installment of Robert Beatty's #1 New York Times best-selling Serafina series. Serafina, the Guardian of Biltmore Estate, has won battle after battle against the dark forces encroaching on her home. Now, tranquility...
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Night of Soldiers and Spies

Kate Messner · Scholastic Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Ranger's next mission finds him in the middle of the Revolutionary War. There he meets Isaac Pope, a fisherman turned soldier for the Continental Army. When General George Washington is in need of a spy to cross into enemy territory, Isaac is chosen for the dangerous task. Ranger must help...
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Wish on All the Stars

Lisa Schroeder · Scholastic Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Juliet is now an official member of the Starry Beach Club, and loves working with her new friends, Emma and Carmen, to make people's wishes come true. Living away from her dad is still hard, and she misses her best friend from her old town, but she has her friends and the bookmobile, and San Diego...
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Titans

Kate O'Hearn · Aladdin
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

A group of kids must stop invaders before they take over Titus - and the rest of the universe - in this first book in a brand-new series from bestselling Pegasus author Kate O'Hearn, who masterfully blends mystery and mythology together.Fifteen years ago, Olympus was destroyed and the Olympians...
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Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray

Jess Keating · Scholastic Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

"Let the official record show that, I, Nikki Tesla, did not intend to destroy the world."There are only so many times a kid can invent an instrument of global destruction without getting grounded. So when Nikki's death ray accidentally blows up her bedroom (if you can call a pet ferret...
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The Oddmire, Book 1: Changeling

William Ritter · Algonquin Young Readers
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The first book in an action-packed fantasy adventure series featuring witches, shape-shifters, and other creatures of fairytale and folklore, including two brothers - one human and one a goblin changeling - on a life-changing quest into the Oddmire. "Funny, exciting, and ultimately...
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