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Kid Normal

Greg James · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

A hilarious, illustrated middle-grade adventure about a superhero with no superpowers! "Should appeal to readers who enjoy the Captain Underpants and Wimpy Kid series." - School Library ConnectionWhen Murph Cooper begins his new school several weeks into the year, he can't help...
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Kid Normal and the Rogue Heroes

Greg James · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

"Should appeal to readers who enjoy the Captain Underpants and Wimpy Kid series." - School Library Connection on Kid Normal Since becoming Kid Normal, Murph Cooper and the Super Zeroes - fellow students with arguably less-than-useful talents like the ability to conjure tiny horses...
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The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue

Karina Yan Glaser · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 364
Format: Hardcover

NYT Bestselling series! Harlem's favorite family returns in the third installment in the Vanderbeerkers series, wherein the Vanderbeeker kids find themselves racing to save their mother's baking business from city closure. Illustrated with delightful black and white illustrations.For the Vanderbeeker...
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Spy Penguins: The Spy Who Loved Ice Cream

Sam Hay · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In this hilarious second novel in Sam Hay's action packed illustrated chapter book series, Spy Penguins, two young adventure-loving and gadget-obsessed penguins must prove their favorite uncle is innocent before the Frosty Bureau of Investigation locks him away forever!Jackson and Quigley...
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The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade

Max Brallier · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Soon to be a Netflix Original series! The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, with over two million copies in print!"Terrifyingly fun! Delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs."--Jeff Kinney, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Diary of a Wimpy KidThe 5th book...
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Master of the Phantom Isle

Brandon Mull · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

In the third book in the Dragonwatch series, Kendra leaves the timberland dragon sanctuary of Wyrmroost and travels to the other side of the world to a new and aquatic dragon preserve that teeters on the brink of being overthrown in the ongoing global dragon uprising. The dragons have...
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Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation

Stuart Gibbs · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs comes the first novel in a thrilling new series about the world's youngest and smartest genius who's forced to use her unbelievable code-breaking skills to outsmart Einstein.Charlie Thorne is a genius. Charlie Thorne is a thief. Charlie...
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The Backstagers and the Final Blackout

Andy Mientus · Amulet Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Based on the show-stopping graphic novels, the Backstagers return for more action-packed, paranormal theater adventures! The Backstagers are back for a thrilling third act! They've dealt with the ghost haunting their theater and faced o against the sinister siblings trying to steal the famous...
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Two Girls, a Clock, and a Crooked House

Michael Poore · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Combine the thought-provoking time travel of When You Reach Me with the humorous storytelling of Lemony Snicket, and you get a wholly original journey through time, space, and the depths of the human heart.This is a story of things that are not possible.It's not possible for Amy to see spirits....
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Thundercluck! Chicken of Thor: Recipe for Revenge

Paul Tillery IV · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The chicken of the Norse god Thor, bewitched with the power of thunder and lightning, returns to action in Thundercluck! Chicken of Thor: Recipe for Revenge -- written and illustrated by Paul Tillery IV and Meg Wittwer.The mighty chicken Thundercluck is in trouble. He and Brunhilde have...
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Sauerkraut

Kelly Jones · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A new quirky-funny book from the author of Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer about a boy whose plans for the summer go sideways when the ghost of his great-great-grandmother demands his attention.HD Schenk is a maker--an inventor, someone who builds cool stuff. He's got a plan...
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Running Wild

Lucy Jane Bledsoe · Margaret Ferguson Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Willa and her twin brothers have survived with their father in the Alaskan wilderness for five years. But Willa knows this can't go on--they must escape.Since their mother died five years ago, Willa, her younger brothers, and her father have lived in the wilderness, in a log cabin...
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Broken Strings

Eric Walters · Puffin Canada
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-winning author duo. For fans of The Devil's Arithmetic and Hana's Suitcase.It's 2002. In the aftermath of the twin towers -- and the death of her beloved grandmother -- Shirli Berman is intent...
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The Color of the Sun

David Almond · Candlewick
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author David Almond pens the dreamlike tale of a boy rediscovering joy and beauty within and around him, even amid sorrow.One hot summer morning, only weeks after his father's death, Davie steps out his front door into the familiar streets of the Tyneside town that has always...
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DOG WHO LOST HIS BARK

EOIN COLFER · Candlewick
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

A warm, uplifting story about a boy, his dog, and the healing power of music marks a first-time collaboration between two former Irish Children's Laureates, Eoin Colfer and P.J. Lynch.Patrick has been desperate for a dog of his own for as long as he can remember, and this summer, with his father...
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