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Ice Dogs

Terry Lynn Johnson · Harcourt Brace and Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Victoria Secord, a fourteen-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her dogs. With food gone and temperatures dropping, her survival and that of her dogs and the mysterious boy she meets in the woods is entirely up to her.
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I Survived #9: I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944

Lauren Tarshis · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 89
Format: Paperback

In a gripping new addition to the best-selling I Survived series, a young Jewish boy escapes the ghetto and finds a group of resistance fighters in the forests of Poland, but does he have what it takes to survive the Nazis -- and fight back?
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The Book That Proves Time Travel Happens

Henry Clark · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

This never-before-seen twist on time travel adventure explores the theme of accepting those who are different--and having the courage to join them. The moment Ambrose Brody steps into a fortune-teller's tent, he is whisked into a quest that spans millennia with his best friend, an enigmatic...
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Goosebumps Hall of Horrors #1: Claws!

R.L. Stine · Scholastic Paperbacks; Reissue edition

The Hall of Horrors is open. Step into the nightmare!Mickey is put in charge of his vacationing neighbors cat, Bella. His best friend Amanda comes along to help out. All they have to do is make sure Bella has enough to eat and doesnt destroy the furniture. Seems simple enough. But Bella...
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Mission Hindenburg

C. Alexander London · Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Never turn your back on the Cahills . . . The most powerful family history has ever known returns with a vengeance in The 39 Clues: Doublecross!The Cahills are the world's most powerful family, but their strength is being tested. A sinister man calling himself The Outcast has targeted...
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Full Moon Horror

Jason Strange · Stone Arch Books

Four boys run out of gas late at night, and the moon is full. The night ripe for adventure - or terror!
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Joshua Dread: The Dominion Key

Lee Bacon · Random House Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

The third book in the series! The summer is coming to an end and Joshua--along with his friends Sophie, Milton, and Miranda--are about to begin seventh grade. But when a trip to the mall turns into an attack by nFinity and a couple of Phineas Vex's goons, it becomes clear that they're no longer...
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Aphrodite the Fair

Joan Holub · Aladdin Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Aphrodite has her hands full with Eris, who loves to stir up mischief, in this Goddess Girls adventure.Eris is a goddess girl who has a penchant for causing trouble. So when her brother, Ares, is celebrating his thirteenth birthday, she can't let the occasion go by without a little...
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Twerp

Mark Goldblatt · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 275
Format: Hardcover

It's not like I meant for him to get hurt. . . .Julian Twerski isn't a bully. He's just made a big mistake. So when he returns to school after a weeklong suspension, his English teacher offers him a deal: if he keeps a journal and writes about the terrible incident that got him and his friends...
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Platypus Police Squad: The Frog Who Croaked

Jarrett J. Krosoczka · HarperCollins
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Platypus Police Squad: The Frog Who Croaked is the first in a series of zany, action-packed middle-grade mysteries featuring platypus police detectives Rick Zengo and Corey O'Malley. When a call comes in about a crime down at the docks involving a missing schoolteacher and a duffle...
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