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Learning to Care for a Cat

Felicia Lowenstein Niven · Enslow Elementary
Format: Print book

Lots of people like cats If you have decided that a cat is the right pet for you and your family then this is the book for you Learn about different types of cats Read about where to get a cat what to have before you bring your new pet home and more American Humane helps you choose a pet cat
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Xtreme Illusions 2

National Geographic · National Geographic Society
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Watch out! This book will scramble your eyeballs and boggle your brain with Perplexing Puzzles, Impossible Illusions, Loopy Lines, and more dizzying delights! Sound like fun? Explore the mysteries that lie right inside our own minds (including the key scientific concepts of perspective...
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Katie Starting from Scratch

Coco Simon · Simon Spotlight
Format: Paperback

When Katie brings her maybe-someday stepsister to Cupcake Club, she gets her first taste of sibling rivalry—and its not very sweet! Katies mom asks Katie for a huge favor will she spend some time with Emily, her boyfriends daughter? Katie agrees and brings Emily to a Cupcake Club meeting....
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The Quirks: Welcome to Normal

Erin Soderberg · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

Molly and her family have moved around for years. Every time they think they've found a home, one of the Quirks slips up and sends them packing -- because the Quirk family is a bit, well, quirky. Each family member has a magical power that makes them unique, and highly unusual. Mom...
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First Team

Tim Green · HarperCollins
Pages: 327
Format: Hardcover

Brock is on the run again in New York Times bestselling author Tim Green's companion book to New Kid. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica or Dan Gutman's Baseball Card Adventure series.With his strong left arm, Brock knows he can be a great quarterback, and with the help of his new friend,...
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The Last Dogs: Journey's End

Christopher Holt · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Canine heroes Max, Rocky, and Gizmo return in this exciting series finale! As the trio travel south, following a trail of beacons left by Dr. Lynn, they encounter a stampede of horses. The horses urge the dogs to turn back, warning about a silver wall of doom that lies ahead.But the warning...
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How to Speak Dog: A Guide to Decoding Dog Language

Aline Alexander Newman · National Geographic Children's Books
Format: Book

Do you speak dog? How to Speak Dog is a fun, informative, and photographically driven book that helps kids understand what their dog is trying to tell them through body language and behavior. Super-engaging dog photography, along with National Geographic Kids' signature bold and bouncy...
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Narwhal

Christina Leaf · Bellwether Media

"Engaging images accompany information about narwhals. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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Survivors #3: Darkness Falls

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins; Gift edition
Format: Hardcover

Erin Hunter, the #1 nationally bestselling author of the Warriors and Seekers series, is back with book three in the action-packed Survivors animal fantasy series. Every dog must stand together to survive - or their new world will destroy them.After a violent enemy attack threatened both...
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Doll Bones

Holly Black · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 244
Format: eBook

Discover the Newbery Honor winner Doll Bones, from Holly Black, the cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book. A School Library Journal Best Book. A BOOKLIST Editor's Choice Books for Youth. A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book. A NYPL "100 Titles for Reading...
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Lex Luthor's Power Grab!

Louise Simonson · Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint, 2015.
Pages: 76
Format: Print book

Superman has always been a thorn in Lex Luthor's side, and now Luthor wants the super hero out of the picture . . . once and for all! The evil super-genius busts the Parasite out of jail, and the two team up to make a wicked duo. When Luthor traps the Man of Steel and the Parasite drains...
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Classic Goosebumps #32: Please Don't Feed the Vampire!: A Give Yourself Goosebumps Book

R.L. Stine · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

The original books featuring the scariest creatures from the Goosebumps movie, in theaters October 16, 2015! You buy something called ""Vampire in a Can."" At first you think its just a goofy vampire costume with a cape, plastic fangs, and a tattoo of teeth marks. But then...
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The Attack of Professor Zoom!

Matthew K Manning · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback

On a moonless night, downtown CENTRAL CITY suddenly bursts into flames. Dozens of deadly fires threaten homes, businesses, and residents of the metropolis. Luckily, the FASTEST MAN ALIVE is close by! The FLASH rushes from house to house, saving entire families and their pets. However, instead...
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Star Wars: Jedi Academy

Jeffrey Brown · Scholastic
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Jeffrey Brown takes readers to a middle school in a galaxy far, far away....This incredible, original story captures all of the humor, awkwardness, fun, and frustrations of middle school--all told through one boy's comics, journal entries,...
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Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul: Real Stories by Real Girls About Real Stuff

Jack Canfield · Backlist, LLC - a unit of Chicken Soup of the Soul Publishing LLC
Format: Print book

From Barbies to your first bra, from holding your teddy bear to slowdancing with your first boyfriend, from knowing everyone in elementary school to trying to make new friends in middle school. . . . When dealing with these changes, it's no wonder preteen girls can freak out from time...
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