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Katie Friedman Gives Up Texting!

Tommy Greenwald · Roaring Brook
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

When a text goes wrong, Katie Friedman learns the hard way that sometimes you need to disconnect to connect.Here are a few things you need to know about Katie Friedman:1. Katie is swearing off phones for life! (No, seriously. She just sent the wrong text to the wrong person!)2. She wants...
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Pandas

Jennifer Zeiger · Scholastic
Format: Paperback

With exciting full-color photos, Nature's Children brings you face-to-face with some of the world's most intriguing animals—from chimpanzees to pandas to tarantulas. Each title reveals how these creatures survive in the wild, how they raise their young, what's being done...
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Follow Your Money: Who Gets It, Who Spends It, Where Does It Go?

Kevin Sylvester · Annick Press
Format: Paperback

What happens to your money after you hand it to the cashier? You pay for that cool pair of shoes or a ticket to the newest blockbuster movie; but what happens to that money once it leaves your hands? Who actually pockets it or puts it into the bank? Was the price you paid fair? Why do things...
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Parasite's Power Drain

Eric Fein · DC Super Heroes
Format: Book

As the sun sets in METROPOLIS, the electricity suddenly goes out, and crime wave erupts throughout the darkened city. This is a job for SUPERMAN! But as the MAN OF STEEL restores order, an even bigger problem arrives . . . the evil PARASITE. This power-hungry monster won't let SUPERMAN...
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Poem Depot: Aisles of Smiles

Douglas Florian · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 154
Format: Hardcover

In the vein of Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky, this illustrated book of humorous poems will guarantee gigglesArtist, poet, and award-winning author Douglas Florian successfully captures the comedy of kids' everyday lives with this jam-packed volume of 170 nonsense poems. Meander...
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Force Out

Tim Green · HarperCollins
Format: Paperback

In New York Times bestselling author Tim Green’s baseball novel, when two friends compete, one of them will be forced out. In this tense, action-packed story that takes an increasingly common dilemma in competitive sports to new heights, former NFL defensive end Tim Green perfectly...
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You Wouldn't Want to Be on the First Flying Machine!

Ian Graham · Franklin Watts
Format: Paperback

This best-selling series engages readers of all levels by making them part of the story. Readers will become the main character and can revel in the gory and dark sides of life throughout important moments in history. Key Features: Perfect resource for reluctant readers with: humor and history...
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Ever After High: A Semi-Charming Kind of Life

Suzanne Selfors · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 204
Format: Hardcover

Darling Charming is bored in Damsel-In-Distressing class. She'd much rather be in Hero Training with her brothers. The only thing is, she has secretly been helping her brother Dexter ace the class. If anyone finds out, a scandal would erupt at Ever After High. One of the most prestigious...
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The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher

Jessica Lawson · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 215
Format: Hardcover

Becky Thatcher has her side of the story to tell - and it's a whopper - in this creative spin on Mark Twain's beloved The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, complete with illustrations.Tom Sawyer's and Huckleberry Finn's adventures are legendary, but what about the story you haven't heard? In 1860,...
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The Whispering Skull

Jonathan Stroud · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

In the six months since Anthony, Lucy, and George survived a night in the most haunted house in England, Lockwood & Co. hasn't made much progress. Quill Kipps and his team of Fittes agents keep swooping in on Lockwood's investigations. Finally, in a fit of anger, Anthony challenges...
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Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe?

Dana Meachen Rau · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Born in Connecticut in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, author, and playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to help escaped slaves head north towards freedom. The publication of her book, Uncle Tom's...
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Ghoulish Song

William Alexander · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 166
Format: Hardcover

A brave girl flees a ghoul while trying to save her town in this lively, fast-paced companion to National Book Award winner Goblin Secrets.Kaile lives in Zombay, an astonishing city where goblins walk the streets and witches work their charms and curses. Kaile wants to be a musician and is delighted...
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