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The School for Good and Evil #2: A World without Princes

Soman Chainani · Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pages: 433
Format: Hardcover

Magic and romance battle each other in this much anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The School for Good and Evil. Best friends Sophie and Agatha return to the spectacular world where the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through one. Together, they have the strength...
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On Pins and Needles

Chloe Taylor · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

As Zoey prepares for a sewing contest, she realizes her friendships are also in need of tailoring.In the second book in the Sew Zoey series, things are going great for Zoey on the fashion front: She meets a real designer who tells her she should enter a big sewing contest, and she finds...
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Thorny Devil Lizards and Other Extreme Reptile Adaptations

Lisa J. Amstutz · Capstone Press
Format: Paperback

A lizard that runs on water! A snake that looks like a twig! Reptiles have fascinating ways of adapting to their environments. Discover some of the most interesting and unusual reptile adaptations that have allow them to survive in many different habitats throughout the world.
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Obi: Gerbil on a Mission

Michael Delaney · Dial
Format: Hardcover

Obis on a mission to go where no gerbil has gone before - outside the house! Theres a new pet at Obi the gerbils house, and hes bigger, furrier, and more slobbery than Obi. And hes getting all the attention. But when the puppy escapes out the door and runs away, Obi sets out on a mission...
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Rising Storm

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Fire alone can save our clan... Fireheart's traitorous enemy Tigerclaw has been vanquished and exiled from ThunderClan - but Fireheart can't shake the feeling that he's lurking out there in the forest, waiting for the chance to strike.That's not the only problem facing the young...
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Sky Jumpers Book 2: The Forbidden Flats

Peggy Eddleman · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Escape one danger. Jump into another. . . .   Twelve-year-old Hope has always felt a little different from everyone else who lives in White Rock. She tries hard, but she doesn’t always think before she acts. She takes big risks. Sometimes her risks pay off, but sometimes they...
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The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down #11 (Hank Zipzer)

Henry Winkler · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Hank is failing math, so he has to work with Heather Payne, resident class brain, to help get his grades up. At the same time, Hank’s school is putting on a production of The King and I. As coincidence would have it, Hank is cast as the King, and Heather as Anna. But when Hank’s...
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Robert C. O'Brien · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.
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Invaders from the Great Goo Galaxy (Graphic Sparks Graphic Novels)

Blake A. Hoena · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 40
Format: Library Binding

One boring afternoon, the terrible twosome of Eek and Ack come up with a sinister plot. They'll spend the day doing something deviously fun, conquering that weird, faraway planet, Earth!
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Castle: Revised and in Full Color

David Macaulay · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

“To his many fans, David Macaulay is nothing less than America's Explainer-in-Chief.” —Providence Journal In this first-ever standalone full-color edition, Castle is lavishly reborn in digitally finished drawings rendered with felt-tip markers and colored pencils....
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The Screaming Staircase

Jonathan Stroud · Disney-Hyperion Books
Pages: 390
Format: Print book

A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters are appearing throughout the city, and they aren't exactly friendly. Only young people have the psychic abilities required to see-and eradicate-these supernatural foes. Many different Psychic...
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House of Secrets

Chris Columbus · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 490
Format: Hardcover

Hailed as "a breakneck, jam-packed roller coaster of an adventure" by J. K. Rowling, this New York Times bestseller is the first installment in the explosive tween fantasy series by famed Hollywood director Chris Columbus (of Harry Potter fame) and bestselling author Ned Vizzini...
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Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara

James Gurney · Andrews McMeel Publishing; First Edition edition
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Critics have gushed over Gurney's phantasmagorical creation, likening him to such venerated literary fantasists as Jules Verne, Wells, and J. R. R. Tolkien." -People magazine The fourth book in James Gurney's best-selling Dinotopia series transports readers to an enthralling...
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Sky Jumpers: Book 1

Peggy Eddleman · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 275
Format: Library Binding

Escape one danger. Jump into another. . . . "Eddleman brings a strong sense of atmosphere to this post-apocalyptic coming-of-age piece, and the underlying message - that it's possible to contribute in unexpected ways - is a positive one." - Publishers Weekly Twelve-year-old...
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Monster Blood for Breakfast!

R.L. Stine · Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Its a whole new ride from the master of fright and bestselling author R L Stine--with a story so fiendish that it cant be contained in just one bookFormat CDs UnabridgedFor an athlete like Matt Daniels breakfast is the most important meal of the day Its also the most dangerous Thats because...
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