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The Hunt for Dark Infinity

James Dashner · Aladdin; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

What if every choice you made created an alternate reality? In The Journal of Curious Letters, Atticus Higginbottom, a.k.a. Tick, is an average thirteen-year-old boy until the day he receives a strange letter informing him that dangerous— perhaps even deadly—events have been...
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Get to Work, Hercules!

Kate McMullan · Stone Arch Books
Format: Print book

Youve heard of Hercules, right? Big, strong guy who did tons of amazing, heroic deeds? Well one part of that myth is correct. Hercules was big and strong. But he had an teeny-tiny brain. He couldnt have done any of those heroic deeds if it hadnt been for his friends telling him exactly...
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Revolution

Deborah Wiles · Scholastic Pr
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

*A 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST* It's 1964, and Sunny's town is being invaded. Or at least that's what the adults of Greenwood, Mississippi, are saying. All Sunny knows is that people from up north are coming to help people register to vote. They're calling it Freedom...
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Eric Shanower · Spotlight, a division of the ABDO Group, 2014.
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

The Wizard gives the scarecrow a brain, the tin man a heart, and the lion his courage, and he decides to escort Dorothy home in a hot air balloon.
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Wild Horses

Katie Marsico · Scholastic
Format: Book

Discover some of the most fascinating animals in the world with the Natures Children series. Readers will discover how these creatures survive in the wild, how they raise their young, and how they are related to other species. Each title also raises important ideas about conservation by examining...
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Defenders of the Republic

Rob Valois · Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback

Based on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, this novel follows a group of clone troopers as they rise through the ranks from cadets, to rookies, and all the way to elite ARC troopers.
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Children of the Lamp #5: Eye of the Forest

Philip Kerr · Orchard Books
Pages: 424
Format: Print book

Bestselling author P. B. Kerr is back with a fifth book in his highly imaginative and magical CHILDREN OF THE LAMP series!In their latest adventure, John and Philippa Gaunt find themselves tangled up in a spellbinding mystery that takes them deep into the heart of the Amazon jungle in book...
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The Zoo at the Edge of the World

Eric Kahn Gale · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 233
Format: Hardcover

From the author of The Bully Book comes a timeless story about a young boy, his father, and the world that comes between them, which New York Times-bestselling author Peter Lerangis called "magical, mysterious, fresh, original, and full of heart."Marlin is not slow, or mute; what...
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Drake's Comprehensive Compendium of Dragonology

Dr. Ernest Drake · Candlewick; Gift edition
Format: Book

Dragonologists, look no further! Here, in a single handsome, indispensable volume, is gathered a lifetime’s worth of knowledge about these magnificent creatures.Call it an encyclopedia of dragonology — an authorized resource so definitive that dragon lovers everywhere are fired...
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Horses

Jon Eppard · Express
Format: Print book

''Information accompanies step-by-step instructions on how to draw horses. The text level and subject matter is intended for students in grades 3 through 7''--Provided by publisher.Title: HorsesAuthor: Eppard, Jon/ Porter, Steve (ILT)Publisher: Bellwether MediaPublication...
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Control Under Fire (Bloodlines)

Fritz Casas · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 88
Format: Paperback

Technology and air superiority equals success in modern warfare. But even during the War in Afghanistan, satellite recon and smart bombs cannot replace soldiers on the ground. When a SEAL team SeaHawk helicopter goes down in the icy mountains of Kandahar, Lieutenant Lester Donovan must...
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Mal and Chad: Food Fight!

Stephen McCranie · Philomel Books
Pages: 233
Format: Paperback

A time machine? Mal can build one with his eyes closed and one arm tied behind his back. His secret crush's birthday party? Gulp. A shrinking machine. Invisibility spray. If Mal can think it, he can build it. But there's one thing he can't seem to do: Get Megan to notice him. He gets his chance...
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Can You Survive in the Special Forces?: An Interactive Survival Adventure

Matt Doeden · Capstone Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

YOU are a soldier in the U. S. military s elite Special Forces. You have the strength, intelligence, and specialized training to perform the most dangerous, top-secret military missions. Will you: Serve as an Army Green Beret working to save a group of hostages from a desperate band of terrorists?...
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