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Zeus

Virginia Loh-Hagan · 45th Parallel Pr
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Zeus in the Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient World series explores the fascinating drama, love stories, and destruction in the myths surrounding the ruler of the Olympian gods. Book includes history, myths, and a family tree. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature...
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Moschops and Other Ancient Reptiles

Tracey Kelly · Brown Bear Books
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

"Through carefully leveled text, maps, and powerful illustrations, explores the habitats, food, and other information about prehistoric reptiles"--
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Columbia Space Shuttle Explosion and Space Exploration

Tamra Orr · Cherry Lake Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This book relays the factual details of the Columbia space shuttle explosion through three different perspectives. The narrative provides multiple accounts of the event, and readers learn details through the point of view of a WRDY news reporter, potential future astronaut, and a family....
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Restart

GORDON KORMAN · Scholastic Press
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't remember hitting his head. He doesn't, in fact, remember anything. He wakes up in a hospital room and suddenly has to learn his whole life all over again . . . starting with his own name. He knows...
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The Force Oversleeps (Star Wars: Jedi Academy #5)

SCHOLASTIC. · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 172
Format: Hardcover

"Victor Starspeeder is back at Jedi Academy for year two, but it's not going the way he'd planned. He was thrilled about Drama Club and hoped to get the lead in this year's musical... But a new kid got the role! What gives?! Plus, he keeps oversleeping and getting to class late . . . Worst...
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MasterChef Junior Cookbook: Bold Recipes and Essential Techniques to Inspire Young Cooks

Clay McLachlan · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Creativity, hard work, and lots of fun - that's what it takes to cook like a master. Beloved television competition show MasterChef Junior fosters all of this within each of its pint-size home cooks, and what they whip up is truly impressive. This book aims to give any aspiring young...
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Following Baxter

Barbara Kerley · HarperCollins
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

This heart-warming adventure for dog lovers everywhere is a great match for fans of books such as The Fourteenth Goldfish and A Snicker of Magic.Eleven-year-old Jordie Marie Wallace has been waiting forever for someone to move in next door, so she is thrilled when Professor Reece arrives:...
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Star Wars Adventures in Wild Space The Nest: Book 2

LucasFilm Book Group · Disney Lucasfilm Pr
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

It is a time of darkness. With the end of the Clone Wars, and the destruction of the Jedi Order, the evil Emperor Palpatine rules the galaxy unopposed. When the parents of Milo and Lina Graf are abducted by agents of the evil Empire while the family is out on a mission mapping the unknown...
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Spirit Riding Free: The Adventure Begins

Suzanne Selfors · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Lucky Prescott craves adventure, but as a young lady of society she's only been allowed to experience adventure through books. That is, until one fateful day when Lucky, her father, and her aunt leave their neat-and-tidy city life and travel to their new home out west-the...
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Voodoo Zombies

Ruth Owen · Bearport Pub Co Inc
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

On the island of Haiti, stories tell of corpses brought back to life. Fact or fiction? Do voodoo witch doctors called bokors really have the power to raise people from their graves? Or is there a scientific?but just as chilling?explanation involving powerful poisons and ruthless con-men?...
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Confusion Is Nothing New

Paul Acampora · Scholastic Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Ellie Magari is figuring out what it means to be a girl in the world today, especially when the one role model she could have had (her mother) was never around and she was raised by her hardworking single father who didn't exactly keep the lines of communication open. Exactly who was Ellie's...
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Bad Days in Exploration

Kathryn Hulick · Raintree Pub
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Everyone makes mistakes, but they're not often on display for the whole world to see. These blunders in exploration have gone down in history and will never be forgotten.
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Jelly Bean Summer

JOYCE MAGNIN · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

At breakfast, I sit at the table and work on three things:1. A bowl of Rice Krispies with sliced banana on top 2. My courage 3. How exactly to tell Mom I'm moving to the roof Joyce is desperate to get out of the room she shares with her older sister. All she wants is some peace and quiet,...
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Information Technology

Diane Lindsey Reeves · Cherry Lake Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Information Technology in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Information Technology career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.
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Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America

Teri Kanefield · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 203
Format: Hardcover

The America that Alexander Hamilton knew was largely agricultural and built on slave labor. He envisioned something else: a multi-racial, urbanized, capitalistic America with a strong central government. He believed that such an America would be a land of opportunity for the poor and the newcomers....
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