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Largemouth Bass

Sheila Griffin Llanas · Abdo Publishing Company
Format: Book

Introduces the traits and habits of largemouth bass and discusses fishing for them.
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The New Year's Eve Sleepover from the Black Lagoon

Mike Thaler · Abdo Group
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

When Hubie attends his first sleepover to celebrate New Year's Eve, he is worried about how things will go on his first night away from home, especially with all the talk he has been hearing about a New Year's Revolution.
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Playing Pro Basketball

Marty Gitlin · Lerner Publications
Format: Book

For a professional player, basketball isnt just a fun game—its a job. Millions of people are watching your every move, expecting you to make every shot and block your competitors. You have to give your all for every game, and when youre not playing, youre sharpening skills, working on plays,...
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We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler

Russell Freedman · Clarion Books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

In his signature eloquent prose, backed up by thorough research, Russell Freedman tells the story of Austrian-born Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie. They belonged to Hitler Youth as young children, but began to doubt the Nazi regime. As older students, the Scholls and a few friends formed...
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Soccer Star Lionel Messi

John Albert Torres · Speeding Star
Format: Hardcover

Considered by some to be the greatest soccer star of all time, Lionel Messis story is nothing short of spectacular. As this sports biography highlights the biggest moments of his career, it becomes quite clear why he is the most important player to Argentinas national squad and his club...
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Leonardo da Vinci #9: Renaissance Master

Ann Hood · Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover

Travel back in time to Renaissance Italy with the Robbins twins! In book nine of The Treasure Chest, Maisie and Felix continue to learn the magic of Elm Medona and the Pickworth family history. In the latest adventure, the twins travel to fifteenth- century Italy and meet a young Leonardo...
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Victoria Justice

Abigail Shea · Gareth Stevens Publishing,
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From School Library Journal Gr 1-4-The books in this series present the lives of popular young celebrities in the fields of music and film. For each star, students learn of his or her work, awards, progression of career, and home life in a simple, straightforward manner....
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Dude, Where's My Saxophone?

Amy Cobb · Calico
Format: Hardcover

The whole Benton Bluff Junior High band is at band camp, and when things start to go missing everybody blames Zac--but when Zac's saxophone disappears he suspects that it is someone in another group trying to sabotage Benton Bluff.
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Ant-Man: Natural Enemy Prose Novel

Jason Starr · Marvel
Format: Hardcover

Marvel's smallest hero stars in his biggest story yet: an all-new, original prose novel timed to coincide with the ANT-MAN feature film! Meet Scott Lang: ex-con, single father and part-time super hero. Scott and his teenage daughter, Cassie, are just settling down in a new city when...
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The Berlin Wall: An Interactive Modern History Adventure

Matt Doeden · Capstone Pr Inc
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

After World War II Germany splits into two countriesthe Communist German Democratic Republic in the east and the Federal Republic of Germany in the west. Its capital of Berlin is divided as well, but many people are leaving East Berlin for the freedom of the West. In 1961 East German leaders...
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Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story

Nora Raleigh Baskin · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

From the critically acclaimed author of Anything But Typical comes a touching look at the days leading up to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and how that day impacted the lives of four middle schoolers.Ask anyone: September 11, 2001, was serene and lovely, a perfect day - until...
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Jake and the Giant Hand

Philippa Dowding · Dundurn
Format: Paperback

The first in a series of scary tall tales from award-winning children's novelist Philippa Dowding. Why is Grandpa acting so weird? And why are there so many giant flies? Jake spends every summer on his grandpa's farm. But this year, things are a little weird. First, there are huge...
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Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World's Brightest Bird

Pamela S Turner · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

One of the biggest differences between humans and animals is the ability to understand the idea of "If I do X, Y might happen." New Caledonian crows seem to possess the intelligence to understand this "causal" concept. Why do crows have this ability? What does the crow...
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Horrible Harry and the Battle of the Bugs

Suzy Kline · Viking Children'S Books
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Harry loves creepy-crawly things. But there's one creepy-crawly thing that even he can't stand: head lice! So it's a terrible day when Harry's friend Doug discovers lice in his hair. To make matters worse, Mary makes fun of Doug for being dirty and convinces the rest of the kids...
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Breakaway!: The History of Hockey

Jaime Winters · Crabtree Publishing Company
Format: Print book

How and where did hockey originate? When was the game first added to the Olympics? These and many more questions are answered for hockey fans in Breakaway! The History of Hockey.
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