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Titans

Kate O'Hearn · Aladdin
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

A group of kids must stop invaders before they take over Titus - and the rest of the universe - in this first book in a brand-new series from bestselling Pegasus author Kate O'Hearn, who masterfully blends mystery and mythology together.Fifteen years ago, Olympus was destroyed and the Olympians...
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Raising a Screen-Smart Kid: Embrace the Good and Avoid the Bad in the Digital Age

Miner, Julianna · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

For parents who didn't grow up with smartphones but can't let go of them now, expert advice on raising kids in our constantly connected worldMost kids get their first smartphone at the same time that they're experiencing major developmental changes. Making mistakes has always...
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Survivor Girl

Teagan, Erin · Clarion Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In this funny, action-packed middle grade novel from the author of the American Girl Luciana books, Alison gets invited to be on her dad's reality show, Survivor Guy, and faces important realities about her family, self-reliance, and learning to work together with friends. 12-year-old...
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Dog Diaries #14: Sunny

Kate Klimo · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Fans of dog stories and the RMS Titanic, take note! This new entry in the Dog Diaries series--based on a true story--is narrated by a pampered Peke that survived the fateful voyage!Sun Yat-Sen--aka Sunny--enjoys the finer things in life. Noble canine companion to globe-trotters Henry and Myra...
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Scouts

Greenland, Shannon · jimmy patterson
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Stranger Things meets The Goonies in this suspenseful yet heartwarming adventure story about a group of friends who set out to find a crashed meteor...but find mystery and danger instead as their close relationships begin to fracture.Annie, Beans, Rocky, and Fynn are the Scouts--best friends...
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Where Is the Serengeti?

Nico Medina · Penguin Workshop
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

If you've never known what a wildebeest is, you'll find out now in this latest Where? Is title about the Serengeti.Each year, over 1.5 million wildebeest make a harrowing journey (more than one thousand miles!) between Tanzania and Kenya. They are in search of new land to graze....
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Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Spider-Man

Sholly Fisch · Marvel
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

It's a SPIDER-TACULAR adventure when Spider-Man is visited by his fellow web-slingers! What wall-crawling, web-swinging troublewill Peter Parker get into when he's joined by Anya Corazon, Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen? Only one way to find out!
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Rising Above Shepherdsville

Ann Schoenbohm · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of The Higher Power of Lucky and Because of Winn Dixie, a young girl deals with her mother's suicide in this riveting debut novel that explores love, loss, family, friendship, and redemption.In the summer of 1977, twelve-year-old Dulcie Louise Dixon arrives on the doorstep...
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Marigold Star

Primavera, Elise · HarperCollins
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Elise Primavera comes an imaginative young middle grade fantasy adventure bubbling with wit and whimsy.Marigold Star is destined for greatness. Everyone in Bramblycrumbly thinks so, her parents and pet dragon included. There's just...
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Benjamin Franklin: A nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #32: To the Future, Ben Franklin!

Mary Pope Osborne · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Track the facts about the great printer, inventor, and Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin!When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #32: To the Future, Ben Franklin! they had lots of questions. What was Ben Franklin's first job? How did a kite teach him about...
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