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Building the Hoover Dam

Elsie Olson · Super Sandcastle
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

The Hoover Dam is an extraordinary dam. It provides water to much of the US Southwest! In Building the Hoover Dam, young readers will find out more about this engineering marvel and how it was built. Compelling photographs and easy-to-read text brings this story to life, followed by a comprehensive...
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Memphis Grizzlies

J. M. Skogen · MVP Books
Format: Book

Stash some attitude with you as step On the Hardwood with the Memphis Grizzlies. In Memphis, you can expect good barbeque and an historical music community. Now, you can also anticipate excellent, hard-nosed basketball.,
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The Player King

Avi · Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From Newbery Award-winning author Avi comes the gripping and amazingly true tale of a boy plucked from the gutter to become the King of England.England, 1486. King Henry VII has recently snatched the English Crown and now sits on the throne, while young Prince Edward, who has a truer claim,...
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Who Was Helen Keller?

Gare Thompson · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 107
Format: Paperback

At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and she spent the rest of her life struggling to break through it. But with the help of teacher Annie Sullivan, Helen learned to read, write, and do many amazing things. This inspiring illustrated...
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Dog Trouble!

Galia Oz · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Readers who have graduated from Junie B. Jones and Ivy & Bean will fall head over heels for feisty Julie and her troublesome new dog. Julie has only had her dog for two weeks, but she is already causing all sorts of problems. For starters, she is missing! Julie suspects the school...
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The Meaning of Maggie

Megan Jean Sovern · Chronicle Books Llc
Pages: 220
Format: Print book

* "Smart, sensitive, sad and funny." - Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewAs befits a future President of the United States of America, Maggie Mayfield has decided to write a memoir of the past year of her life. And what a banner year it's been! During this period she's Student of the Month...
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Spy Camp

Stuart Gibbs · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

School may be out for summer, but top-secret training continues for aspiring spy Ben Ripley - and so does the danger.Ben Ripley is a middle-schooler whose school is not exactly average - he's spent the last year training to be a top-level spy and dodging all sorts of associated danger....
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Defender of the Realm

MARK HUCKERBY · Scholastic Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Alfie thinks he knows his destiny. As Prince Alfred, heir to the throne of Great Britain, he's fated to become the most disappointing king in the nation's history. Alfie longs for a way to prove himself, but little does he realize that with the throne of England comes an ancient secret....
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The Stolen Crown

Eva Howard · Aladdin
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Ellie Dray and her League of Archers are keeping Robin Hood's legacy alive by stealing from the rich to help the poor, but when they discover someone is trying to steal the crown, they learn that some things may be out of their league.Ellie and her League of Archers are still on the run - living...
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Polar Regions: An Explorer Travel Guide

Charlotte Guillain · Raintree
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Theyre absolutely frigid and often dark. Theyre also impossibly beautiful and full of interesting life. If you had the chance to explore the Polar Regions, what would you need to know? What would you pack? And who would you want to come with you? This book gives you the knowledge you need...
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Captain Underpants And The Preposterous Plight Of The Purple Potty People

Dav Pilkey · The Blue Sky Press
Format: Print book

The eighth book in Dav Pilkey's mega-bestselling Captain Underpants series. Now with super-cool foil covers! Shiny! Fun!When we last saw George and Harold, they were about to take their pet pterodactyl Crackers back to the Cretaceous period. But things didn't work out quite as they...
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The Mystery at the Alamo (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #58)

Gertrude Chandler Warner · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

The Aldens get to be in a documentary about the Alamo- if the film gets made.
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Count to add with Baron Von Madd

Spencer Brinker · Bearport Publishing
Pages: 32
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Wilderness Search Dogs (Dog Heroes)

Daniel A. Greenberg · Bearport Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Discusses the breed, selection, and training of wilderness search dogs.
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The Machine of Doom

Cavan Scott · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback

A powerful new threat challenges the stability of Skylands, and only its greatest champions can save the day. Together, Spyro, Gill Grunt, and Eruptor must embark on a courageous mission to stop the maniacal Kaos from taking control of the giant, ancient, and deadly weapon that could bring...
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