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Pigs Oink

Rebecca Stromstad Glaser · Amicus Ink Board Books

Pigs eat and wallow in the mud in this photographic board book.
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The Mystery of the Singing Ghost (Boxcar Children)

Gertrude Chandler Warner · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 119
Format: Hardcover

While helping fix up the old house their cousins have bought, the Aldens hear stories about its being haunted and find evidence suggesting that there may be a ghost there.
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Poached

Stuart Gibbs · Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Pages: 329
Format: Hardcover

Teddy Fitzroy's back for another zoo mystery - this time it's a koala caper - in this action-packed follow-up to Belly Up, which Kirkus Reviews called "great fun."School troublemaker Vance Jessup thinks Teddy Fitzroy's home at FunJungle, a state-of-the-art zoo and theme...
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A Primary Source History of the American Revolution

Sarah Powers Webb · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Engage students with amazing stories from the American Revolution. Using an abundance of primary resources, the stories give readers a better view of what it really was like to live through this historic event.
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The Sands of Shark Island

ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH · DELACORTE
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Imagine going to school on a boat! The rip-roaring excitement continues in the second volume of this adventure-mystery series set on the high seas, from the author of the beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency! Ben and Fee MacTavish and their schoolmates on board the School Ship Tobermory...
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Spirit Animals Book 6: Rise and Fall

Eliot Schrefer · Scholastic Inc.; Gift edition
Format: Hardcover

Deep in the desert there sits a beautiful oasis, ruled by a monarch unlike any other in Erdas. His name is Cabaro, the Great Lion, and he reigns over a kingdom of animals, jealously guarding his golden talisman. No human has ever set foot in the Great Beast's territory. The journey...
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Plants vs. Zombies Volume 8: Lawn of Doom

Paul Tobin · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 75
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times best selling series is back! Every year as Halloween draws near, strange creatures and weird contraptions start appearing in everyone's lawns in Neighborville. A Neighborville Halloween is weird enough, but Zomboss and his zombie army want to turn the holiday into their...
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Larry Page

Sara Green · Pilot
Format: Hardcover

Larry Page Tech Icons by Sara Green,
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The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole

MICHELLE CUEVAS · Dial Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A girl's friendship with a lonely black hole leads her to face her own sadness in this original, funny, and touching middle grade novel for fans of Crenshaw and Flora & Ulysses. When eleven-year-old Stella Rodriguez shows up at NASA to request that her recording be included in Carl...
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Real Friends

Shannon Hale · First Second
Pages: 211
Format: Hardcover

"Fresh and funny." -- New York Times Book ReviewNewbery Honor author Shannon Hale and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends -- and why it's worth the journey.When best friends are not forever...
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Attack of the Legion of Doom!

Inc Scholastic · Scholastic US
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

An all-new LEGO(R) DC SUPER HEROES adventure! Join Batman(TM) , Superman(TM) , Wonder Woman(TM) , and more as they take on LEGO DC super villains in this hilarious and action-packed story.
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A Woman in the House

Ilene Cooper · Harry N Abrams Inc
Pages: 134
Format: Hardcover

For the first 128 years of our country's history, not a single woman served in the Senate or House of Representatives. All of that changed, however, in November 1916, when Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress - even before the Nineteenth Amendment gave...
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Self-Driving Cars

Christine Zuchora-Walske · Checkerboard Library
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Self-driving cars are a Modern Engineering Marvel! In this engaging title, readers will explore the history of cars from early steam-powered wagons to toady's luxury sedans. The father of Self-Driving Cars, Sebastian Thrun, is featured, and a colorful infographic shows how a Google Car works....
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Nyx the Mysterious

Joan Holub · Aladdin
Pages: 271
Format: Hardcover

The mysterious Nyx, Goddess of Night, enrolls at Mount Olympus Academy in this twenty-second Goddess Girls adventure!
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Japanese American Internment Camps

Laura Hamilton Waxman · Lerner Pub Group
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Shares stories of how Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans were persecuted after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the start of World War II, focusing on how these people were relocated to internment camps.
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