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Surviving the Journey: The Story of the Oregon Trail

Danny Kravitz · Capstone Press
Format: Book

Imagine leaving your home and moving across the country to a new life on the unknown frontier. Thats exactly what thousands of people did in the mid 1800s when they traveled along the Oregon Trail, chasing their dreams of a better life out West. Lively language, historical illustrations,...
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Bad Kitty Camp Daze

NICK BRUEL · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Kitty s life is really hard. Like really, REALLY hard. All she asks for is twenty-two hours a day to sleep and food to be delivered morning and night. But does she get it? No. And when Puppy and Baby get a little rambunctious during her naptime, Kitty gets bonked on the head and starts...
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Meditation Is an Open Sky: Mindfulness for Kids

Whitney Stewart · Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Feeling mindful is feeling good! You know when you're having a bad day, you have that wobbly feeling inside and nothing seems to go right? Find a quiet place, sit down, and meditate! In this daily companion, kids of any age will learn simple exercises to help manage stress and emotions,...
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The Battle for Urth

Lee Bacon · Delacorte Press
Pages: 279
Format: Print book

Welcome to LEGENDTOPIA, where fantasy meets reality in a new series from the author of JOSHUA DREAD! Two kids--Kara, a girl from our world, and Prince Fred, a royal boy from the kingdom of Heldstone--join forces to save Urth.Have you ever been on a school trip that went totally, epically...
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The 39 Clues: Unstoppable Book 4: Flashpoint

Gordon Korman · Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

FINAL HOURS. Tick tock. Fifteen-year-old Amy Cahill has only a few days to live. Theres a poison coursing through her, and her only chance is to collect ingredients for an antidote. Too bad the antidotes ingredients are scattered around the world. And too bad that survival is by far Amys...
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Thea Stilton and the Ghost of the Shipwreck

Thea Stilton · Scholastic Paperbacks

Geronimo's adventurous sister, Thea, narrates this fabulous adventure that's packed with action, mystery, and friendship!During a marine biology lesson at Mouseford Academy, the Thea Sisters learn about a mysterious shipwreck off Whale Island. According to legend, a very rare diamond...
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One Mixed-Up Night

Catherine Newman · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Two best friends on the run... to IKEA. Frankie and Walter aren't really running away. Just like the kids in their favorite book, they are running to somewhere. Specifically, a massive furniture store. They've been obsessed with the Ikea catalog for years. So they make a plan, pack their...
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Girl to Girl: Honest Talk About Growing Up and Your Changing Body

Sarah O'Leary Burningham · Chronicle Books (CA)
Pages: 130
Format: Paperback

Being a girl isn't always easy, and growing up is far from a walk in the park. This time of transition is particularly confusing without a confidante to help. Meet Sarah O'Leary Burningham, a real-life big sister here to coach preteens through all of life's big moments, from...
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Sunker's deep.

Lian Tanner · Feiwel and Friends
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Action, adventure, and mystery surround the Sunkers, a band of children who live in a submarine, as they try to survive a war in Book Two of the Icebreaker Trilogy. Sharkey is a Sunker--he was born on a fortunate tide, and everyone in the giant submersible Rampart knows it. The trouble...
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It's Catching: The Infectious World of Germs and Microbes

Jennifer Gardy · Owlkids,
Pages: 63
Format: Paperback

Don't be afraid to delve into the good, bad, and sometimes truly ugly world of germs. Microbiologist Jennifer Gardy, who calls herself a disease detective, picks up her microscope to bring expert insight to the microbes that are all around us but are too small to see. Irreverent, playful,...
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The Adventurers Guild

Zack Loran Clark · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Few ever asked to join the Adventurers Guild. . . . Their members often died young.In one of the last cities standing after the world fell to monsters, best friends Zed Kagari and Brock Dunderfel have high hopes for the future. Zed desperately wishes to join the ranks of the Mages Guild,...
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Tweet It!: Twitter Projects for the Real World

Carolyn Bernhardt · Checkerboard Library
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Tweet It! Twitter Projects for the Real World is packed with projects inspired by the features and functions of the popular social media site. Young crafters will create hashtag pins, rewrite a favorite book in 140-character chapters, and more! An introduction to Twitter, vibrant photos,...
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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Antibiotics!

Anne Rooney · Childrens Pr
Format: Book

What would life be like if you had to do without modern inventions? How would you cope without a toilet or live without electricity? Starting from these thought-provoking questions, each title takes us on a historical journey to see how people coped in the past, and how they...
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North Dakota

Doug Sanders · Cavendish Square Publishing; 2 edition
Format: Print book

Surveys the history, geography, government, economy, and people of North Dakota.
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Superstar Watch

Gertrude Chandler Warner · Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Paperback

A big Hollywood agent wants Watch to appear in a commercial for a new kind of dog food! Even though Watch seems to love the food on-camera, he won't touch it at home. Someone at the studio has been switching the brand and the Aldens must find out the truth behind the cover-up. Should...
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