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Dorothy Must Die

D M Paige · HarperCollins
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling first book in a dark new series that reimagines the Oz saga, from debut author Danielle Paige.

I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero. But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado - taking you with it - you have...

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Incredible Projects Using 3D Printing

Joe Greek · Rosen Young Adult
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

48 pages : illustrations (color) ; 24 cm.
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Living in "Ghost Central": Diaries from a Very Haunted House

William J Hall · Rosen Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Nestled deep in Litchfield Hills, Connecticut, a 1790 farmhouse sits near the epicenter of a paranormal commotion. The family that resides there regularly encounters its own ancestors and strangers human and non-human who seemingly occupy the same physical space in our world while remaining...
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The Secret of the India Orchid

Nancy Campbell Allen · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 314
Format: Paperback

Anthony Blake is in love with his best friend's sister, Sophia Elliot. But his plans to court her are put on hold when he is forced to resume his role as an undercover spy for the Crown. A secret document listing the names of the entire network of British spies-including his own-has been...
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Handbook to UFOs, Crop Circles, and Alien Encounters

Sean McCollum · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

The idea that aliens might visit our planet has gripped Earthlings for a long time. Extraterrestrials are popular in science fiction books, movies, and TV shows. UFO hunters of every kind are searching Earth, sky, and space for answers to the question: Are we alone in the galaxy?
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Defeating Gangs in Your Neighborhood and Online

Philip Wolny · Rosen Publishing Group
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

This essential guide discusses the very real threat to young people by gangs in the United States and the perpetuation of those gangs due to poverty, disenfranchisement, and a sometimes too-harsh punitive system. The book details the disproportionate treatment of black and brown youth,...
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Broken Things

LAUREN OLIVER · HarperCollins
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

It's been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods.

Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend. That driven by their obsession with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn the three girls had imagined themselves into the magical world where their...

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Liars, Inc.

Paula Stokes · HarperTeen
Pages: 361
Format: Print book

A dark and twisted psychological tale, which Kirkus Reviews called "captivating to the very end" in a starred review - perfect for fans of I Hunt Killers and Gone Girl.

Max Cantrell has never been a big fan of the truth, so when the opportunity arises to sell forged permission...

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In the Time of Dragon Moon

Janet Lee Carey · Kathy Dawson Books
Format: Hardcover

A rich medieval fantasy novel from an author whose work has been called "TRULY ORIGINAL . . . FANTASY AT ITS BEST."A perfectly crafted combination of medieval history, mythology, and fantasy, set on Wilde Island, featuring Uma Quarteney--a half Euit and half English girl, who has never...
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The Walls Around Us

Nova Ren Suma · Algonquin
Pages: 323
Format: Print book

"Ori's dead because of what happened out behind the theater, in the tunnel made out of trees. She's dead because she got sent to that place upstate, locked up with those monsters. And she got sent there because of me."

On the outside, there's Violet, an eighteen-year-old...
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The Apothecary

Maile Meloy · Puffin Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows - a fascinating boy who's not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy. When Benjamin's father...
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The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War I: Joining the Great War, April 1917-April 1918

Eric B Setzekorn · Department of the Army
Pages: 75
Format: Paperback

Joining the Great War, April 1917-April 1918, by Eric B. Setzekorn, is the next installment in the U.S. Army Campaigns of World War I series, chronicling the first year of the American involvement in World War I. It briefly summarizes the prewar U.S. Army, the initial American reaction...
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The Structure of Words: Understanding Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words

Liz Miles · Heinemann
Format: Book

This handy, engaging, and gently humorous guide tackles the important subject of word structure and is a perfect resource for teaching common core state standards. It looks at a variety of topics, such as suffixes, prefixes, root words, and the use of dictionaries, and shows how understanding...
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Red Queen

Victoria Aveyard · HarperTeen
Pages: 388
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times Bestseller

Graceling meets The Selection in debut novelist Victoria Aveyard's sweeping tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws her into the dangerous intrigue of the king's palace. Will her power...
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American panda

Gloria Chao · Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook on CD

At seventeen, Mei should be in high school, but skipping fourth grade was part of her parents' master plan. Now a freshman at MIT, she is on track to fulfill the rest of this predetermined future: become a doctor, marry a preapproved Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer, produce a litter of babies....
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