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Maxi's secrets : or what you can learn from a dog

Lynn Plourde · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 262
Format: Print book

When a BIG, lovable, does-it-her-way dog wiggles her way into the heart of a loudmouth pipsqueak of a boy, wonderful things happen that help him become a bigger, better person. With its diverse cast, authentic narrator, and perfect blend of spot-on middle-grade humor, drama, and wisdom,...
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Troy: The Myth and Reality Behind the Epic Legend

Nick McCarty · Rosen
Pages: 122
Format: Book

- A high profile movie is currently in production based on the Trojan War myth and Homer's epic The Illiad. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, Troy's star-studded cast includes, Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean. Troy is due to be release in May 2004- A miniseries directed...
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A Library of Unfortunate Events

Joe Drape · Morrow
Pages: 280

Presents the life of the African American jockey, who after winning the Kentuck Derby, emigrated to Europe and became a wealthy horse racer and trainer in Russia and France, until forced by circumstance to return to America and racial discrimination.
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Presenting Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the Wild West

Candace Fleming · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 273
Format: Print book

Everyone knows the name Buffalo Bill, but few these days know what he did or, in some cases, didn't do. Was he a Pony Express rider? Did he serve Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn? Did he scalp countless Native Americans, or did he defend their rights?This, the first significant...
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Fractured: A Slated novel, Book 2

Teri Terry · Speak; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Perfect for fans of the dystopian settings of The Hunger Games and Divergent, the gripping second installment of the Slated trilogy is a riveting psychological thriller set in a future where violent teens have their memory erased as an alternative to jail.When Kyla was slated, her memory...
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The Mighty Odds: Book One

Amy Ignatow · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

From the renowned author/illustrator of the Popularity Papers series, Amy Ignatow, comes the first installment in a new series about a diverse crew of middle school kids who develop very limited superhero powers after a strange accident and manage to become unlikely friends on the adventure...
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Dolphins: Voices in the Ocean

Susan Casey · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling journey into the spiritual, scientific and sometimes threatened world of dolphins. Based on Susan Casey's bestselling adult work Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins, this young readers adaptation, which includes an 8-page photo insert,...
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Shattered

Teri Terry · Speak; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

The stunning conclusion to the Slated trilogy, for fans of Unwind and Legend ! Kyla is in danger from both the government Lorders who erased her memory and the terrorists who tried to use her. So now shes on the run. Sporting a new identity and desperate to fill in the blank spaces of her life...
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The Midnight Star

Marie Lu · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 314
Format: Print book

The thrilling finale to the New York Times bestselling Young Elites series from "hit factory" Marie LuThere was once a time when darkness shrouded the world, and the darkness had a queen.Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She's turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved...
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Echo

Alyson No?l · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

A rush of romance will sweep you away in this hauntingly mystical read. Im already as addicted to Daire and Dace as I was to Ever and Damen! -Justine magazineShe inherited a magical destiny--and a mission to stop a powerful family of dark sorcerers. She never expected to fall in love with...
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The Shade of the Moon

Susan Beth Pfeffer · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

The eagerly awaited addition to the series begun with the New York Times best-seller Life As We Knew It, in which a meteor knocks the moon off its orbit and the world changes forever. It's been more than two years since Jon Evans and his family left Pennsylvania, hoping to find a safe...
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Buried Heart

Kate Elliott · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The explosive finale to World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's captivating, New York Times bestselling young adult series
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Eliza and Her Monsters

FRANCESCA ZAPPIA · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of Monstrous Sea, a wildly popular webcomic, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she's worked for begins to crumble.Scott Westerfeld's Afterworlds meets Nimona in this novel about art, fandom, and finding...
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The Blackthorn Key

Kevin Sands · Aladdin
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Following a series of murders, an apothecary's apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the world in this suspenseful debut novel."Tell no one what I've given you." Until he got that cryptic warning, Christopher Rowe was happy,...
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Warcross

MARIE LU · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 353
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu - when a game called Warcross takes the world by storm, one girl hacks her way into its dangerous depths. For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn't just a game - it's a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base...
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