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The Land of the Elyon: Beyond the Valley of Thorns ; Book 2

Patrick Carman · Orchard Books
Format: Print book

When thirteen-year-old Alexa embarks on a mysterious quest, she finds her old friends Yipes the little man, Murphy the squirrel, Odessa the wolf, and Squire the hawk have been designated to help her.
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Warriors: Dawn of the Clans #1: The Sun Trail

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

The first book of a thrilling prequel arc in Erin Hunter's #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series! In the action-packed Dawn of the Clans arc, discover how the warrior Clans came to be. Long before Firestar left his kittypet home to join ThunderClan, a band of cats from the mountains...
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Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure

Ann M Martin · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 241
Format: Print book

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has gone away unexpectedly and left her niece, Missy Piggle-Wiggle, in charge of the Upside-Down House and the beloved animals who live there: Lester the pig, Wag the dog, and Penelope the parrot, among others. Families in town soon realize that like her great-aunt, Missy...
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Nora the Arctic Fox Fairy: A Rainbow Magic Book

Daisy Meadows · Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Print book

Just when you thought the fairies couldn't get any cuter. . . here come the baby animals!Rachel and Kirsty to the rescue!The girls are spending a week of their summer vacation at the Wild Woods Nature Reserve. They're going to volunteer as junior rangers-- which means lots of quality...
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Big Nate Lives It Up

Lincoln Peirce · Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

For fans of the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, here comes the seventh novel in the New York Times bestselling series Big Nate.BIG NATE IS LIVING IT UP!Principal Nichols wants Nate to be buddies with new kid Breckenridge Puffington III and show him around. But that's no easy...
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Gertie's Leap to Greatness

Kate Beasley · Farrar
Pages: 249
Format: Print book

"Meet the new Ramona Quimby!" -- Entertainment WeeklyGertie Reece Foy is 100% Not-From-Concentrate awesome. She has a daddy who works on an oil rig, a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Piggly Wiggly, and two loyal best friends. So when her absent mother decides...
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Have Courage, Be Kind: The Tale of Cinderella

Brittany Candau · Disney Press
Pages: 277
Format: Print book

Ella is different than most young women in the kingdom. She can quote any Shakespearean play. She befriends every animal she meets, including the scurrying mice living in the walls. She believes in the power of kindness, in changing customs that are not so kind. Ella has faced unspeakable...
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Applesauce weather

Helen Frost · Candlewick Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

In a touching poetic novel, a fall apple ritual along with some inventive storytelling brings a family together as they grieve the loss of a beloved family member. When the first apple falls from the tree, Faith and Peter know that it s applesauce weather, even though Peter is getting a little...
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Dr. Seuss: Imaginative Children's Book Writer and Illustrator

Jennifer Landau · Britannica Educational Services in association with Rosen Educational Services
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, is one of the most highly regarded childrens book authors of all time. In this delightful biography, readers learn how Dr. Seuss created a world of imagination that entertained and educated children through books, rhymes, and hysterical drawings...
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TodHunter Moon, Book Two: SandRider

Angie Sage · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 461
Format: Print book

Tod's story races on in this second book in the TodHunter Moon trilogy, a spinoff of the popular Septimus Heap series. Fans of Septimus as well as fantasy readers new to the world of Magyk will enjoy this next installment in the series ALA BOOKLIST calls "warm and inventive."...
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