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Archie Greene and the Alchemists' Curse

D D Everest · Harper
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

In Archie Greene and the Magician's Secret, Archie became one of the Flame Keepers, a secret group devoted to finding and preserving magical books that are literally portals into other places and times.In the action-packed sequel, the Golden Circle - a symbol that hasn't been seen...
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A Furry Fiasco

Paul DuBois Jacobs · Aladdin
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

Play and stay at the Animal Inn, a brand-new chapter book series where the fur - and fun - flies at an animal spa and hotel.The Animal Inn is an all-inclusive pet resort/hotel/center/spa for animals from dogs to rabbits, cats to ducks, parrots to lizards. From doggie and kitty daycare,...
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The Warden's Daughter

Jerry Spinelli · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 343
Format: Print book

From Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli (Maniac Magee, Stargirl) comes the "moving and memorable" (Kirkus Reviews, starred) story of a girl searching for happiness inside the walls of a prison. Cammie O'Reilly lives at the Hancock County Prison--not as a prisoner, she's the warden's...
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MiNRS

Kevin Sylvester · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"Twelve-year-old Christopher Nichols and his family live on a new planet, Perses, as colonists of Melming Mining's Great Mission to save the earth. When Landers, as the attackers are called, obliterate the colony to steal the metal and raw ore, Christopher and a small group of survivors...
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Trouble the Water

Frances O'Roark Dowell · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

From the award-winning author of Dovey Coe comes a sweeping tale of the friendship between a black girl and a white boy and the prejudices they must overcome in segregated Celeste, Kentucky, as the pair try to solve the mysteries surrounding a lonely old dog.Eleven-year-old Callie is fearless,...
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Wolfie and Fly

Cary Fagan · Tundra Books
Pages: 84
Format: Hardcover

A classic story of imagination, friendship, adventure and speeding through the ocean in a cardboard box. For fans of Ivy & Bean, Judy Moody or Nate the Great.Wolfie and Fly is an early chapter book at its simplest and best. Our heroine, Renata Wolfman (Wolfie) does everything by herself....
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Not As We Know It

Tom Avery · Schwartz & Wade Books
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

For fans of David Almond's Skellig and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls, here is a lyrical, atmospheric, and deeply emotional middle-grade novel with a touch of magical realism. Twins Jamie and Ned do everything together, from watching their favorite show, Star Trek, to riding...
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Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale

Charles De Lint · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover

This full-color, illustrated companion novel to The Cats of Tanglewood Forest includes "beautiful bookmaking, lovely storytelling, and wondrous illustrations....Readers will be enchanted" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) . This captivating adventure from two masters of modern...
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Archie Greene and the Magician's Secret

D. D. Everest · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

D. D. Everest's magical middle grade debut, filled with enchanted books and mysterious activity, is sure to captivate readers. Open this book . . . if you dare to face what awaits you inside!On his twelfth birthday, Archie Greene receives a mysterious package containing an ancient book...
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Counting Thyme

Melanie Conklin · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 300
Format: Print book

Newbery-winning Rules meets Counting by 7s in this affecting story of a girl's devotion to her brother and what it means to be homeWhen eleven-year-old Thyme Owens' little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it's just the second chance that he needs. But it also means...
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The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next Chapter

JEFF KINNEY · Amulet Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

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Dumbness Is a Dish Best Served Cold

Jim Benton · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 197
Format: Print book

Jamie Kelly is back and dumber than ever in this super-deluxe four-color Dear Dumb Diary special edition! Life at Mackerel Middle School is as dumb as ever -- but Jamie Kelly may have finally found the key to fame, fortune, and fabulousness. Together with Isabella and Angeline, she's come...
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The Friend Ship

Kat Yeh · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Little Hedgehog is very lonely. But then she overhears passersby talking about something that gives her hope-something called a Friend Ship! Hedgehog imagines a ship filled with friends of all kinds, and soon she's ready to hit the open seas in a boat of her own to track it down. Along...
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Philippa Fisher and the Fairy's Promise

Liz Kessler · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Philippa and her fairy godsister, Daisy, are asked by the High Counsel to go on a fantastic journey together to find a missing fairy and preserve the portals that connect the fairy and human realms.
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The Someday Birds

Sally J Pla · Harpercollins
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The Someday Birds is a debut middle grade novel perfect for fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a Tree, filled with humor, heart, and chicken nuggets.Charlie's perfectly ordinary life has been unraveling ever since his war journalist father was injured in Afghanistan. When his father heads...
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