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Absolutely Truly: A Pumpkin Falls Mystery

Heather Vogel Frederick · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 355
Format: Hardcover

An unsent letter in a first edition copy of Charlotte's Web leads to a hunt for treasure in this heartwarming middle grade mystery from the author of The Mother-Daughter Book Club.Now that Truly Lovejoy's father has been injured by an IED in Afghanistan and is having trouble finding work...
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Fortune Falls

Jenny Goebel · Scholastic Press
Pages: 201
Format: Print book

Welcome to Fortune Falls, a magical town where superstitions are real. Four-leaf clovers really do bring good fortune, and owning a rabbit's foot is the secret to success. However, there aren't enough charms in the universe to help Sadie Bleeker. She can't pass a ladder without walking...
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Fuzzy

Tom Angleberger · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From the minds of Tom Angleberger, the New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular Origami Yoda series, and Paul Dellinger, an adult science-fiction writer, comes a funny middle school story with a memorable robot title character. Reluctant readers and robot lovers in elementary...
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Antarctica

Wil Mara · Children's Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Located at the far southern point of the globe, Antarctica is an enormous landmass covered almost entirely in ice. Due to its extreme climate, this continent is home to very few plants, animals, or permanent human settlements. However, Antarctica is far from empty. Readers will learn about...
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Lemons

Melissa Savage · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Kate DiCamillo's Flora & Ulysses and Katherine Applegate's Crenshaw will fall in love with this charming adventure story about a girl learning to accept her new life, her quirky detective neighbor, and their epic search for Bigfoot. Lemonade Liberty Witt's mama always told...
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Binny in Secret

Hilary McKay · Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2015.
Pages: 276
Format: Print book

School has started, and secrets and adventures await Binny and her family in this delightful novel which Horn Book called "a vigorous blend of screwball comedy and heartfelt emotion" in a starred review.School has started, and Binny can't stand it. She has a horrid hand-me-down...
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Treasure Hunters: Peril at the Top of the World

James Patterson · Jimmy Patterson
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

Join the Kidds on their trek to exotic Russia and the dangerous Arctic as they outrun the bad guys in their search for stolen treasure.
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Exploring Science: Rocks & Minerals: With 19 easy-to-do experiments and 400 exciting pictures

Jack Challoner · Armadillo
Format: Hardcover

A lively introduction to rocks and minerals and how they are formed and used, with facts, pictures and science projects to try yourself, perfect for 8-12 year-olds at home or school.
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Island of Shipwrecks

Lisa McMann · Aladdin Paperbacks
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Alex and his friends from Artime' are stranded on a newly-discovered island, and they are not alone. While in Quill, his twin Aaron's power base grows as he joins with an unlikely ally in a risky plan to finally conquer Artime'.
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The Terrible Two Get Worse

Mac Barnett · Amulet Books
Pages: 214
Format: Print book

On their own, pranksters Miles and Niles were pretty devious. Now that they've formed a pranking duo, they're terrible! But their powers will be tested when their favorite nemesis, Principal Barkin, is replaced by his stern and cunning father, Former Principal Barkin. Now Miles and Niles...
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Prairie Evers

Ellen Airgood · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 215
Format: Print book

A sweet, spirited ten-year-old embarks upon the adventure of first friendship in this sparkling debut Prairie Evers is finding that socialization isn't all it's cracked up to be. She's been homeschooled by her granny and has learned the most from traipsing through nature. But now she has to attend...
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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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The Blood Guard

Carter Roy · Two Lions
Pages: 279
Format: Print book

When thirteen-year-old Ronan Truelove s seemingly ordinary mom snatches him from school, then sets off on a high speed car chase, Ronan is shocked. His quiet, nerdy dad has been kidnapped? And the kidnappers are after him, too? His mom, he quickly learns, is anything but ordinary. In fact,...
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Time for Kids Big Book of Why

Mark Shulman · Liberty Street
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Why do we have eyebrows? Why are dogs' noses wet? Why does Earth have a moon? Why are some people color blind?The best-selling book in TIME For Kids' Big Book of Questions series is newly revised with updated information, photos, illustrations, and graphics to answer over 250 intriguing...
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Draw Dinosaurs

D C DuBosque · Scholastic
Pages: 63
Format: Paperback

Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing dinosaurs one line at a time or for beginning with ovals, triangles, and solid forms.
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