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I Am Drums

Mike Grosso · Clarion Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

"This book is the song of my middle-school heart." - Michelle Schusterman, author of the I Heart Band! series Sam knows she wants to be a drummer. But she doesn't know how to afford a drum kit, or why budget cuts end her school's music program, or why her parents argue...
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Treasure Hunters: Quest for the City of Gold

James Patterson · jimmy patterson
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Gear up for an exciting new adventure with the thrill-seeking Kidds as they search for a missing city in South America made entirely of gold!When Bick and Beck Kidd find a hidden trove of pirate treasure, it includes a map with clues to an even bigger score: the lost Incan city of Paititi....
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Serafina and the Black Cloak

Robert Beatty · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 293
Format: Print book

A brave and unusual girl lives secretly in the basement of the grand Biltmore Estate amidst the splendor of the Gilded Age and the rugged beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Serafina's pa, the estate's maintenance man, has warned her to keep herself hidden from the fancy folk who live on the floors...
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The Genius Files #5: License to Thrill

Dan Gutman · Harpercollins
Pages: 251
Format: Print book

The wackiest road trip in history comes to an action-packed conclusion in book five of the New York Times bestselling Genius Files series.When we last left our heroes, twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald were in Roswell, New Mexico, and they had just seen a strange beam of light. Now their cross-country...
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Kimberly the Koala Fairy: A Rainbow Magic Book

Daisy Meadows · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

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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The Science of Natural Disasters: The Devastating Truth About Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis

Alex Woolf · Franklin Watts
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Our planet can be violent and destructive. Volcanoes erupt, sending out clouds of ash and rivers of molten lava. Earthquakes shake up the land, destroying buildings and sparking destructive fires. Tsunamisenormous ocean wavescrash onto the shore, devastating coastal communities.
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See You in the Cosmos, Carl Sagan

Jack Cheng · Dial Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

A space-obsessed boy and his dog, Carl Sagan, take a journey toward family, love, hope, and awe in this funny and moving novel for fans of Counting by 7s and Walk Two Moons. 11-year-old Alex Petroski loves space and rockets, his mom, his brother, and his dog Carl Sagan - named for his hero,...
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The Wild Robot Escapes

Peter Brown · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot, by award-winning author Peter Brown Shipwrecked on a remote, wild island, Robot Roz learned from the unwelcoming animal inhabitants and adapted to her surroundings--but can she survive the challenges of the civilized world and find...
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Creeper's Got Talent: The Creeper Diaries, An Unofficial Minecrafter's Novel, Book Two

Greyson Mann · Sky Pony Pr
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

This second book in a new series narrated by an underdog every Minecrafter can relate to is even funnier than the first! This adventure series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like...
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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2 The Hammer of Thor

Rick Riordan · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon--the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal...
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Goosebumps Most Wanted #6: Creature Teacher: The Final Exam

R L Stine · Scholastic
Pages: 133
Format: Paperback

The infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and they're coming after you! Catch them all, undead or alive! It doesn't take long for Tommy to find out he's in big trouble. His whole family is obsessed with winning and he's being sent off to a special...
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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 Bow-wow Bus

Paul DuBois Jacobs · Aladdin
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

Cassie Tyler's first grade class visits the Animal Inn in this third zany novel in 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,...
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Professor Astro Cat's atomic adventure : a journey through physics

Dominic Walliman · Nobrow Press
Pages: 61
Format: Print book

Class is in session, and the subject is physics. Your teacher? Why, he's the smartest cat in the galaxy!In this brilliant follow up to Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of Space, our trusty feline returns to take you on a journey through the incredible world of physics. Learn about energy,...
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Isabella for Real

Margie Palatini · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

When Isabella Antonelli becomes an overnight YouTube sensation in a documentary detailing her REAL, non-royalItalianAmerican family, she needs to figure out a way to tell everyone at her fancy new school the truth about her family or come up with some better lies. Brimming with offbeat...
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