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The Hive Queen (Wings of Fire, Book 12)

Tui T. Sutherland · Scholastic Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Growing up in the hives, Cricket has always had a million questions. Why are trees forbidden, even in art? Why do her parents seem to hate her? And the biggest, most dangerous and secret question of all: why is Cricket immune to Queen Wasp's powers? Whenever the queen takes control...
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Timmy Failure: It's the End When I Say It's the End

STEPHAN PASTIS · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

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A Boy Called Christmas

Matt Haig · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 234
Format: Hardcover

Before there was Santa Claus, there was a young boy who believed in the impossible. . . . Lemony Snicket meets Elf in this warmhearted Christmas caper. Eleven-year-old Nikolas - nicknamed "Christmas" - has received only one toy in his life: a doll carved out of a turnip. But he's...
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The Assassin's Curse

Kevin Sands · Aladdin
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

Christopher Rowe is back and there are more puzzles, riddles, and secrets to uncover in this third novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series.Wherever Christopher Rowe goes, adventure - and murder - follows. Even a chance to meet King Charles ends in a brush with an assassin. All that's...
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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village

Laura Amy Schlitz · Candlewick
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters. Winner of the Newbery Medal.Maidens, monks, and millers' sons - in these pages, readers will meet them all. There's Hugo, the lord's nephew,...
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Go-kart Racing

John Hamilton · A & D Xtreme
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Introduces the sport of go-kart racing, including its history, the parts of a go-kart, safety gear, racing classes, and different types of kart racing.
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Titanic

Joe Dunn · Magic Wagon
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

England, 1912. The largest, most luxurious ship on the ocean set sail. The unsinkable Titanic had been outfitted and boarded. Now, the 1,316 passengers were setting off for America. Despite the warnings of other ships, the builder wanted to set speed records. This decision proved disastrous....
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Neck & Neck

Elise Parsley · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In this crowd-pleasing read-aloud from the creator of the bestselling If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't!, a giraffe's self-esteem is tested during a hilarious confrontation between unlikely look-alikes!Everybody loves Leopold the giraffe. He inspires awe and wonder....
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Coyotes

Sheila Griffin Llanas · Checkerboard Library
Format: Hardcover(Library Binding)

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Gray Wolf

Tammy Gagne · Core Library
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Profiles the gray wolf and how conservation efforts brought it back from the brink of extinction.
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