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El Deafo

Cece Bell · Amulet Books
Pages: 233
Format: Book

A 2015 Newbery Honor Book Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles...
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Cool Tessellations: Creative Activities That Make Math & Science Fun for Kids!: Creative Activities That Make Math & Science Fun for Kids!

Anders Hanson · Checkerboard Books
Format: Hardcover

Book by Hanson, Anders
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The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book V: The Unmapped Sea

Maryrose Wood · Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and Trenton Lee Stewart's Mysterious Benedict Society, here comes the fifth book in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, the acclaimed and hilarious Victorian mystery series by Maryrose Wood.Lord Fredrick Ashton may not feel...
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The Mystery of the Scarlet Rose

Irene Adler · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 255
Format: Library Binding

Sherlock Holmes, Arsene Lupin, and Irene Adler meet up in London only to find a strange chess problem in the Times signed by ""The Black Friar."" It's written in an unknown code which Sherlock is eager to solve. The next day, the city is rocked by the news of a rich...
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War in Afghanistan: An Interactive Modern History Adventure

Matt Doeden · Capstone Press
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

The war in Afghanistan is the longest war the United States has ever fought. Its a tough war against a loosely organized and unpredictable enemy. How will you defend your country? Will you: Serve on an Army Ranger rescue team during the Battle of Takur Ghar? Protect a supply convoy as a member...
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World Order

Henry Kissinger · Penguin Books
Pages: 420
Format: Print book

Walter Isaacson, Time:"Dazzling and instructive... [a] magisterial new book."Henry Kissinger offers in World Order a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder. Drawing on his experience as one of the foremost statesmen of the modern era - advising...
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Goosebumps Most Wanted Special Edition #2: The 12 Screams of Christmas

R.L. Stine · Scholastic Paperbacks

The infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and after you. For the first time ever, it's a Goosebumps Christmas!Kate Welles doesn't want to be special. She just wants to play the lead in her school's Christmas play. Her annoying "friend" Courtney...
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Jordin Sparks

Michou Kennon · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format:  eBook : Document : Biography : Elementary and junior high school : English : First edition

Jordin Sparks won American Idol at the age of 17. Though young, she already had more than a decade of experience under her belt. In fact, she was singing in song contests when she was just 4 years old. Sparks has released several albums, scoring top-10 hits with each.
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Disney Frozen: Special Edition Junior Novelization

RH Disney · Disney Books For Young Re
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover - Special Ed.

A deluxe special edition of the Disney Frozen Junior Novel! Walt Disney Animation Studios presents Frozen, a stunning big-screen comedy adventure. Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey - teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven - to find...
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Bill Gates:: Microsoft Founder and Philanthropist

Marylou Morano Kjelle · Core Library
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

From School Library Journal Gr 4-7 - These enlightening and clearly written volumes cover the lives and careers of newsworthy individuals, flaws and all. Each slim title is textbooklike yet engaging, impressively meeting Common Core standards with comprehensible graphs...
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