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Race to the South Pole

Kate Messner · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 138
Format: Print book

Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, joins an early twentieth-century expedition journeying from New Zealand to Antarctica. He befriends Jack Nin, the stowaway turned cabin boy of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ship. They're racing against a rival...
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Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Alamo All-Stars

Nathan Hale · Amulet Books
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

From Nathan Hale, #1 New York Times bestselling author and Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List maker, comes the definitive graphic novel about the Alamo. Hale relays the facts, politics, military actions, and prominent personalities that defined the Texas Revolution in factual yet humorous...
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Crystal Keepers

Brandon Mull · Aladdin Paperbacks
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

Trapped in a world where magic is powerful and dreams are real, Cole continues his quest in book three of a "fanciful, action-packed adventure" series (Publishers Weekly, starred review) , from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series.Cole...
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Sidekicked

John David Anderson · Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover

Drew Bean might be a part of a secret organization for the training of superhero sidekicks, but that doesnt mean that life is all leaping tall buildings in single bounds.Drew is possessed of super senses--his hearing, sight, taste, touch, and smell are the most powerful on the planet--making...
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Survivors #6: Storm of Dogs

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Lucky and the Wild Pack face their fiercest battle yet in Storm of Dogs - the epic sixth book in the Survivors series from Erin Hunter, the #1 nationally bestselling author of Warriors. Praised by Kirkus Reviews as "wild and wonderful adventure" in a starred review, Survivors...
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The Spotted Dog Last Seen

Jessica Scott Kerrin · Groundwood Books
Format: Hardcover

While tracking clues from a secret code penciled in the margins of mystery novels at a public library Derek Knowles-Collier discovers a time capsule an unpublished author and a gravestone that may finally put his haunting past to rest At Queensview Elementary grade-six students are required...
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365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts

R. J. Palacio · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Wonder, readers were introduced to memorable English teacher Mr. Browne and his love of precepts. This companion book features conversations between Mr. Browne and Auggie, Julian, Summer, Jack Will, and others, giving readers a special peek at their...
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CIA Paramilitary Operatives in Action

Jessica Rudolph · Bearport Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Meet the CIA Paramilitary Operatives who serve our country, and also get an inside look at how they train for, and carry out, their risky, top-secret missions.
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A Home for Mr. Emerson

Barbara Kerley · Scholastic Press,
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

From the award-winning creators of THOSE REBELS, JOHN & TOM, a joyful portrait of an American icon and an inspiring blueprint for how to live your life."All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."Before Ralph Waldo...
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Survivors #3: Darkness Falls

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins; Gift edition
Format: Hardcover

Erin Hunter, the #1 nationally bestselling author of the Warriors and Seekers series, is back with book three in the action-packed Survivors animal fantasy series. Every dog must stand together to survive - or their new world will destroy them.After a violent enemy attack threatened both...
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