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Time Traveling with a Hamster

Ross Welford - Schwartz & Wade Books
Format: Print book

Back to the Future meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in this original, poignant, race-against-time story about a boy who travels back to 1984 to save his father's life. My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty-nine and again four years later, when...
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Train I Ride

Paul Mosier - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

From Publishers Weekly Flying Start author Paul Mosier comes a poignant story about a young girl's travels by train from Los Angeles to Chicago in which she learns along the way that she can find family wherever she is. Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and Sharon Creech. Rydr is on a train...
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Making Line Graphs

Mary Molly Shea - Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format:  Book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

Shows that line graphs are easy to read and fun to make, and also how they change over time to display how fast someone is growing, how many books they read each week, or how much money they make or lose over time.
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The Land of Forgotten Girls

Erin Entrada Kelly - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

Erin Entrada Kelly, the author of the acclaimed Blackbird Fly, writes with grace, imagination, and deepest heart about family, sisters, and friendship, and about finding and holding on to hope in difficult times.Two sisters from the Philippines, abandoned by their father and living with...
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Incredible Dinosaur Facts (The Dino-Sphere)

Ruth Owen - Bearport Books
Format: Illustrated

How did dinosaurs protect themselves from enemies? What kinds of food did prehistoric animals eat? This title is bursting with weird and wonderful nuggets of information about dinosaurs of all kinds! Each title in this new series digs deep into one fascinating area of the Dinosphere. The expertly...
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The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid

DYLAN THURAS - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

The team behind the #1 bestselling Atlas Obscura presents a kid's illustrated guide to 100 of the world's most mesmerizing and mysterious wonders, both natural and manmade, in 47 countries and on every continent on earth. Travel the world through common points of interest, from sacred...
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From Percy Jackson: Camp Half-Blood Confidential

Rick Riordan - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

In response to an awful camp orientation video created by the god Apollo, Percy Jackson and other residents of Camp Half-Blood answer such questions as "What is this place?" and "Do I get to keep the T-shirt?" Newbies can check out the section on the Divine Cabins,...
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Circus Mirandus

Cassie Beasley - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2015A New York Times Bestseller Fans of The Magician's Elephant, Savvy, and Roald Dahl will fall in love with Circus Mirandus, which celebrates the power of seeing magic in the world. Do you believe in magic?...
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Showing Generosity

Rebecca Pettiford - Jump!, Inc.
Format: Library Binding

In Showing Generosity, beginning readers will learn about all the ways they can be generous in their daily lives. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they discover how they can build character by showing generosity.
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Gears of Revolution

J Scott Savage - Shadow Mountain
Format: Print book

It has been a week since Trenton and Kallista left their mountain city of Cove--now renamed "Discovery"--aboard their homemade mechanical dragon to search for Kallista's father, Leo Babbage. They find a compass and clues that point them towards a second underground city. Hoping...
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