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Bomb Squads

Lee Fitzgerald - PowerKids Press
Format: Print book

Members of a bomb squad certainly didnt choose an easy or boring career. Bomb squads are made up of brave, intelligent, and highly-trained men and women who are called in to diffuse potential explosive devices. Readers explore this dangerous and heroic career path through engaging text,...
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Deadzone

Jennifer A Nielsen - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

The survivors have made it out of the jungle, but they may be sorry they ever left when they stumble upon a whole new ecosystem, populated with entirely new threats. And the greatest threat of all may come from within. Because one of the kids is changing... The seven-book series begun by #1 New York...
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Owls! Strange and Wonderful

Laurence Pringle - Boyds Mills Press
Format: Print book

From the tiny elf owl that weighs less than two ounces to the Eurasian eagle owl that can have a wing span of over five feet, author Laurence Pringle's OWLS! Strange and Wonderful provides clear, informative text that describes owls from beaks to talons, including their habitats,...
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Skunks After Dark

Heather Moore Niver - Enslow Publishing
Format: Print book

Through text filled with fascinating details and beautiful color photos, readers will learn about skunks behaviors, habitats, diet, family life, and struggles in the wild, as well as how to stay safe around skunks.
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The Extra Yard

Mike Lupica - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Teddy, a young football player, learns that sometimes bridging the distance in your family can be harder than stretching for an extra yard on the field in the second book of the Home Team series from New York Times bestselling author and sportswriting legend Mike Lupica.Last spring...
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House of Secrets

Chris Columbus - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

Hailed as "a breakneck, jam-packed roller coaster of an adventure" by J. K. Rowling, this New York Times bestseller is the first installment in the explosive tween fantasy series by famed Hollywood director Chris Columbus (of Harry Potter fame) and bestselling author Ned Vizzini...
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Spy Toys

Mark Powers - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

The world's leading toy manufacturer gives each toy it creates a tiny, computerized brain and a unique personality making for some seriously awesome toys. But sometimes there's a faulty toy . . .Dan is a "Snugliffic Cuddlestar" bear--he should be perfect for hugging. But because...
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My diary from the edge of the world

Jodi Lynn Anderson - Aladdin, 2015.
Format: Print book

Told in diary form by an irresistible heroine, this playful and perceptive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the May Bird trilogy sparkles with science, myth, magic, and the strange beauty of the everyday marvels we sometimes forget to notice.Spirited, restless Gracie...
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