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All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World

Lori Alexander - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

For fans of the "Who Was" series, this lively, accessible, and full-color chapter book biography shows how a self-taught scientist was the first to observe the microbial life in and around us. By building his own microscope, Antony van Leeuwenhoek advanced humanity's understanding...
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The Legend of Greg

Chris Rylander - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A boy discovers his destiny could totally stink in this riotously funny fantasy-adventureRisk-averse Greg Belmont is content with being ordinary. He's got a friend--that's right, just one--at his fancy prep school, and a pretty cool dad (even if he is obsessed with organic soaps that smell...
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Lucy & Andy Neanderthal

Jeffrey Brown - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Jedi Academy books comes a hilarious graphic novel series about two young cave kids living 40,000 years ago."Lucy & Andy are Stone Age rock stars! I loved this book!" - Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate series...
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The BIG Book of Animal Crossing: Everything you need to know to create your island paradise!

Michael Davis - CrackBoom! Books
Format: Paperback

The BIG book of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the perfect guide to help you create your paradise on a desert island as you explore, create, and customize your ideal lifestyle. Building the house of your dreams and starting a new life in an ideal setting has never been as easy and fun!...
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The Inkwell Chronicles: The Ink of Elspet, Book 1: The Ink of Elspet (The Inkwell Chronicles, 1)

J D Peabody - WorthyKids
Format: Hardcover

Immerse yourself in this fast-paced middle-grade fantasy about magic ink, a secret society, and a boy who yearns to make his mark.When their father goes missing after a mysterious train crash, Everett and his little sister Bea find a curious pen in his belongings, and its magical Ink begins...
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Wildhood: The Epic Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals

Barbara Natterson-Horowitz - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A revelatory investigation of human and animal adolescence and young adulthood from the New York Times bestselling authors of Zoobiquity.With Wildhood, Harvard evolutionary biologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and award-winning science writer Kathryn Bowers have created...
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Illustrated Edition

J K ROWLING - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

An essential companion to the Harry Potter novels, now fully illustrated!Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander's classic compendium of magical creatures, has delighted generations of wizarding readers. With this beautiful, large-scale new edition illustrated in full...
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The Sapphire Princess Meets a Monster

Jahnna N. Malcolm - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Four girls are about to become princesses! But can they keep their kingdom safe? Read to find out-- and collect the full sheet of sparkly holographic stickers in every book!In the Jewel Kingdom, four girls rule: Roxanne is the Ruby Princess, Sabrina is the Sapphire Princess, Emily is the Emerald...
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The Shadow Thieves

Alexandra Ott - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

Alli must risk everything to save her new family from a rogue organization that is threatening the Thieves Guild's existence - and the lives of all its members - in this high-stakes sequel to Rules for Thieves.Alli Rosco, former orphan and thief, is free after her disastrous Thieves...
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Northwind

Gary Paulsen - Youth Large Print
Format: Library Binding

A high-stakes middle grade from the survival story master Gary Paulsen, about a young boy on the razor's edge between life and death where the high seas meet a coastal wilderness. This stunning historical adventure, set along a rugged coastline centuries ago, does for the sea what Hatchet...
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