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The Fourteenth Goldfish

Jennifer L. Holm - Random House
Format: Hardcover

Believe in the possible . . . with this "warm, witty, and wise" New York Times bestselling novel from three-time Newbery Honor winner Jennifer L. Holm Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer.Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never...
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The Epic Origin of Super Potato

Laperla - Graphic Universe
Format: Library Binding

Super Max has it all. He's a superhero with a flashy uniform and a great head of hair. Sure, sometimes the evil Dr. Malevolent pops up to cause trouble. But Super Max has defeated the villain over and over again.This time is different. This time, Dr. Malevolent's plan works . . . and he turns...
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Life as a Syrian American

Ellen Creager - PowerKids Press
Format: Library Binding

Since 2011, the Syrian civil war has forced over 11 million people to flee their country. What is life like for Syrians who have made new homes in the United States? This timely book empowers readers to understand the complex issues many Syrian Americans experience today. Readers will also...
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Blue Animals

Christina Leaf - Blastoff! Readers
Format: Hardcover

Why so blue? Some critters, like male agamas, show off bright blue colors to attract partners. Blue morpho butterflies warn predators with flashy wings. Blue dragons camouflage with the ocean below. Students get the inside scoop on blue animals in this engaging book!
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First Team

Tim Green - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Brock is on the run again in New York Times bestselling author Tim Green's companion book to New Kid. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica or Dan Gutman's Baseball Card Adventure series.With his strong left arm, Brock knows he can be a great quarterback, and with the help of his new friend,...
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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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Ever After High: Fairy's Got Talent

Suzanne Selfors - Little
Format: Print book

The fourth hexciting book in Suzanne Selfors' Ever After High: A School Story series. Keeping up evil appearances is hexhausting work for Faybelle Thorn. But as the daughter of the legendary Dark Fairy, it's all part of her story. So when Justine Dancer is looking for a fairy to audition...
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A Circle of Elephants: A companion novel

Eric Dinerstein - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

From the author of What Elephants Know, a 2017 ALA Notable Children's Book and winner of the 2017 South Asia Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, comes this stunning companion novel about the complex relationship between people and nature coexisting in the Borderlands...
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A World Below

Wesley King - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover

A class field trips turns into an underground quest for survival in the latest middle grade novel from the author of Edgar Award winner OCDaniel.Mr. Baker's eighth grade class thought they were in for a normal field trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. But when an earthquake hits,...
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Sunny Rolls the Dice

Jennifer L. Holm - Graphix
Format: Library Binding

From the award-winning duo of Jennifer and Matthew Holm comes the sequel to the bestselling Sunny Side Up -- full of heart, laughs, and adventure!Too cool for school . . . or the least groovy girl in the grade?Sunny's just made it to middle school . . . and it's making her life very...
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