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Child Convicts
Janette Brennan · Candlewick Press, 2015.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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A stark and intriguing portrayal of life for the youngest convicts who populated the Australian colonies more than two hundred years ago.At the age of seven, children in eighteenth-century Britain were tried in court like adults. For crimes such as picking pockets or stealing clothes, they... |
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Hansel & Gretel
Holly Hobbie · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover |
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Holly Hobbie brings to life a favorite spooky tale from childhood. |
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Omega City
Diana Peterfreund · Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover |
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The first middle grade novel in an exciting new series from acclaimed author Diana Peterfreund, perfect for fans of The Goonies and The City of Ember.Gillian Seagret doesn't listen to people who say her father's a crackpot. His conspiracy theories about the lost technology of Cold... |
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Moon Bear
Gill Lewis · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover |
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Both torn from their homes in Laos, a boy and a moon bear cub form a deep bond in this "moving and memorable" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) tale of impossible odds and resilient hope, based on true and tragic conditions in Eastern Asia.Twelve-year-old Tam, on a dare, ventures... |
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Watch the Sky
Kirsten Hubbard · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover |
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The signs are everywhere, Jory's stepfather, Caleb, says. Red leaves in the springtime. Pages torn from a library book. All the fish in an aquarium facing the same way. A cracked egg with twin yolks. Everywhere and anywhere. And because of them, Jory's life is far from ordinary.... |
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Currents
Jane Petrlik Smolik · Charlesbridge
Pages: 326
Format: Print book |
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This middle-grade historical novel follows three young girls living very different lives who are connected by one bottle that makes two journeys across the ocean. It's 1854 and eleven-year-old Bones is a slave on a Virginia plantation. When she finds her name in the slave-record book, she rips... |
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The Question of Miracles
Elana K. Arnold · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover |
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Sixth-grader Iris Abernathy hates life in Corvallis, Oregon, where her family just moved. It's always raining, and everything is so wet. Besides, nothing has felt right since Iris's best friend, Sarah, died. When Iris meets Boris, an awkward mouth-breather with a know-it-all... |
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Disappearance at Hangman's Bluff
J. E. Thompson · Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pages: 326
Format: Hardcover |
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Abbey and her best friend, Bee, set out to solve another mystery with its roots deep in Southern history in this follow-up to J. E. Thompson's The Girl from Felony Bay. For the first time in a long time, things are looking up for Abbey Force. She lives on Reward Plantation with Bee,... |
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DK Readers L4: Amazing Women
DK · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pages: 96
Format: Print book |
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From world leaders to explorers to writers, artists, and performers, discover more than 40 women who changed the world in Amazing Women.This Level 4 DK Reader will build reading skills while teaching vocabulary and telling the stories of influential women like Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart,... |
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Legends of the Leagues
Pete Diprimio · Purple Toad Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Print book |
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Here's your ticket to the Negro Leagues, teams made of gifted African Americans who refused to be stopped by their exclusion from the Major Leagues. Meet the stars of the leagues, from the unforgettable Satchel Paige to the raw power of possibly the greatest home run hitter of all-time,... |
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Undertaker
Matt Scheff · Abdo Publishing Company
Format: Book |
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Highlights the life and career of the wrestling star, best known for his WrestleMania winning streak. |
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Me and Fat Glenda
Lila Perl · Lizzie Skurnick Books
Format: Paperback |
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She's fat. She's loud-mouthed. She's pushy. She's opinionated. She's prejudiced. She has a "creative" way with the truth. She is madly in love with your sixteen-year-old brother. All the other kids in seventh-grade hate her and she hates them. Her mother has a petition... |
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Archie Greene and the Alchemists' Curse
D D Everest · Harper
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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In Archie Greene and the Magician's Secret, Archie became one of the Flame Keepers, a secret group devoted to finding and preserving magical books that are literally portals into other places and times.In the action-packed sequel, the Golden Circle - a symbol that hasn't been seen... |
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Alabama
Barbara A. Somervill · C. Press/F. Watts Trade; Revised edition
Format: Book |
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America the Beautiful, Third Series is bursting with fascinating facts, up-to-date statistics, glorious full-color photographs, and unusual lists guaranteed to elicit at least one WOW! with the turn of every page. America the Beautifuls new dynamic design and editorial approach to the geography,... |
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