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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clean Water!

Roger Canavan - Franklin Watts
Format: Book

What would life be like if you had to do without modern inventions Howwould you cope without a toilet or live without electricity Starting fromthesethought-provoking questions, each title takes us on a historicaljourney to see how people coped in the past, and how they developedingenious...
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Amazing Adaptations

Robyn Hardyman - PowerKids Press
Format: Print book

Bigger, faster, stronger, better! This information-rich volume teaches readers all the different ways creatures adapt to survive in their environments. Beautiful full-color photographs will attract readers and illuminate key concepts. Quiz questions pop up throughout the text to challenge...
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Martin Luther King Jr.

Tim Cooke - Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Library Binding

Martin Luther King Jr., the iconic civil rights leader, was born into a world where he did not enjoy the same rights or opportunities as white Americans. Yet, he prompted great societal change through remarkable, peaceful means. This compelling and comprehensive biography takes readers...
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Hades

Teri Temple - AV2 by Weigl

Introduces the Greek god Hades and explains his importance; features well-known Greek myths about this god; and includes map of ancient Greece and family tree of the Greek gods.
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Death Eaters: Meet Nature's Scavengers

Kelly Milner Halls - Millbrook Pr
Format: Library Binding

What happens to the bodies of animals and humans after death? Nature's army of death eaters steps in to take care of clean up. Without these masters of decomposition, our planet would be covered in rotting bodies. This high-interest science text dives into the science behind how bodies...
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Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine

Harris Duchess - Core Library
Format: Paperback

In 1954, segregation in public schools was banned. But the road to desegregate American schools was long and difficult. Activist Daisy Bates helped nine black students integrate Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine explores their legacy. Easy-to-read...
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Charlie Brown: Here We Go Again: A PEANUTS Collection

Charles M Schulz - Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format: Paperback

Join the Peanuts gang--Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Linus, and Lucy--in this middle-grade cartoon collection!Will they never learn Sibling rivalries. Overzealous hall monitors. Un-kicked footballs. It's the Peanuts gang you know and love, and everyone's at it again. Lucy is offering...
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Wings of Fire Book Seven: Winter Turning

Tui T. Sutherland - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series soars to even greater heights with a new prophecy and five new dragonets ready to claim their destiny! Daring mission... or deadly mistake? Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle,...
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Jesse James: A Notorious Bank Robber of the Wild West

Tim Cooke - Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Library Binding

Jesse Jamess rise as a notorious outlaw was concurrent with the upheaval the West experienced before, during, and after the American Civil War. In fact, Jesse and his brother Frank became heroes to many who viewed them as Confederates battling the Union more than murderers and thieves....
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How to Be a Supervillain: Bad Guys Finish First

Michael Fry - Hachette Audio
Format: Audiobook

Victor Spoil realizes he's not cut out for life as a supervillain and instead decides to be. . . a librarian. Little does he know that librarians are a kick-butt secret society who will stop at nothing to control---and shush---the world! It's time for Victor Spoil to hang up his cape. After...
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