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Sweeping Up the Heart

Kevin Henkes - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

From two-time Newbery Honor and New York Times-bestselling author Kevin Henkes, this timeless novel about loss, loneliness, and friendship tells the story of the spring break that changes seventh-grader Amelia Albright's life forever.Amelia Albright dreams about going to Florida for spring...
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Atlas of Dinosaur Adventures: Step Into a Prehistoric World

EMILY HAWKINS - Wide Eyed Editions
Format: Hardcover

From the team behind the best-selling Atlas of Adventures comes this prehistoric journey of discovery. You'll get to embark on over thirty dinosaur adventures that will take you all around the world! Travel back in time to lock horns with a triceratops, stalk prey with a T-Rex, and learn...
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The Pirate Pig

Cornelia Funke - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The beloved and bestselling author of Inkheart brings imagination, adventure, and humor to a swashbuckling full-color chapter book! Who needs a treasure map when you have a pirate pig with a nose for gold? Stout Sam and his deckhand, Pip, find a pig washed up in a barrel on the beach....
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Five Total Strangers

Natalie D. Richards - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

From bestselling author Natalie D. Richards comes a pulse-pounding new thriller about a blizzardy road trip that turns into a disaster.She thought being stranded was the worst thing that could happen. She was wrong.Mira needs to get home for the holidays. Badly. But when an incoming blizzard...
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Audacity Jones to the Rescue

Kirby Larson - Scholastic Press
Format: Audiobook

Audacity Jones is an eleven-year-old orphan who aches for adventure, a challenge to break up the monotony of her life at Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls. Life as a wayward girl isn't so bad; Audie has the best of friends, a clever cat companion, and plenty of books to read. Still,...
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Geronimo Stilton Special Edition: The Journey Through Time #2: Back in Time

Geronimo Stilton - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Hardcover

Return to the past with Geronimo Stilton in this fabumouse special edition!Imagine my surprise when I, Geronimo Stilton, was offered the chance to travel back in time again! Professor Paws von Volt entrusted me to lead my family on a secret journey in his new time machine.This voyage took...
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Rescue Princesses #4: The Stolen Crystals

Paula Harrison - Scholastic
Format: Paperback

These are no ordinary princesses . . . they're Rescue Princesses!Princesses to the rescue! Another animal is in trouble and the Rescue Princesses must save the day.Princess Jaminta lives in the beautiful Kingdom of Onica. She and her fellow princesses have discovered that someone is out to steal...
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Bliss

Kathryn Littlewood - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

The perfect novel for young readers who love baking and magic!Rosemary Bliss's family has a secret. It's the Bliss Cookery Booke - an ancient, leather-bound volume of enchanted recipes like Singing Gingersnaps.Rose and her siblings are supposed to keep the Cookery Booke locked away while...
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Darkmouth #1: The Legends Begin

Shane Hegarty - Harper
Format: Print book

Darkmouth: The Legends Begin is the first book in a spirited tween fantasy series that Kirkus Reviews called "Ghostbusters meets Percy Jackson as written by Terry Pratchett."For generations, Finn's family has protected Darkmouth from the fierce magical creatures known as Legends....
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The Contract

Derek Jeter - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover

The debut book in the Jeter Publishing imprint, The Contract is a middle grade baseball novel inspired by the youth of legendary sports icon and role model Derek Jeter.As a young boy, Derek Jeter dreams of being the shortstop for the New York Yankees. He even imagines himself in the World...
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