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James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl
Format: Book

Roald Dahl's children's classic will be rediscovered with wonder and delight in this handsome gift edition with all-new black-and-white illustrations by Caldecott Honor Book artist Lane Smith (who also designed the characters for the Disney animated film).How James escapes from his miserable...
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The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC's

Patrick McDonnell (Artist) - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling and award-winning artist Patrick McDonnell uses the ABC's to tell a hilarious, high-energy alphabetical adventure.It starts with an ALLIGATOR and a BEAR chasing a CAT. When a DRAGON (and a chicken and an egg!) join in pursuit, things start to get REALLY interesting. A wild...
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Supergifted

Gordon Korman - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

The highly anticipated sequel to Ungifted from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman. Donovan Curtis has never been what anyone would call "gifted." But his genius friend Noah Youkilis is actually supergifted, with one of the highest IQs around. After years at the Academy...
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The Scourge

Jennifer A. Nielsen - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

An electrifying adventure from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen! What happens when a plague isnt all that kills...As a lethal plague sweeps through the land, Ani Mells is shocked when she is unexpectedly captured by the governors wardens and forced to submit to a test...
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Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go

Dale E. Basye - Yearling
Format: Paperback

When Milton and Marlo Fauster die in a marshmallow-bear explosion, they get sent straight to Heck, an otherworldly reform school. Milton can understand why his kleptomaniac sister is here, but Milton is - or was - a model citizen. Has a mistake been made? Not according to Bea "Elsa"...
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Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Format: Print book

The sequel to James Patterson's bestselling series launch Treasure Hunters is another hilarious, hair-raising and highly-illustrated adventure for the First Family of Action! Bick Kidd and his globe-trotting siblings Beck, Storm and Tommy may have completed their first treasure hunt...
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The Friendship War

Andrew Clements - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Stickers, Silly Bandz, Rainbow Looms, fidget spinners . . . buttons?! A brand-new school story about friendship and fads from the bestselling author of Frindle.This is war. Okay--that's too dramatic. But no matter what this is called, so far I'm winning.And it feels...
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Spy School

Stuart Gibbs - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Like many kids, Ben Ripley imagines life as a secret agent would be pretty awesome -- so when he learns he's been recruited to the C.I.A.'s top secret Academy of Espionage, it sounds too good to be true. And it is. From the moment he arrives -- and ends up in the middle of an enemy attack...
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Rescue Princesses #8: The Shimmering Stone

Paula Harrison - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Print book

These are no ordinary princesses--they're Rescue Princesses!Princess Amina is excited that her fellow Rescue Princesses are visiting for her cousin's wedding.When a wounded tiger is found in the hills, the girls know her cubs can't survive without their mother. The Rescue Princesses...
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Goosebumps HorrorLand #2: Creep from the Deep

R. L. Stine - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

It's a whole new ride from master of horror and bestselling author R.L. Stine--with a story so fiendish that it can't be contained to just one book!Billy and Sheena always expect adventure when they join their uncle, Dr. Deep, aboard his hi-tech boat. What they don't expect...
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Warriors: Dawn of the Clans #2: Thunder Rising

Erin Hunter - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Discover the origins of the warrior Clans in the second book of this thrilling prequel arc from mega-bestselling author Erin Hunter. The Dawn of the Clans series takes readers back to the earliest days of the Clans, when the cats first settled in the forest and began to forge the Warrior...
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Mystery Club

ARON NELS STEINKE - Graphix
Format: Hardcover

Mr. Wolf's students are settling into their new classroom, and Randy, Aziza, and Margot realize they have some questions:What happened to Aziza's favorite Frisbee?Is the girls' bathroom really haunted?Where is Mr. Greens, the teacher who disappeared?The three friends want to discover the answers...
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Warriors: Dawn of the Clans #5: A Forest Divided

Erin Hunter - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
Format: Print book

Discover the origins of the warrior Clans in the fifth book of this thrilling prequel arc in Erin Hunter's #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series. The Dawn of the Clans arc takes readers back to the earliest days of the Clans, when the cats first settled in the forest and began to forge...
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Planes

Margot Channing - Book House
Format: Library Binding

Follow the steps from simple shapes to the completed drawing. Crammed with clear, easy to follow, simple step-by-step picture instructions for budding artists to show how to draw a variety of planes in 2-D from a glider to a seaplane. Kids will have fun, and gain drawing skills as they...
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Flute

Kate Riggs - Creative Education; New edition
Format: Hardcover

A primary prelude to the flute, including what the woodwind instrument looks and sounds like, basic instructions on how to play it, and the kinds of music that feature it -- Provided by publisher.
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Johnny Tremain 75th Anniversary Edition

Esther Hoskins Forbes - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

This striking 75th Anniversary edition of this Newbery Medal-winning historical fiction classic is updated with new jacket art and an illustrated foreword from author-illustrator Nathan Hale. Johnny Tremain is one of the finest historical novels ever written for children. To read this riveting...
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Because of Mr. Terupt

Rob Buyea - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book

Features seven narrators, each with a unique story, and each with a different perspective on what makes their teacher so special.It's the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There's . . . Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who's having a hard time fitting...
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Animation

Sara Green - Bellwether Media
Format: Library Binding

Some of Hollywoods biggest blockbusters are animated movies! From hand-drawn animation to computer-generated works, animation is a fascinating world of fantasy. But what goes into making these popular films? This high-interest title answers that question! Special features highlight famous...
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Rush Revere and the First Patriots: Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans

Rush Limbaugh - Threshold Editions; First Edition first Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

America's #1 radio talk-show host and multi-million-copy #1 New York Times bestselling author presents the second book in a series for young readers with a history teacher who travels back in time to have adventures with exceptional Americans.Rush Revere rides again! Saddle up with...
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Penguins (Living Wild)

Rachael Hanel - Creative Co
Format: Library Binding

A look at penguins, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their oar-like flippers, behaviors, relationships with humans, and threatened status in the world today.
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Ghost of Spirit Bear

Ben Mikaelsen - HarperCollins; 1 Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

In the wilderness, Cole found peace. But this isn't the great outdoors. it's high school.At fifteen, Cole Matthews faced a prison sentence for slamming another student's head against a sidewalk. To avoid prison, he volunteered for Native American Circle Justice and agreed to a year...
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Graceful

Wendy Mass - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

An exciting new story in the bestselling Willow Falls series from Wendy Mass!Angelina D'Angelo has left town to see the world. It's now Grace's turn to use her magic to protect the people of Willow Falls, and she is up to the challenge. This is her destiny, after all. But destiny...
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The Oceanology Handbook: A Course For Underwater Explorers

Clint Twist - Candlewick
Format: Print book

Explore the ocean's wonders, real and . . . imagined? Dive into this essential handbook to discover some lesser-known secrets of the sea.What's the difference between a steamer and a schooner? How would you navigate in stormy seas? How are underwater volcanoes formed? And which...
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SYLO

D J MacHale - ‎Razorbill; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate action-fueled end-of-the-world conspiracy trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author D.J. MacHaleTHEY CAME FROM THE SKYparachuting...
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Livewire! (Superman)

Blake A. Hoena - Stone Arch Books
Format: Paperback

During a rock concert, a bolt of lightning strikes Metropolis shock jock Leslie Willis. When she awakes, Willis has gained the power to control electricity . . . and gained an even greater anger toward Superman. Soon, the newly named Livewire sends shockwaves throughout the city and threatens...
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Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets

Annette Cascone - Starscape
Format: Hardcover

Another creepy tale for beside the campfire or beneath the covers from "Twisted Sisters" Annette and Gina Cascone's Deadtime Stories -- now a hit show on Nickelodeon!Amanda Peterson has a pet cemetery in her backyard. It's where she's buried all her family's dear departed pets,...
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Space Exploration

Giles Sparrow - Smart Apple Media
Format: Book

Space Travel Guides offer a unique look at our Solar System and beyond for older children. Adopting a 'travel guide' format, this original series takes the reader on a fascinating fact-packed voyage, offering insights and points of interest along they way. Stunning full-colour photographs...
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You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown

Paula Danziger - Putnam Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

Amber's summer plans to visit her father in Paris are thwarted by an outbreak of the chicken pox, and Amber worries that her trip--and her plot to get her parents back together--is spoiled for good.
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Disney/PIXAR Moana


Format: electronic resource

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Sabotage Surrender: Book Three in the Sabotage Mystery Trilogy

Carolyn Keene - Aladdin; Original edition
Format: Print book

It's time for the final ceremony of the River Heights Celebration, where four candiates are going for the Mahoney Scholarhip. All four are equally qualified--and equally worthy suspects behind the strange occurances that have been happening at the carnival. Arson, theft and threatening...
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Bravelands #3: Blood and Bone

Erin Hunter - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Heed the call of the wild ... discover the third book in this action-packed, New York Times bestselling animal fantasy series from the author of Warriors! "Deep characters, a complex plot, rich mythology, and a stunning setting. Wild and wonderful." - Kirkus on Bravelands #1: Broken...
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Scream for Ice Cream (Nancy Drew & the Clue Crew)

Carolyn Keene - Aladdin Paperbacks
Format: Hardcover

Nancy Drew investigates when a recipe for ice cream is stolen.
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The Pilot & Huxley #2: The Next Adventure

Dan McGuiness - GRAPHIX; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Pilot Huxley are back in another zany adventurePilot and Huxley just want to get home but an unexpected glitch hurtles them into the holiday lands instead Now theyre stuck in a bizarre world where ghouls and zombies in Halloween Land are friendly and Santa and his elves in Christmas Land...
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Magic Tree House #51: High Time for Heroes

Mary Pope Osborne - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Magic Tree House #51: High Time for Heroes features Jack and Annie back in Egypt, still seeking the secrets of greatness for Merlin. This time they will meet the great nurse, Florence Nightingale, on her trip to Egypt that served as the inspiration for the choices that made her both famous...
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DK Readers L4: Horse Heroes: True Stories of Amazing Horses

Harriet Griffey - DK
Format: Paperback

The bestselling DK Readers series has a fresh new look featuring redesigned jackets and interiors, and up-to-date vocabulary throughout. In DK Readers, stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging age-appropriate stories, creating a multilevel reading program guaranteed...
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Bad Kitty: Puppy's Big Day

Nick Bruel - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

Bad Kitty's in a bad mood . . . a very bad mood, and Puppy is not helping.Enter Uncle Murray, who's tasked with taking care of Puppy for the day, but that's when the trouble begins. When they go on a walk through the park, Uncle Murray almost gets himself arrested while Puppy...
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Tommysaurus Rex

Doug TenNapel - GRAPHIX
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of OLD YELLER comes the heartwarming friendship between a boy and his Tyrannosaurus RexWhen Elys beloved dog, Tommy, is hit by a car, he goes to his grandpas house for the summer to get his mind off things. While exploring a nearby cave one day he discovers a full-grown...
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The Puppy Place #20: Muttley

Ellen Miles - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Welcome to the Puppy Place--where every puppy finds a home!Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters dogs that are in need of a permanent home. At first, Muttley the mutt seems wild and untrainable but he quickly becomes a hero when he smells smoke in the Petersons...
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The Liar's Daughter

Megan Cooley Peterson - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

Piper was raised in a cult.She just doesn't know it. Seventeen-year-old Piper knows that Father is a Prophet. Infallible. The chosen one. She would do anything for Father. That's why she takes care of all her little sisters. That's why she runs end-of-the-world drills. That's...
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DK Readers: Atlantis, The Lost City (Level 4: Proficient Readers)

Andrew Donkin - DK CHILDREN
Format: Hardcover

This Level 4 book is perfect for proficient readers. Atlantis: The Story of the Lost Continent probes the question of truth or myth. Follow the evolution of a mystery that has captured the human imagination from ancient Greece to the present. These stories testify to the courage of the human...
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Zookeeper for the Day

Wendy Clemson - Ticktock USA
Format: Hardcover

Making Math interesting, this is the only math practice book that gives you the chance to be an zoo keeper. Readers discover how math is used in a zoo. They learn what data is.They learn to organize animal, zoo, and feeding time factsStudents will enjoy the 50 questions that allow for practice...
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Mark Zuckerberg (Titans of Business)

Dennis Fertig - Heinemann-Raintree
Format: Paperback

How was Facebook created and what has made it so influential? This book looks at the life of Mark Zuckerberg, with a focus on how he became successful.
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Dance Class #6: A Merry Olde Christmas

Beka - Papercutz
Format: Hardcover

What could be better than Christmas? Christmas in London, that's what! Julie, Lucie, and Alia are excited to get a letter from their friend Prune, inviting them to visit her in England. This is going to be the vacation of a lifetime! The only problem is that Prune doesn't exactly...
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Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race

Chris Grabenstein - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein is back with the third fantastically fun, puzzle-packed MR. LEMONCELLO adventure! On your marks. Get set. Lemon, cello, GO! Everyone's favorite game maker, Mr. Lemoncello, is testing out his new FABULOUS FACT-FINDING FRENZY...
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Prince Puggly of Spud and the Kingdom of Spiff

Robert Paul Weston - Razorbill
Format: Print book

The next middle-grade rhyming novel from the award-winning author of Zorgamazoo!Prince Puggly of the muddy, terminally unfashionable Kingdom of Spud is surprised when he receives an invitation to a lavish ball in the far more chic Kingdom of Spiff. Puggly is sure that the Spiffs will take...
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Top Secret Smackdown

Mac Barnett - Orchard Books
Format: Hardcover

Mac B. is on a madcap adventure in this New York Times bestseling series! This time a stolen raven threatens to topple the Queen... and it's up to Mac to smackdown his KGB rival once and for all!Ravens have been stolen from the Tower of London! Mac B.'s top-secret mission? Travel...
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Danger at the Zoo: A Kit Mystery

Kathleen Ernst - American Girl
Format: Print book

Kit lands a summer job writing a childrens column for her local newspaper. She decides to look for story ideas at the Cincinnati Zoo, where her friend Stirling works as a guide and her old friend Will, the hobo, has a job cleaning cages. As Kit noses around the zoo, she stumbles into some...
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The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide

CHRIS COLFER - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The epic conclusion to Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories! In the highly anticipated conclusion to the Land of Stories series, Conner and Alex must brave the impossible. All of the Land of Stories fairy tale characters--heroes and villains--are...
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Disney Princess Enchanted Character Guide

Catherine Saunders - DK Children
Format: Hardcover

Follow the wonderful tales of the beloved Disney Princesses and meet more fun characters along the way in DK's Disney Princess Enchanted Character Guide. As the pages unfold, you'll follow the stories and learn everything there is to know about your favorite Disney Princesses and their...
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Stegosaurus

Rebecca Sabelko - Bellwether Media
Format: Library Binding

The stegosaurus is known for the row of tall plates that stick out of its back. But this dinosaur had many other fascinating traits! Using a pointed beak and long tail spikes, the stegosaurus found food and warded off predators as it made its way through the world of dinosaurs. This fascinating...
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The Talented Clementine

Sara Pennypacker - Hyperion Book CH
Format: Hardcover

Winner or washout? When it comes to tackling third grade, Clementine is at the top of her game—okay, so maybe not all the time.  After her teacher announces that the third and fourth graders will be putting on a talent show, Clementine panics.  She doesn’t...
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Sugar

Jewell Parker Rhodes - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Ten-year-old Sugar lives on the River Road sugar plantation along the banks of the Mississippi. Slavery is over, but laboring in the fields all day doesn't make her feel very free. Thankfully, Sugar has a knack for finding her own fun, especially when she joins forces with forbidden friend...
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Coraline

Neil Gaiman
Format: Book

The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring.... In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close.The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door to find...
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Leonardo Da Vinci: Giants of Science #1

Kathleen Krull - Viking
Format: Hardcover

For thirty years, the whole last half of his life, Leonardo da Vinci was obsessed with unlocking the secrets of nature. His notebooks are the mind-boggling evidence of a fifteenth-century scientist standing at the edge of the modern world, basing his ideas on observation and experimentation....
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Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847

Kristiana Gregory - Scholastic
Format: Book

Thirteen-year-old Hattie Campbell records the details of her family's harrowing migration to Oregon in a covered wagon and describes the many challenges, both joyful and tragic, that mark the journey.
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Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball

David A. Kelly - Millbrook Pr Trade
Format: Book

Lena Blackburne loved baseball. He watched it, played it, he coached it. But he didn't love the ways players broke in new baseballs. Tired of soggy, blackened, stinky baseballs, he found a better way. Thanks to a well-timed fishing trip and a top-secret mud recipe, Lena Blackburne Baseball...
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The Night Gardener

Jonathan Auxier - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller, The Night Gardener is a Victorian ghost story with shades of Washington Irving and Henry James. More than just a spooky tale, it's also a moral fable about human greed and the power of storytelling.The Night Gardener follows two abandoned...
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Making Friends

Kristen Gudsnuk - Graphix
Format: Paperback

Sometimes making a friend is a lot easier than keeping one!Sixth grade was SO much easier for Danny. All her friends were in the same room and she knew exactly what to expect out of life. Now that she's in seventh grade, she's in a new middle school, her friends are in different classes...
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Magic Tree House #54: Balto of the Blue Dawn

Mary Pope Osborne - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Pack your snowshoes! The magic tree house is taking Jack and Annie to Alaska in this NEW adventure in the New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House series! The magic tree house has returned and it's taking Jack and Annie back in time to Alaska, 1925. There they meet Balto, a jet-black...
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Diana: Princess of the Amazons

Shannon Hale - DC Zoom
Format: Paperback

From New York Times bestselling authors Shannon Hale and Dean Hale comes a heartfelt story about making mistakes, learning the hard way, and growing up to become a hero.Eleven-year-old Diana leads an idyllic life on the island of Themyscira. Cut off from the rest of the world, she's...
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Storm Warning (The 39 Clues)

Linda Sue Park - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

The end is near! Book 9 of the #1 NY Times Bestselling series.The shadow of a man in black has followed fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, on their worldwide search for 39 Clues that lead to a great power. Amy and Dan know the man in black has tried to kill them....
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Girl of the Year 2019 #2

JENNIFER CASTLE - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

Readers got to know American Girl's 2019 Girl of the Year in her first novel. The girl's exciting story moves forward in this second book.
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Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe

Carlos Hernandez - Rick Riordan Presents
Format: Hardcover

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the sequel to the critically acclaimed Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, a brilliant sci-fi romp with Cuban influence. Among many other challenges, Sal and Gabi have to try to make everything right with our world when there is a rogue Gabi from...
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Allies

Alan Gratz - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Alan Gratz, bestselling author of Refugee, weaves a stunning array of voices and stories into an epic tale of teamwork in the face of tyranny -- and how just one day can change the world.June 6, 1944: The Nazis are terrorizing Europe, on their evil quest to conquer the world. The only...
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The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail

Richard Peck - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Newbery Award-winning author Richard Peck is at his very best in this fast-paced mystery adventure. Fans of The Tale of Desperaux, A Little Princess, and Stuart Little will all be captivated by this memorable story of a lovable orphan mouse on an amazing quest.The smallest mouse in London's...
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Barney

Ellen Miles - Scholastic Press
Format: Paperback

Welcome to the Puppy Place! Where every puppy finds a home.Welcome to the Puppy Place!Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Lizzie Peterson is excited to watch her best...
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Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artists Journey (Kakukaku Shikajika) Vol. 3

Akiko Higashimura - Seven Seas
Format: Paperback

ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK Akiko has graduated from art school - let the job hunt begin! But finding work is easier said than done. Will she have to return home to Miyazaki empty-handed?
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Lone Wolf

Kathryn Lasky - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

From bestselling author Katherine Lasky comes the first book in WOLVES OF THE BEYOND, a stunning new spinoff from her legendary owl series, Guardians of Ga'hoole.A wolf mother has given birth, but the warm bundle snuffling next to her brings only anguish. The pup, otherwise healthy, has a twisted...
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That One Spooky Night

Dan Bar el - Kids Can Press
Format: Paperback

There can only be one night a year when a broom will go in search of a witch, when mermaids might swim in a bathtub and when a house party can get a little too batty. Here are three strange stories about that one spooky night!
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My Extra Best Friend

Julie Bowe - Dial
Format: Hardcover

Summer camp is more fun when you have Friends for Keeps!It's Ida May's first time at sleepaway camp, and her two BFFs, popular Stacey and highly organized Jenna, are also coming along. But when they arrive at camp, their bunkmate is the last person Ida expected to ever see again:...
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Marie-Grace and the Orphans

Sarah Masters Buckey - American Girl
Format: Paperback

Marie-Grace can't believe what she finds on her doorstep one rainy night: a sweet little baby! More than anything, Marie-Grace hopes her father will let the child stay with them. Then a stranger comes looking for the little boy, and Marie-Grace realizes the baby is in terrible danger....
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The Battle

Karuna Riazi - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The game begins again in this gripping follow-up to The Gauntlet that's a futuristic middle eastern Zathura meets Ready Player One!Four years after the events of The Gauntlet, the evil game Architect is back with a new partner-in-crime - The MasterMind - and the pair...
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Our Only May Amelia (Harper Trophy Books)

Jennifer L. Holm
Format: Print book

The beloved Newbery Honor book by the author of The Fourteenth Goldfish, about a spirited heroine growing up with trying circumstances, a sense of adventure, and tremendous heart. It isnt easy being a pioneer in the state of Washington in 1899. Its particularly hard when you are the only...
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The Exact Location of Home

Kate Messner - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

Kirby "Zig" Zigonski lives for the world of simple circuits, light bulbs, buzzers, and motors. Electronics are, after all, much more predictable than most people--especially his father, who he hasn't seen in over a year. When his dad's latest visit is canceled with no explanation...
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The Care and Keeping of You (American Girl) (American Girl Library)

Norm Bendell - Pleasant Company Publications; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

The bestselling guide has sold more than 3 million copies! It answers all the questions preteen girls have about their bodies, from healthy eating to bra buying to periods. It offers guidance on basic hygiene and health without addressing issues of sexuality.
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Prodigal & Riven: The Lost Imperials

Sherry Ficklin - Clean Teen Publishing
Format: Print book

Welcome to the TIME WAR STEIN has been with the Hollows for as long as she can remember. Taken as a child, she has no memories of her pastand thats always been fine by her. Until the day she stumbles across a hidden journal containing the devastating truth about her paternity. Now everything...
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DK Eyewitness Books: Great Scientists

Jacqueline Fortey - DK CHILDREN
Format: Hardcover

In these all-new titles-each with its own clip-art CD and wall chart-DK shines its Eyewitness spotlight on vital topics from the past present and future While Mesopotamia explore the cradle of civilization and Great Scientists reveals the minds that shaped the modern world China investigates...
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Zoobots: Wild Robots Inspired by Real Animals

Helaine Becker - Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover

Innovations in the world of robotics are multiplying, with many cutting-edge breakthroughs, and this exciting and timely new book for young readers explores one particularly intriguing area the world of robo-animals, or zoobots. In an attempt to design robots that can solve problems or perform...
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Lafayette!

NATHAN HALE - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

Nathan Hale brings readers back to the world of the American Revolution for the first time since One Dead Spy - but this time, he's following the Marquis de Lafayette into battle. An orphan who became a French nobleman, Lafayette was a major figure in the American Revolution who fought...
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Where on Earth?

DK Publishing - DK CHILDREN
Format: Book

Where are the world's tallest buildings? Where are earthquakes most likely to occur? Where can you find animals that glow? Showcasing the most fascinating places on the planet, Where on Earth? is a collection of more than 75 3-D maps that show not only where everything is, but also...
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The Best of Iggy

Annie Barrows - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ivy + Bean comes a hilarious new middle grade series featuring a high-energy, lovable troublemaker.Meet Iggy Frangi. He's not a bad kid, he's really not. Okay, so he's done a few (a few is anything up to 100) bad things. And okay,...
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Geronimo Stilton and the Kingdom of Fantasy #6: The Search for Treasure

Geronimo Stilton - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Hardcover

Geronimo's sixth magical expedition!I, Geronimo Stilton, was shocked to find myself back in the Kingdom of Fantasy for a sixth time. I was needed to fulfill the Ancient Gemstone Prophecy!The evil empress of the witches was after the Royal Sapphire. If she united it with her Royal Ruby,...
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How Does My Garden Grow?

DK Publishing - DK Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Discover the wonderful world of plants in your own backyard with fun, creative activities! How Does My Garden Grow? uses gardening activities, scientific experiments, art projects, cooking, and even magic tricks to help kids learn about the structure and life cycles of plants
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The Inside Job:

Jackson Pearce - Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Format: Print book

Hale, who turned double-agent against the corrupt spy organization he was raised in, knows his super-spy parents can't come home until the Sub Rosa Society is neutralized--and that he and his friends are all that's standing between SRS and their worldwide crimes. So Hale wants to hit the bad guys...
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The Crossover

Kwame Alexander - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

Kwame Alexander's New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal-winning The Crossover is vividly brought to life as a graphic novel with stunning illustrations by star talent Dawud Anyabwile. New York Times Bestseller Newbery Medal Winner Coretta Scott King Honor...
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Sepron The Sea Serpent

Adam Blade - Little Apple
Format: Paperback

One boy's journey to help his village becomes a quest to save the kingdom. Features a fearsome new beast in every book!Floods. Starvation. Fear. This is what awaits the people of Avantia's coast if Tom and Elenna cannot stop Sepron the Sea Serpent. The huge and terrifying beast lurks in eerie...
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Midnight

Erin Hunter - HarperCollins; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Darkness, air, water, and sky will come together... and shake the forest to its roots. The next generation of warrior cats faces a peril that threatens the whole forest in this exciting spinoff series starring the children of the original Warriors heroes. Packed with riveting suspense,...
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Star Wolf

Kathryn Lasky - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

The latest in Kathryn Lasky's hit series - a stunning spin-off set among the wolves of Ga'hoole.A great cold has seized the Beyond. The warmth of summer, the smell of sweet grass and the great caribou migrations are distant memories. Now the wolves know only ice, dark, snow and endless...
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New Avengers, Vol. 2

Howard Chaykin - Marvel
Format: Hardcover

Of all the mysteries of the Marvel Universe, none are more shocking than the one that will be revealed here. Before S.H.I.E.L.D., before the birth of the super hero, what deep, dark secret has Nick Fury held for all these decades - and how has it come back to terrorize everyone? All will...
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Dolphins and Sharks: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak

Mary Pope Osborne - Random House
Format: Book

Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak, they had lots of questions. Did dolphins ever live on land How do dolphins communicate How do sharks hunt for food Which sharks are the most dangerous Find...
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Sophie Simon Solves Them All

Lisa Graff - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Print book

For a third-grader, Sophie Simon is one smart cookie. She enjoys teaching herself advanced calculus and has performed successful heart surgery on an earthworm. She's also very clever when it comes to dealing with her clueless parents. But Sophie is no genius when it comes to calculating...
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The Rebellious Colonists and the Causes of the American Revolution

Christopher Forest - Capstone Press
Format: Book

The 13 American Colonies had many reasons to begin the Revolutionary War. From the Boston Tea Party to the Interolarable Acts, they felt it was time for independence. Read more about the conflict between the colonists and Great Britain and the events that led up to the American Revolution.
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Rick Riordan Presents: Aru Shah and the Song of Death-A Pandava Novel Book 2 (Pandava Series)

Roshani Chokshi - Rick Riordan Presents
Format: Paperback

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling author Roshani Chokshi and her sequel to Aru Shah and the End of Time. Aru is only just getting the hang of this whole Pandava thing when the Otherworld goes into full panic mode. The god of loves bow and arrow have gone missing, and the thief...
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The Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter

John Gosselink - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Designed like a case file, chock-full of notes, journal entries, letters, e-mails, illustrations, and more, The Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter is a hilarious middle-grade novel that argues why Thaddeus should be released from his in-school suspension and explains the unbelievable circumstances...
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A Little Shopping

Cynthia Rylant - Aladdin
Format: Paperback

Meet The COBBLE STREET COUSINS Lily, who wants to be a poet Tess, who wants to be a Broadway star Rosie, who wants a little cottage with flowers by the door Lily has a wonderful idea -- to surprise Aunt Lucy with a dollhouse that looks just like her flower shop. But first the girls...
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The Dead of Night

Peter Lerangis - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

The third book in the CAHILLS VS. VESPERS series, the follow up to the worldwide bestseller THE 39 CLUES.The Vespers have crossed a line. Amy and Dan were devastated when the Vespers kidnapped seven Cahills around the world, holding them hostage until Amy and Dan delivered an impossible...
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Goblin Sharks

Christine Thomas Alderman - Black Rabbit Books
Format: Paperback

From the mighty great white to the alienlike goblin shark, earth's oceans are full of sharks. With speed, strength, and stealth, they make the perfect predators. They also make the ideal reading topics for young readers. Through diagrams, labeled images, and other graphics, this series...
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Bearded Dragons

Imogen Kingsley - Amicus
Format: Library Binding

This high-interest book uses striking photographs of bearded dragons in the wild to highlight the unique features of these lizards. Readers will learn about their habitat, survival adaptations, and life cycle.
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Usborne Illustrated Elementary Math Dictionary

Tori Large - Usborne Pub Ltd
Format: Paperback

135 pages. Recommended for ages 9 years and up.
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Green Crafts: Become and Earth-friendly Craft Star, Step by Easy Step!

Megan Friday - Walter Foster Library
Format: Hardcover

Presents easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrated instructions to construct environmentally conscious craft projects using discarded materials--such as cans newspapers cereal boxes and more--to create earth-friendly objects including fanciful tealightsTitle Green CraftsAuthor Friday MeganPublisher...
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Perfectly Princess #5: Blue Princess Takes the Stage

Alyssa Crowne - Scholastic
Format: Paperback

A spunky series for any girl who dreams of being a princess. The book even looks magical --- it's printed on blue pages!Printed on BLUE PAGES!Emma can't wait to audition for her school play. She already knows exactly what part she wants: the enchanted princess! She'll wear...
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Ramona's World

Beverly Cleary - HarperCollins; 1st Edotopm edition
Format: Library Binding

To the delight of Ramona Quimby readers everywhere, Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary has just made Ramona's world a little bit bigger. As she starts the fourth grade, Ramona believes that this year will be "the best year of her life, so far." She can show off her calluses...
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I Totally Funniest: A Middle School Story

James Patterson - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover

Jamie Grimm is back and better than ever in the third episode of James Pattersons bestselling I FUNNY series Finding himself one step closer to his dream of being the best kid comic in the world Jamie faces his biggest challenge yet After scoring big on national TV in the semifinals contest...
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Pirates (Magic Tree House Research Guide, paper)

Will Osborne - Random House
Format: Paperback

Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #4: Pirates Past Noon, they had lots of questions. Did pirates really make people walk the plank? What was life like on a pirate ship? Is there any buried treasure around...
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The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire)

Tui T. Sutherland - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

The WINGS OF FIRE saga continues with a thrilling underwater adventure -- and a mystery that will change everything!The lost heir to the SeaWing throne is going home at last.She cant believe its finally happening. Tsunami and her fellow dragonets of destiny are journeying under the water...
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Henry and the Paper Route

Beverly Cleary - HarperCollins; Rep Ill edition
Format: Paperback

Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary gives readers a hero theyll relate toand root forin this comical and inspiring novel about Henry Hugginss mission to prove himself worthy of his very own paper route. All the older kids work their own paper route, but because Henry is not eleven...
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Toucans

Megan Borgert-Spaniol - Bellwether Media
Format: Library Binding

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces toucans to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald The Original Screenplay

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

At the end of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured in New York with the help of Newt Scamander. But, making good on his threat, Grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true...
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Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards))

Russell Freedman - Clarion Books; None edition
Format: Hardcover

Many generations of American schoolchildren were taught that Columbus discovered America, and a holiday reminds us every October. But historical investigation in recent years has shown us otherwise. There is evidence that adventurers, explorers, traders, and nomads from various parts...
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Perfectly Princess #6: Yellow Princess Gets a Pet

Alyssa Crowne - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

A spunky series for any girl who dreams of being a princess. The book even looks magical --- it's printed on yellow pages!Printed on YELLOW pages!For as long as she can remember, Abby has wanted two things: to be a magical princess and to get a pet. And now one of her dreams is about...
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Spider-Man Character Encyclopedia

Daniel Wallace - DK CHILDREN; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Take a closer look into the web-filled world of one of the worlds favorite Super Heroes, Spider-Man! Featuring detailed profiles of more than 200 of Spideys friends and foes, as well as tons of facts and information on the Web-Slinger himself, Spider-Man Character Encyclopedia will test...
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The Secret Keepers

Trenton Lee Stewart - Little
Format: Print book

A New York Times Bestseller This heart-pounding mystery adventure, by the author of the New York Times bestselling series The Mysterious Benedict Society, is laced with magic and humor A magical watch A string of secretsA race against timeWhen Reuben discovers an extraordinary antique watch,...
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12 Stories About Helping in Education

Patricia Hutchison - 12-Story Library
Format: Library Binding

The Making a Difference series tells engaging, inspiring, and sometimes touching stories of people, organizations, and communities who are helping people, animals, and the planet. Each book profiles 12 stories about how people are making a difference in a respective area: animals, children,...
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12 Stories About Helping Seniors (Making a Difference)

Samantha S. Bell - 12-Story Library
Format: Library Binding

In Arkansas, a 12-year-old girl made wishes come true for seniors in a local nursing home. In Canada, people are joining together to help seniors feel less lonely and isolated. The National Council on Aging works with thousands of organizations and businesses across the US to improve the lives...
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The Okay Witch

Emma Steinkellner - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

Sabrina the Teenage Witch meets Roller Girl in this hilarious, one-of-a-kind graphic novel about a half-witch who has just discovered the truth about herself, her family, and her town and is doing her best to survive middle school now that she knows everything!Magic is harder...
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Camp Average

Craig Battle - Owlkids
Format: Hardcover

A group of 11-year-olds arrives to spend six weeks playing sports at Camp Avalon -- which they affectionately call Camp Average, because they never win at any sport. And that's the way they like it. But this summer, new camp director Winston -- who hates losing -- has some hyper-competitive...
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The 39 Clues: Unstoppable Book 2: Breakaway - Library Edition

Jeff Hirsch - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

A Nightmare Come TrueAs a member of the most powerful family history has ever known, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill has been shot at, kidnapped, and even thrown into a pit with a deadly snake. Hes survived it all due to luck, smarts, and his older sister, Amy, who always sticks by his side.Now...
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Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times

Emma Trevayne - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

A boy discovers a mysterious mechanical world he may never escape in this steampunk fantasy that’s “a thrill a minute” (Kirkus Reviews), set in nineteenth-century England.Ten-year-old Jack Foster has stepped through a doorway and into quite a different London.Londinium...
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #27: Horse Heroes: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #49: Stallion by Starlight

Mary Pope Osborne - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #49:Stallion at Starlight, they had lots of questions. Why did people tame horses? What jobs do horses have today? Why was Alexander the Great's horse so famous? What are some other famous horses in history?...
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The Manatee Scientists: Saving Vulnerable Species

Peter Lourie - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In The Manatee Scientists, John Reynolds does an aerial count of manatees from the Florida sky; Lucy Keith spends a weekend rescuing manatees trapped in a dam in Senegal; and Fernando Rosas takes the author on an Amazonian boat trip, looking for a young manatee he released back into...
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McKenna

Mary Casanova - Amer Girl; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Ten-year-old McKenna has always been a good student-and great at gymnastics. So when her grades suddenly begin to fall, her teacher suggests a little extra help from a tutor. McKenna is horrified until she meets her tutor, Josie, a super-confident girl who also happens to be in a wheelchair....
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Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery - Grosset & Dunlap; Deluxe edition
Format: Hardcover

As soon as Anne Shirley arrives at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she is sure she wants to stay forever...but will the Cuthberts send her back to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they expected-a skinny girl with fiery red hair and a temper to match. If only she can convince...
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Ellie's Story: A Dog's Purpose Novel

W. Bruce Cameron - Starscape
Format: Hardcover

From W. Bruce Cameron, the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel A Dog's Purpose, which is now a major motion picture!Ellie's Story is a heartwarming illustrated novel adapted for young readers from the beloved and New York Times...
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Magic Tree House #50: Hurry Up, Houdini!

Mary Pope Osborne - Random House Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House series has a brand-new paperback! Jack and Annie travel to Coney Island, New York, to meet the master magician, Harry Houdini. Abracadabra! Mary Pope Osborne cleverly combines history, mystery, adventure, and trouble in this new Magic Tree...
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Zebras

Melissa Gish - Creative Educ
Format: Print book

''A look at zebras, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their striped fur, behaviors, relationships with humans, and protected status in the world today''--Provided by publisher.Title: ZebrasAuthor: Gish, MelissaPublisher: Creative CoPublication Date:...
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DK Eyewitness Books: American Revolution

Stuart Murray - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Library Binding

Be an eyewitness to the American struggle for independence. Discover how a few brave patriots battled a great empire, plus see the muskets and cannons of the armies, learn how soldiers were drilled, and find out why Yorktown was not the of the Revolution.Each revised Eyewitness book retains...
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Roblox Top Battle Games

Official Roblox - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

A must-have guide to some of the best competitive multiplayer games on RobloxGet the official scoop on some of the most popular competitive games on Roblox, like the frantic vehicular shooter Tiny Tanks, the adrenaline-fuelled world of Speed Run 4, the military mayhem of Phantom Forces,...
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Misty of Chincoteague

Marguerite Henry - Aladdin; Rei Anv edition
Format: Paperback

Nobody could capture the Phantom. She was the wildest mare on Assateague Island. They said she was like the wind, that the white "map" on her shoulders was her mark of freedom. Paul and Maureen Beebe had their hearts set on owning her. They were itching to buy and tame her,...
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What Is the Story of Frankenstein?

Sheila Keenan
Format: Paperback

Your favorite characters are now part of the Who HQ library!One of the most iconic monsters of all time comes to life in our What Is the Story Of? series.From his origins in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, through his many movie portrayals in the twentieth century, Frankenstein is one of the most...
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