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The Last Dogs: Journey's End

Christopher Holt - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Canine heroes Max, Rocky, and Gizmo return in this exciting series finale! As the trio travel south, following a trail of beacons left by Dr. Lynn, they encounter a stampede of horses. The horses urge the dogs to turn back, warning about a silver wall of doom that lies ahead.But the warning...
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Is Your Hair Stronger Than Steel?: Questions about Hair, Skin, and Teeth

Thomas Canavan - PowerKids Press
Format: Print book

Why dont women have beards? Why do we get chapped lips? This book about the workings of the human body will answer these questions and more! Readers will explore the splendidly strange ins and outs of why we have teeth, what eyebrows do, and how skin protects a body. Young readers will...
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Save Me a Seat

Sarah Weeks - Scholastic Pr
Format: Hardcover

Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL.Joe's lived in the same town all his life, and was doing just fine until his best friends moved away and left him on his own. Ravi's family just moved to America from India, and he's finding...
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Sarai and the Meaning of Awesome

SARAI GONZALEZ - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

Sarai Gonzalez is AWESOME. Fourth grader Sarai Gonzalez can do anything. She can bake, dance, and run her own cupcake business. But when Sarai's grandparents are forced to move, even Sarai's not sure what to do. So she hatches a super-awesome plan with her younger sisters and cousin...
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Earthquake!

Elizabeth Raum - Amicus High Interest
Format: Print book

This photo-illustrated book describes how earthquakes happen, how quakes affect people, and highlights some historic earthquakes. Includes information on keeping safe if living in an area prone to quakes. The Q&A features throughout promote reader inquiry and critical thinking. Includes...
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Biggest, Baddest Book of Sea Creatures

Jen Schoeller - Super Sandcastle
Format: Hardcover

Introduces animals that live in the sea, describing their six different categories and providing examples of some of the largest and most dangerous species.
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The Thief Knot: A Greenglass House Story

Kate Milford - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Ghosts, a kidnapping, a crew of young detectives, and family secrets mix in this new standalone mystery set in the world of the best-selling Greenglass House, from a National Book Award nominee and Edgar Award-winning author. Marzana and her best friend are bored. Even though they...
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Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans

Russell Ginns - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Library Binding

For fans of Mr. Lemoncello's Library and the Secret series, and classics like Holes and The Westing Game, here is the first book in a hilarious new series about a girl, her brother, and some super-big globe-trotting adventures.Samantha Spinner's uncle Paul disappeared, and here's...
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The Girl Who Fell Out of the Sky

Victoria Forester - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

In The Girl Who Fell Out of the Sky--the conclusion to the fantasy adventure series that began with the New York Times bestseller The Girl Who Could Fly--Victoria Forester shows readers that life is always exceptional, and "abilities" come in many forms.What...
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Sleepy Hollow

Lisa Colozza Cocca - Powerkids Pr
Format: Paperback

A classic American ghost story based on the tale of Washington Irving, this is a staple of the genre. Young readers will be drawn right into this spooky story. Was the schoolteacher plagued by his overactive imagination or did a headless horseman truly chase him out of town? This graphic...
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