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Fair Ball

Derek Jeter - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Inspired by Derek Jeter's own life, Fair Ball is the fourth middle grade novel in the New York Times bestselling Jeter Publishing Program and focuses on the theme "the world isn't always fair."Life isn't always fair. You can't control that, but you can control...
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Finding Orion

John David Anderson - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day and Posted returns with an unforgettable tale of love and laughter, of fathers and sons, of what family truly means, and of the ways in which we sometimes need to lose something in order to find ourselves.Rion Kwirk comes from a rather odd family....
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On the Court With... Shaquille O' Neal

Glenn Stout - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

Describes the life and career of the basketball superstar and center for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Under the Magician's Spell

R. L. Stine - Apple
Format: Paperback

Readers are placed in the character of a young person whose little sister has obtained a book of spells from a mysterious magic shop at the mall, in a story with more than twenty possible endings. Original.
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The Everything Kids' Soccer Book: Rules, Techniques, and More About Your Favorite Sport!

Deborah W. Crisfield - Adams Media; Third Edition edition
Format: Print book

It's a gooooooooaaaaaaal!How do you know when to pass the ball or when to keep it? What's the best way to practice dribbling? How do you keep the defense from stealing the ball from you? Whether you play defense, goalie, or offense, The Everything Kids' Soccer Book, 3rd Edition...
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Mouseheart

Lisa Fiedler - Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2014.
Format: Print book

The Warriors series meets Redwall in this first book in an epic animal adventure series set in the subway tunnels of Brooklyn and for "fans of Erin Hunter, Brian Jaques, and Kathryn Lasky" (School Library Journal) .Hopper is just an ordinary pet shop mouse before he escapes....
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The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge

Joanna Cole - Scholastic
Format: Book

Trust the bestselling science series of all time to get down to the facts on global warming, so kids can understand the crisis --and how they can help solve it.Like it or not, global warming is a hot topic that will affect the younger generation more than anyone. So why not turn to the teacher...
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The Heart and Mind of Frances Pauley

April Stevens - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish and Holly Goldberg Sloan's Counting by 7s, this heartfelt, deeply moving middle-grade debut features an offbeat girl who learns that she can remain true to herself while also letting others in.Eleven-year-old Frances...
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Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns

R. L. Stine - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Looking forward to her plans for Halloween night, when she and her friend Walker will get revenge on the kids that played practical jokes on them, Drew Brockman carve scary jack-o'-lanterns that frighteningly come to life. Original.
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My Brigadista Year

KATHERINE PATERSON - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

In an engrossing historical novel, the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia follows a young Cuban teenager as she volunteers for Fidel Castro's national literacy campaign and travels into the impoverished countryside to teach others how to read.When thirteen-year-old...
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