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Randy Orton

Adam Stone - Bellwether Media
Format: Hardcover

Randy Orton is the youngest wrestler to ever win the World Wrestling Entertainment Heavyweight Championship. When he debuted, he was nicknamed The Legend Killer because of his ability to defeat superstars. Now, he is a superstar. This title explores his past, his rise to fame, and the moves...
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Designer Digs: Finding Area and Surface Area

Renata Brunner-jass - Norwood House Press
Format: Book

"The mathematical concepts of perimeter, area, and surface area are explored as a student designs dream rooms for a school project. Readers learn the formulas to calculate area for quadrilaterals and triangles. Additional concepts include parallel lines, right angles, irregular polygons,...
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Gone Crazy in Alabama

Rita Williams-Garcia - Quill Tree Books
Format: Paperback

The Coretta Scott King Award-winning Gone Crazy in Alabama by Newbery Honor and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer of a lifetime.Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern...
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I Funny TV: A Middle School Story

James Patterson - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover

Jamie Grimm has hit the big time in book four of the #1 bestselling I Funny series! Jamie Grimm has finally accomplished his dream of proving himself the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic, and the sky's the limit from there. Enter a couple of TV executives with a huge plan for Jamie: a new show...
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Saving Lucas Biggs

Marisa De los Santos - Harpercollins Childrens Books
Format: Print book

Perfect for fans of Margaret Peterson Haddix, When You Reach Me, and Savvy, this charming time-travel story from husband-and-wife team Marisa de los Santos and David Teague follows one girl's race to change the past in order to save her father's future.Thirteen-year-old Margaret knows her father...
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The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne

Catherine Reef - Clarion Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The Brontë sisters are among the most beloved writers of all time, best known for their classic nineteenth-century novels Jane Eyre (Charlotte), Wuthering Heights (Emily), and Agnes Grey (Anne). In this sometimes heartbreaking young adult biography, Catherine Reef explores the turbulent...
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Florida

John Hamilton - ABDO & Daughters
Format: Print book

Welcome to Florida, the Sunshine State! Your students will enjoy the Calle Ocho Latin Street festival, explore Everglades National Park, ride roller coasters at Walt Disney World, attend the Orange Bowl, and more as they learn about Florida's history, plants and animals, industries,...
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Milton Hershey: Hershey's Chocolate Creator

Joanne Mattern - Checkerboard Library
Format: Book

Follow Hershey's success story from his apprenticeship at Royer's Ice Cream Parlor and Garden to his establishment of the Lancaster Caramel Company. Hershey's discovery of chocolate and determined creation of the Hershey bar also highlighted. Engaging text familiarizes readers...
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Guardians of the Galaxy/All-New X-Men: The Trial of Jean Grey

Marvel Comics - Marvel
Format: Hardcover

The arrival of the original X-Men in the present sent shockwaves through the Marvel Universe, but weve only seen the effects on Earth - until now! When an alien race discovers that Jean Grey, host of the destructive Phoenix Force, is back on Earth, they decide to hold her accountable for the heinous...
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The Bermuda Triangle

Jane Bingham - Capstone Raintree
Format: Print book

Does the patch of stormy sea between the tip of Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda hide a dark and frightening secret? For decades, there have been cases of ships and aircraft that seem to vanish in this part of the Atlantic Ocean. Others who have survived flying or sailing through, have...
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