Archives: Books
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Lives of the Writers
In a dynamic offering from the Lives of . . . series, Krull and Hewitt tell all in an assortment of brief biographies of some of literature’s most famous and …
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Chronal Engine
This uniquely illustrated, middle grade time-travel adventure has siblings Max, Kyle and Emma travelling back in time to the Cretaceous era. A mix of Manga and American comics by artist …
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Matilda Bone
Another winning medieval era novel with an incomparable heroine by the Newbery medalist Karen Cushman. With witty dialogue and richly authentic detail, Cushman tells the story of a girl who …
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Lives of the Explorers
This fascinating new installment in the popular Lives of . . . series of collective biographies is full of juicy tidbits about history’s greatest explorers.
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Cy in Chains
The hard-hitting story of Cy Williams, 17, who suffers the horrors of a labor camp where black boys accused of crimes are sent—brutality, near starvation, humiliation, rape. Cy hatches an …
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Lives of the Scientists
This fascinating new installment in the popular Lives of… series of collective biographies is full of juicy tidbits about history’s greatest scientists.
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NERDS: Book Five: Attack of the BULLIES
The grand finale to the New York Times bestselling series, Attack of the BULLIES stars Ruby Peet, aka Agent Pufferfish, the team captain with super nanobyte-enhanced allergies. Pufferfish leads the …
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Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy
Nathan Hale, the author’s historical namesake, was America’s first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said “I regret that I have but one life to give for my country” …
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Time Out of Time: Book One: Beyond the Door
Beyond the Door, the first in the Time Out of Time duet from Maureen Doyle McQuerry, weaves a compelling coming-of-age story with fantasy and mythology. With his love of learning …
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The Twelve Days of Springtime: A School Counting Book
The frost is melting and it’s time for spring! That means field trips, planting school gardens, and discovering new friends for this adventurous class as their teacher introduces them to …
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In the Shadow of Blackbirds
In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and the government ships young men …
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The Time Fetch
When Edward, an ordinary boy in Brooklyn, New York, mistakes a powerful Time Fetch for a simple rock, he causes a dangerous time rip that, with the help of three …
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Willow and the Snow Day Dance
Mr. Larch is not a very neighborly neighbor. He never has any visitors. His gray, gloomy house never has any decorations. He avoids everyone and everyone avoids him. But now …
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Backwards
An edge-of-your-seat thriller asks: Is it possible to fix a tragic future by changing the past — while experiencing life backwards? At the moment Dan’s life ends, the Rider’s …
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The Freedom Maze
Thirteen-year-old Sophie isn’t happy about spending the summer of 1960 at her grandmother’s old house in the bayou. Bored and lonely, she can’t resist exploring the house’s maze, or making …
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Meeting Cezanne
From the author of War Horse comes a gentle, evocative story of a young city boy’s summer in 1960s rural Provence. When Yannick learns that he is to stay …
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The Silver Button
At the same moment that Jodie’s baby brother takes his first step, a city’s worth of moments unfold in a masterful picture book from Bob Graham. At 9:59 on …
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Plague in the Mirror
In a sensual paranormal romance, a teen girl’s doppelgänger from 1348 Florence lures her into the past in hopes of exacting a deadly trade. It was meant to be …
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A Taste of Freedom
Gandhi’s famous Salt March shook the foundations of the British Empire and the world, showing the strength of a people united in peace to fight for freedom. Gandhi’s march had …
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Bright Before Sunrise
Jonah and Brighton are about to have the most awkwardly awful night of their lives. For Jonah, every aspect of his new life reminds him of what he has had …
