Archives: Books
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My Dog Made Me Write This Book
Does Eric have what it takes to gain his dog Ugly’s affection? Or will he be in the doghouse forever?
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Can I Keep It?
One summer day, a boy ventures into his backyard on a mission to find the perfect pet. When he asks to keep the animals that happened to “follow” him home, …
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The Glassblower’s Children
Albert the glassblower and Sofia are the loving parents of little Klas and Klara. Albert makes the most beautiful glass bowls and vases (unfortunately they are so impractical that no …
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Stealing Home
Ryan Russell has life perfectly planned. She’s going to take over her family’s team, the Buckley Beavers, and become one of the only female General Managers in minor league baseball. …
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The Falconer: A Heartland Tale
Kirkus review says, “…charismatic YA fantasy…” In the tradition of Tamora Pierce, this fantasy presents a heroine of wit, strength, and savvy. Britt’s only goal is to become a falconer. …
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Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black
Brothers Marcus and Julian Sedgwick team up to pen this haunting tale of another pair of brothers, caught between life and death in World War II. Harry Black, a conscientious …
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The Good, the Bad, and the Bossy
Just when Malia, Dot, and Bree (aka the Best Babysitters Ever) corner the Playa Del Mar babysitting market, their lives get even busier. Malia’s evil older sister ropes her into …
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Atlas of Monsters and Ghosts
If you believe that all you need to fight an evil bloodthirsty fiend is garlic or holy water, think again. What you need is to keep a cool head and …
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Mother Tongue
On the day she brings her sweet little sister, Nika, to school for the first time, eighteen-year-old Darya has already been taking care of her family for years. But a …
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Spin the Dawn
Project Runway meets Mulan in this sweeping fantasy about a young girl who poses as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor and embarks on an impossible …
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Riding a Donkey Backwards
Would you like to know how a thief can turn into a donkey? Whether a cow can climb a pole? Or why you should spoon yogurt into a lake? Mulla …
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Hawksbill Promise
There is a deserted bay on a small island off Antigua where hawksbill turtles crawl ashore at night during the mating season to lay their eggs. Two months later the …
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Survivor Girl
12-year-old Ali adores her reality-show celebrity father, Survivor Guy, and hopes to follow in his footsteps. But when he invites her on location, Ali is sure she won’t survive one …
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Get Me Out of This Book! : Rules and Tools for Being Brave
When Max the bookmark went into a scary book, he couldn’t LOOK and he SHOOK and he SCREAMED, “GET ME OUT OF THIS BOOK!” Then he learned to (1) breathe …
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The Buddy Bench
The way a schoolyard should be. Patty Brozo’s cast of kids brings a playground to raucous life, and Mike Deas’s illustrations invest their games with imaginary planes to fly, dragons …
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The Undoing of Thistle Tate
Thistle Tate is a glittering wunderkind–only seventeen, and a bestselling author of the wildly successful Lemonade Skies series, with the highly anticipated final book due to publish next year. And …
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Impossible Music
Music is Simon’s life—which is why he is devastated when a stroke destroys his hearing. He resists attempts to help him adjust to his new state, refusing to be counseled, …
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Monica Adventures Vol.3
Sunny still sleeps with a stuffed animal? Professor Anna is the last to know she is fired? Maggie has a crush…on a (much) older man? The new gossip blog “Troll …
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Why
Two-time Caldecott and Geisel Honoree Laura Vaccaro Seeger tells a disarmingly simple story about the lovable characters Bear and the unfailingly curious Rabbit. Bear just wants to water his flowers, …
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The Hero Next Door
From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes another middle-grade short story collection—this one focused on exploring acts of bravery—featuring some of the best …
