| August DuPont has spent his whole life inside a dilapidated house with his aunt Hydrangea. His lonely existence ends abruptly with the arrival of an invitation to meet an aunt and cousins he didn't even know existed. When Aunt Orchid suggests that August attend school with his cousins, it's a dream come true. But August has scarcely begun to celebrate his reversal of fortune when he is confronted by a small problem on his way home. So begins an adventure filled with a wild child, a zombie, a fabled white alligator, and an unimaginable family secret.
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Look out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts by Esta SpaldingKim Fitzgerald-Trout took to driving with ease, as most children would if their parents would ever let them try. She had to. After all, she and her siblings live in a car.
Meet the Fitzgerald-Trouts, a band of four loosely related children living together on a lush tropical island. They take care of themselves. They sleep in their car, bathe in the ocean, eat fish they catch and fruit they pick, and can drive anywhere they need to go, including school, the laundromat, or the drive-in. If they put their minds to it, the Fitzgerald-Trouts can do anything. Even, they hope, find a real home.
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Ever since the Germans became the unwelcome “guests” of Paris in World War II, Papa and Chantal have gone out in the evenings to fish in the Seine. One evening Chantal hopes for a salmon, but spies a whale instead.
Though small and lost, he seems friendly. Chantal soon opens her heart and names him Franklin, after the American president who must surely be sending troops to rescue her country.
Chantal realizes that Franklin is in danger: Parisians are starving and would love to eat him, and the Nazis want to capture him as a gift to Hitler. In a desperate bid to liberate themselves and their city, Chantal and Franklin embark on a dangerous voyage to return a whale to the ocean and reunite him with his parents.
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Into the nightfell wood
by Kristin Bailey
For Wynn and Elric, adjusting to life in the Between is not without complications. Their adoptive mother, the benevolent Fairy Queen, is haunted by the memory of her child who was kidnapped long ago, and she won't risk letting the same thing happen to them. But that same grief has been weakening the queen's powers for years, and the protective shield around their kingdom is deteriorating.
Wynn is coerced into the Nightfell Wood by a creature sent to do the Grendel's bidding. Elric knows he must go after her to save her life. What they discover along the way about fear, prejudice, and the true nature of evil will change the fairy kingdom forever.
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Ahh, summer vacation! Jeremy Wilderson, Scottsville Middle School’s first (and only) retrieval specialist, is enjoying a slower-than-usual season of retrieving (NOT stealing) lost objects in order to help the under thirteen population of Scottsville.
When sabotage strikes Scottsville’s event of the year, the Summer Art Show, it threatens to ruin the painting career of Jeremy’s best friend, Case. It’s up to Jeremy to figure out what’s going on.
Jeremy has only hours to stop the sabotage before more contest entries, and kids’ dreams, are slashed and burned.
But Jeremy’s specialty is retrieval, not detective work! The only solution is to team up with Becca, something Jeremy’s not thrilled to do. Somewhere between being stuck inside an air vent and being slathered in red paint, Jeremy has to wonder: is he in over his head?
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| The Crooked Sixpence by Jennifer BellWhen their grandmother is rushed to the hospital, Ivy and her annoying big brother Seb cannot imagine what adventure lies in store. Soon their house is ransacked by intruders, and a very strange policeman turns up on the scene determined to apprehend them with a toilet brush. Ivy and Seb make their escape only to find themselves in a completely uncommon world, a secret underground city called Lundinor where ordinary objects have amazing powers. There are belts that enable the wearer to fly, yo-yos that turn into weapons, buttons with healing properties, and other enchanted objects capable of unusual feats. As the forces of evil close in, Ivy and Seb learn that their family is connected to one of the greatest uncommon treasures of all time. They must race to unearth the treasure and get to the bottom of a family secret before it’s too late. |
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| Claire Martinson still worries about her older sister Sophie, who battled a mysterious illness last year. But things are back to normal as they move into Windermere Manor. When the sisters climb a strange ladder in a fireplace, they enter the magical land of Arden and find a world in turmoil. The four guilds of magic no longer trust each other, the beloved unicorns have disappeared, and terrible wraiths roam freely. Scared, the girls return home. But when Sophie vanishes in the night, it will take all of Claire's courage to climb back up the ladder, find her sister, and uncover the unicorns' greatest secret. |
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| Dragon's Green by Scarlett ThomasEffie Truelove believes in magic, as does her grandfather Griffin. After a mysterious incident leaves Griffin close to death, Effie is given an unusual silver ring and told she must look after her grandfather’s library of rare and powerful books. But then the books fall into the hands of shady scholar Leonard Levar, and Effie is propelled into the most dangerous adventure of her life.
Now, Effie and her friends must discover their true powers if they are to get the books back. Effie must travel alone to the Otherworld, where she will uncover the true meaning of the strange old book called Dragon’s Green. |
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Denis ever after by Tony Abbott Denis Egan is dead! He’s okay with that. It’s been five years since he died, and the place where souls go is actually pretty nice. Sure, there are some things about his life and how it ended he can’t quite recall, but that’s how it’s supposed to be. Remembering could prevent Denis from moving on to whatever’s next. However, something is standing in his way. His twin brother Matt can’t let go of him, and as long as the living are holding on to his memory, Denis can’t rest in peace. To uncover the truth about what happened that day five years before, Denis returns to his hometown and teams up with Matt. But visiting for too long has painful consequences for Denis, and Matt’s renewed interest in his brother’s passing is driving a wedge between his still-grieving parents. Can the two boys solve the mystery of Denis’s death without breaking apart the family he’s left behind?
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| Behind the Canvas by Alexander VanceClaudia Miravista loves art but only sees what is on the surface, until the Dutch boy Pim appears in the painting in her room. Pim has been trapped in the world behind the canvas for centuries by a power-hungry witch, and he now believes that Claudia is his only hope for escape. Fueled by the help of an ancient artist, Claudia enters the wondrous and terrifying world behind the canvas, intent on destroying the witch's most cherished possession and setting her new friend free. But in that world nothing is quite as it appears on the surface. Not even friendship. |
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