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Just Harriet
by Elana K. Arnold
Arriving on Marble Island off the coast of California to stay with her nanu, Harriet, who doesnt always tell the truth, discovers a place full of surprises and a mystery involving her dad that she is determined to solve.
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The Invincible Girls Club: Home Sweet Forever Home
by Rachele Alpine
While volunteering at an animal shelter, Lauren and her three best friends--Ruby, Myka, and Emelyn--plan a cupcake adoption event to help older dogs find a home, but the big day does not go as planned.
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Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters
by Andrea Beaty
An aspiring young engineer who is wise enough to realize that her occasional failures are valuable learning experiences, Rosie Revere is enlisted by her aunt's team of talented World War II airplane engineers to design a painting contraption that will help them win a mural competition. By the author of Ada Twist, Scientist.
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Trevor Lee and the Big Uh Oh!
by Wiley Blevins
When he learns that all third graders must read in front of everyone at Parents Night, Trevor Lee and his best friend Pinky take action before his secret of not being able to read gets out.
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Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion
by K. Tempest Bradford
When 11-year-old Ruby Finley, who loves studying insects, captures an alien bug that promptly burns a hole through her window and disappears, she and her friends must find this invasive species before the Feds do.
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Mermaids Rock: The Coral Kingdom
by Linda Chapman
In this new chapter book series featuring the mermaids of Mermaids Rock, Marina has just moved to Mermaids Rock and is thrilled to make friends right away. She and her friends soon face a mystery when the coral caves nearby are damaged. But who--or what--could have caused the destruction? Marina is new in Mermaids Rock. She has traveled the world with her scientist dad, and she can't wait to settle down and make friends! She meets some mermaids who love animals and the environment as much as she does. Soon, the group faces their first challenge: The beautiful coral caves nearby have been damaged. Who--or what--could have caused the destruction? And are the creatures dangerous? Join Marina and her mermaid friends in the beautiful coral reef at Mermaids Rock! Whether they're working together to help sea animals in danger or solving a mystery of the deep, the friends at Mermaids Rock will do anything to protect their ocean home and if there is a ripple of adventure they will find it!
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The Doll that Waved Goodbye and Other Scary Tales
by Michael Dahl
Livia wears a small porcelain hand around her neck, all that is left of a doll that once belonged to her grandmother, but on the first night at summer camp the hand comes alive and terrifies an envious cabinmate--and there are plenty of chills in five other stories in this collection.
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Score for Imagination
by Jonathan Eig
Lola, with help from Grampa Ed and neighbor Gabriel, figures out a way to show the boys at school that they should be letting girls play soccer with them at recess.
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Marya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party
by Saadia Faruqi
When she claims she's having the most epic henna party ever to compete with her rich neighbor, third grader Marya is still determined to make turning 8 great with a little help from her family when her plans backfire.
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Two-Headed Chicken
by Tom Angleberger
Chased by a VERY hungry moose, a plucky two-headed chicken, wearing a universe-hopping Astrocap, learns to expect the unexpected as each BZOOP! lands him in another bizarre world, in this hilarious book packed with jokes, quizzes and games.
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Galactic Hot Dogs: Cosmoe's Wiener Getaway
by Max Brallier
Captaining the galaxy's finest flying food truck, Earth-boy Cosmoe teams up with his friend Big Humphree to cook up mega-dogs, escape mutant worm monsters and play Super Moon Ninja Death Jab. By the author of Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?
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Dragons in a Bag
by Zetta Elliott
When Jax helps an old witch named Ma take three baby dragons to a magical world, he breaks the rules of dragon care and throws their quest into chaos.
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Miles Lewis: King of the Ice
by Kelly Starling Lyons
When his friend RJ bets that Miles will wipe out at the ice rink, he is determined to prove him wrong.
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Once Upon a Tim
by Stuart Gibbs
This first book in a hilarious new series follows Tim, a peasant with big dreams of being a knight, as he finally gets the opportunity to change his station in life when he joins the quest to rescue a princess.
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The Unicorn Rescue Society: The Creature of the Pines
by Adam Gidwitz
After encountering a Jersey Devil while on a field trip to the Pine Barrens, Elliot and his new friend Uchenna help their weird teacher Professor Fauna rescue the mythological creature from a pair of greedy billionaire brothers.
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Dog Squad
by Chris Grabenstein
Fred, a scrappy and lovable dog, gets cast as a stand-in for the lead role in Dog Squad, a show about crime-fighting dogs, and he soon finds out the action doesn't always stop on screen.
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The 13-Story Treehouse
by Andy Griffiths
Follows the efforts of Andy and Terry to meet a latest book deadline despite numerous distractions in their sophisticated tree house home, including flying cats, giant bananas, and sea monsters pretending to be mermaids.
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Best Friends-ish
by Carter Higgins
So far second grade is not living up to Audrey Locke's hopes, because she is not really the best at anything, the other girls leave her out, and even her Diego, her best friend from first grade, is hanging out with the other boys; but things may be getting worse, because starting Monday she will not even be the only Audrey in second grade--to Audrey L (as she must now be known) this is looking like a disaster, but just maybe she has more in common with Audrey W than just a name,
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The Kids of Cattywampus Street
by Lisa Jahn-Clough
In this adventure-filled, magical chapter book, perfect for fans of Roald Dahl and Louis Sachar, readers will meet an unforgettable cast of characters, all who live on Callywampus Street, not far from the Waddlebee Toy Store.
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Dangerous Eggs-Pedition!
by Steve Behling
From baby dinosaurs on the loose to the big T. rex causing trouble, Owen, Claire, and the bumbling Asset Containment Unit have their hands full keeping all the dinosaurs and guests at Jurassic World safe.
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A Discovery Disappears
by Pip Murphy
When Agatha accidentally eats a major scientific discovery (hidden in a sandwich!), it's a race against time for twins Agatha and Christie to find out who's trying to ruin physician Sir Alexander Fleming's reputation.
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Violet & Jobie in the Wild
by Lynne Rae Perkins
Mouse siblings Violet and Jobie are relocated to the wilderness, where they are surrounded by all kinds of unfamiliar scents and sounds, in this animal adventure that explores themes of friendship, family, bravery and the meaning of home.
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Heroes Like Us: Two Stories
by Onjali Q. Raúf
Two stories featuring ten-year old Ahmet, the Most Famous Refugee Boy in the World, and his friends, who stood up for Ahmet, and other refugee children like him, in Britain.
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Home Court: S.T.A.T.
by Amar'e Stoudemire
A captain of the New York Knicks and six-time NBA All-Star describes events from his childhood that inspired his athletic career, describing how he used his basketball skills to defend his friends from a group of bullies and overcame difficult obstacles to achieve his professional ambitions.
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Pets Rule: My Kingdom of Darkness
by Susan Tan
This hilarious story for emerging readers follows rescue Chihuahua Ember, who, while assembling an army to take over the neighborhood, finds himself growing attached to his minions, the Chin family.
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Catalina incognito
by Jennifer Torres
When her aunt, a famous telenovela actress, gives her a magical sewing kit, 8-year-old Catalina Castaneda must create the perfect disguise to track down the person responsible for stealing the rhinestones for her aunt's most famous costume.
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The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
by Mac Barnett
Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON! There's only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon's savior and Earth's last hope! And that hero is... a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space! Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail clipping robot, the First Cat in Space journeys across a fantastic lunar landscape in a quest to save the world. Will these unlikely heroes save the moon in time? Can a toenail-clipping robot find its purpose in the vast universe? And will the First Cat in Space ever eat some pizza?
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Housecat Trouble
by Mason Dickerson
Terrified of everything, Buster must learn to be brave when his owner goes away and suddenly finds his home filled with monsters, in this laugh-out-loud first volume of a hijinks-filled graphic novel series.
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The Flamingo
by Guojing
While on a beachy vacation with her Lao Lao, a little girl finds a beautiful flamingo feather in her grandmother's house that turns her visit into something wonderful and magical.
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A Place for Pauline
by Anouk Mahiout
Told in a graphic-novel style, this heartfelt story follows Pauline, the eldest child in a large family, as she finds a secret hideaway where she can read her favorite books, make up stories and imagine being as free as a bird.
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Ways to Make Sunshine
by Renée Watson
The Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan's father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones.
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Leave it to Plum!
by Matt Phelan
A peacock ambassador for the Athensville Zoo, Plum must save the day when a very small marsupial with a big ego tries to escape and take over the zoo.
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Dinosaur Club: The T. rex Attack
by Rex Stone
In this adventure-filled installment of a new series, young readers are transported back to the prehistoric world where they will learn all about dinosaurs.
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I Survived the Wellington Avalanche, 1910
by Lauren Tarshis
Tells the harrowing story of one girl who survived the Wellington snow slide of 1910, the deadliest avalanche in American history, which forever changed railroad-engineering.
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Rover and Speck: This Planet Rocks!
by Jonathan Roth
Polar opposites, Rover, who is organized and careful, and Speck, who is impulsive and excitable, must learn to work together when their only mission becomes escaping from the rock creatures chasing them!
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