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100 Cupboards
by N. D. Wilson
Henry isn’t brave, but when he hears an odd thumping and scratching on the other side of his bedroom wall, he simply can’t ignore it. He scrapes off the wallpaper and peels back the plaster and discovers 100 mysterious mini doors—cupboards, really—of all different shapes and sizes. Through one he sees a glowing room and a man strolling back and forth. Through another he sees only darkness and feels the cold sense that something isn’t right. When his cousin Henrietta boldly travels into the worlds beyond the cupboards, it’s up to Henry to follow her to help her get back home. But now that he’s opened the doors, can he keep the evil inside from coming through?
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Fart Boy and Reeky Dog: Dino Doom!
by Joan Holub
When massive farts bring the dinosaur exhibits to life at the museum sleepover, Fart Boy and his friends must stop Professor Gravypants from carrying out his evil plans.
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Garfield Half-Baked: His 79th Book
by Jim Davis
When Garfield starts cooking up half-baked plans instead of lasagna, the results are predictably hilarious! Whether he's devising elaborate ways to avoid Monday, inventing new excuses to skip exercise, or not exactly considering the consequences when he impulsively climbs trees to chase birds, jumps on the table to steal food, or attacks the mailman through the mail slot, Garfield's antics prove that when he puts his mind to something, it's guaranteed to be half-baked.
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Investigators: Weather or Not
by John Patrick Green
Mango and Brash are back in the ninth volume of the mega-smash-hit InvestiGators series. The InvestiGators' latest case is a dairy disaster The city's water supply has been replaced with milk and the newest feline agents, the InvestiGators, don't seem to be complaining. What's with the simian scientists and why is the rain green? All will be revealed.
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Journey to Tomioka
by Laurent Galandon
Siblings risk everything to return their grandmother's ashes to her home inside the Fukushima Exclusion Zone. Osamu hasn't been the same since that day. When the tsunami hit Fukushima prefecture, it killed his parents, destroyed his home, and triggered one of the world's worst nuclear disasters. Now, all Osamu has left is his grandmother, B-chan, and his big sister, Akiko. As he withdraws into his own world, he befriends friends ykai--spirits only he can see. Then, tragedy strikes again, and B-chan dies. Osamu and Akiko are determined to return her ashes to their family farm in Tomioka, a town within Fukushima's forbidden zone. There, the siblings will face dangerous radiation and ykai, both friendly and deadly--but they're willing to risk it all to make it home.
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Katie the Catsitter Vol. 5: Villain Con
by Colleen Af Venable
Sometimes the line between villain and hero can be hard to see. Middle school is a roller coaster and lately Katie doesn't know which way is up or down, who's a hero...and who's a villain. Even the people she cares about most keep surprising her. Are Katie's best friends leaving her behind? Katie just wants things to stay the same--but is she holding her friends...and herself back? Maybe it's time for a change. Afterall, Madeline is running for mayor to try to change things in the city. Maybe Katie's changing too. And maybe some of the things she thought she knew about villains--and about heroes--were wrong.
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Titanic
by Mary Pope Osborne
Learn about the Titanic with Jack and Annie from the Magic Tree House as they track the facts about what happened the night the ship sank. When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #17: Tonight on the Titanic, they had lots of questions about that fateful night: What was life like on the Titanic? What caused the ship to sink? Why weren't there enough lifeboats for all the passengers? What happened after the Titanic sank? Filled with up-to-date information and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Tracker Graphic Novels are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures!
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Midsummer Sisters
by Niki Smith
Two sisters who find themselves watching over a wild foal during a summer of change. A stunning story about the power of sisterhood. Kenzie and Quinn aren't just stepsisters -- they're best friends. They're spending the summer with their grandmother, kayaking in the marshy coastal islands she calls home. The Outer Banks are also home to a herd of wild ponies, and the girls fall in love with a fragile newborn foal that they name Starling. But even blue skies and sandy beaches can't distract from what's going on back home.
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Minecraft Vol. 6
by Kazuyoshi Seto
Peaceful life in a perfectly constructed town bores ten-year-old Nico into mischief. Riding creepers while they explode is fun and all, but what he really wants is to escape the blocky confines of his home and take his crafting skills on an adventure to the end of the world. Just how big is the world, anyway, and what could possibly stand in his way? Nico has traveled all over the world of Minecraft After leaving his humble village, he's made it all the way to the depths of the Nether. Along the way, he's met chicken jockeys, architects, adventurers, mobs, villains, and thieves, and created all types of crafts.
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Minecraft: Open World--The Ender Trials
by Abe Taraky
Best buddies Sarah and Hector have been playing Minecraft together for a long, long time. But after countless adventures, they come to realize that there's only so much two players can accomplish. So, Sarah and Hector decide to join forces with the new kids on the server: Ziah and Olivia. The four are fast friends. And then they get a server-wide message: a mysterious Quest Master offers an enchanted Elytra, which grants the power of flight, to the first players who can gather four legendary relics. It's an epic prize, but a gauntlet of challenges and an army of mobs stands between the kids and victory.
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The Pancake Trap
by Stephanie Young
Maple and Margaret Sanford might be sisters, but they couldn’t be more different. Ten-year-old Maple is a pancake-obsessed griddle cook determined to save their grandma’s failing restaurant, Dot’s Diner. Margaret is a college-bound beauty queen who can’t wait for their mom to sell the run-down restaurant. On the last day before Dot’s Diner will be sold to the town’s multimillionaire mogul, the girls are thrown into a dangerous food-themed treasure hunt, looking for gold left by runaway outlaw Crispy Cruller.
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Pokémon: Scarlet & Violet Vol. 5
by Hidenori Kusaka
Violet Lang calls himself the Prince of Speed and races across the Paldea region in search of the Herba Mystica that will give his Pokémon the ultimate speed. Scarlet Koito is a Treasure Hunter in search of the Treasures of Ruin. Together they are Scarlet and Violet, and ready to take on new adventures and challenges! When Scarlet steals Violet’s prized Pokémon Miraidon, Violet must first deal with Team Star’s Fire Crew, the Schedar Squad!
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The Princess Diaries
by Meg Cabot
Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there's nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine frizzy-haired freshman, who also happens to be flunking algebra. Is she ever in for a surprise. First, her mom announces that she's dating Mia's algebra teacher. But her dad's announcement is even worse: he is the crown prince of Genovia, and guess what that makes Mia? A frizzy-haired freshman who is flunking algebra, and also happens to be a PRINCESS.
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Rainbow Magic Rainbow Fairies #1: Ruby the Red Fairy
by Daisy Meadows
One day, new friends Kirsty and Rachel discover a magical surprise when they find a fairy at the end of a rainbow Ruby the Red Fairy takes them to Fairyland, but the beautiful kingdom is in trouble. Can Kirsty and Rachel help Ruby save her six fairy sisters so they can bring color back to Fairyland?
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Sol Goes for Goal!
by Julio Anta
Welcome back to Hillside Valley-this time it's Game On for Sol! Twelve-year-old Sol is a great friend, a model student, a beloved daughter and a star soccer player. At least that's what everyone always expects of her. But when the soccer team captain Lily walks by, Sol starts to lose focus. What's with this heart fluttering feeling she has around Lily?! And how can she stay the star player--the star everything--that people see her as if she can barely remember her name (much less how to play soccer) around Lily?
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Sonic the Hedgehog: On the Go Vol. 3
by Ian Flynn
The world has fallen to the Metal Virus, a manufactured plague that transforms all it infects into mechanized Zombots under Dr. Eggman's command. Even Sonic the Hedgehog has been infected, though his speed has allowed him to keep the virus at bay. Now, with the population more infected than not and the virus constantly spreading, Sonic and his friends in the Restoration launch a desperate plan.
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Through the Black Gate
by Alfredo Cáceres
An orphaned girl and a music-loving boy venture into the land of the dead with the hope of seeing their loved ones again. Thirteen-year-old orphan Irene believes her father's soul is trapped inside her cat, Moses. Living at her caregiver Ruth's hostel, Irene spends every waking hour studying a mystical book that her parents left behind in the fire that took their lives. Irene thinks the book can help her see them again, if only Moses will give her a clue. Then, just as a strange fog sweeps over their quiet Chilean town, a mysterious young musician named Francis moves into the hostel.
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Warriors: The New Prophecy, Part One of Three
by Erin Hunter
The wild cats of the forest have lived in peace for many moons—but when Brambleclaw, a warrior of ThunderClan, receives an ominous prophecy from StarClan that speaks of a mysterious danger, he must rally the fiercest warriors from all the Clans to seek answers in the mountains. But the journey is long and hard, and tensions rise back in the forest as Firestar and Leafpaw watch ThunderClan’s world crumbling around them. As the questing cats struggle to uncover the meaning of the prophecy, turmoil threatens to overtake the Clans.
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