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Fever Crumb
by Philip Reeve
Raised by a member of the Order of Engineers, apprentice Fever is dispatched to assist archaeologist Kit Solvent with a top-secret project that causes Fever to recall bizarre memories that raise questions about her origins.
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Scritch Scratch
by Lindsay Currie
Haunted after helping her father on his ghost-themed Chicago bus tour, twelve-year-old Claire must discover what the spectral boy from the bus wants before it is too late.
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Glitch
by Laura Martin
Fitz and Elliot Mason have been enemies since they started training to become Glitchers--people who travel through time to preserve important historical events. Everything changes when they find a letter from Regan's future self, warning them about an impending disaster that threatens them and everyone they know. Will they be able to set aside their past in order to save the future?
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The Artifact Hunters
by Janet S. Fox
Sent from Prague to Scotland by his parents during World War II, Isaac Wolf follows clues from his eternity-knot pendant to find safety at Rookskill Castle, where magically gifted children are being trained by the Special Alternative Intelligence Unit of MI6 to support the Allied cause.
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Anya and the Dragon
by Sofiya Pasternack
Agreeing to hunt down a dangerous dragon to save her Jewish family’s livelihood from a bigoted magistrate, headstrong 11-year-old Anya confronts a difficult choice when she discovers that the dragon does not pose an actual threat.
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The Inquisitor's Apprentice
by Chris Moriarty
Apprenticed to the early 20th-century New York Police Department's star Inquisitor when it is discovered that he can see witches, Jewish youth Sacha Kessler teams up with spoiled fellow apprentice Lily Astral to foil a murder plot against Thomas Edison.
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Nation
by Terry Pratchett
After a tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and the things that matter to them.
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Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic
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Armand Baltazar
A 13-year-old boy discovers he has a secret destiny in a world where a space-time cataclysm has torn apart time and space, reshaping the Earth into a place where people from all historical eras and cultures coexist.
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Disney Lands by Ridley Pearson Wanting to celebrate the defeat of the Overtakers, the five Kingdom Keepers are mystified by their mentor's final puzzle, which reveals a threat by an evil force far greater than any they have yet encountered.
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The Time of the Fireflies
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Kimberley Griffiths Little
After receiving an eerie call on a disconnected old phone at her family's antique shop, Larissa follows a series of clues to the muddy riverbank, where fireflies take her on a magical journey through her family's troubled history.
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The Wells Bequest
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Polly Shulman
When a miniature time machine manned by tiny versions of himself and a beautiful girl appears in his bedroom, Leo travels to a fantastical library filled with magical objects from classic science fiction novels before a power-hungry adversary compels a time journey to 1895 to prevent a disaster.
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Time Snatchers
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Richard Ungar
Thirteen-year-old orphan Caleb is a "time snatcher" who travels through history stealing valuable artifacts from the past for the high-paying clients of his ruthless guardian.
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The Time-Traveling Fashionista
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Bianca Turetsky
Twelve-year-old Louise Lambert accepts an invitation to a private sale of vintage clothing, but upon donning an evening gown, she finds herself in 1912 aboard the Titanic as the gown's original owner, silent film star Alice Baxter.
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The Project
by Brian Falkner
Volunteering at the local library during a quick-rising flood, best friends Luke and Tommy discover a long-lost book that is being sought by a secret Nazi society that would use the information it contains to change the outcome of World War II.
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The Shadow Cipher
by Laura Ruby
This debut entry in the York series follows three kids who try to solve a modern-world puzzle and complete a treasure hunt laid into the streets and buildings of New York City.
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The Jekyll Island Chronicles, Volume 1: A Machine Age War by Steve NedvidekAt the beginning of the 1900s, 1/6th of the world's wealth vacationed in and around the tiny Georgia island of Jekyll. Captains of Industry like Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Morgan, and Carnegie all called the Jekyll area home. Using this place of grandeur and elegance as a backdrop, an alternate history is explored between the World Wars. Part historical fact, part clockwork, and part diesel punk, this series spans an age of furious advancement in machine technology while exploring the span of man's soul--whether evil or good. This title can be found in the Teen Graphic Novel section of the library.
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The League of Seven
by Alan Gratz
When an alternate 1875 steam-driven America rediscovers electricity--the Mangleborn monsters' lifeblood, and the society to protect humans from the Mangleborn is compromised, Archie must assemble a team of heroes to save the world.
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Fallout
by Todd Strasser
When an unthinkable nuclear attack occurs in an alternate-reality 1962, Scott is forced into his father's bomb shelter with his family and neighbors, where they rapidly consume limited supplies and fear the worst about the fate of the world outside.
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Time Riders
by Alex Scarrow
Rescued from imminent death, teens Maddy, Liam, and Sal join forces in 2001 Manhattan to correct changes in history made by other time travelers, using a "time bubble" surrounding the attack on the Twin Towers to hide their journeys.
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Thirteenth Child
by Patricia C. Wrede
Moving to the Frontier where her father will pursue his career as a professor of magic, Eff, her twin, Lan, and their family have moved close to the magical divide where settlers and beasts exist in close proximity, in a fantastical tale of a magical wild west.
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