Poppy by Avi Reissued to coincide with the publication of its hardcover sequel, Poppy and Rye, an award-winning novel follows a timid dormouse's attempts to win her and her fellows' freedom by toppling a tyrannical owl. Reissue.
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The wild robot
by Peter Brown
Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants
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Kenny & the dragon
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Tony DiTerlizzi
When the townsfolk in Kenneth's sleepy little village catch wind that there's a dragon running loose in the countryside, they call George--a retired knight and dragonslayer--out of retirement, and it is up to Kenneth to protect these two--who happen to be his two best friends.
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Dragon's milk
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Susan Fletcher
Kaeldra, an outsider adopted by an Elythian family when she was young, possesses the power to understand dragons and uses this power to try to save her younger foster sister, who needs dragon's milk to recover from an illness
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The secret of platform 13
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Eva Ibbotson
Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel from their Island to London to rescue their King and Queen's son who had been stolen as an infant
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Prairie lotus
by Linda Sue Park
In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves
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Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenRelates the antics of a rambunctious girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.
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When the sea turned to silver
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Grace Lin
Inspired by Chinese folklore, a companion to the Newbery Honor-winning Where the Mountain Meets the Moon follows the efforts of young Pinmei to rescue her beloved storyteller grandmother from a greedy Emperor who seeks to claim a Luminous Stone of legendary power. Simultaneous eBook. 75,000 first printing.
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Stella Diaz has something to say
by Angela Dominguez
When her class is assigned a project where each student must speak on their favorite subject, Stella Diaz, who sometimes lapses into Spanish and pronounces words wrong, must overcome her fear of public speaking
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A dash of trouble
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Anna Meriano
Sneaking out of school and into the family bakery where she has been told she is too young to help prepare for the annual Dia de los Muertos festival, Leonora discovers that her female relatives come from a long line of brujas, Mexican witches, who pour a bit of sweet magic into everything they prepare. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Borrowers
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Mary Norton
Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock
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Twelve kinds of ice
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Ellen Bryan Obed
Illustrated with intricately detailed black-and-white scratch drawings by the award-winning creator of Dahlia, a nostalgic sequence of 20 vignettes depicts various kinds of ice found in a wintry landscape, including a fragile skim on a sheep pail, ice that forms like panes of glass and the surface of a skating pond. 10,000 first printing.
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Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh
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Robert C. O'Brien
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived
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Nim's Island
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Wendy Orr
When her father leaves her alone on their island, Nim, who is schooled in the ways of jungle life, is delighted to be on her own with her friends, a sea lion and an amusing iguana, but when she loses contact with her father, she will need courage and her friends to save the day. Reprint.
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Two Naomis by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich When their parents begin dating seriously, two girls--one black, the other white--who share nothing in common except a first name, try to find ways to get along after being asked to spend time together.
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The cricket in Times Square
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George Selden
When Chester, a very musical cricket, visits New York, he brings business to Mario's newsstand
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Dara Palmer's major drama
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Emma Shevah
Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight
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The mysterious Benedict Society
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Trenton Lee Stewart
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules
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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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Clayton Byrd goes underground
by Rita Williams-Garcia
Feeling most alive when he's playing the blues with his grandfather, Clayton is devastated when his grandfather dies and his mother forbids him from playing music, losses that compel him to run away and join bluesmen on the road
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