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Aru Shah and the end of time
by Roshani Chokshi
Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon.
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Aru Shah and the end of time : the graphic novel
by Joe Caramagna
Trapped by her own lies, 12-year-old Aru Shah unwittingly unleashes an ancient demon whose duty it is to awaken the God of Destruction and must stop him before her beloved mother and classmates are frozen in time forever.
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Gather
by Kenneth M. Cadow
"Ian Gray isn't supposed to have a dog, but a lot of things that shouldn't happen end up happening anyway. And Gather, Ian's adopted pup, is good company now that Ian has to quit the basketball team, find a job, and take care of his mom as she tries to overcome her opioid addiction. Despite the obstacles thrown their way, Ian is determined to keep his family afloat no matter what it takes. And for a little while, things are looking up: Ian makes friends, and his fondness for the outdoors and for fixing things lands him work helping neighbors. But an unforeseen tragedy results in Ian and his dog taking off on the run, trying to evade a future that would mean leaving their house and their land. Even if the community comes together to help him, would Ian and Gather have a home to return to? Told in a wry, cautious first-person voice that meanders like a dog circling to be sure it's safe to lie down, Kenneth M. Cadow's resonant debut brings an emotional and ultimately hopeful story of one teen's resilience in the face of unthinkable hardships"
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Impossible creatures
by Katherine Rundell
When Mal barges into his life, along with a baby griffin, demanding his help, Christopher embarks on an adventure of a lifetime with this fierce girl to save the Archipelago, a hidden world where magical creatures have thrived for thousands of years.
AVAILABLE IN THE U.S. ON SEPTEMBER 10
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The good thieves
by Katherine Rundell
In 1920s New York City, a young girl with a deformed foot recruits her new friends, a female pickpocket and two circus performers, to help recover an emerald from her grandfather's mansion in upstate New York after he loses his home to an unscrupulous tycoon.
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The explorer
by Katherine Rundell
When their plane crashes in the Amazon on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four kids work together to survive before discovering a map that leads them to a ruined city and an astonishing secret. By the award-winning author of Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms.
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The wolf wilder
by Katherine Rundell
In the days before the Russian Revolution, twelve-year-old Feodora sets out to rescue her mother when the Tsar's Imperial Army imprisons her for teaching tamed wolves to fend for themselves.
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Rooftoppers
by Katherine Rundell
Clinging to hope that her mother also survived an English Channel shipwreck, Sophie flees the threat of life in an orphanage and hides from authorities in France, where she is accepted into a network of rooftop-dwelling urchins who help her search for answers.
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Cartwheeling in thunderstorms
by Katherine Rundell
Wilhelmina Silver lives half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey and her best friend, but when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult—lions and hyenas are nothing compared to the packs of vicious schoolgirls she encounters.
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Everything sad is untrue : (a true story)
by Daniel Nayeri
At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Daniel") stands, trying to tell a story. His story. But no one believes a word he says. But Khosrou's stories are beautiful, and terrifying, from the moment his family fled Iran in the middle of the night with the secret police moments behind them, back to the refugee camps of Italy, and further back to Isfahan.
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The annotated Arabian nights : tales from 1001 nights
by Paulo Lemos Horta
A groundbreaking translation-along with new commentary and hundreds of images-enhances this celebratory publication of the most famous story collection of all time. This long-anticipated publication of The Annotated Arabian Nights is a strikingly modern translation-the first of Shahrazad's tales into English by a woman-as well as erudite notes that will illuminate the stories for both dedicated readers and newcomers. Yasmine Seale's translations from both Arabic and French capture the musicality and rhythm of the Nights' poetry and prose, while Paulo Lemos Horta's annotations wrestle with the extraordinarily complex origins and history of the stories, showing that, far from being inventions of French antiquarians or English explorers, they have clear antecedents in Arabic folklore and tradition. This stunningly illustrated edition selects core stories as well as treasured later additions such as "Aladdin" and "Ali Baba" to offer an unparalleled account of a cornerstone of world literature that can be treasured by children, students, and literature-lovers alike. Dip into this extensive collection for as much or little as you like.
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The many assassinations of Samir, the seller of dreams
by Daniel Nayeri
A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri This is the tale of an exciting journey along the Silk Road with a young boy in Monk's robes ("Monkey") and his newfound guardian, Samir, a larger than life character and the so-called "Seller of Dreams". The man is a scammer; his biggest skill being the ability to talk his way into getting what he wants. While that talking did save Monkey's life, it has left a lot of people furious with Samir- furious enough to hire assassins. Monkey decides to try and save Samir from the attempts on his life-as a way to pay off his debt! If he can save Samir six times, he'll be a free man ... but will they all survive that long? For fans of The Little Prince and Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories.
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