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New & Coming Soon Books for Elementary SchoolersAugust 2018
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Click on the title to check availability. Log-in to our online catalog to place holds. To place holds by phone, please call us at 708-366-5205. During open hours, you can also chat with us at www.riverforestlibrary.org. It's easy!
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The 91-story Treehouse
by Andy Griffiths
Andy and Terry live in a 91-story treehouse. (It used to be a 78-story treehouse, but they keep getting ideas for new stories!) It has a submarine sandwich shop that serves sandwiches the size of actual submarines, an air-traffic control tower, a human pinball machine, a spin-and-win prize wheel, a giant spider webwith a giant spider! and a big red button, which theyre not sure whether to push or not because they cant remember what it does. Good thing theres so many fun things to do in the treehouse, because Andy and Terry get stuck babysitting Mr. Big Noses three grandchildren for the day. After all, how much trouble could they possibly get into in just one day?
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The Shadow Hand
by Kat Shepherd
When babysitter Rebecca discovers that a sinister ruler of darkness has replaced the baby with a changeling, she and her friends must save him by surviving a chilling journey through the Nightmare Realm.
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The Basque Dragon
by Adam Gidwitz
Elliot and Uchenna join Professor Fauna on another adventure--a trip to the Basque country where they have to save a herensuge from the billionaire Schmoke Brothers
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Curse of the Werewolf Boy by Chris PriestleyMaudlin Towers School students Mildew and Sponge investigate the missing School Spoon and the appearance of two possible ghosts, one a Viking.
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Freddie Mole - Lion Tamer
by Alexander McCall Smith
When Freddie gets a job at the circus to help his family financially, he is surprised--and frightened--to learn he will be the understudy for some of the acts.
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A Hint of Hydra
by Heidi Lang
Thirteen-year-old chef Lailu must uncover the truth behind a murder before the elves and the scientists of Twin Rivers declare war on each other.
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Jasmine Toguchi, Flamingo Keeper
by Debbi Michiko Florence
Jasmine makes a wish for a pet flamingo on the special daruma doll her grandmother sent from Japan, then sets out to prove herself responsible enough for a pet.
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Just Under the Clouds
by Melissa Sarno
Since her father's death, Cora, twelve, longs for a permanent home for herself, her special-needs sister, and their mother while navigating middle school and studying trees using her father's field notes.
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The Language of Spells
by Garret Weyr
Grisha the dragon is born in the Black Forest in 1803, the last year any dragon was born, and while young he was trapped by the emperor's sorcerer, and turned into a teapot, which was frustrating but kept him alive while magic and other dragons were disappearing--until one day he meets Maggie, a poet's daughter, and the two of them set out to discover what happened to all the other dragons.
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Wings of Fire
by Tui Sutherland
For centuries there have been rumors of another continent on the dragons' planet -- another land far across the ocean, populated by tribes of dragons very different from those we know. But there's never been any evidence, and most dragons dismissed the rumors as fairy tales. Until now. Because it turns out the stories are true. And the other tribes are coming.
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Miss Communication
by Jennifer L. Holm
Watch out, middle school! In her second foray out of graphic novels and into middle grade, Babymouse has a smartphone, and she's not afraid to use it. . . . Ping! Ping! The sound of texting is in the air. Everyone at middle school has a cell phone. Babymouse just has to get one, too. But having a phone is a lot of work!
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Power Forward
by Hena Khan
Fourth-grader Zayd yearns to play basketball on the Gold Team, but when he skips orchestra rehearsal to practice, his parents forbid anything basketball-related, and tryouts are coming soon.
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Scream and Scream Again! : A Horror-mystery Anthology
by R. L. Stine
A harrowing array of scary stories that all have one thing in common: each either begins or ends with a scream! R.L. Stine — the godfather of Goosebumps — and some of the most popular authors today bring an unrivaled mastery of all things fearsome, frightening, and fantabulous to this terrifying anthology of all-new scary short stories.
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Snared : Escape to the Above
by Adam Jay Epstein
Enduring boring days spent inventing traps to keep plunderers at bay, trapsmith Wily Snare is kidnapped by the first thieves to outwit his innovations and is recruited into their band to help loot treasure as part of a rebellion against the Infernal King.Book Annotation
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A Stitch in Time
by Daphne Kalmar
In 1927 Vermont, eleven-year-old Donut, recently orphaned after the death of her beloved pops, stands to lose everything when she learns her Aunt Agnes plans to move her to Boston, but little does her aunt know that Donut has no intentions of leaving herfriends or her home.
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Vacation
by Blexbolex
Time moves slowly on vacation. And for someone who has spent a long time entertaining themselves and has had the garden, the kitchen, forest paths, the lake, and even Grandpa all to herself, it can be hard to invite another in on the fun. So when a young girl's grandfather brings an elephant home to stay, she is not pleased at all. Nostalgic and often dreamlike, this wordless story is about interrupted solitude, learning to be together with another, and how the choices we make deeply affect our lives.
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A Tale of Two Sloths
by Graham Annable
Peter and Ernesto are sloths. Peter and Ernesto are friends. Peter and Ernesto are nothing alike. Peter loves their tree and never wants to leave, while Ernesto loves the sky and wants to see it from every place on earth. So Ernesto leaves to have a grand adventure, and Peter stays behind and frets. Will their separation tear these friends apart...or can it bring them closer together?
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The Dam Keeper 2 : World Without Darkness
by Robert Kondo
Beyond the dam lies certain death--this is something every citizen of Sunrise Valley knows well. Yet, when a poisonous black tidal wave carries Pig, Fox, and Hippo over the dam and into the wastelands, they don't find death. Instead they find bustling cities, each with their own dams. Pig can't help but wonder, who is the mysterious dam keeper behind it all?
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Georgia O'keeffe
by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Presents information about Georgia O'Keeffe, from her childhood in Wisconsin where she developed her fascination with nature to her exhibits around the world.
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Game Changers : The Story of Venus and Serena Williams
by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Shares the story of the sisters and tennis stars, including their special relationship as sisters and best friends, their constant training as children, and their incredible success in professional tennis.
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