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City of gold
by Will Hobbs
Witnessing the theft of their mules by Butch Cassidy’s wild gang, a Colorado farm youth teams up with unlikely helpers on a trek over the mountains that is aided by a notorious marshal. By the award-wining author of Crossing the Wire.
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Spindlefish and stars
by Christiane M. Andrews
Journeying across the sea to reunite with her erstwhile thief father, Clothilde arrives on a sunless fishing island where she is made to do endless chores involving the region’s extraordinary fish and terrible secrets. A first novel.
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The turnover
by Mike Lupica
Thrilled when his legendary coach grandfather comes out of retirement for Lucas’ basketball season, Lucas chooses his grandfather as a role model for a biography assignment only to discover other truths about his grandfather’s nature. By the best-selling author of the Home Team series.
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Lois Lane and the friendship challenge
by Grace Ellis
Lois Lane and her friend Kristen want to promote their friendship video channel at the big neighborhood barbecue and bike race but when the fireworks go missing and a new girl takes up all of Kristen's attention, Lois tries to face her challenges and still celebrate the summer
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Ghost Hunter's Daughter
by Dan Poblocki
Informed by a psychic classmate that her ghost-hunter father has been abducted, a girl who does not believe in ghosts and her new friend journey to the town of Hush Falls, where legend claims that disappearances are tied to a mysterious man in a tattered coat.
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We the People
by Aura Lewis
A modern and accessible guide to the document that helped define American democracy shares plain-language explanations of such topics as the history behind the original Constitution’s establishment, its evolving nature and the role it plays in everyday life.
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Student Ambassador : The Missing Dragon
by Ryan Estrada
When a whip-smart student ambassador is sent on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to a far away land, he and a newly crowned boy king are thrust into a globe-trotting action-adventure mystery set in the real world where dangers mount and smarts save the day!
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Race for the Dragon Heartstone
by K. D. Halbrook
A sequel to Silver Batal and the Water Dragon Races finds Silver Batal and her new friends navigating dangerously icy environments while searching for a mythical dragon heartstone to heal her beloved water dragon, Hiyyan, who has been injured by a deadly enemy.
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The Amelia Six : an Amelia Earhart mystery
by Kristin L. Gray
Accepting the opportunity of a lifetime when she is invited to a sleepover at the preserved childhood home of Amelia Earhart, a pilot’s daughter meets five other girls before finding herself on a race to recover a pair of the famed aviatrix’s historical goggles.
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The great Chicago fire : rising from the ashes
by Kate Hannigan
The creators of Science Comics present a graphic-novel introduction to the events surrounding the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, describing how dry prairie winds ignited a blaze that engulfed Chicago for two days, trapping two siblings and their pup in a race to escape and reunite with their family.
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