March 2019 list by K. Pearson
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Banana Pants!
by Emma Wunsch
Fed-up with standardized testing, Miranda and Maude's teacher decides to put on a school play, inspiring the girls to fight for other positive changes--and leading to their first fight.
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Bone Hollow
by Kim Ventrella
Gabe was on top of his guardian's roof, trying to rescue her prize chicken and worrying about his dog, Ollie, when the tornado struck, and after that he was dead, though it takes some time for him to realize it; but somehow he is still tied to this worldand generally only those who are close to death can actually see him (although there is a bit of a panic when he shows up at his own funeral)--and in that he discovers his new mission in "life:" helping others before they cross over into the light.
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The Fastest Finish
by Catherine Hapka
Teams of young ninjas prepare for the final round of the first-ever Junior Ninja competition in Hollywood, where finalists Izzy and JJ become the stars of a hit show before they are challenged by a wildcard episode involving an elite new competitor.
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Game of Stars
by Sayantani DasGupta
A sequel to The Serpent's Secret finds Kiranmala returning to her homeland to discover a fraying society under the tyrannical rule of an awful game show that puts both friends and enemies in danger.
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Gogi's Gambit
by Eliot Schrefer
Compelled to act by his discovery of a decimated rainforest, Gogi the fire-wielding monkey reunites with his shadowwalker friends on a quest for a powerful object that will help them stop the destructive ant Queen.
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How I Became a Spy: A Mystery of WWII London
by Deborah Hopkinson
An unlikely young spy in World War II London forges a detective team with a strong-willed American girl, his Jewish refugee friend and his trusty pup to decipher a notebook containing clues about a young woman's disappearance.
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It's Alive! It's Alive!
by R. L. Stine
Wanting to impress her robotics engineer mother, Livvy and her robotics team partner, Jayden, build a robot using a borrowed artificial intelligence module that gives their creation deadly sentient brain power.
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Jasmine's Quest for the Stardust Sapphire
by Kathy McCullough
Since defeating Jafar, Jasmine and Aladdin have been peacefully learning how to rule a kingdom. But everything's about to change when a powerful curse threatens the land. Thankfully, the Genie is around to help!
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The Last Life of Prince Alastor
by Alexandra Bracken
Forced to agree to eternal servitude in exchange for safe passage through the demon realm, Prosper Redding arrives in Prince Alastor's home only to find it occupied by malevolent fiends and a mysterious force that would consume the entire realm.
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Lion Down
by Stuart Gibbs
When a lion is falsely accused of killing an inflammatory radio host's famous dog, FunJungle resident sleuth Teddy Fitzroy and Summer help a renegade animal activist prove the great cat's innocence to prevent it from being hunted.
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The Lost Girl
by Anne Ursu
Separated for the first time since birth when they are put into different fifth-grade classes, identical twins Iris and Lark struggle with insecurities over their individual identities at the same time things begin to go missing in their city.
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Minor Incidents and Absolute Uncertainties
by Booki Vivat
A conclusion to the best-selling series finds Abbie Wu gearing up for a week-long school camping trip in the woods that is complicated by weird counselors, a Golden Pig and Abbie's fears that she does not quite fit in.
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Miraculous Miranda
by Siobhán Parkinson
Miranda has a Big Imagination, and always wins Word of the Day at school. When her sister Gemma is taken into hospital, Miranda escapes into her own fantasy land, Magnanimous. With giraffe police, ham sandwich trees and a Crystal-Clear Glass Hospital for Getting-Better Children, Magnanimous grows and grows. As her sister gets worse, things Miranda writes seem to trigger small miracles she has been asking for: her gran stops smoking, horrible Darren Hoey is nice to her ... Can Miranda write a miracle for her sister?
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Ready for Action
by Brian Lynch
Happily embarking on his studies at Toy Academy, Grumbolt is horrified to discover that he is being trained to be a sidekick to the school's worst bully, a situation that is complicated by a villainous toy's crime spree. By the screenwriter of Minions.
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Secret in the Stone
by Kamilla Benko
While Claire pursues unexpectedly difficult Gemmer magic training in the hope of saving the unicorns, Sophie uncovers a dangerous threat that forces them to prove Claire's identity as the prophesized Arden heir.
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Shazam!: The Junior Novel
by Calliope Glass
By shouting just one word—SHAZAM!—Billy Batson, the street-wise fourteen-year-old foster kid from Philadelphia, can magically transform into the adult super hero Shazam, courtesy of an ancient wizard. Will Billy and his new foster brother, Freddy, learn to harness Billy’s newfound superpowers like flight and bullet immunity in time to fight the dangerous forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana?
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Space Cat-astrophe: My Fangtastically Evil Vampire Pet
by Mo O'Hara
Aspiring evil scientist The Great and Powerful Mark and his vampire kitten blast off to Evil Scientist Space Camp, where the totally epic evil astronaut Neil Strongarm is recruiting apprentices for a nefarious space mission.
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A Sprinkle of Spirits
by Anna Meriano
A follow-up to A Dash of Trouble finds Leonora pursuing her magic training while wondering why her family of magical Mexican-American bakers enforce strict spell limits and act suspiciously towards her best friend and trainer, Caroline.
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Spy Toys: Out of Control!
by Mark Powers
When a secret code that controls all toy behavior is stolen by someone who organizes toy revolts against kids, Spy Toys Dan the cuddly bear, Arabella the sunshine doll and Flax the police robot rabbit go undercover to chase down an enigmatic prime suspect.
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Starswirl Do-Over
by Whitney Ralls
An interactive pick-your-path Equestria Girls story invites fans to help Sunset Shimmer when she is stuck in a time loop and forced to keep reliving the day of the Starswirl Music Festival.
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Stick Dog Gets the Tacos
by Tom Watson
Having chased a pizza, crashed a wedding and gone trick-or-treating, Stick Dog and his mischievous puppy pals return for more hijinks when they realize they cannot wait to get their paws on a delicious batch of tacos.
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Thea Stilton and the Treasure Seekers
by Thea Stilton
Discovering an old explorer's journal that imparts the legend of seven mysterious treasures, the Thea Sisters embark on a search for the first treasure, a mythical Ivory Garden.
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Yay for Vaycay!
by Flora Ahn
When their human departs for a no-dogs-allowed vacation, Sunny and Rosy head to Grandma and Grandpa's home for unlimited snuggles and all the pug snacks they can eat before they are wrongly blamed for a mystery animal's mischief in Grandma's garden.
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