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Second Grade Favorites
Inspector Flytrap
by Tom Angleberger

The creator of the Origami Yoda series and his wife, the creator of the Newbery Honor-winning El Deafo, present a debut entry in a series starring a disabled mystery-solving Venus flytrap, who investigates a mysterious glob on a recently discovered da Vinci painting. Simultaneous.
Anna Hibiscus
by Atinuke

Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. She lives with her whole family in a wonderful house. There is always somebody to laugh or play with. She loves to splash in the sea with her cousins and have parties with her aunties. But more than anything else in the world, Anna Hibiscus would love to see snow.
Blast off!
by Nate Ball

Complemented by fun scientific facts and instructions for a do-it-yourself rocket-launching experiment, a whimsical story by the host of the Emmy Award-winning Design Squad finds young Zack McGee protecting a four-inch-tall alien. Simultaneous.
The haunted library
by Dori Hillestad Butler

When his haunt is torn down and he is separated from his ghost family, Kaz befriends human Claire, who has the ability to see ghosts, and helps her investigate a haunting at the local library. By the Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery-winning author of The Buddy Files. Simultaneous and eBook.
Astrid and Apollo and the starry campout
by V. T. Bidania

Astrid is anxious about her family's camping trip because she is afraid of the dark (and bears), but her twin Apollo is looking forward to the experience; and Astrid is doing okay, despite the bugs and the dark, until she hears the scratching outside thefamily's tent--but Astrid is determined not to let her father face the threat alone
Gloria's way
by Ann Cameron

Gloria shares special times with her mother and father and with her friends Julian, Huey, and Latisha, in a continuing tale by the author of The Stories Julian Tells. Reprint.
The ember stone
by Katrina Charman

When a powerful vulture uses dark magic and an army of spies to attack the magical land of Perodia, a tiny owl, his squirrel best friend and a lone surviving firehawk become their home's unlikely defenders. By the award-winning author of The Ninjabread Man. Simultaneous and eBook.
Rise of the balloon goons
by Troy Cummings

Discovering an old notebook after moving to a new hometown, Alexander reads top-secret information about monsters while tackling a wacky band of arm-waving, balloon-wielding brutes. Simultaneous.
Leroy Ninker saddles up
by Kate DiCamillo

Forging an instant bond with spaghetti-loving horse Maybelline, horseless cowboy Leroy Ninker inadvertently risks eternal loneliness when he forgets a vital third rule about Maybelline's care.
Mercy Watson to the rescue
by Kate DiCamillo

After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor
Meet Yasmin!
by Saadia Faruqi

In this compilation of four separately published books, Pakistani American second grader Yasmin learns to cope with the small problems of school and home, while gaining confidence in her own skills and creative abilities
Freddie Ramos takes off
by Jacqueline Jules

Freddie finds a mysterious package outside his apartment containing sneakers that allow him to run faster than a train, and inspire him to perform heroic deeds
The haunted house next door
by Andres Miedoso

When supernatural things start happening in the house timid Andres and his parents just moved into, next-door-neighbor Desmond Cole, eight, comes to the rescue
Stealing the sword!
by Wendy Mass

At the flea market nine-and-a-half-year-old Chase and his younger sister Ava acquire an old suitcase filled with rows of carefully packed strange objects, and when they handle one of the objects (a dragon-headed doorknob) they find themselves in King Arthur's castle, on a mission to save the King--and pursued by a strange man whom they first saw at the flea market, who is after their suitcase
Mindy Kim and the yummy seaweed business
by Lyla Lee

Mindy Kim wants to fit in at her new school, but her favorite lunch leads to scorn, then a thriving business, and finally big trouble
Stink : the incredible shrinking kid
by Megan McDonald

The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
Frank Pearl in the awful waffle kerfuffle
by Megan McDonald

Wanting more than anything to win a blue ribbon at the Great Third-Grade Breakfast Bash, Frank Pearl has three shots at a prize, and with the (albeit halfhearted) support of Judy Moody as well as his amazing yo-yo trick, there's no way Frank can miss out on a trophy this time! Simultaneous.
Lulu and the duck in the park
by Hilary McKay

Lulu, who loves animals, brings an abandoned duck egg to school, even though her teacher has forbidden Lulu from bringing animals to school ever again.
Space pup
by R. A Montgomery

The reader, accompanied by a talking dog and cat, decide their own fate as they travel through time and space choosing where they want to go and how they want to interact with the people and creatures that they meet
The absent author
by Ron Roy

Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace
Rise of the earth dragon
by Tracey West

Snatched up by a royal soldier and carried away to the castle, 8-year-old Drake trains along with three other children to become Dragon Masters who must discover their assigned dragons' special powers. By the best-selling author of the Hiro's Quest series. Simultaneous.
Bookmarks are people too!
by Henry Winkler

Hoping to land the lead in the class play, Hank freezes during his audition and is only able to buzz like a fly, inspiring his teacher to create a special role for him as a silent bookmark that saves the show when a rival suffers an attack of stage fright. Simultaneous.

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