Poppy by Avi Reissued to coincide with the publication of its hardcover sequel, Poppy and Rye, an award-winning novel follows a timid dormouse's attempts to win her and her fellows' freedom by toppling a tyrannical owl. Reissue.
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Malcolm under the stars by W. H. Beck When a rare coin and a strange code are uncovered at the McKenna School, Malcolm and the other classroom pets of the Midnight Academy take on their most challenging assignment yet and, through their investigations, just might save the school from closing.
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The wild robot
by Peter Brown
Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants
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Lionboy by Zizou Corder In the near future, ten-year-old Charlie Ashanti, who has the ability to speak the language of cats, sets out from London to seek his kidnapped parents and finds himself on a Paris-bound circus ship learning to train lions.
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The witches
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Roald Dahl
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice
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Kenny & the dragon
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Tony DiTerlizzi
When the townsfolk in Kenneth's sleepy little village catch wind that there's a dragon running loose in the countryside, they call George--a retired knight and dragonslayer--out of retirement, and it is up to Kenneth to protect these two--who happen to be his two best friends.
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Dragon's milk
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Susan Fletcher
Kaeldra, an outsider adopted by an Elythian family when she was young, possesses the power to understand dragons and uses this power to try to save her younger foster sister, who needs dragon's milk to recover from an illness
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Bo at Ballard Creek
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Kirkpatrick Hill
Winning the hearts of two tough gold miners who raise her near an Eskimo village in 1920s Alaska, young orphan Bo thrives amid the daily activities of both cultures before seeing a first airplane, encountering a bear and meeting a mysterious lost little boy.
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The secret of platform 13
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Eva Ibbotson
Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical tunnel from their Island to London to rescue their King and Queen's son who had been stolen as an infant
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The misadventures of the family Fletcher
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Dana Alison Levy
A family of four adopted boys, their two dads and a menagerie of pets share a raucous year marked by new schools, old friends, a grouchy neighbor, a hungry skunk, leaking ice rinks, school plays and wet cats. Simultaneous eBook.
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When the sea turned to silver
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Grace Lin
Inspired by Chinese folklore, a companion to the Newbery Honor-winning Where the Mountain Meets the Moon follows the efforts of young Pinmei to rescue her beloved storyteller grandmother from a greedy Emperor who seeks to claim a Luminous Stone of legendary power. Simultaneous eBook. 75,000 first printing.
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Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenRelates the antics of a rambunctious girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.
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A dash of trouble
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Anna Meriano
Sneaking out of school and into the family bakery where she has been told she is too young to help prepare for the annual Dia de los Muertos festival, Leonora discovers that her female relatives come from a long line of brujas, Mexican witches, who pour a bit of sweet magic into everything they prepare. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Borrowers
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Mary Norton
Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock
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Twelve kinds of ice
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Ellen Bryan Obed
Illustrated with intricately detailed black-and-white scratch drawings by the award-winning creator of Dahlia, a nostalgic sequence of 20 vignettes depicts various kinds of ice found in a wintry landscape, including a fragile skim on a sheep pail, ice that forms like panes of glass and the surface of a skating pond. 10,000 first printing.
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Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh
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Robert C. O'Brien
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived
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Nim's Island
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Wendy Orr
When her father leaves her alone on their island, Nim, who is schooled in the ways of jungle life, is delighted to be on her own with her friends, a sea lion and an amusing iguana, but when she loses contact with her father, she will need courage and her friends to save the day. Reprint.
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Two Naomis by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich When their parents begin dating seriously, two girls--one black, the other white--who share nothing in common except a first name, try to find ways to get along after being asked to spend time together.
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The cricket in Times Square
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George Selden
When Chester, a very musical cricket, visits New York, he brings business to Mario's newsstand
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Dara Palmer's major drama
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Emma Shevah
Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight
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The mysterious Benedict Society
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Trenton Lee Stewart
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules
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Ways to make sunshine
by Renée Watson
The Hart family of Portland, Oregon, faces many setbacks after Ryan's father loses his job, but no matter what, Ryan tries to bring sunshine to her loved ones
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Stick dog
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Tom Watson
When new middle-grade hero Stick Dog's quest for hamburgers turns out to be more difficult than he could have ever imagined, he challenges his friends to come up with a master plan that includes unconventional solutions, in a hilarious illustrated novel that is perfect for Big Nate and Wimpy Kid fans.
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Mystery on Museum Mile : Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and a talent for drawing anything he sees, so when the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case.
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Clayton Byrd goes underground
by Rita Williams-Garcia
Feeling most alive when he's playing the blues with his grandfather, Clayton is devastated when his grandfather dies and his mother forbids him from playing music, losses that compel him to run away and join bluesmen on the road
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