Missing monkey! by Mary Amato Tired of being pressured to help commit crimes and yearning for a more normal life, twins Jillian and Billy band together to do good deeds while their parents kidnap a monkey from the zoo, hoping to teach it to steal.
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The scientific life of Azaleah Lane
by Nikki Shannon Smith
Third-grader Azaleah Lane has been chosen STEM lab monitor for the week, but on her first day Harry the lab guinea pig gets out of his cage and escapes, and Azaleah has to figure out a strategy to locate where in the room he is hiding and catch him; but she also has another problem--how to get Terrance to listen to Rose, Jamal, and herself and work with the group on their Rube Goldberg machine project
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Ivy + Bean
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Annie Barrows
When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister Nancy, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected. Reprint.
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Sadiq and the community garden
by Siman Nuurali
There is an empty lot in Sadiq's neighborhood which is in serious need of cleaning up, and Sadiq has come up with an idea of what to do with it afterwards: build a community garden--so Sadiq sets out to get his classmates and friends involved and make the garden a true community success
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Adventure according to Humphrey
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Betty G. Birney
While the students of Room 26 learn about boats by building their own models for a race on Potter's Pond, Humphrey the hamster dreams about being a pirate and mistakenly ends up at sea on the day of the race. Reprint.
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The year of the book
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Andrea Cheng
A fully illustrated chapter book follows Anna, a young Asian-American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends and fourth grade while learning what it takes to make friends and what it means to be one. 25,000 first printing.
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Henry Huggins
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Beverly Cleary
When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow
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Eva's treetop festival
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Rebecca Elliott
Volunteering to organize a school festival, Eva Wingddale is rapidly overwhelmed by the event's many details and considers asking a less-than-trustworthy frenemy, Sue, for help. Simultaneous.
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Joss
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Erin Falligant
Excited to enter a surfing video contest, Joss Kendrick asks her brother to help, but he has a price, Joss must try out for the cheer team
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Boogie Bass, sign language star by Claudia MillsWhen he joins an after-school American Sign Language club, Boogie, who feels like he can’t do anything right, discovers his hidden talent, especially when they visit a school for the Deaf where he makes new friends.
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Truman the dog
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Debbi Michiko Florence
Truman the black lab might be an older rescue dog, but he has plenty enough mischief beneath his collar to keep eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her animal-fostering family on their toes from morning until night
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Sophie Simon solves them all
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Lisa Graff
Third-grader Sophie Simon is smart about many things except when it comes to friendship, until she uses her high IQ to help some of her classmates with their parental problems. By the author of Umbrella Summer.
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Make way for Dyamonde Daniel
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Nikki Grimes
Spunky third-grader Dyamonde Daniel misses her old neighborhood, but when she befriends a boy named Free, another new student at school, she finally starts to feel at home
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The 13-story treehouse
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Andy Griffiths
A first entry in a new series by the best-selling author of The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow follows the efforts of Andy and Terry to meet a latest book deadline despite numerous distractions in their sophisticated tree house home, including flying cats, giant bananas and sea monsters pretending to be mermaids.
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Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny
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John Himmelman
Although she can throw farther, kick higher, and hit harder than anyone else at school, Isabel, aka Bunjitsu Bunny, never hurts another creature, unless she has to
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Zeus and the thunderbolt of doom
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Joan Holub
Frustrated by the number of times he has been hit by lightning, 10-year-old Zeus impetuously grabs an actual thunderbolt from a stone to defend himself against the dangerous, giant Titans who kidnapped him and thus learns of his destiny as the king of the gods before embarking on a quest to save his fellow Olympians from the evil Cronus. By the author of My Dog Never Says Please.
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Alvin Ho : allergic to girls, school, and other scary things
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Lenore Look
Frightened by everything out in the world and so completely quiet at school, Asian-American second-grader Alvin Ho becomes a force to be reckoned with at home when he transforms himself into the loud, talented, and fearless Firecracker Man!
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Clementine and the spring trip
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Sara Pennypacker
Looking forward to the annual events of spring, including an upcoming trip to Plimoth Plantation, Clementine feels overwhelmed by the trip's many challenges and learns about the importance of rules--and rule-breaking--while listening to a presentation about the Pilgrims.
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My life in pictures
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Deborah Zemke
Drawing endlessly in order to capture her experiences of the world, young Spanish-American artist Bea Garcia is devastated when her best and only friend moves far away and a loud, rambunctious boy moves into her friend's former house. Simultaneous eBook.
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