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• The Wonderling

  Bartók, Mira

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  Mira Bartok tells the story of Arthur, a shy, fox-like foundling with only one ear and a desperate desire to belong, as he seeks his destiny.

• The Polar Bear Explorers' Club

  Bell, Alex, 1986-

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  It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer - tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk - but Stella really, really didn't want that to happen, just the same.Join Stella Starflake Pearl and her three…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alien Vs Bad Guys

  Blabey, Aaron

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  One by one, the Bad Guys are vanishing. TAKEN by a creature with way too many teeth and far too many bottoms. Is this the end? Maybe. But will it be funny? You bet!

• The Silver Mask

  Black, Holly, 1971-

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  The mystery and the magic intensifies in the fourth installment of the remarkable Magisterium series.

• Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically Minded

  Blackwood, Sage

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  Repeatedly landing in trouble at her finishing school because of her preference for practicing magic instead of manners, Chantel enlists her friends to protect the kingdom when her teacher goes missing along with the city's protective magic.

• The War I Finally Won

  Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

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  Ada conquers the homefront as her World War II journey continues in this sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning "The War that Saved My Life".

• Charlie and the Karaoke Cockroaches

  Brough, Alan, 1967-

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  It begins with an interrupted story. Then, a mysterious box that speaks and sings. Add unusually unusual teachers, incredible lurking from the Lurker, an insect orchestra and a bungling burglar and it's up to Charlie and Hils to save three innocent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wizards of Once

  Cowell, Cressida

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  From the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon comes an exciting high-adventure series - set in an ancient, magical time, full of Wizards, Warriors, Giants and Sprites. This is the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wed Wabbit

  Evans, Lissa

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  You're called Fidge and you're nearly eleven. You've been hurled into a strange world. You have three companions: two are unbelievably weird and the third is your awful cousin Graham. You have to solve a series of nearly impossible clues. Wed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Griffin's Feather

  Funke, Cornelia, 1958-

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  The last winged horses are on the brink of extinction. Three foals lie curled in their eggs in a sanctuary for threatened creatures, where a young dragon rider lives with his silver dragon. The foals are ill, and the pair volunteer to seek the only…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race

  Grabenstein, Chris, 1955-

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  Everyone's favorite game maker, Mr. Lemoncello, is testing out his new fabulous fact-finding frenzy game! Book 3 in the series.

• The Thunderbolt Pony

  Gregg, Stacy

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  A dramatic and emotional story about one girl's determination to stand by her beloved animals - and her refusal to give up, even in the face of impossible odds. NZ

• The Getaway

  Kinney, Jeff, 1971-

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  Book 12 in the wildly popular "Wimpy Kid" series.

• Beetle Queen

  Leonard, M. G. (Maya Gabrielle)

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  Cruel beetle fashionista, Lucretia Cutter, is at large with her yellow ladybird spies. When Darkus, Virginia and Bertolt discover further evidence of her evil, they're determined to stop her. But the three friends are in trouble. Darkus' dad has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Dance

  MacLachlan, Patricia, 1938-2022

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  On a farm in the middle of the prairie, ten-year-old Sylvie struggles to understand why her mother gave up singing on stage while she sets off on an adventure of her own as the town reporter.

• The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone

  Moriarty, Jaclyn

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  I was ten years old when my parents were killed by pirates. This did not bother me as much as you might think - I hardly knew my parents.Bronte Mettlestone's parents ran away to have adventures when she was a baby, leaving her to be raised by her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Epic Adventure (kind Of)

  Pichon, Liz, 1963-

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  Next in the "Tom Gates" series.

• Father Christmas's Fake Beard

  Pratchett, Terry, 1948-2015

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  Have you ever wanted Christmas to be different?Turkey and carols, presents and crackers - they all start to feel a bit . . . samey.How about a huge exploding mince pie, a pet abominable snowman, or a very helpful partridge in a pear tree? What if…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Doorman's Repose

  Raschka, Christopher, 1959-

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  Some of us look up at those craggy, mysterious apartment buildings found in the posher parts of New York City and wonder what goes on inside. The Doorman's Repose collects ten stories of the doings of 777 Garden Avenue, one of the craggiest.

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

  Rowling, J. K., 1965-

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  A stunning new fully illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Illustrated by the wonderful Jim Kay.