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RECOMMENDED FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 1ST GRADE
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Katie's birthday is tomorrow, but she just cannot wait to find out what her present will be, so she and Pedro follow Katie's parents as they go shopping, but none of the places they stop seem present-worthy--Katie is disappointed, but when she gets home a big surprise is waiting for her.
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4.7 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person....
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4.3 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Discusses the international competition to create the first atomic bomb.
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 1.
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3.8 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 1ST THROUGH 3RD GRADE
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Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic tree house, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs.
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2 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 1ST GRADE
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"Fly Guy is buzzing to learn all about the world's weirdest animals!"--
6. Ghost
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Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1.
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4.5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.
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Judy Moody & Stink volume 2.
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4.4 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 1ST THROUGH 3RD GRADE
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During a weekend trip to Ocracoke Island, siblings Judy and Stink Moody take part in a pirate treasure-hunting game, in which various clues lead them to silver coins, or "pieces of eight," hidden across the island.
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3.7 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out...
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4.5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 1ST GRADE
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When Pete the cat meets a super cool caterpillar, he thinks he has found a new best friend. But when one day his caterpillar goes missing, Pete has to find out what happened to his new friend. Pete is in for one wild surprise at the end!
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Lockwood & Co volume 1.
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4.5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Follows three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London.
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Serafina (Robert Beatty) volume 1.
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4.3 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.
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Origami Yoda books volume 1.
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5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
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Tristan Strong volume 1.
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4.3 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies John Henry and Brer Rabbit, must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky.
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month...
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5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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An introduction to the most famous pirate in history.
15. Wonder
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4.6 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
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World according to Humphrey volume 1.
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4.7 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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Humphrey, pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns that he has an important role to play in helping his classmates and teacher.