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Planet Omar volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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"Imaginative Omar goes through the ups and downs of starting a new school and making new friends with the help of his wonderful (and silly) Muslim family"--
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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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Pages & Co volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Eleven-year-old Tilly Pages, who has found comfort in her grandparents' bookshop since her mother's disappearance, now learns that she can bookwander into any stories, and decides to seek her mother.
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Henry and Mudge books volume 8.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 1ST GRADE
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Henry's family takes in a stray cat, the ugliest cat they have ever seen, and an amazing relationship blossoms between it and their big dog Mudge.
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Judy Moody & Stink volume 2.
Average Rating:
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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Out of my mind volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
A brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy, considered by many to be mentally retarded, discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
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Sadiq volume 5.
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RECOMMENDED FOR 1ST THROUGH 3RD GRADE
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A young Somali American and his classmates design a model city to withstand floods, using river walls, floodgates, gutters, and rain gardens.
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Lockwood & Co volume 1.
Average Rating:
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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Tristan Strong volume 1.
Average Rating:
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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4.8 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this ... portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp.
"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day...
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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"By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. Author James Buckley Jr. explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code,...
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Heroes in training volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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When ten-year-old Zeus is kidnapped, he discovers he can defend himself with a magical thunderbolt.