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Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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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. Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-story treehouse that has a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of sharks, a library full of comics, a secret underground laboratory, a games room, self-making...
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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"Twelve-year-old Truly Lovejoy's family moves to a small town to take over a bookstore. Soon, she has to solve two mysteries involving a missing book and an undelivered letter"--
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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An inspiring, page-turning sports novel perfect for young readers 8 to 13 years old, and for soccer fans of all ages.
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Wilderlore volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Eleven-year-old Barclay Thorne yearns for the quiet life of a mushroom farmer, but after unwittingly bonding with a beast in the forbidden Woods, he must seek Lore Keepers to break the bond and return home.
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Planet Omar volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"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"--
Book cover for "Across the dark water"
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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Believing they've tamed all the wild winged horses, stable groom Rahkki and his Sandwen clanmates are stunned when a wild herd flies over their village, but this herd has crossed the ocean hoping to settle in a free land, unaware of the Sandwens.
Book cover for "Adia Kelbara and the circle of shamans"
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3 stars
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Life is tough for twelve-year-old orphan Adia. Her aunt and uncle believe she's an ogbanje, a demon-possessed child that brings misfortune wherever they go, and Adia can't disagree, especially when she suddenly manifests mysterious powers that she can't control, causing an earthquake in her village. So when Adia is offered a kitchen apprenticeship at the faraway Academy of Shamans, she flees with nothing but a pouch of change, her cat Bubbles, and...
Book cover for "Adventure against the Endermen"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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After discovering a portal to Earth and battling the evil Herobrine and his army of vicious mobs, Steve and his friends are known throughout the Overworld as heroes. Stevie's enjoying the attention that is, until he tries to show off and instead falls down a mineshaft. At the bottom of the mineshaft, Stevie finds an Ender crystal with mysterious powers.
Book cover for "The adventurer's guide to successful escapes"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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In a magickal world of floating tiers, mischievous dragons, and endless bureaucracy, Anne and her friends embark on a Rightful Heir Quest to claim her place in the Hierarchy and escape horrible consequences.
Book cover for "The adventures of Captain Underpants"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Fourth-grade class clowns George Beard and Harold Hutchins have created the greatest superhero in the history of their elementary school -- and now they're going to bring him to life! Meet Captain Underpants! His true identity is SO secret, even HE doesn't know who he is!
Book cover for "Adventures with waffles"
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Waffle hearts volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Young Trille struggles with the fear that nothing will ever be right again when his best friend moves and his waffle-making Auntie Granny passes away. "Hardly a day passes without Trille and Lena inventing some kind of adventure that often ends in trouble. Whether it's coaxing a cow onto a boat or sledding down the steepest and iciest hill with a chicken, there is always a thrill--and sometimes an injury--to be had. Trille loves to share everything...
Book cover for "Al Capone does my shirts"
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Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
Book cover for "Alcatraz versus the evil Librarians"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
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On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his grandfather and his own special talent, and told that he must use it to save civilization.
Book cover for "Ali Cross"
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Ali Cross volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Alex Cross' son, Ali, is eager to follow in his father's footsteps as a detective, but when his best friend goes missing, what price will he have to pay to solve the mystery?
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Area 51 interns volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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On the first day of summer vacation twelve-year-old Viv Harlow just wants to relax, but when a whole race of aliens escape from the famous Area 51 where her mom works, Viv and her friends will have to gear up, work together, and save their parents from alien abduction.
Book cover for "All-of-a-kind family"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Portrays the joys and troubles of five high-spirited Jewish sisters as they grow up in New York City.

17. Alone

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Average Rating:
5 stars
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When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or Internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own, her only companions being a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. Told in verse format.
Book cover for "Amari and the night brothers"
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Amari volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
Book cover for "Amber Brown is not a crayon"
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Amber Brown volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state.
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Amina's voice volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community.