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Al Capone at Alcatraz volume 1.
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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.
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Amari volume 1.
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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.
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Jack and the geniuses volume 1.
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4.9 stars
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Traveling to Antarctica for a prestigious science competition, twelve-year-old Jack and his genius foster siblings, Ava and Matt, become caught up in a mystery involving a missing scientist.
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A series of unfortunate events volume 1.
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4.3 stars
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After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
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5 stars
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When Dr. Baxter tells the family that they will be moving from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Bloomington, Indiana, the five Baxter children, ages six to thirteen, are sure that their lives and home will never be the same. But they find that being together with the ones you love is the most important part of home.
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Twins Arthur and Maudie Brightstorm undertake a perilous journey to uncover the truth about the death of their famous explorer father and his supposed sabotage of a competitor's expedition.
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Battle dragons volume 1.
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5 stars
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To protect his friends and family, Abel must figure out what is worth fighting for when he partners with a stolen dragon, an action that has him riding in kin battles and keeping more secrets than a dragon has scales.
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The Uncommoners volume 1.
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5 stars
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Ivy Sparrow and her big brother Seb discover a city beneath London where ordinary objects have magical powers.
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Dactyl Hill Squad volume 1.
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4 stars
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It is the summer of 1863, and as the Civil War rages between dinosaur-mounted armies down south, and a tense New York City seems on the brink of exploding into riots, Magdalys Roca and the other children at the Colored Orphan Asylum are trying to survive; but when she receives a letter telling her that her brother Montez was wounded, Magdalys knows that somehow she must reach him--and just possibly her ability to communicate telepathically with dinosaurs...
10. Dragon pearl
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Thousand worlds volume 1.
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4.1 stars
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Min, a thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces.
11. Fablehaven
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Fablehaven volume 1.
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4.5 stars
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When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.
12. Fairest of all
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Whatever after volume 1.
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4.1 stars
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After moving to a new house, ten-year-old Abby and her younger brother Jonah discover an antique mirror that transports them into the Snow White fairy tale.
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Farah rocks volume 1.
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4.5 stars
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Fifth-grader Farah Hajjar and her best friend Allie Liu are hoping to go to the Magnet Academy for their middle school years, instead of Harbortown Elementary/Middle School; but when a new girl Dana Denver starts tormenting Farah and her younger brother, Samir, she decides she can not leave Samir to face the bully alone, especially since the adults and even Allie do not seem to be taking the matter seriously--so Farah comes up with a plan, one which...
14. The field guide
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Spiderwick chronicles volume 1.
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3.7 stars
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When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.
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Underland chronicles volume 1.
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4.2 stars
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When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
16. Ice wolves
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Elementals (Amie Kaufman) volume 1.
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4.7 stars
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Everyone in Vallen knows that ice wolves and scorch dragons are sworn enemies who live deeply separate lives. So when twelve-year-old orphan Anders takes one elemental form and his twin sister, Rayna, takes another, he wonders whether they are even related. Still, whether or not they're family, Rayna is Anders's only true friend.
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Land of stories (Chapter books) volume 1.
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4.7 stars
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Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
18. Let's mooove!
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Magic on the map volume 1.
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4.5 stars
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On the last day of second grade, twins Finn and Molly discover a magical camper in their driveway that takes them from Ohio to Colorado, where they must save a famous cow.
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Lotterys volume 1.
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Once upon a time, two couples with Jamaican, Mohawk, Indian, and Scottish ethnic roots won the lottery and bought a big house where all of them, four adults and seven adopted and biological children, could live together in harmony--but change is inevitable, especially when a disagreeable grandfather comes to stay.
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The 39 clues. Main series volume 1
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4.1 stars
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Dan and Amy Cahill are given the choice of receiving a million dollars or uncovering the thirty-nine clues hidden around the world that will lead to the source of the family's power, but by taking on the clues, they end up in a dangerous race against their own family.