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A brother and sister cannot eat breakfast until their father comes home from the store with milk. He is late. Ages and ages. And when he finally returns, he explains his delay.
Aliens and abductions. Pirates and piranhas. Dinosaurs and dirigibles. Lisping vampires and one-eyed gods. One devoted father determined to deliver dairy.
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Life has thrown a lot of lemons at ten-year old Lemonade Liberty Witt. After losing her mom and being moved to live with a grandfather she’s never even met, it’s impossible to find the bright side. Boy next door, Tobin Sky, invites her to be his Assistant at Bigfoot Detectives, Inc. and she reluctantly agrees. There’s nothing better to do in a town that truly believes in a woolly beast lurking in the woods. But their efforts to capture evidence of the cryptid’s existence quickly get out of hand when all clues point to something big.
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Fourth-grader Evan Treski is people-smart. He’s good at talking with people, even grownups. His younger sister, Jessie, on the other hand, is math-smart, but not especially good with people. So when the siblings’ lemonade stand war begins, there really is no telling who will win—or even if their fight will ever end.
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When her lifelong babysitter, Bibi, moves away, everything Eleanor used to enjoy goes sour. Hanging out with her parents is cool. And the new babysitter, Natalie, is great. But nothing will ever be the same and Eleanor isn’t sure how to handle it.
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Lou Montgomery has the voice of an angel, but she doesn’t wish for the fame and fortune that her mother dreams up as they travel place to place across the country in their pickup. Lou has never liked crowds or loud noises or even high fives; in fact, she’s terrified of them, which makes her pretty sure there’s something wrong with her.
After an accident brings child services into the situation, Lou is separated from her mom and sent to stay with family she’s never known. With help from an outgoing new friend, her kindly aunt and uncle, and the counselor of her fancy new private school, Lou begins to see her life, music, and opportunities a lot differently.
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Aven Green is excited to wow her class with musical mastery at the talent show. She just needs to choose an instrument to learn in time. Finding her rhythm is a little more challenging than Aven anticipated, but with some inspiration and a little help from her family, Aven is determined to rock the third grade.
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Matt and Eric are best friends, marching-band mates, comic book fanboys, and self-proclaimed dorks. When they learn Matt is moving away they plan an uncharacteristically rule-breaking adventure.
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Young Prince Alto dreams of being a hero like his mother, whose accomplishments are woven into legend.
The kingdom may be at peace now, but Alto is determined to have an adventure of his own, and runs away from the palace to hone his magical talents as a bard.
New friends, exciting magic, and threatening enemies. Becoming a hero is harder than the stories made it seem.
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After two years of treatment for leukemia, Norah Levy is ready to return to normal. The hospital social worker warns her the transition back may be tricky, but Norah isn’t worried. Compared with battling cancer, how tricky can seventh grade be?
Very. Everyone treats Norah differently now. Her best friends are part of new groups. Nobody quite understands.
And then she meets Griffin, a cute boy who encourages her love of drawing and Greek mythology. Norah is desperate not to be that girl who had cancer, but secret-keeping becomes impossible and Norah must figure out a way to share her cancer story and still be able to move on and have her normal life.
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Timminy’s family moves just in time to start middle school. His consolation prize is Maxi—a gentle giant of a dog who turns out to be deaf.
Unfortunately, being new in town and a bit of a runt makes you perfect bully bait, so Timminy spends a little too much time getting shoved into lockers and feeling sorry for himself.
While Timminy is determined to do all he can to help Maxi, caring for the Great Pyrenees is full of some much-needed lessons for Timminy.
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