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The Vengekeep Prophecies

"The Grimjinx clan was one of the oldest thieving families in the Five Provinces, if not the oldest. Generations of cunning, guile, and agility should have been distilled into me, making me the perfect thief. Instead, I was a complete clutz." -The Vengekeep Prophecies by Brian Farrey

Serafina and the Black Cloak

"Feeling strangely lonesome, she turned away from the forest and gazed back at the estate. The moon rose above the steeply pitched slate roofs of the house and reflected in the panes of glass that domed the Winter Garden." —Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty

Diary of a Mad Brownie

"We will maintain order and cleanliness in the household we inhibit, as is good and right. FOR ARE WE NOT BROWNIES?" —Diary of a Mad Brownie by Bruce Coville

I SPY … houses!

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I SPY … house guests!

Book covers for The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell, A Storm of Strawberries by Jo Cotterill, The Evil Wizard Smallbone by Delia Sherman, Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh, Very Rich by Polly Horvath, How Tia Lola Came to Stay by Julia Alvarez, The Summer of Moonlight Secrets by Danette Haworth, Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones, and The Bone Garden by Heather Kassner.

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The League of Beastly Dreadfuls

"The front yard of the McCrumpet house was, you see, a veritable minefield of garden gnomes. Mrs. McCrumpet liked to order them from the shopping channel on TV." —The League of Beastly Dreadfuls by Holly Grant

Igraine the Brave

"The castle was not large; it had only a single tower, which leaned over sideways, and the walls weren't much more than two feet thick, but Igraine thought it was the most beautiful castle in the world." —Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke

I SPY … tall houses

Book covers for The Problim Children by Natalie Lloyd, Half a Creature from the Sea by David Almond, The Missing Piece of Charlie O'Reilly by Rebecca K.S. Ansari, The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue, Winterhouse by Ben Gutterson, Horton Halfpott by Tom Angleberger, Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty, Where the Heart Is by Jo Knowles, Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead.

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Stone Fox

"The small building up ahead was Grandfather's farmhouse. When searchlight saw it, she seemed to gather up every ounce of her remaining strength. She forged ahead with such speed that the sled seemed to lift up off the ground and fly." —Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner

I SPY … violet!

Book covers of The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse by Brian Farrey, Village of the Vampire Cat by Lensey Namioka, Tried and True by Christa Kinde, Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy by Paula Berinstein, In Real Life by Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang, Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi, Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel, Wren to the Rescue by Sherwood Smith, and The Relic War by Stel Pavlou