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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
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After their father's research experiment at the British Museum unleashes the Egyptian god Seth, Carter and Sadie Kane embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest which brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
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Hunger Games trilogy volume 1
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English
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Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone fighting against you? Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives. In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying...
4) Front desk
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Front desk volume 1
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English
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"Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when...
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Pigeon (Picture books) volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
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[34] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Pigeon learns about sharing when a curious duckling keeps asking questions about the hot dog Pigeon has found.
7) Ship breaker
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2010
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English
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In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
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Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
1st ed.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm.
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English
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Her daddy in tow, Trixie hurries to school to show off her one-of-a-kind Knuffle Bunny, but an awful surprise awaits her: someone else has the exact same bunny!
9) Library lion
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[41] p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
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English
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A lion starts visiting the local library but runs into trouble as he tries to both obey the rules and help his librarian friend. Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is very particular about rules in the library. No running allowed. And you must be quiet. But when a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do. There aren't any rules about lions in the library. And, as it turns out, this lion seems very well suited to library visiting....
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Scaredy Squirrel volume 2
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2007
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[30] p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown, finds someone perfectly safe to make friends with. Join him on his journey to friendship.
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Olivia books (Ian Falconer) volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2003]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her best toy mysteriously disappears, Olivia the feisty pig is determined to find out who is responsible.
12) Calamity Jack
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
144 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this graphic novel interpretation of "Jack and the beanstalk," Jack is a born schemer who climbs a magical beanstalk in the hope of exacting justice from a mean giant and gaining a fortune for his widowed mother, aided by some friends.
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Offers encouragement and supplies, from a snack and a blanket to a map for finding the way home, to a loved one who may be facing a new challenge.
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Andy Shane volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
58 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Andy Shane, with help from Grandma Webb and some marbles, tricks the people who keep stealing his friend Dolores Starbuckle's Halloween pumpkin. When pranksters ruin Dolores Starbuckle's perfectly good pumpkins, Andy Shane puts his trickiest plan to the test in this humorous, uplifting tale filled with Halloween fun. Andy Shane does not want to go to Dolores Starbuckle's birthday party. It's on the same day as Halloween! Plus, Dolores is always ordering...
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