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Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her. Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and...
Author
Series
Terrible two volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Friends and pranking partners Miles and Niles face a tough challenge when their favorite goat and nemesis, Principal Barkin, is replaced by his stern, no-nonsense father, Former Principal Barkin, who turns the school into boot camp"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"These stories are an extra peek at Auggie, a boy born with extreme facial abnormalities, before he started at Beecher Prep and during his first year there. Readers get to see him through the eyes of Julian, the bully; Christopher, Auggie's oldest friend; and Charlotte, Auggie's new friend at school"--
Author
Series
Diary of an awesome friendly kid volume 3
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Grab a flashlight, crawl under the covers, and dive into the twisted, unexpectedly hilarious world of Rowley Jefferson's imagination. You'll meet zombies, vampires, ghosts, and much more in these comically terrifying tales. Rowley's spooky stories might leave you laughing, but beware--you could end up sleeping with the lights on"--
Author
Series
Bear books (Karma Wilson) volume 8
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
While taking a walk with Mouse, Bear meets many other friends and sees colors everywhere.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A lot of Marilyn's friends have monsters. Each one is just right for its boy or girl. Marilyn really wants a monster, too, but despite her efforts to be the kind of girl no monster could resist, hers just doesn't come.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Shawn loves sharks with all his heart, so when his nemisis, Stacy, is assigned "sharks" for the big class project, Shawn is not happy"--
Author
Series
Mia Mayhem volume 7
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Little Simon hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
118 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mia Mayhem is learning to control her x-ray vision! She can't wait to see through walls and crack secret codes. There's only one problem: her glasses are way too big, clunky, and totally not cool! But she knows that if she wants to keep up with her classmates, she'll have to adjust quickly. Will Mia be able to look past her obstacles and see things through?
Author
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
215 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.
Author
Series
Phoebe G. Green volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
114 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Camille, a tall French girl, arrives at school with unusual lunches, third-grader Phoebe neglects her best friend Sage to get invited to Camille's house for dinner to see what other mysterious food Camille eats.
14) The rope walk
Author
Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
321 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Alice MacCauley's eleventh summer is shaped by new friendship, the twinges of first love, and adult lessons about life and death when she and Theo, a New York City boy of mixed race visiting his white New England grandparents, become the companions of Kenneth, an artist dying of and losing his eyesight to AIDS, reading him the journals of Lewis and Clark and building him a secret "rope walk" through the woods.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Harpreet Singh has a different color for every mood and occasion, from happy sunny yellow to courageous red. He especially takes care with his patka --his turban--making sure it always matches his outfit. But when Harpreet's mom finds a new job in a snowy city and they have to move, everything just feels gray. Can he find a way to make life bright again?"--Provided by publisher.
16) Hello, universe
Author
Language
English
Description
Lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.
Virgil feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia is deaf, smart, and loves everything about nature. Kaori is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet wishes the weird kids would just stop being...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's a very hot summer in Stermont, and Alexander and his friends are at Camp Gloamy in the mountains, but even here there are monsters--specifically zombie snowmen called snombies who want to freeze the young monster-hunters.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
x, 147 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Anna's friend Andee spearheads a campaign to bring Fan from China to Cincinnati on a year-long cultural exchange, but before Fan even arrives Anna's concerned that Andee and Fan are too different to get along.
19) Sabotage
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
221 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Operation Upside has grown to a team of three: Beatrice, her best friend Lenny, and her mysterious neighbor Sam. With several successful missions under their belts, the trio is preparing for another great week when the unthinkable occurs--an impostor delivers an imitation Upside Award! As Beatrice hunts for clues to the culprit, Lenny suspects one of their own. Will they solve the mystery before Operation Upside is ruined once and for all? Or is the...
20) The candy caper
Author
Series
Trouble at table 5 volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Molly gets things stuck in her head sometimes. When she sees a jar of candy on Principal Shelton's desk, she absolutely needs to know how many candies are in that jar! Luckily, her two best friends, Simon and Rosie, are ready to help her find the answer--even if it means detention for all of them!"--
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