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Boys don't keep diaries—or do they?
The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to
It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and
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Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
399 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
National Book Award-winner Andrea Barrett deftly blends fact and fiction to create this magnificent epic of Victorian polar exploration. An amazing wealth of period detail, heart-racing action, and engaging characters enable you to fully experience the 19th-century's romance with the mystery of the Arctic. In hope of making his reputation, scholar-naturalist Erasmus Darwin Wells embarks on a perilous expedition to the North Pole. Through his eyes,...
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Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he?s officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won?t make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look...
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 2
Language
English
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Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
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Pub. Date
2013
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English
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In St. Louis, Alan Christoffersen faces another life-changing crisis, putting his journey to grace in jeopardy. Alan Christoffersen decided to leave his painful memories behind and walk from Seattle to the farthest point on the map, Key West. In St. Louis, when his severe vertigo is diagnosed as the side effect of a brain tumor, Alan must go to Los Angeles for treatment. He is surrounded by those who care most for him, but one by one he alienates...
26) The good sister
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English
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"From the outside, everyone might think Fern and Rose are as close as twin sisters can be: Rose is the responsible one, with a home and a husband and a fierce desire to become a mother. Fern is the quirky one, the free spirit, the librarian who avoids social interaction and whom the world might just describe as truly odd. But the sisters are devoted to one another and Rose has always been Fern's protector from the time they were small. Fern needed...
27) Paws for a cause
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Series
Diary of a pug volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
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"This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! When the local animal shelter can't afford new toys, it's up to Bub and his human, Bella, to save the day. But how could they possibly raise the money? A pet...
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Dork diaries volume 9
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
331 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Springtime brings crazy adventures to Nikki and her friends Chloe, Zoey, and Brandon.
30) Pug's snow day
Author
Series
Diary of a pug volume 2
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bub the pug has never seen snow before, and when Duchess the cat tells him it is frozen rain he is appalled and does not want to go out even to play with his human, Bella--but the week is about to get worse because a new family has moved in next door, and they apparently have a pet monster (at least if Nutz the squirrel can be believed) and Bella's mother has arranged a play date for Sunday.
32) No brainer
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 18
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Greg and his classmates must save their crumbling school before it is shuttered for good.
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Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 498 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the fictional journals of eighty-five-year-old Logan Mountstuart in which he tells of his boyhood in Montevideo, Uruguay, the publication of his first book, his association with some of history's most famous authors, his World War II service, and other adventures into old age.
34) Pug's road trip
Author
Series
Diary of a pug volume 7
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When their friend Jack cannot join them, Bub the pug and his human, Bella, vow to bring him souvenirs from their road trip, and despite some bumps along the way, Bub calls their trip a big success.
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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"Having been committed to an insane asylum by her blue-blood family for the crime of loving a man beneath her station, May finds that her only hope for freedom and redemption is to participate in a secret government program whereby women from "civilized" society become the brides of Cheyenne warriors. What follows is a series of breathtaking adventures--May's brief, passionate romance with the gallant young army captain John Bourke; her marriage to...
36) Sunny
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 3
Language
English
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"Sunny is the best runner on the Defenders, but he hates running. What he really loves is dancing. Can he find a way to fulfill his passion without letting down the team?"--
"Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds. Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they...
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 9
Language
English
Description
The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns--with everything from a fender bender to crazed seagulls--but even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure, and this is one the Heffleys will not soon forget.
38) House arrest
Author
Series
House arrest volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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While under house arrest for one year for stealing a wallet, young Timothy keeps free-verse notes on his life in a court-ordered journal as he deals with having a sick brother and tries to stay out of trouble.
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Series
One thousand White women trilogy volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 337 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
""9 March 1876. My name is Meggie Kelly and I take up this pencil with my twin sister, Susie. We have nothing left, less than nothing. The village of our People has been destroyed, all our possessions burned, our friends butchered by the soldiers, our baby daughters gone, frozen to death on a godforsaken march across these rocky mountains. Empty of human feeling, half-dead ourselves, all that remains of us intact are hearts turned to stone...." So...
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