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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 5
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"Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door--a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the classroom,...
2) Fire trucks
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2021.
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"Developed by literacy experts in partnership with educators for students in Pre-K through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to fire trucks through simple, predictable text and related photos"--
3) Ruffing it
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Dog diaries (James Patterson) volume 5
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English
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Excitedly accompanying his human family on a camping vacation in the woods, canine Junior happily chases raccoons, fetches sticks and doggy-paddles in the lake, before an obedience-obsessed human arrives and spoils his fun.
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Magical reality of Nadia volume 1
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English
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From Bassem Youssef, a.k.a. The Jon Stewart of the Arab World, comes a hilarious and heartfelt story about prejudice, friendship, empathy, and courage. Nadia loves fun facts. Here are a few about her: - She collects bobbleheads -- she has 77 so far. - She moved from Egypt to America when she was six years old. - The hippo amulet she wears is ancient...as in it's literally from ancient Egypt. - She's going to win the contest to design a new exhibit...
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On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope to viewers around the globe. Including an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey, this keepsake celebrates the promise of America?and affirms the power of poetry.
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2021.
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When a teacher asks her class what one thing they would save in an emergency, some students know the answer right away. Others come to their decisions more slowly. And some change their minds when they hear their classmates| responses. A lively dialog ignites as the students discover unexpected facets of one another|and themselves. With her ear for authentic dialog and knowledge of tweens| priorities and emotions, Linda Sue Park brings the varied...
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Simon B. Rhymin' volume 1
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English
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Chicago fifth-grader Simon, an aspiring rapper who lacks self-confidence, uses his rhymes to help bring his community together.
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Eleven-year-old Maybelle Lane collects sounds. She records the Louisiana crickets chirping, Momma strumming her guitar, their broken trailer door squeaking. But the crown jewel of her collection is a sound she didn't collect herself: an old recording of her daddy's warm-sunshine laugh, saved on an old phone's voicemail. It's the only thing she has of his, and the only thing she knows about him. Until the day she hears that laugh--his laugh--pouring...
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Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini lives in the house where Houdini spent his final years, so he has always been interested in the famous magician, and has even learned a few simple magic tricks; he just never expected Houdini to contact him from beyond the grave--and what Houdini wants him to do could well cost Harry his own life.
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 6
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Welcome back to Deckawoo Drive for a sixth endearing installment in the companion series to Kate DiCamillo's New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson books. Frank Endicott is a worrier. He worries about lions, submarines, black holes, leprosy, and armadillos. He lists his worries alphabetically in a notebook and suffers vivid nightmares that even a certain neighborhood pig can't dispatch. When he accompanies Eugenia Lincoln on...
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Wilderlore volume 1
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Eleven-year-old Barclay Thorne yearns for the quiet life of a mushroom farmer, but after unwittingly bonding with a beast in the forbidden Woods, he must seek Lore Keepers to break the bond and return home.
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"On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person....
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Mindy Kim volume 5
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Fresh off the Boat meets Junie B. Jones in the adorable chapter book series following Mindy Kim, a young Asian American girl-in this fifth novel, Mindy goes to South Korea! Mindy is super excited to go to South Korea to visit her grandparents! She has never taken such a big trip before, and she can't wait to see her family again. Plus, Dad's girlfriend, Julie, is also going to meet the family for the first time. Mindy and Julie decide to make a traditional...
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Greenglass House volume 4
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[2020]
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English
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Marzana and her best friend are bored. Even though they live in a notorious city where normal rules do not apply, nothing interesting ever happens to them. Nothing, that is, until Marzana|s parents are recruited to help solve an odd crime, and she realizes that this could be the excitement she|s been waiting for. She assembles a group of kid detectives with special skills|including the ghost of a ship captain|s daughter|and together, they explore...
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Wingfeather saga volume 1
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Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby experience many fantastic adventures while looking for a lost treasure.
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A Harlem family is on a mission to find the perfect way to celebrate their Papa's fortieth birthday while discovering more about their mysterious grandparents.
It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's surprise fortieth birthday party. When Papa must leave town to help his best friend, the Vanderbeeker children are surprised to find their maternal grandparents on their doorstep. Grandma is very critical of everything...
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"In the newest installment of the Wings of Fire series, tensions are higher than ever as we prepare for a fight for the survival of dragonkind!"--
Snowfall didn't expect to be queen of the IceWings at such a young age, but now that she is, she's going to be the best queen ever. All she has to do is keep her tribe within IceWing territory, where it's safe -- while keeping every other tribe out, where they belong. It's a perfect and simple plan, backed...
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