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Series
The Penderwicks volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store for each Penderwick, from neighbor Nick Geiger's expected return from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go astray.
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Series
Cece Rios volume 2
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: Cece Rios thought saving her sister would be the end of her adventures in the world of criaturas. But part of Juana’s soul is still trapped in Devil’s Alley. As Cece tries to find a way to get it back using her new curandera abilities, Juana takes her fate in her own hands and sets off alone, intent on restoring her soul and getting revenge on El Sombrerón. But then they discover that El Cucuy, king of the criaturas, is...
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Series
The Penderwicks volume 3
Language
English
Description
When the three younger Penderwick sisters go to Maine with Aunt Claire and are separated from oldest sister Rosalind for the first time in their lives, an uncertain Skye is left in charge as the OAP--oldest available Penderwick.
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Series
Ramona Quimby volume 3
Language
English
Description
Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.
6) Wolf by wolf
Author
Series
Wolf by wolf volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"The first book in a duology about an alternate version of 1956 where the Axis powers won WWII, and hold an annual motorcycle race across their conjoined continents to commemorate their victory"--
7) Long lost
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Language
English
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Description
Feeling lonely and out of place after her family moves to a new town, eleven-year-old Fiona Crane ventures to the local library, where she finds a gripping mystery novel about a small town, family secrets, and a tragic disappearance.
Author
Series
Books of beginning volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents disappeared to protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers, a prophesied quest to find a magical book, and a fearsome enemy.
11) Riverland
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
When their parents fight, sisters Eleanor and Mike hide, whispering stories and hoping house magic will protect them, until the night a river carries them to a place of dreams and nightmares.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
Flora and her brother, Julian, don't believe they were born. They've lived in so many foster homes, they can't remember where they came from. And even now that they've been adopted, Flora still struggles to believe in forever. So along with their new mother, Flora and Julian begin a journey to go back and discover their past-for only then can they really begin to build their future.
14) A summer to die
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Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Meg envys her sister's beauty and popularity. Her feelings don't make it any easier for her to cope with Molly's strange illness and eventual death.
Author
Series
Tom Gates stories volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
Irritating his teachers with his lack of focus and creative excuses, Tom Gates spends his time drawing pictures and writing down observations about everything from his grumpy sister and annoying classmate to an unsatisfying camping trip.
16) Superfudge
Author
Series
Fudge books volume 3
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Peter Hatcher has a hard time putting up with the antics of his brother "Fudge." Now, he learns there is a new baby on the way.
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Language
English
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Description
Ian always follows the rules and his sister, Jenny, never does but when she angers some monsters while breaking all the rules of their vacation house in the woods, Ian first runs away, then realizes there should be a rule about protecting your sister from being eaten by monsters.
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Series
Wingfeather saga volume 4
Language
English
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Description
"All winter long, people in the Green Hollows have prepared for a final battle with Gnag the Nameless and the Fangs of Dang. Janner, Kalmar, and Leeli--Throne Warden, Wolf King, and Song Maiden of Anniera--are ready and willing to fight alongside the Hollowsfolk, but when the Fangs make the first move and invade Ban Rona, the children are separated. Janner is alone and lost in the hills; Leeli is fighting the Fangs from the rooftops of the city; and...
Author
Series
Fudge books volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem.
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