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Andi is looking forward to her half-brother, Bernardo, finally coming to live with her family. She’s hoping he will love basketball as much as she does. Her mother said he was tall, but...
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They say history repeats itself and in the town of Tanglewood, this is exactly the case. When thirteen-year-old Eric Parrish comes across some glowing mushrooms in the woods...
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You think you know what a person is like on the inside just because you can see they are obese on outside. Teenage Waistland is told in the voices of four obese teens who will undergo...
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It’s difficult enough being a teenager, let alone if you’re morbidly obese. Four teens who fit the bill decide to get their lives back by participating in a clinical trial for teen Lap...
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In the allegorical style of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne paints a lighter, yet Roald Dahlesque tale of a unique boy – much to his parent’s dismay. The Brocket’s...
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In the Goodnight family, magic is a way of life. Well, for all of them except Amy who hates any association with it. All it has done is complicate her life, so when Aunt Hyacinth...
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An idyllic summer job turns into a summer of horrors for Jamie. Hired as an au pair for a wealthy family, Jamie soon learns that she looks similar to the previous au pair who was killed...
Tom is on the hunt for a tasty morning treat when he spies a flip-flapping, fluttery bird just there for the taking. Hello, breakfast! But little Tweet with his big black button eyes is too skinny to eat....
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This collection of short stories brings a welcome addition to the body of work by one of our favorite authors. Whether set in modern times, in Tortall, or in foreign lands, each story draws...
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Seeing the future would be the answer to most peoples’ dreams, but high school senior Nick Cross knows it’s really a living nightmare. Since he can remember, he and his mother have been...
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StingRay remembers the very first time she saw the Little Girl. Excitement bubbled up inside her. But who is Bobby Dot and why is he so mean? Why doesn’t he come back from his cleaning...
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Seniors must write about a tragedy for their required English paper at Irving High School. The first day on campus, Duncan arrives to find a stack of CD’s and a note left to him...
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Abby loves everything about horses; riding, training, feeding, and grooming. She is thrilled when she has the opportunity to buy her first horse, but she has no idea the ghost...
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Do you ever feel like you don’t fit in? Like you are different from everyone else? Blue knows exactly how that feels. Abandoned when she was two days old in an old flower pot, Blue...
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Sixth grader Julian Twerski is known for two things he can be proud of: he’s the fastest kid at PS 23 and he’s really smart. However, things are about to change. There’s a new fifth...