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Ready, Freddy! Homework Hassles
Ready, Freddy!
John Mckinley, Abby Klein
Watch out, Junie B., there's a new kid on the block! It's Freddy Thresher, a 1st grader who knows it's a jungle out there. Here's the third in a new series by an elementary teacher who's seen it all.Freddy Thresher has a problem: a really, really, big problem. His teacher wants the class to do reports on nocturnal animals, and everybody but Freddy has a really cool animal to study. How will Freddy find one? When his best friend, Robbie, says the two boys should have a sleepover and sneak outside at night, Freddy makes a huge mistake and ends up getting his late-night wish in a very unexpected way!

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The Saddest Little Robot
The Saddest Little Robot
Brian Gage, Kathryn Otoshi
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Snoot is a Drudgebot, and a confused one at that. He can’t figure out why the Halobots, who run Dome City, get some much extra light (all robots need light to survive). He thinks so much about this he gets easily distracted and is consequently the least productive of all robots. He is also oddly shaped and the others make fun of him. Curious about what exists in the awful darkness outside the Dome, he ventures forth and discovers that all it not as it seems. Snoot vows to restore equality to Dome City. With guile, cunning, and good old-fashioned courage, Snoot, aided by some special friends, returns to Dome City to free the Drudgebots.In both story and illustration, The Saddest Little Robot evokes and utilizes the styles of sci-fi books and films, manga, movie posters, comics and animated films. It encourages readers to look beyond what lies on the surface, to discover for themselves that things are not always as they seem; most important of all it shows them that they are strong enough to decide to do something about it. As Snoot does. And the saddest little robot becomes very happy indeed.

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The Fish In Room No. 11
The Fish in Room 11
Heather Dyer
A whimsical, funny, heart-warming story for seven-to-nine year-olds, from a talented new storyteller.This is the story of Toby, a little boy found in a room at a hotel by the sea. It is also the story of the Flots, a family of mermaids who are marooned under the pier. Together, the Flots and Toby plan how to help each other, find some buried treasure, and outwit Mr. Harris, the mean-minded hotel proprietor. In the process, Toby and the mermaids bring smiles to the faces of everyone they meet!

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Dax Dugan and the Graveyard Gang
Dax Dugan and the Graveyard Gang
Leaving the only home you’ve ever known and moving to a new town would be a little unnerving for any kid. Imagine moving to a new town and finding out that your closest neighbors are no longer among the living. That’s what happens to 12-year-old Dax Dugan and his 9-year-old sister, Callie, when their mom’s new job forces the whole family to leave the bustling city of Chicago and move to a quiet, rural town in Southern Illinois. Dax and Callie’s parents tell them quite a bit about their new home before they ever leave Chicago. Unfortunately, the fact that there is a cemetery in their backyard is one piece of information they neglect to share. With the discoveries that follow,Dax and Callie quickly learn that life in the country is more than just cows and cornfields.

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WhipEye: (Book 1) (Sam Green and the WhipEye Great Ones) (Volume 1)
WhipEye (Book 1)
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SamGreen. Wildlife expert. Warrior. And desperately missing her mom.She also doesn't think her 16th birthday should be a survival test.  But she is about to learn she could die in the next 24 hours. Creepy monsters and a giant called Uncle Biggie do exist. Along with a scary guardian who wants to take over the world, and an ancient wise-cracking parrot who wants to stop him. It's up to Sam to save two worlds. With a supernatural staff named WhipEye--that she has no clue how to use. Impossible. Unless Sam heals her broken heart. Gets help from magical creatures called Great Ones.And the boy next door--Jake--decides he's on board for an adventure out of his worst nightmares. Sam must also find the courage to fight the biggest battle of her life...and risk everything for love...

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Transcendence: The Allure of the Gypsy (The Hunters And Queen Series - Young Adult Fictio Book 2)
Transcendence
Jolán and Colemund have made a pact with each other. Their solidarity is sealed within the Aegean Sea; however, a future of chaos awaits on their horizon. They must prepare. They must gain their strength. A battle is developing in the realm.In the meantime, Sadeiq, the gypsy hunter, tries desperately to stop her transformation. She is turning into a hunter, and she desires to stop the process. Sadeiq desperately needs to locate Jolán for help.The realm is deeply disturbed by the overwhelming destruction caused by the Order of the Hunters. The Order must keep a planetary balance, but they have developed into selfish and monopolistic creatures. The hunters are prepared to fight for their dominance; they do not want to lose their control. The sky world hungers for a planetary balance, and are prepared to use their forces in a fight against the Order.The Hunters and the Queen Series:Book I: ResurgenceBook II: TranscendenceBook III: Emergence (Coming Soon)Book IV: Soon Thereafter****Chapters from book III, Emergence, included at the end of Transcendence.****

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Take My Family, Please
Take My Family, Please
Betty Jo Schuler
Isn’t every teen embarrassed by their family at some time? Lacy Gingham’s family members are middle class eccentrics and Eric Vanderhorst’s are staid upper crust. Read “crazy” opposite “snooty” and add that Lacy and Ric get together under false pretenses, and get set for a bumpy ride to love when the truth comes out. When they meet at an out-of-state wedding, she reinvents her family and he downplays his, thinking they’ll never meet again, and they enjoy a few time-of-your life days. She assumes he lives in Chicago, site of the wedding, and she tells him she’s from California. But when Ric discovers Lacy lives an hour away from him in Indiana, he sets out to learn the truth. He really, really likes her, but why did she lie? He didn’t exactly come clean, but that’s not the same. Lacy invented the ideal family and life she’d always wanted instead of the pervo group she was born into, and a week later, Ric who’s to die for, shows up in her hometown looking for her. Unless she goes underground, she’ll have to give it up and expose him to the Ginghams. Ha!

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Resurgence: The Queen Awakens (The Hunters And Queen Series - Young Adult Fictio Book 1)
Resurgence
What would happen if your past caught up with you, and then turned you into your reincarnated spirit of old millennia? That is exactly what happened to Jolan Vajnbirg when she was reintroduced to Prince Colemund William Frederick Van Oranje-Nassau. Love is not all that stirs in the air, however, the Order lurks throughout the realm. The Order of Hunters want to destroy what is good, what is fair, and what is just. Contemplate your actions for a moment. If a love swept you off your feet, and turned you into your past, could you maintain your sanity? Would you understand its purpose? Explore the story of Queen Constanjii, the water element formerly known as, Jolan Vajnbirg.While working on her studies at the Churchill Military Academy in Kinsburgh, England, Jolán Vajnbirg’s final year at the academy develops into a year of competition, aristocratic love, a reincarnated breakthrough, fierce romance, and a calling from the sky world to help save earth from the death and destruction caused by the Order of the Hunters. When Jolán Vajnbirg encounters Prince Colemund William Frederik Van Oranje-Nassau, the two bring the celestial destiny of the sky world to perfection. Jolán was born as a reincarnated spirit, but it took a synchronicity of events to spark her supernatural breakthrough. The sky world is steadily preparing Jolán for her future fate. The hunters have upset the universal balance of earth, and the hunters have upset the sky world. The Hunters and the Queen Series:Book I: ResurgenceBook II: TranscendenceBook III: Emergence (Coming Soon)Book IV: Soon Thereafter

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Ally Ally Oxen Free
Ally Ally Oxen Free
Tom is fascinated with bones, human bones. He wants to study them and gets his chance when Mr. Dukes allows him to dig in the vacant lot behind his store. What Tom unearths makes the neighborhood kids tremble with fear. "Ally ally oxen free!" These four little words can bring anyone out of hiding.

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Mermaid's Kiss
Mermaid's Kiss
Thomas believes in myths and mythological creatures, and when he reads that a mermaid's kiss has the power to heal, he thinks of his bedridden Grandpa. Thomas sets out to catch a mermaid to heal his Grandpa - if they really exist.

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