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In Disneylanders by Bob Mclain and Kate Abbott, a teenage girl, Casey, and her family go on their yearly trip to Disneyland, which is the only place she finds familiarity… but this time, things have changed. Her best friend Kiley is no longer going with them due to a fight, Casey is tired of being seen as a little kid, and her parents aren’t listening to her. The trip isn’t as fun and magical as it usually is, but the tables turn when she meets Bert, a boy around her age.

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The book the Grave Winner was about a girl named Leigh whose mom had died. While she was at her funeral she thought she saw a ghost of her classmate come back from the dead. Leigh soon thought if she buried some of her mother's favorite things in her grave she wouldn't come back. While she was burying the "gifts," she was warned by someone named Tram to not give gifts to the dead.

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The book is about a kid named Jack who is going to the mountains on a vacation with his family. But Jack is a little worried about going; he has been having a dream about a man with an ax standing at a doorway before getting grabbed by him!  But Jack never sleeps on after that; he always wakes up, so he doesn't know were he is or what happened.  Jack just leaves it behind and tries not to think about it on the ride up to the mountains, until he starts to get a funny feeling in his stomach.

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Tallis hates her home with her uncle; he is always mean to her! She is excited to receive the news that she is going to move in with her Aunt Gabbie. Then things take a turn for the worse when she finds her Uncle Nories in the basement talking to ghosts.

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This book is about a girl named Katrina who had seen the headless horseman and survived. Katrina is eighteen, and and she saw the horseman about ten years ago.

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Greg's best friend Rowley Jefferson has ditched him and gotten himself a girlfriend. Greg's life has just gone from bad to worse. When Greg finds a magic 8 ball, his life changes for the better -- or at least that's what Greg thinks......  Will his supposed good fortunte continue or will it be hard luck for Greg?

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This enthusiastic/adventurous story is about a boy named Chen who lives in a small chinese village. His mother and father got killed by the soldiers in China. Now Chen is off with Master Waan who has sworn to protect the boy at all costs. Once Chen finds out he can read minds, Master Waan quickly teaches Chen to become a young wizard! It also turns out that Master Waan is a wizard too! So Chen and Master Waan quickly come aboard a treasure ship, which is just the beginning of their adventure.

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A story that beatifuly mixes love, tragedy, magical realism, and coming of age. The book starts with a history of the family (told by Ava, the main character). Ava is a normal girl except for one little thing: she is born with wings. When she is 16 she goes on a quest to discover who she is and why she was born this way. She is not prepared for the real world and goes through many trials and tribulations. It is a beautiful book with many themes like self discovery, the American dream, and what it means to be human. 

 

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This book is about five friends: Laila, Henry, Katie, Nina, and Ram who all have different connections to each other. This group of 5 goes on an adventure together. The book is also is about the Mayan gods, inclding PAX, the sky god. The 4 of the 5 friends go to Spain and Mexico to search to save the 5th friend, and they realize they need to save humanity before it's destroyed by the gods. Are these friends going to find their friend and save humanity?

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