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Alex Rider has been through a lot for his fourteen years. He's been shot at by international terrorists, chased down a mountainside on a makeshift snowboard, and has stood face-to-face with pure evil. Twice, young Alex has managed to save the world. And twice, he has almost been killed doing it. But now Alex faces something even more dangerous. The desperation of a man who has lost everything h…
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- 0439662095
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- 264 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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The puppy sister
Nick and his parents get more than they bargained for when their newly adopted puppy, Aleasha, decides she'll have more fun with her new family if she becomes human, too. So begins a laugh-out-loud adventure told from Aleasha's point of view, about her transformation from puppy to girl. A Parents' Choice Silver Honor Book.
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- 0440413842
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- 122 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Hoot
Who-o-o's that in the nursery? It's Hoot, a welcome addition to Jane Hissey's charming stuffed menagerie. When Little Bear is frightened by a strange noise, he and the other animals get up to investigate. What they find is a new nocturnal friend--the shining star of this delightful new picture book about a small stuffed owl in need of a rest!
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- 0091765153
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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Tomato soup
When Baby Mouse catches a cold, she finds a mischievous way to avoid taking her medicine.
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- 0517582384
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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When chickens grow teeth
In a tale based on a story by Guy de Maupassant, bedridden Frenchman Toine helps out his stern, strict wife, Madame Colette, by hatching eggs for her under his large arms.
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- 0531088766
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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The stowaway : a tale of California pirates
Kristiana Gregory's swashbuckling tale of a young boy's encounter with a true pirate is being repackaged with a new cover. This high seas adventure is full of historic facts and nefarious characters. The year is 1818, and the coastal village of Monterey, California, is a peaceful home for 11-year-old Carlito and his family ... until pirate ships appear on the horizon. Carlito and his friends…
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- 0590488236
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- 126 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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On my island
The narrator of this story thinks that there’s nothing to do on his little round island, which he shares with a wolf, two cats, three ants, and a bat. But all around him, fantastic events are taking place — it’s just that the boy and his friends are always looking in the wrong direction. Marie-Louise Gay’s signature style brings delight and whimsy to every page. “A masterpiece.... Gay…
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- 9780888993960
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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The slave dancer
In this iconic, wrenching Newbery Medal winning book, a young Louisiana boy faces the horrors of slavery when he is kidnapped and forced to work on a slave ship. Thirteen-year-old Jessie Bollier earns a few pennies playing his fife on the docks of New Orleans. One night, on his way home, a canvas is thrown over his head and he’s knocked unconscious. When he wakes up, Jessie finds himself a…
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- 9781416971399
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- 177 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
General Matsika's children steal out of the house on a forbidden adventure--and disappear. In Zimbabwe, in the year 2194, the children's parents call in Africa's most unusual detectives--the Ear, the Eye and the Arm--who have powers far beyond those of other human beings. The children must avoid the evils of the past, the technology of the future, and a motley assortment of criminals in order t…
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- 0590605135
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- 311 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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