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Any small goodness : a novel of the barrio
Award-winning picture-book author Tony Johnston presents the poignant story of a loving Mexican-American family in East L.A. in her first novel for young readers. Los Angeles is a place of movie stars and fast cars and people who are too rich and people who are too poor. An area of freeway chases and drive-bys and death. But there's another L.A., one where warmth and humor and humanity pervade…
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- 0439419018
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- 128 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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The Cabbage Patch Fib
This story describes the drama that occurs when a father tells his son, Chris, that babies grow out of cabbages. Unfortunately, Chris then finds a baby in a cabbage patch and becomes an instant father.
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- 9780140377699
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- 49 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the third wheel
Greg Heffley is not willing to be the odd man out. A dance at Greg's middle school has everyone scrambling to find a partner, and Greg is determined not to be left by the wayside. So he concocts a desperate plan to find someone—anyone!—to go with on the big night. But Greg's schemes go hilariously awry, and his only option is to attend the dance with his best friend, Rowley Jefferson,…
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- 9781419709197
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- 217 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Busy holiday
Summer's here, and the days are full of fun and sunshine in Busy Holiday. Pack the car, splash in the sea, whoosh down a water slide then pitch a tent just in time for bed! Children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations by Sebastien Braun, which is part of the popular Busy Book series.Also available: Busy Garage, Busy Bu…
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- 9781509835768
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- 8 pages : illustration ; 18 cm
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Matilda
Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world... For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever li…
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- 0590996835
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- 240 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Ratburger
The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children's author in the country.Hot on the heels of bestselling Gangsta Granny comes another hilarious, action-packed and touching novel - the story of a little girl called Zoe. Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school b…
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- 9780007453542
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- 316 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Demon dentist
This New York Times bestseller from David Walliams, the UK’s #1 bestselling children’s author and “the heir to Roald Dahl” (The Spectator), launched his books stateside in a big way! Walliams makes going to the dentist a wacky adventure with his signature humor—this is one dentist appointment you don’t want to miss. Something strange is happening in Alfie's town. Instead of sh…
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- 9780007453580
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- 439 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Ida B : ..and her plans to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and (possibly) save …
The New York Times bestselling debut novel from acclaimed children's author Katherine Hannigan is both very funny and extraordinarily moving. Who is Ida B. Applewood? She is a fourth grader like no other, living a life like no other, with a voice like no other, and her story will resonate long after you have put this book down. How does Ida B cope when outside forces—life, really—atte…
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- 9780439837156
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- 246 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Just Juice
Juice Faulstich lives with her pa and ma and four sisters in the North Carolina hills. Working with her hands comes easy to Juice, but not school. This year, she's back again in Miss Hamble's third grade. Letters and numbers still don't make sense to her, even though she's the biggest kid in class.Juice skips school when she can, and spends the day with her pa. When he gets an official-looking …
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- 0590033832
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- 138 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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