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Detectives in Togas
By Henry Winterfeld
Read book review- flavius55 starsWhen my mother suggested I read Detectives in Togas, I wasn't very enthusiastic. I didn't like the cover of the book and why would I want to read a story about schoolboys living in Ancient Rome? In fact, Detectives in Togas is a whodunit which involves seven boys who live in Rome: Caius, Mucius,...
How to Survive in the Age of Pirates: A Handy Guide to Swashbuckling Adventures, Avoiding Deadly Diseases, and Escapin G the Ruthless Renegades of the High Seas
By Crispin Boyer
Think fast! You’ve been transported back in time to the golden age of piracy, a time when fearsome captains like Barbarossa and Blackbeard make the rules. Do you have what it takes to sail through this ruthless world of cutthroats and renegades—and live to tell the tale? If not, you might just find yourself in the midst of a murderous mutiny or marooned on a deserted island!Read book review
The Last Comics on Earth: Too Many Villains!: From the Creators of the Last Kids on Earth
By Max Brallier, Joshua Pruett
Jack, June, Quint, and Dirk face their biggest challenge yet: creating the sequel to their hit graphic novel! And like all sequels, it must be BIGGER, BETTER, and PACKED WITH EVEN MORE NEAT STUFF! While the kids get to work, their superhero alter-egos make a startling discovery: supervillains do not come up with their own evil plans! The shocking truth? Every supervillain scheme comes from the mind of a single, mysterious bad guy.Read book review
Enna Burning
By Shannon Hale
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pudgyjeon4 starsI was very surprised when I finished this book. Compared to its predecessor, this book is a lot more deep and intense. The previous book was all fairy tales and magic, so when I read this book, I was slightly shocked when it was so emotional and fierce. Enna Burning is from the point of view of E...
Escaping the Giant Wave
By Peg Kehret
Read book review- pudgyjeon3 starsAfter reading the summary for this book, I was ready to dive in with some anticipation for a good book. To start off, the details and imagery in this book were creative and thoughtful. There was so much excitement in this novel, and it felt like the danger would never end. One thing, however, tha...
Trading Faces
By Julia DeVillers, Jennifer Roy
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megank5 starsTrading Faces by Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy tells a very interesting and entertaining story of two identical twins in middle school. Payton and Emma are totally different, even though they look exactly the same. With Payton being the fashion and outgoing one, while Emma being intelligent an...
Lyddie (New Windmills)
By Katherine Paterson
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deafgirlhistory5 starsLydia "Lyddie" Worthen, a young girl in 1846, about twenty years right before U.S. Civil War had began. Her mother, Mattie, who you would sometimes see her letters to Lyddie but not so often had died later in the book. Her sister, Agnes, also died, too. Her another sister, Rachel, and her brother...
Detectives in Togas
By Henry Winterfeld
Read book review- flavius5 starsWhen my mother suggested I read Detectives in Togas, I wasn't very enthusiastic. I didn't like the cover of the book and why would I want to read a story about schoolboys living in Ancient Rome? In fact, Detectives in Togas is a whodunit which involves seven boys who live in Rome: Caius, Mucius,...
How to Survive in the Age of Pirates: A Handy Guide to Swashbuckling Adventures, Avoiding Deadly Diseases, and Escapin G the Ruthless Renegades of the High Seas
By Crispin Boyer
Think fast! You’ve been transported back in time to the golden age of piracy, a time when fearsome captains like Barbarossa and Blackbeard make the rules. Do you have what it takes to sail through this ruthless world of cutthroats and renegades—and live to tell the tale? If not, you might just find yourself in the midst of a murderous mutiny or marooned on a deserted island!Read book review
Boy-Crazy Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #7)
By Ann M. Martin
A brand-new graphic novel adapted by USA Today bestselling author Gale Galligan!Stacey and Mary A...
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Who Was Helen Keller?
By Gare Thompson
At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and ...
Read book reviewLyddie (New Windmills)
By Katherine Paterson
This series offers classic and contemporary fiction for schools to suit a range of ages and taste...
Read book reviewTrading Faces
By Julia DeVillers, Jennifer Roy
In Trading Faces, identical twin sisters Emma (the smart one) and Payton (the popular one) start ...
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Jurassic Smarts: A jam-packed fact book for dinosaur superfans! (Nerdlet)
By Drimmer, Stephanie Warren, Agresta, Jen
Kids will earn a PhD(inosaur) degree with all the supercool, cutting-edge dino data they crave jam-packed into this tiny, T-rex-errific tome! Inside, they’ll discover game-changing fossil finds, surprising dinosaur stats, and a fascinating variety of prehistoric creatures in all shapes and sizes—some totally bizarre!
Read book reviewDetectives in Togas
By Henry Winterfeld
In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . ...
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2, Special Rehearsal Edition Script
By J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany
"The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later.Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thor...
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The Alcatraz Escape (The Book Scavenger series)
By Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Sleuthing duo Emily and James tackle their most challenging mystery yet set on the haunting Al...
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Summer Vamp: (a Graphic Novel)
By Violet Chan Karim
What happens when a very human kid ends up at the wrong summer camp—FOR VAMPIRES?! This quirky and heart warming graphic novel about making friends and getting in trouble is perfect for fans of Witches of Brooklyn.
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