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1) Long lost
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Feeling lonely and out of place after her family moves to a new town, eleven-year-old Fiona Crane ventures to the local library, where she finds a gripping mystery novel about a small town, family secrets, and a tragic disappearance.
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Series
And then I turned into a mermaid volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Language
English
Formats
Description
For fans of Emily Windsnap and Maybe A Mermaid, And Then I Turned into a Mermaid is a funny, heartfelt coming-of-age story, perfect for 10 year old girls and any young mermaid fan!
Will Molly sink or swim as she attempts to hide her (Very Weird) new double identity?
Molly Seabrook's dull seaside life is turned upside down when she turns 13 and is let in on the family secret: she's PART-MERMAID! Molly isn't exactly thrilled.
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Publisher
Amulet Books
Language
English
Description
"Blue Riley has wrestled with demons ever since the loss of her mother to cancer. But when she encounters a beautiful devil at her town crossroads, it’s her runaway sister’s soul she fights to save. The devil steals Blue’s voice—inherited from her musically gifted mother—in exchange for a single shot at finding Cass."--Book jacket.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Festival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Shhhhh! Can you keep a secret? New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton is back with another story about Splat the Cat, and this time, your favorite frazzled cat has a secret of his own. When Splat overhears his parents planning a trip to Cat Kingdom for his sister's birthday, he's overjoyed. There's just one problem--it's a secret! Can Splat contain his excitement, or will he blow the big secret?
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Language
English
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Description
Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.
10) Rubylicious
Author
Series
Pinkalicious volume 7
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Pinkalicious is searching for stones for her rock collection when suddenly—POOF!—out pops a surprise! Rocky is here to grant Pinkalicious and her brother Peter one wish, and one wish only, so they must choose wisely.
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House
Language
English
Description
"From the author of "A Place to Hang the Moon" comes another World War II story about three siblings on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Based on a very real place in old New York and steeped in the history of the last year of World War II, "Nothing Else But Miracles" shows how, when things get tough, the neighborhood really will give you what you need...and may even offer up a miracle or two in the process." -Provided by Publisher
Author
Series
One and only Ivan stories volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
13) The cursed moon
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa has come up against enough real-life scary situations that fictional hauntings seem like no big deal. Rafa's incarcerated mom is being released from jail soon, and will be coming to live with him, his sister, and their grandparents. For the first time in a while, Rafa feels a pit...
Author
Series
School for Good and Evil volume prequel
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Two brothers--one good, one evil--choose the students for the School for Good and Evil where they train, teach and prepare them for their fate until something unexpected and powerful happens that changes everything"--
15) The bridge home
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the...
16) Even and Odd
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Description
When sisters Even and Odd are trapped and unable to return home to the mundane world they live in, they, with the help of a unicorn named Jeremy, must stop a power-mad wizard from creating an ecological disaster.
18) Mary Poppins
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Series
Language
English
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Description
An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
19) Ramona the pest
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
20) Twins
Author
Series
Twins volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and best friends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods, and are partners on all their school projects. But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomes Fran -- a girl who wants to join the chorus, run for class president, and dress in fashionable outfits that set her apart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only two classes with her sister! Maureen and Francine are...
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