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2) Ghosts
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Catrina and her family have moved to the coast of Northern California for the sake of her little sister, Maya, who has cystic fibrosis--and Cat is even less happy about the move when she is told that her new town is inhabited by ghosts, and Maya sets her heart on meeting one.
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First Second
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English
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After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and three older brothers, Maggie enrolls in public high school, where interacting with her peers is complicated by the melancholy ghost that has followed her throughout her entire life.
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The Whisker sisters volume 1
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Graphic Universe
Edition
First American edition.
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English
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Amulet volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Edition
First edition.
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English
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When Emily loses control of her Amulet, she is imprisoned in the Void, where she must escape the influence of the Voice, while her brother, Navin, travels to a space station where the Resistance is preparing to battle the approaching Shadow forces.
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Vertigo
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English
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This Little Endless picture book features the popular Endless characters (Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Despair, Desire, and Delirium) from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman comic book rendered in "diminutive form". In Delirium's Party, when Delirium notices her sister, Despair, never smiles, she throws a party for her and all of their siblings bring gifts to cheer her up.
7) Sisters
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"Raina Telgemeier uses her signature humor and charm to tell the story of her relationship with her little sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado"--Page 4 of cover.
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Amulet volume 5
Publisher
Graphix
Edition
1st ed.
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English
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Emily survived the chaos of the Guardian Academy, but Max Griffin has stolen the Mother Stone. With it, the Elf King forges new amulets that will give him the power to invade and destroy the nation of Windsor. Emily and her friends lead the soldiers of the Cielis Guard in a fight to stop him, but Max stands in their way. And when she seeks information from the Voice of her Amulet, she discovers that the Voice is much more sinister than she ever could...
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Babymouse volume 3
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Random House Children's Books
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English
Description
During summer vacation, Babymouse heads to the beach for a fun-filled week of sun, sand, and surfing where she encounters a shark, which puts quite a damper on her dreams of being a surfing star.
10) Me & my brothers
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Tokyopop
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English
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When fourteen-year-old orphan Sakura discovers that she has four half-brothers, her world is turned upside down when she is forced to live with them.
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Amulet volume 4
Publisher
Graphix
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
Emily and her friends think they'll find the help they need in Cielis, but something isn't right. Streets that were once busy are deserted, and the townspeople who are left live in fear. Emily is soon escorted to the Academy where she's expected to compete for a spot on the Guardian Council, a group of the the most powerful Stonekeepers. But as the number of competitors gets smaller and smaller, a terrible secret is slowly uncovered - a secret that,...
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KaBOOM!, a division of Boom Entertainment
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English
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"Karla and her little brother Benny accompany their Uncle Bill on a scientific expedition to study unidentified species on the remote island but after a little "bad luck" they soon discover something terrifying and deadly living in the river swamp... With nowhere to run, will Karla, Benny, and Uncle Bill survive the unimaginable and harrowing horrors of the place aptly nicknamed Beast Island?"--
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Series
Amulet volume 3
Publisher
Graphix
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Emily, Navin, and the resistance fighters search for a mythical city in the clouds, and try to figure out if the elf king's son is an ally or an enemy.
Emily and the crew of resistance fighters charter an airship and set off in search of the lost city of Cielis. It's a mission that Alledia's survival depends on, and time is running out. Emily has to find Cielis before the Elf King finds her. Book #3.
Author
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Amulet volume 1
Publisher
Graphix
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
"After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named...
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Hachette Book Group
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
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English
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A sister and brother, along with thousands of young people, have been kidnapped and either thrown in prison or turned up missing after accusations of witchcraft were made against them, and the ruling regime will do anything in order to suppress life and liberty, music and books.
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Yen Press
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
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English
Description
In a post-apocalyptic world, two lonely little sisters chance upon a strange video. To their surprise and joy, a girl with long black hair named Sadako climbs out of the TV, but little do the girls know that their new friend is a vengeful ghost who plans to kill them in a week.
19) Swing it, Sunny
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Series
Sunny side up volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
In the mid-1970s Sunny Lewin is back, star of her personal show, facing the prospect of Middle School, and dealing with the problems of her somewhat dysfunctional family--in particular her older brother, Dale, who has been sent off to a military academy because of his delinquent behavior.
20) The baker's run
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Series
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Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Language
English
Description
April Hare's new bakery has an order of two hundred apple tarts for the Mayor and she enlists her brother March, race car driver, and Hammond the Pig to make the delivery--but between March's obsession with speed and Hammond's appetite it seems unlikely that the tarts will arrive intact and on time.
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