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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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Nerd no more
Wiggie Carter is a regular kid. Smart, but basically a lot like everyone else in the sixth grade--until his mom becomes the host of Jump Into Science, an educational TV show. Suddenly Wiggie is famous--a famous nerd. Even when Wiggie makes friends with Callie, an outcast by anyone's definition, the lure of being one of the cool kids remain overwhelming. It's not until the cool kids lead Wiggie …
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- 0590218042
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- 143 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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The Sirian conspiracy
When a mysterious green, glowing object drops from the sky on the outskirts of Oakdale, Wishbone and friends set out to investigate.
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- 1570645884
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- 141 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- Wishbone Mysteries
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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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Hitler's daughter
The bombs were falling and the smoke rising from the concentration camps, but all Hitler's daughter knew was the world of lessons with Fraulein Gelber and the hedgehogs she rescued from the cold. Was it just a story or did Hitler's daughter really exist? And if you were Hitler's daughter, would all the horror that occurred be your fault, too? Do things that happened a long time ago still matter…
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- 9780207198014
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- 136 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Tashi and the genie
Adventurous little Tashi is granted three wishes after encountering a sly genie hiding in an old bowl, in this fourth installment of the Tashi series. Both Tashi and his friend Jack are flabbergasted, however, when Tashi’s wishes don't quite turn out as he hopes, leaving Tashi face to face with the evil warlord he escaped in his very first adventure. This time the warlord has captured childre…
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- 1741149681
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- 62 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Tales from the crypt
The Crypt-Keeper delivers the shivers with "The Craving Grave," "Oil's Well That Ends Well," "Raw Deal," and three others.
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- 0679830731
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- 96 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Tashi and the Baba Yaga
The fifth book in the series finds Tashi sharing a wild tale about Baba Yaga, a witch whose house stands on chicken legs and who likes eating children baked in pies. The excitement continues as this little adventurer recounts his daring escape from the wicked Baron, who traps him as a prisoner for the fearsome River Pirate. When Tashi foils the Baron’s evil plan, Jack’s dad is mesmerized by…
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- 174114969X
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- 63 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Courage on Mirror Mountain
A young boy living in the mountains of South Carolina grows in courage, understanding, and responsibility when he helps an injured hawk return to the wild.
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- 1555130399
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- 125 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Jim Ugly
Part wolf and fiercely independent, Jim Ugly is a dog who answers to only one person. Unfortunately, that man -- Sam Bannock -- has disappeared. Rumor has it that Sam is dead, but to his son, Jake, something about that doesn't sound quite right. So Jake and Jim Ugly embark on a wild journey into the frontier West, where they find themselves pursued by a pretty lady, a theater troupe, and one ve…
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- 0140363513
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- 133 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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