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Applegate, Katherine
The One and Only Ivan
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
305 p. 2012
Children's Fiction Book
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Bacon, Lee
Joshua Dread
Besides being bullied, Joshua faces one more obstacle in middle school, trying to hide his identity as the son of supervillains, the Dread Duo.
258 p. 2012
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Barry, Dave
Peter the Starcatchers
Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.
442 p. 2004
Children's Fiction Book BARRY
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Birney, Betty G.
School Days According to Humphrey
Humphrey the hamster is puzzled when unfamiliar students fill Mrs. Brisbane's classroom at summer's end, but he soon learns that his friends from last year are fine and that the new class needs his special help.
151 p. 2011
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Bruel, Nick
Bad Kitty School Daze
Kitty's owners have finally had enough of her bad behavior, it's time to ship her off to obedience school.
158 p. 2013
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Clements, Andrew
No Talking
The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a no talking contest.
146 p. 2007
Children's Fiction Book CLEMENT
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Dahl, Roald
James and the Giant Peach
A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.
146 p. 1995
Children's Fiction Book DAHL
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Deedy, Carmen Agra
The Cheshire Cheese Cat : a Dickens of a Tale
A community of mice and a cheese-loving cat form an unlikely alliance at an inn where Charles Dickens finds inspiration and Queen Victoria makes an unexpected appearance.
228 p. 2011
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DiTerlizzi, Tony
Kenny & the Dragon
Kenny the rabbit has few friends, so when one, bookstore owner George, is sent to kill another, gentle dragon Grahame, Kenny must find a way to prevent their battle.
151 p. 2008
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Erdrich, Louise
The Porcupine Year
In 1852, forced by the United States government to leave their beloved Island of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker, fourteen-year-old Omokayas and her Ojibwe family travel in search of a new home.
193 p. 2008
Children's Fiction Book ERDRICH
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Evans, Lissa
Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms : Magic Mystery & a Very Strange Adventure
As if being small and having S. Horten as his name isn't bad enough,10-year-old Stuart is on a quest to find his great-uncle Tony--a famous magician and his marvelous, long-lost workshop.
270 p. 2012
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Frost, Helen
Diamond Willow
In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who care for her.
111 p. 2008
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Gaiman, Neil
Odd and the Frost Giants
An unlucky twelve-year-old Norwegian boy named Odd leads the Norse gods Loki, Thor, and Odin in an attempt to outwit evil Frost Giants who have taken over Asgard.
117 p. 2009
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Han, Jenny
Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream
Korean American fourth-grader Clara Lee longs to be Little Miss Apple Pie, and when her luck seems suddenly to change for the better, she overcomes her fear of public speaking and enters the competition.
149 p. 2011
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Howe, Deborah
Bunnicula : A Rabbit Tale of Mystery
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.
98 p. 1979
Children's Fiction Book HOWE
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Korman, Gordon
Swindle
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back.
252 p. 2008
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Landy, Derek
Skulduggery Pleasant
When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones.
392 p. 2007
Children's Fiction Book LANDY
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Lawson, Robert
Ben and Me : A New and Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin as Written By his Good Mouse Amos
Benjamin Franklin's companion, Amos the mouse, recounts how he was responsible for Franklin's inventions and discoveries.
113 p. 1939
Children's Fiction Book LAWSON
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Lin, Grace
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.
278 p. 2009
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Lowry, Lois
Number the Stars
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
137 p. 1989
Children's Fiction Book LOWRY
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