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Abbott, Tony
The Battle Begins
Owen Brown is your average fourth grader. Or he was, until his best friend, Dana, disappeared right in front of his face, through the floor of the school. Owen's average life has turned upside down. He's determined to find Dana -- before anyone realizes she's missing.
101 p. 2011
Children's Fiction Book
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Atwater, Richard
Mr. Popper's Penguins
The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.
138 p. 1938
Children's Fiction Book
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Bass, Guy
Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things
Young Dinkin Dings, who is afraid of literally everything, is certain that his new next-door neighbors are flesh-eating alien space zombies.
125 p. 2011
Children's Fiction Book
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Birney, Betty
Summer According to Humphrey
When summer arrives, Humphrey, the pet hamster of Longfellow School's Room 26, is surprised and pleased to learn that he will be going to Camp Happy Hollow.
167 p. 2010
Children's Fiction Book BIRNEY
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Corwin, Jeff
Your Backyard is Wild
As the son of a biologist and an ecologist, nine-year-old Benjamin looks forward to seeing man-made wonders while visiting his cousin in New York City, but also hopes to observe and record some of the wildlife there.
96 p. 2009
Children's Fiction Book
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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. 2002
Children's Fiction Book
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Dower, Laura
They Came from Planet Q
Fifth-grader and Monster Squadder Lindsey's photography skills come in handy when an unidentified flying object appears in Riddle, and metal objects begin to disappear.
128 p. 2010
Children's Fiction Book
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Doyle, Bill
Attack of the Shark-headed Zombie
In order to earn money for new bicycles, nine-year-old cousins Keats and Henry take a job at a very strange house where doors disappear, carpets bite, and a zombie shark comes after them.
104 p. 2011
Children's Fiction Book
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Erickson, John
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes.
127 p. 1999
Children's Fiction Book
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Gutman, Dan
Mr. Burke is Berserk!
After budget cuts threaten the art and music programs at Ella Mentry School, as well as some services, groundskeeper Burke finds gold and "gilver" on the playground, causing a modern-day gold rush.
106 p. 2012
Children's Fiction Book
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Howell, Brian
Joe Mauer
Learn about Minnesota Twins superstar Joe Mauer!
32 p. 2011
Children's Nonfiction Book
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Kirby, Stan
Captain Awesome Vs. Nacho Cheese Man
When second-grader Eugene's favorite comic book goes missing, he blames his best friend Charlie even though he has no evidence.
109 p. 2012
Children's Fiction Book
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Knudson, Mike
Raymond & Graham Cool Campers
Best friends Raymond and Graham decide to reinvent themselves when they go to Camp Grizzly over the summer.
156 p. 2011
Children's Fiction Book
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LaFevers, R. L.
The Basilisk's Lair
The continuing adventures of beastologist-in-training, Nathaniel Fludd, as he accompanies his intrepid Aunt Phil on a dangerous mission across West Africa to find a deadly basilisk that is missing and begins to find clues relating to the mysterious disappearance of his parents.
149 p. 2010
Children's Fiction Book
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Larry, H. I.
Poison Island
Separated from his parents and older brother, twelve-year-old Zac, a secret agent of the Government Investigation Bureau, must rely on his own skills to obtain the formula for Dr. Drastic's secret Solution X.
91 p. 2008
Children's Fiction Book
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Lewis, Josh
Super Chicken Nugget Boy Vs. Dr. Ned-Grant and his Eggplant Army
When school bully Dirk Hamstone pushes him to the dark side, Dr. Myron Ned-Grant develops an army of evil eggplants bent on world domination and it falls to Fern Goldberg's alter ego to save the world.
172 p. 2010
Children's Fiction Book
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Look, Lenore
Alvin Ho : Allergic to Camping Hiking and other Natural Disasters
When Alvin's father takes him camping to instill a love of nature, like that of their home-town hero Henry David Thoreau, Alvin makes a new friend and learns that he can be brave despite his fear of everything.
170 p. 2009
Children's Fiction Book
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McDonald, Megan
Stink and the World's Worst Super-stinky Sneakers
A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Judy Moody's younger brother Stink Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest.
130 p. 2007
Children's Fiction Book
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Mills, Claudia
How Oliver Olson Changed the World
Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is capable of doing great things without their help while his class is studying the solar system.
103 p. 2009
Children's Fiction Book
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Morris, Gerald
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
Relates tales of Sir Lancelot, the bravest knight in King Arthur's court.
92 p. 2008
Children's Fiction Book
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