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Fairypedia
Explains what fairies are, explores folklore about them. Also explains the different types of fairies and fairies in literature.
125 p. 2009
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The August House Book of Scary Stories : Spooky Tales for Telling Out Loud
An anthology of spooky stories drawn from folklore, local history, and the storytellers' imaginations, and divided into the categories Just Desserts and Lessons Learned, Ghostly Guardians, Dark Humor, Urban Legends and Jump Tales, and Fearless Females.
144 p. 2009
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The Book of Ghosts
A collection of classic ghost stories adapted from such legendary writers as, Edgar Allen Poe, Washington Irving, and Oscar Wilde.
140 p. 2009
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Uncle John's Facts to Annoy Your Teacher : Bathroom Reader for Kids Only!
244 p. 2009
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Anderson, Laurie Halse
Fear of Falling
Twelve-year-old David has conflicting feelings when his father, who taught him to ride the horses he loves so much, returns to spend Thanksgiving Day with the family after being gone for a year.
112 p. 2009
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Anderson, Laurie Halse
Time to Fly
Just when Zoe is starting to feel at home in Ambler, Pennsylvania, living with her veterinarian grandmother and learning about a flock of wild parrots, her actress mother arrives to take her to a new home in Los Angeles.
122 p. 2009
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Baratz-Logsted, Lauren
Jackie's Jokes
April Fools' Day is long and hard for the third-grade Huit octuplets, but it is nothing compared to the challenges of Tax Day, through which Jackie discovers her special power and gift and learns more about their parents' mysterious disappearance.
119 p. 2009
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Barba, Rick
G.I. Joe, the Rise of Cobra
G.I. Joe and his team of super soldiers are on a mission to stop Destro McCullen from destroying the world.
48 p. 2009
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Barber, Tiki
Wild Card
Through the course of a difficult season, Ronde learns that his coach is right about football being a mental game, as he tries to fill in as kicker while he and his identical twin, Tiki, help Adam improve his grades.
148 p. 2009
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Benton, Jim
It's Not My Fault I Know Everything
Jamie Kelly looks back through her very oldest diaries, and is amazed at how dumb she used to be considering how smart she is now.
131 p. 2009
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Black, Allyson
A Light in the Darq
Scarlett and Crimson, 13 year old middle school students, have started their own band, DarqStarz. But they need a bass player to play at the in the school district's Battle of the Bands contest.
112 p. 2009
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Blade, Adam
Spiros, The Ghost Phoenix
The evil wizard Malvel no longer wants to simply defeat Tom. He is determined to crush him. This time, he's kidnapped Tom's Aunt and Uncle-his only family-and disappeared. Tom's only hope is to summon the lost seventh Beast of Avantia, Spiros the Ghost Phoenix. But this legendary Beast disappeared years ago . . . and tracking her down could make this Tom's most dangerous quest yet.
111 p. 2009
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Bragg, Georgia
Matisse On the Loose
An aspiring artist's daily routine of being embarrassed by his eccentric family is interrupted when he finds himself in the middle of an art museum fiasco involving Matisse's 1909 portrait of his son Pierre.
149 p. 2009
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Bruchac, Joseph
Night Wings
After being taken captive by a band of treasure seekers, thirteen-year-old Paul and his Abenaki grandfather must face a legendary Native American monster at the top of Mount Washington.
194 p. 2009
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Bryant, Annie
Ready! Set! Hawaii!
The BSG are on an all-expenses-paid cruise to Hawaii, thanks to Dad's assignment! It's an amazing trip, complete with volcanoes, horse-back riding, and snorkeling, but it hasn't all been smooth sailing.
289 p. 2009
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Byars, Betsy Cromer.
Boo's Surprise
Boo finds an egg that hatches into a new dinosaur.
45 p. 2009
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Carman, Patrick
The Black Circle
A strange telegram lures fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, deep into Russia and away from the only trustworthy adult they know. Signed with the initials NRR, the telegram launches a race to uncover a treasure stolen by the Nazis and the truth behind the murder of the last Russian royal family. All too soon, the treasure hunt starts to smell like a Lucian trap. But the bait might just be irresistible--what will Amy and Dan risk to find out what really happened on the night their parents died?
168 p. 2009
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Casey, Jo
Jonas : The Essential Guide
Photographs and information about the teen pop group and its co-stars from their television program. The band is made up of three brothers from New Jersey.
48 p. 2009
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Clements, Andrew
Extra Credit
As letters flow back and forth between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan across cultural and religious divides, sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
183 p. 2009
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Cowell, Cressida
A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons
Hiccup must steal a book from the Meathead Public Library in order to save his dragon from being banished, but Vikings see books as dangerous and therefore keep them locked up under heavy guard.
171 p. 2009
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