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Abrahams, Peter
Robbie Forester and the Outlaws of Sherwood St.
After getting a strange charm bracelet from a homeless woman, thirteen-year-old Robyn Forester and new friends join together to fight injustice in their Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood.
294 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
Children's Fiction Book
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Cameron, Anne.
The Lightning Catcher
When eleven-year-old Angus McFangus learns that he is a storm prophet, someone who can predict and control catastrophic weather, he must stop the villainous Scabious Dankhart from unleashing an unending storm and achieving world domination.
418 p. 2013
Children's Fiction Book
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Cody, Matthew
The Dead Gentleman
Eleven-year-old orphan Tommy Learner's world in 1900 New York City collides with that of twelve-year-old, modern-day Jezebel Lemon in the basement of her apartment building. There they must work together to use the portals between worlds to thwart the Dead Gentleman, a legendary villain whose last unconquered world is the planet Earth.
280 p. 2011
Children's Fiction Book
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Flanagan, John (John Anthony)
The Outcasts
Skandian outcasts Hal, Stig, and others do battle at sea against the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race across icy waters where not everyone thinks of the competition as play.
434 p. 2011
Children's Fiction Book
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Frost, Helen, 1949-
Diamond Willow
In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when she is not at school, wishing she were more popular, all the while unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who care for her.
viii, 111 p. 2008
Teen Fiction Book
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Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Ghost Knight
Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft and new friend Ella summon the ghost of Sir William Longspee, who may be able to protect Jon from a group of ghosts that threatens him harm from the day he arrives at Salisbury Cathedral's boarding school. Includes historical notes.
330 p. 2012
Children's Fiction Book
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Garretson, Dee
Wildfire Run
A relaxing retreat to Camp David turns deadly after a faraway earthquake sets off a chain of disastrous events. The president's twelve-year-old son, Luke, and his friends Theo and Callie are trapped within the compound, as wildfires rage around them.
261 p. 2010
Children's Fiction Book
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Gibbs, Stuart
The Last Musketeer
Greg Rich has just been catapulted back through time. One moment, his parents were selling their family heirlooms to Michel Dinicouer, a curator at the Louvre in Paris. The next thing Greg knows, he's in France in 1615. His parents have come along, too, only they've been captured by the King's Guard and thrown into La Mort, the world's most dangerous prison. Now, Greg has to rescue them... but how? Greg soon discovers that the three great warriors from Alexander Dumas's classic novel "The Three Musketeers" actually exist -- only they're teenagers and haven't met yet. Can Greg unite them and convince them to help him?
244 p. 2011
Children's Fiction Book
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Gutman, Dan
Never Say Genius
While on a cross-country trip with their parents, twins Coke and Pepsi battle a new kid genius villain. As they stop in places such as Hershey Park, Mustard Museum and the first McDonald's restaurant, it will take all of their decoding skills to solve the mysterious ciphers to defeat their new foe.
277 p. 2012
Children's Fiction Book
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Hobbs, Will.
Never Say Die
Fifteen-year-old half-Inuit Nick and his white brother, Ryan, meet and share an adventure on the Firth River in the Canadian Arctic, facing white water, wild animals, and fierce weather as Ryan documents the effects of climate change on caribou for National Geographic.
211 p. 2013
Children's Fiction Book
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Holub, Joan
Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom
When ten-year-old Zeus is kidnapped, he discovers he can defend himself with a magical thunderbolt.
100 p. 2012
Children's Fiction Book
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Hughes, Shirley, 1927-
Hero On a Bicycle
"Florence, Italy, 1944: The city is under heavy Nazi occupation, but for thirteen-year-old Paolo, war is a long and boring wait. Too young to fight for the resistance, yet desperate for action and adventure, he sneaks out each night to ride his bicycle along the darkened city streets. For Paolo, the risk is thrilling. But when he is accosted by Partisans--covert members of the anti-Nazi movement--thrilling quickly becomes dangerous as Paolo and his family are thrust into a terrifying and impossible situation. Finally at the center of the action, Paolo must figure out once and for all whether he has what it takes to truly be a hero."--Dust jacket.
213 p. 2013
Children's Fiction Book
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Ibbotson, Eva
The Ogre of Oglefort
When the Hag of Dribble, an orphan boy, and a troll called Ulf are sent to rescue a princess from an ogre, it turns out to be far from the routine magical mission they expect.
247 p. 2011
Children's Fiction Book
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Jacobson, Jennifer
Small as an Elephant
Abandoned by his mother in an Acadia National Park campground, Jack tries to make his way back to Boston before anyone figures out what is going on, with only a small toy elephant for company.
275 p. 2011
Children's Fiction Book
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Johnson-Shelton, Nils
The Invisible Tower
Twelve-year-old Artie Kingfisher learns that he is actually King Arthur brought back to life in the twenty-first century--and that the fate of the universe rests in his hands.
335 p. 2012
Children's Fiction Book
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Korman, Gordon
Unsinkable
"The Titanic is meant to be unsinkable, but as it begins its maiden voyage, there's plenty of danger waiting for four of its passengers. Paddy is a stowaway, escaping a deadly past. Sophie's mother is delivered to the ship by police - after she and Sophie have been arrested. Juliana's father is an eccentric whose riches can barely hide his madness. And Alfie has a secret that could get him kicked off the ship immediately. The lives of these four passengers will be forever linked with the fate of the Titanic. And the farther they get from shore, the more the danger looms."
170 p. 2011
Children's Fiction Book
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Kurtz, Chris, 1960-
The Adventures of a South Pole Pig
"Flora the pig ditches the sedentary life on the farm for an adventure in Antarctica, where she escapes the knife and lives her dream of pulling a sled with a team of dogs"--Provided by publisher.
278 p. 2013
Children's Fiction Book
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LaFevers, R. L.
Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh
When eleven-year-old Theodosia and her cat, Isis, travel to Egypt to return the Orb of Ra and the Emerald Tablet, she hopes to learn more about her origins but finds, instead, the Serpents of Chaos and a precious treasure that suddenly appears and disappears.
394 p. 2011
Children's Fiction Book
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Landon, Kristen
The Limit
When his family exceeds its legal debt limit, thirteen-year-old Matt is forcibly taken to the Federal Debt Rehabilitation Agency workhouse. There he discovers illicit activities are being carried out using the children who have been placed there.
291 p. 2010
Children's Fiction Book
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