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The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: Book 2

After fleeing Ojai, Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris, the City of Lights. Home for Nicholas Flamel. Only this homecoming is anything but sweet. Perenell is still locked up back in Alcatraz and Paris is teeming with enemies. Nicollo Machiavelli, immortal author and celebrated art collector, is working for Dee. He’s after them, and time is running out for Nicholas and Perenell. For every day spent... (more)

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little

by Peggy Elizabeth Gifford

It wasn't as if Moxy Maxwell hadn't tried to do her summer reading. She and Stuart Little had been inseparable all summer, like best friends. If Stuart Little wasn't in her backpack, it was in her lap . . . or holding up the coffee table . . . or getting splashed when Moxy went swimming. But now it's the end of August—the day before fourth grade. And if Moxy doesn't read all of Stuart Little immediately,... (more)

The Uglies: Book 2

Pretties

by Scott Westerfeld

Gorgeous. Popular. Perfect. Perfectly wrong. Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted. But beneath all the fun -- the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom -- is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally's... (more)

Twilight Saga: Book 2

New Moon

by Stephenie Meyer

Legions of readers entranced by the New York Times bestseller Twilight won't be disappointed by this gripping sequel. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist....

Pirate Girl

by Cornelia Funke

Ferocious pirate Captain Firebeard THINKS that he and the ruthless crew of the "Horrible Haddock" rule the high seas. But Firebeard and his band meet their match when they kidnap a small but feisty girl named Molly. Even after the pirates threaten Molly with sharks and make her scrub the deck, she is utterly defiant -- and will NOT tell Firebeard who her parents are. All the while, Molly is busy sending secret... (more)

Daisy-Head Mayzie (Classic Seuss)

by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel

When a daisy suddenly sprouts from the top of Mayzie McGrew's head, she is faced with her classmates' taunts, her parents' dismay, and a publicity agent's greed. How poor Mayzie learns that love is more important than fame and fortune makes an endearing morality tale for our time--and for all ages. Narrated by the Cat in the Hat, Daisy-Head Mayzie is vintage Seuss!

The Belgariad: Book 2

Queen of Sorcery

by David Eddings

"BELGARIAD is exactly the kind of fantasy I like. It has magic, adventure, humor, mystery, and a certain delightful human insight." PIERS ANTHONY The master Sorcerer Belgarath and his daughter Polgara the arch-Sorceress were on the trail of the Orb, seeking to regain its saving power before the final disaster prophesized by the legends. And with them went Garion, a simple farm boy only months before, but now the... (more)

Bats at the Library

by Brian Lies

Houghton Mifflin Company Another inky evening’s here— The air is cool and calm and clear. Can it be true? Oh, can it be? Yes!—Bat Night at the library! Join the free-for-all fun at the public library with these book-loving bats! Shape shadows on walls, frolic in the water fountain, and roam the book-filled halls until it’s time for everyone, young and old, to settle down into the enchantment of story time. Brian... (more)

Henry's Freedom Box

by Ellen/ Nelson, Kadir (ILT) Levine

How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.AMarjorie Priceman

How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A

by Marjorie Priceman

IN THIS EXUBERANT companion story to How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, our young baker sets her sights on a cherry pie. She heads off on a round-the-U.S.A. journey to find all the materials she needs to stock her kitchen: New Mexico for clay (mixing bowl), Washington for wood (rolling pin), Hawaii for sand (sand? to make the glass for her measuring cup, of course). In joyful art filled with small... (more)

The Giant Jam Sandwich

by John Vernon Lord, Janet Burroway

Four million wasps invade Itching Down, so the villagers make a giant jam sandwich to trap them.

Kincaid and James: Book 1

A Share in Death

by Deborah Crombie

A week's holiday in a luxurious Yorkshire time-share is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But the discovery of a body floating in the whirlpool bath ends Kincaid's vacation before it's begun. One of his new acquaintances at Followdale House is dead; another is a killer. Despite a distinct lack of cooperation from the local constabulary, Kincaid's keen sense of duty won't allow him to... (more)

Chimps Don't Wear Glasses (Stories to Go!)

Chimps Don't Wear Glasses (Stories to Go!)

by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Chimps don't wear glasses And zebras don't cook And you won't see a kangaroo reading a book. So begins the sequel to Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers in which we find more animals in preposterous, hilarious situations. Laura Numeroff's understated text, combined with Joe Mathieu's vibrant art, creates a nonsensical world that will have readers in stitches -- and dreaming up their own characters and... (more)

Fluffy Meets The Tooth Fairy (level 3) (Hello Reader)

Fluffy Meets The Tooth Fairy (level 3) (Hello Reader)

by Kate McMullan

Is the tooth fairy real? Just ask Fluffy! When Wade loses his tooth, Fluffy (who finds the tooth in his cage) embarks on a nighttime adventure to put the tooth under Wade's pillow. Along the way, he climbs a precarious tower and braves a big cat named Brutus. Exhausted, Fluffy curls up on Wade's pillow to sleep. Just as he's closing his eyes, he sees twinkling lights. Could it be the tooth fairy? The next morning,... (more)

Spiderwick Chronicles: Book 2

The Seeing Stone

by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black

we said no still you looked now instead someone gets cooked

Spiderwick Chronicles: Book 1

The Field Guide

by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black

Go away close the book put it down do not look

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Edward Kennedy " Duke" Ellington, " King of the Keys," was born on April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. " He was a smooth-talkin', slick-steppin', piano-playin' kid," writes master wordsmith Andrea Pinkney in the rhythmic, fluid, swinging prose of this excellent biography for early readers. It was ragtime music that first " set Duke's fingers to wiggling. " He got back to work and taught himself to " press on the... (more)

Clementine

by Sara Pennypacker

Clementine is having not so good of a week. On Monday she's sent to the principal's office for cutting off Margaret's hair. Tuesday, Margaret's mother is mad at her. Wednesday, she's sent to the principal. Again. Thursday, Margaret stops speaking to her. Friday starts with yucky eggs and gets worse. And by Saturday, even her mother is mad at her. Okay, fine. Clementine is having a DISASTROUS week.

When Marian Sang: True Recital of Marian Anderson, The

When Marian Sang: True Recital of Marian Anderson, The

by Pam Munoz Ryan

Marian Anderson is best known for her historic concert at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939, which drew an integrated crowd of over 75,000 people in pre-Civil Rights America. While this momentous event showcased the uniqueness of her character, and the struggles of the times in which she lived, it is only part of her story. Like the opera arias Marian would come to sing, Ryan's text is as moving as a libretto, and... (more)

Freddy In Peril: Book Two In The Golden Hamster Saga

Freddy In Peril: Book Two In The Golden Hamster Saga

by John Brownjohn, Dietlof Reiche

Even a brilliant hamster can be prone to lapses of judgment. Which is how Freddy came to post his autobiography on the Internet (after all, a writer needs an audience). Lo, it was a bad move. For when an evil scientist discovers Freddy's genius he hamster-naps him to experiment on his brain! Can a wise tomcat, a pair of guinea pig poets, & a colony of rats save Freddy from becoming a casualty of science? This... (more)

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by John Vernon Lord, Janet Burroway

by Deborah Crombie

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by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black

by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black

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