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  Betwixt

  by Tara Bray Smith

  For three teenagers, dark mystery has always lurked at the corner of the eyes and the edge of sleep. Beautiful Morgan D'Amici wakes in her trailerpark home with dirt and blood under her fingernails. Paintings come alive under Ondine Mason's violet-eyed gaze. Haunted runaway Nix Saint-Michael sees halos of light around people about to die. At a secret summer rave in the woods, the three teenagers learn of their... (more)
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  Never Take a Shark to the Dentist: and Other Things Not to Do

  by Judi Barrett

  There are many things you should never, ever, ever do. Like sit next to a porcupine on the subway (ouch!). Or hold hands with a lobster (double ouch!). Or take a shark to the dentist (triple ouch!). Bestselling author JUDI BARRETT and imaginative illustrator JOHN NICKLE give us a raucous look at the perils of taking giraffes to the movies, goats to the library, and pigs out to lunch...and other such silly stuff. (more)
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  Théâtre Illuminata: Book 1

  Eyes Like Stars

  by Lisa Mantchev

  All her world’s a stage.   Bertie Shakespeare Smith is not an actress, yet she lives in a theater. She’s not an orphan, but she has no parents. She knows every part, but she has no lines of her own. That is, until now.   Enter Stage Right   NATE. Dashing pirate. Will do anything to protect Bertie.   COBWEB, MOTH, MUSTARD SEED, and PEASEBLOSSOM. Four... (more)
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  Théâtre Illuminata: Book 2

  Perchance to Dream

  by Lisa Mantchev

  The stuff that dreams are made on.   Act Two, Scene One Growing up in the enchanted Thèâtre Illuminata, Beatrice Shakespeare Smith learned everything about every play ever written. She knew the players and their parts, but she didn’t know that she, too, had magic. Now, she is the Mistress of Revels, the Teller of Tales. She is ready for the outside world. Enter BERTIE AND COMPANY And it is nothing like... (more)
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  Little Wing - Who am I? Where am I? What am I?

  by Jake Taylor

  By chance, a common housefly, Little Wing, is born in Butterfly Forest. His mother arrived there riding in a car. Once there, she laid her eggs and left. After hatching, Little Wing finds himself completely alone, his brothers and sisters were taken away by an army of red ants. He doesn’t know Who he is, Where he is, or What he is. The story is about how he finds answers to these questions. Along the way,... (more)
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  Prodigal Summer

  by Barbara Kingsolver

  Barbara Kingsolver, a writer praised for her"extravagantly gifted narrative voice" ( New York Times Book Review ), has created with this novel a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms of southern... (more)
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  A Whale Is Not a Fish: And Other Animal Mix-Ups

  by Melvin Berger

  Clarifying common misconceptions about animals, such as the differences between alligators and crocodiles, an introduction to animal traits explains how scientific classifications are made. Reprint.