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Category: Magical

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Odessa Again book cover Odessa Again
by Dana Reinhardt

On shelves 05/14/2013

Odessa doesn't want to move into her new house. She doesn't want to have a mom-home and a dad-home. She doesn't want to see strange toys in front...
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Wednesdays in the Tower book cover Wednesdays in the Tower
by Jessica Day George

On shelves 05/07/2013

Fairy tales are very in right now, and there is no trend more popular at the moment than revising or updating the most popular stories of...
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To Be a Cat book cover To Be a Cat
by Matt Haig

On shelves 06/11/2013

Poor Barney Willow. He's been having a tough couple of years. His mom and dad are divorced, his father has disappeared under mysterious...
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The Quirks cover The Quirks: Welcome to Normal
by Erin Soderberg

On shelves 06/04/2013

The Quirks are not your typical family. Sure Molly is a fairly normal 10 year old. But her twin sister Penelope can make her imagination come to...
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The Lightning Catcher book cover The Lightning Catcher
by Anne Cameron

On shelves 05/07/2013

The Lightning Catcher is great fun. It begins with showers of amphibians, proceeds quickly to explosions and mysterious strangers...
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An Army of Frogs: A Kulipari Novel book cover An Army of Frogs: A Kulipari Novel
by Trevor Pryce

On shelves 05/07/2013

I am embarrassed to admit that I hadn't even considered ordering An Army of Frogs until the ABA picked it for their Celebrating Debut...
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The Sasquatch Escape (1 Imaginary Veterinary) book cover The Sasquatch Escape (1 Imaginary Veterinary)
by Suzanne Selfors

On shelves 04/02/2013

I love Suzanne Selfors' sly humor. Every books she writes makes you smile. Guess it's hard not to like that.

The Sasquatch Escape...
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O. M. G. (Oh My Godmother) The Glitter Trap book cover O. M. G. (Oh My Godmother) The Glitter Trap
by Barbara Brauner

On shelves 05/14/2013

The Glitter Trap, the first book in the O.M.G. series (that's Oh My Godmother, by the way), is a slapstick romp...
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When the Butterflies Came book cover When the Butterflies Came
by Kimberley Griffiths Little

On shelves 04/01/2013

When the Butterflies Came truly is a magical tale, the best of Kimberley Griffiths Little's marvelous bayou tales.

Tara's...
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Chews Your Destiny: Gum Girl book cover Chews Your Destiny: Gum Girl
by Rhode Montijo

On shelves 07/09/2013

Gum Girl is a treat, a sweet little confection for the youngest readers.

Gabby Gomez loves bubblegum. She chews it everywhere. But this...
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The Fairy Bell Sisters book covers The Fairy Bell Sisters, Books 1 & 2 (Sylva and the Fairy Ball & Rosy and the Secret Friend)
by Margaret McNamara

On shelves 04/23/2013

These are two little gems! Sylva and the Fairy Ball and Rosy and the Secret Friend are the first two books in a chapter book...
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The Cats of Tanglewood Forest book cover The Cats of Tanglewood Forest
by Charles de Lint

On shelves 03/12/2013

The only thing I don't absolutely love about this book is the title.

The cats are important to the plot, but they're not central...
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There book cover The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
by Catherynne M. Valente

On shelves 10/02/2012

I know Valente's books are not for everyone. Her style is so florid and complex it just turns off reluctant readers. However, I prefer to look at...
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Freakling book cover Freakling
by Lana Krumwiede

On shelves 10/09/2012
Everyone where Taemon lives has Psi, a power similar to telekinesis with very interesting conditions — everyone who doesn't gets shipped off to the "...
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Dark Lord: The Early Years book cover Dark Lord: The Early Years
by Jamie Thomson

On shelves 10/02/2012

The Dark Lord finds himself in tremendous pain, lying in a parking space in a supermarket lot. All attempts to summon his Lieutenants or Great...
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