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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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Rebel Spirits book cover Rebel Spirits
by Lois Ruby

On shelves 06/01/2013

Lori has a secret. She hasn't even told her best friend. Lori can see ghosts. Not often, and nothing much has happened beyond having brief,...
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Case File 13: Zombie Kid book cover Case File 13: Zombie Kid
by J. Scott Savage

On shelves 12/26/2012

Nick, Angelo, and Carter call themselves the Three Monsterteers because they love monsters so much. Every year, they blow the other kids out of...
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The Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Start book cover The Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Start
by Gordon McAlpine

On shelves 01/10/2013

Edgar and Allan Poe look a lot like their great-great-great-great-granduncle, Edgar Allan Poe. While the boys create trouble for themselves,...
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Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green book cover Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green
by Helen Phillips

On shelves 11/13/2012

This is a story of sisters. Yes, there are jungle beasts and witches; there is a volcano and its attendant goddess; there is young love and...
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Who Could That Be at This Hour (1 All the Wrong Questions) book cover Who Could That Be at This Hour (1 All the Wrong Questions)
by Lemony Snicket

On shelves 10/23/2012

You probably shouldn't want to read this book. It's the pointless tale of a shiftless young author asking questions that shouldn't be asked and...
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Gods and Warriors book cover Gods and Warriors
by Michelle Paver

On shelves 09/04/2012

This is Michelle Paver's second foray into ancient history. Her first series — The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness — dealt with Neolithic...
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Splendors and Glooms book cover Splendors and Glooms
by Laura Amy Schlitz

On shelves 08/28/2012

Marionettes have always given me the creeps. It's the strings. If I can't see the strings, I'm fine. But those little lines to some unseen power...
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Iron Hearted Violet book cover Iron Hearted Violet
by Kelly Barnhill

On shelves 10/09/2012

There are not enough tales about homely princesses. If there were then much of Iron Hearted Violet would not have happened. For if there...
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The High-Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate book cover The High-Skies Adventures of Blue Jay the Pirate
by Scott Nash

On shelves 09/25/2012

I will confess to an unreasonable fondness for piracy. Probably not something people want to hear about a retail bookseller. But there it is. So...
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A Boy and a Bear in a Boat book cover A Boy and a Bear in a Boat
by Dave Shelton

On shelves 06/12/2012

A Boy and a Bear in a Boat is filled with adventure and fun. A young boy wants a ride to the other side of the water so he asks the...
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Capture the Flag book cover Capture the Flag
by Kate Messner

On shelves 07/01/2012

When the cultural treasures of the world are threatened, the Silver Jaguar Society comes to the rescue. When the original US flag is stolen from...
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Deadweather and Sunrise book cover Deadweather and Sunrise (1 Chronicles of the Egg)
by Geoff Rodkey

On shelves 05/29/2012

Deadweather and Sunrise is a topsy-turvy Caribbean pirate tale set in a parallel time and place where things are just different enough....
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Two Crafty Criminals
by Philip Pullman

On shelves 05/08/2012

Waxwork street vendors, mannequin impersonators, carrier pigeons and fugitives on the lam — what more could you ask for?

Two Crafty...
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The Hero's Guide cover The Hero's Guide to Saving the Kingdom
by Christopher Healy

On shelves 05/01/2012

Finally! A fairy tale mash-up for guys!

The Hero's Guide to Saving the Kingdom is the slap-stick story of what happens in the...
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