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21) Out!
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Pub. Date
2017.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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"When baby wants out of his crib, it's up to his faithful dog to keep him out of trouble"--
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"Paolo the dachshund is trapped. Though he lives in Rome, a city filled with history and adventure, he is confined to a hair salon. Paolo dreams of the sweet life--la dolce vita--in the Eternal City. And then, one day, he escapes! Paolo throws himself into the city, finding adventure at every turn. Join our hero as he discovers the wonders of Rome: the ruins, the food, the art, the opera, and--of course--the cats. Readers will cheer the daring of...
23) You can't hide
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Shadow House volume 2
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Poppy, Marcus, Dash, Dylan, and Azumi are trapped inside of Larkspur House, a sinister estate haunted by the ghosts of the orphaned children who have gone before, and the house is using their fears and secrets to pick them off one by one--because nobody gets out of the shadow house alive.
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Good luck girls volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
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344 pages ; 22 cm
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Having escaped their lives as prostitutes, the Good Luck Girls have new lives across the border in Ferron. Aster remains in Arketta, helping more girls escape from "welcome houses." She develops a wildly ambitious plan to free all the dustbloods from their debt slavery. Friendships will be forged, lives will be lost. But will the dustbloods come into power and freedom, or will the resistance just open them up to a new sort of danger? -- adapted from...
25) Saving Cosmo
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My pet slime volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
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176 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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After her pet slime came to life and her grandma got kidnapped, Piper didn't think life could get any stranger. But then she found herself trapped in the headquarters of the mysterious MaLa corporation with her Grandma Sadie, her enemy-turned-friend Claire, and Cosmo, her pet slime. Luckily, Piper has an out-of-this-world plan to escape from MaLa and make sure sweet, cuddly Cosmo stays safe forever!
26) Wild ride
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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245 pages ; 22 cm
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Seventh-grader Charley Decker's mother is on vacation with her boyfriend, and Charley plans to spend the weekend watching movies with her best friends Wade and Oona and her older brother, Greg; but Greg has a date and takes their mother's boyfriend's expensive, rare automobile, than manages to get it towed; Charley and her friends hatch a plan to get the car back--but things go seriously wrong when they discover somebody called Mitch hiding from a...
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Great escapes (HarperCollins) volume 6
Pub. Date
[2021]
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128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
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June, 1942--Libya. Free French Officer Susan Travers was one of the few women on the frontlines in Africa during World War Two. After the Germans surrounded the military camp of Bir Hakeim, a shocking order was issued. The French troops were going to break out in the middle of the night--crossing through dangerous minefields and enemy territory--to reach their British allies. And Officer Travers would be leading the charge.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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327 pages : map ; 21 cm
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Expelled from their secondary school in East Germany because of their rebellious attitudes, Hanna and Andreas plan to escape by swimming across the cold and choppy waters of the Baltic Sea in a harrowing twenty-five hour journey to freedom in West Germany. Hanna is an accomplished distance swimmer, Andreas is not, and the danger of being caught, drowning, or dying of exhaustion is very real-- but the two teenagers are desperate to escape their lives...
29) The wonderling
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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450 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm
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In this extraordinary debut novel with its deft nod to Dickensian heroes and rogues, Mira Bartók tells the story of Arthur, a shy, fox-like foundling with only one ear and a desperate desire to belong, as he seeks his destiny.
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Choose your own adventure volume 169
Pub. Date
c2006
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122 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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Readers are placed in the character of a passenger aboard the Titanic on the night of its fatal sinking, and are challenged to survive by making choices that result in dozens of possible endings.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 29 cm
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"Este pez pequeñito tiene un sombrero que no le pertenece. ¡Se lo robó a un pez grande! El sombrero es azul y muy bonito, le queda muy bien. Y además, el pez grande no vio cómo lo robaba. Y seguramente, aunque lo hubiera visto, no se imagina dónde se va a esconder. Nunca lo encontrará. ¿O sí?"--
32) Reign of shadows
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Reign of shadows volume 1
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Seventeen years ago, an eclipse cloaked the kingdom of Relhok in perpetual darkness. In the chaos, an evil chancellor murdered the king and queen and seized their throne. Luna, Relhok's lost princess, has been hiding in a tower ever since. Luna's survival depends on the world believing she is dead. But that doesn't stop Luna from wanting more. When she meets Fowler, a mysterious archer braving the woods outside her tower, Luna is drawn to him despite...
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2019.
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232 pages ; 22 cm
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"Oliver "Spaghetti-O" Jones's dad is about to be jailed for a crime he didn't commit, and Oliver believes the only way to save him is with the help of his favorite lucha-libre wrestler turned action star, Tito the Bonecrusher. Together with his best friend, Brianna (a.k.a. "Brain"), and their new ally Paul "Popcorn" Robards, Oliver devises a madcap plan to spring his dad from a Florida correctional facility. Heartwarming and hilarious, this book looks...
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Running out of time volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
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Twelve-year-old Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she is stuck in a fake utopian future, and that those around her are counting on her to help them escape.
Twelve-year-old Zola thinks she has the perfect life. She thinks everyone does, now that it's 2193, and humanity has solved all its problems. Insta-Closets deliver new clothes every morning, Insta-Ovens deliver gourmet meals on demand, and virtual reality goggles...
35) League of liars
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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414, 14, 8 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
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Ever since his mother was killed, seventeen-year-old Cayder Broduck has had one goal--to see illegal users of magic brought to justice. People who carelessly use extradimensional magic for their own self-interest, without a care to the damage it does to society or those around them, deserve the worst kind of punishment as far as Cayder is concerned. Because magic always has a price. So when Cayder lands a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to apprentice...
36) Super moon
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Pub. Date
2018.
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390 pages ; 22 cm
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"Sol is the month between June and July on the thirteen-month Moon calendar. It's the only time teenagers have to themselves between rigorous scientific training and their ultimate lab assignments in their colony on the Moon. Their families emigrated from Earth to build better lives; but life on the Moon is far from perfect, as Uma learns on the eve of Sol. Uma meets an Earthen girl who becomes a fast friend, and much more. What Uma doesn't know is...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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64 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 27 cm.
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The latest installment in the Gamayun Tales series introduces a clever heroine who has a secret even she doesn't know about. Tyna of the Lake rescues the Hunter's son from a life of servitude to her father the Water Spirit. Their attempt to make an escape to the surface world is interrupted when they are captured by the Water Spirit and he reveals the truth about who Tyna's real father is. An ideal book for kids who aren't quite ready for Percy Jackson...
38) The keeper
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Vega Jane volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
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Vega Jane and her friend Delph have taken the map that Quentin Harris left them and set out from the town of Wormwood, determined to brave the Quag and find freedom on the other side--but the Quag was designed to keep the town people in, and it is filled with bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic, and it is not going to let them escape unscathed.
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The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger. This book forms part of our 'Pook Press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literature. 'The Wind in the Willows' is a true classic of Children's literature, penned by Kenneth Grahame and first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters...
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