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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
-- The first book in the Survivors series is full of “wild and wonderful adventure” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that will thrill fans of Spirit Animals and Wings of Fire.Lucky has always been a Lone Dog, roaming the busy city streets and relying on his instincts. Then the Big Growl strikes—a devastating earthquake that changes Lucky’s world forever. For the first time, he must team up with a Pack, a group of former Leashed Dogs who have...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Ruth Chew's classic books perfectly capture the joy of everyday magic."—Mary Pope Osborne, bestselling author of the Magic Tree House series Ruth Chew's chapter books are full of simple, matter-of-fact magic that's sure to enchant budding fantasy readers. Did that cat just talk to me? Did that button just move? Is that flower petal flying? In Witch's Cat,The Witch's Buttons, Ruth Chew's children loved stories about witches, and she figured...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Ruth Chew's classic books perfectly capture the joy of everyday magic."—Mary Pope Osborne, bestselling author of the Magic Tree House series Ruth Chew's chapter books are full of simple, matter-of-fact magic that's sure to enchant budding fantasy readers. Nora Cooper and her brother Tad don't know what to make of their new neighbor Maggie Brown. She loves animals and has lots of them—a cat, a parakeet, a dog, and a large black lizard. The other...
Author
Series
Little Genie series volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Ali doesn’t feel like going to school today. And with Little Genie around, she doesn’ t have to. She’ll let Genie take her place! Is it a good idea to let a little genie pretend to be a human girl? The sparkling pink sand in Little Genie’s watch is starting to move—time for Ali to make a wish and find out!
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Here are five first books for fledgling readers that offer the enjoyment of a good story along with the thrill of accomplishment that comes from independent reading. Written in short, easy phrases with carefully selected vocabulary and plentiful illustrations, each book helps youngsters achieve success as they have fun. The series follows three friends who love to share stories. In each book, one is reminded of a well-known story: Little Red Riding...
5606) The Summer of No Regrets
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This was the summer that would change my life. No more being what everyone expected. No more doing what everyone else wanted. So when Luke came into my life, I decided to keep him a secret. Maybe he as a dead–ringer for notorious Hollywood bad boy Trent Yves. And it was possible that everything he told me was a lie. And yes, I was probably asking for trouble. But all I saw was Luke-sweet, funny, caring-someone who would let me be the real me. But...
Author
Publisher
North Star Editions
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A fast-paced short story from the author of Witch Eyes. When it comes to making friends, witch-in-training Braden is no rock star. But he gets more than he bargained for when one little charisma spell goes disastrously wrong at the social event of the season. Includes free bonus chapters from Witch Eyes. Compelled to learn about his shadowy past and the family he never knew, Braden is drawn to the city of Belle Dam, where he finds himself caught between...
5608) Moonset
Author
Publisher
North Star Editions
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Moonset, a coven of such promise . . . Until they turned to the darkness. After the terrorist witch coven known as Moonset was destroyed fifteen years ago—during a secret war against the witch Congress—five children were left behind, saddled with a legacy of darkness. Sixteen-year-old Justin Daggett, son of a powerful Moonset warlock, has been raised alongside the other orphans by the witch Congress, who fear the children will one day continue...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Early Bird looks and looks, but he can't seem to find a worm to play with. A jumping frog and a tiny field mouse try to help out, but there just aren't any worms to be found. Early Bird is about to give up when he meets a friendly fellow in a funny hat--it's Lowly Worm! This Richard Scarry classic early reader will delight a whole new audience! Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, and are for children who...
5610) Summerkin
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Summerkin, the second book in award-winning author Sarah Prineas's fantasy-adventure series that begins with Winterling, follows Fer, a young healer and warrior who's fought to become the Lady of the Summerlands and now faces the task of ruling over a magical people in an enchanted realm. Although Fer defeated the Mor, the evil, false Lady who terrorized the Summerlands, there are still those who do not trust her. To prove herself, Fer, aided by her...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Middle-grade readers will be able to experience the thrills of the major motion picture Man of Steel Junior Novel tells the story of Clark Kent as he learns he is not the biological son of a Kansas couple from a town called Smallville. Clark is actually from the planet Krypton. As Clark slowly learns about his amazing powers and uncovers truth of where he came from, he begins to accept that it is his destiny to be Superman.
Author
Series
Publisher
Brave Mouse Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Gram is making jam. The rats attack! Can Ann, Fran, and Stan save Gram-and the jam? Find out in this funny Early Reader. Each Short Vowel Adventure stars a gang of kind and courageous young mice and tells a satisfying and surprising story using easy words, rhyme, repetition, and picture clues. Teachers will appreciate the phonics focus (Rat Attack focuses on the "short a" sound"), and children will love the humor, and the handmade, felted animal characters...
5613) The Magic Thief: Lost
Author
Series
Magic thief volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In The Magic Thief: Losthis vivid imagination.Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle, praised this middle grade fantasy series filled with magic and wonder, saying of the first book: "I couldn't put it down. Wonderful, exciting stuff."
5614) Vacations from Hell
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Written by some of today's most exciting teen authors, Vacations from Hell offers five unique takes on a universal experience—unforgettable trips.
This third Hell collection features stories of vacations that take a serious turn for the worse when paranormal elements interfere.
Claudia Gray's teen witch falls for the wrong guy on her family's yearly beach trip,
Cassandra Clare's
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Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In this lively picture book, children discover a world of shapes all around them: rectangles are ice-cream carts and stone metates, triangles are slices of watermelon and quesadillas. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, and all are universal in appeal. With rich, boisterous illustrations, a fun-to-read rhyming text, and an informative glossary, this playful concept book will reinforce the shapes found in every child's day!
5616) Black helicopters
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Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
In a day-after-tomorrow Montana, fifteen-year-old Valley (now Valkyrie) and her big brother leave their underground den to fight a government that will kill them like coyotes.
5617) Whistle in the Dark
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Clem wants a dog for his thirteenth birthday, but what he gets is a miner's cap. It is the 1920s in Leadanna, Missouri, and Clem must become a man, leaving school and joining Pap in the lead mines--money is tight in the Harding household. Meanwhile, Lindy, whose face bears a scar from an accident that left her motherless, is forced to help her abusive father sell moonshine. As Clem searches for another way to support his family, the two become friends....
5618) Black Beauty
Author
Publisher
First Classics
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
An 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. The novel became an immediate bestseller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, long enough to see her first and only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, Black BeautyFrom its beginnings in the 1940’s to today, Classics Illustrated continues to encourage a love of reading and adventure in youthful minds through beautifully-illustrated comic book adaptations of the...