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Come along on Jack's enchanted journey filled with magic beans, giants, and magic harps and chickens! In this classic tale, retold by George Bridge, Jack faces a hungry giant who chants, "Fee! Fum! Fi! Foy! I smell a delicious greasy boy!" Will Jack be able to get away from the giant safely? Take a look inside to find out!
3) The List
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List (Forde) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
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Fahrenheit 451 meets The Giver for middle grade readers! You are The Wordsmith now. Are you ready for the challenge? The city of Ark is the last safe place on Earth. To make sure humans are able to survive, everyone in Ark must speak List, a language of only 500 words. Everyone that is, except Letta. As apprentice to the Wordsmith, Letta can read all the words that have ever existed. Forbidden words like freedom, music, and even pineapple tell her...
4) Popcorn Bob
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IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Ellis loves popcorn. Who doesn't?
But one day her school goes on a healthy eating campaign and her dads decide to follow suit, banning all snack foods from their house, INCLUDING POPCORN. Unfair. Ellis has got to get around that edict, so one night she pops a bag of popcorn out back in the garage...and she's met with more than just her favorite salty snack. One kernel refuses to pop, and soon it's sprouted a face, arms, and legs! He introduces himself...
5) Ghoulia
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IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Ghoulia lives in Crumbling Manor with her Auntie Departed and spends most of her time playing with Tragedy, her beloved albino greyhound. But things aren't as easy as they seem for this little zombie girl-all she wants is a real friend. She tries to venture past the manor's walls, but she can't hide her pale green skin or the deep purple circles under her eyes. The other children will be afraid of her, and no one will want to be her friend. But when...
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IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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One day, Mac (smartest boy in his class in a small town in California) receives a telephone call from the Queen of England, recruiting him to find the crown jewels (well, actually just the Coronation Spoon) and so Mac embarks on his first adventure as a secret agent--with the assurance that the Queen will give him a note excusing him from school.
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Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins volume 2
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IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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A young girl and her dog are on the hunt for stolen jewels and a saboteur in this mystery set in the theater world of Victorian London.
"Isn't it a bit strange that all these horrible things are happening to Miss Massey now... Just in time to make her think that the curse is working."
Sarah Massey, talented lead actress in Circus Sweethearts, is a mess. She should be dancing on air-after all, her boyfriend just proposed. But she has lost his gift:...
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Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 6
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IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
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A new addition to the bestselling Questioneers chapter book series, starring Aaron Slater, Illustrator!
Zookeeper Fred loves snakes, but his favorite is a tiny green snake named Vern. Vern is sneaky and constantly tries to hide in Fred's lunch. When Vern gets loose in the zoo and lands atop a boy's head, it's trouble!
A few citizens demand that all the snakes must go and the Mayor closes the zoo until the City Council decides what to do. Is...
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IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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The Queen of England calls on Mac B. once again! This time, Mac must crack a secret code that has been recovered from a double agent. A series of clues leads Mac to France, and then to Japan, where he comes face-to-face with his arch-nemesis, the KGB man... and the world headquarters of Nintendo! Is the KGB Man secretly behind all of this? And are Mac's video game skills good enough to face down his enemy at the Video Game World Championships?
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This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Princess and the Pea', first published in May of 1835. This classic fairy tale has been continuously in print in different editions since its first publication, with many, many, different artists illustrating the story over the years. This edition features a beautiful collection of the best of that art, taken from the likes of Arthur Rackham, W. Heath Robinson,...
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Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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When pets go missing in Blue River Creek it is up to Ada to follow the scientific method by making a hypothesis, collecting data, and experimenting to find the missing animals.
12) The Scarecrow
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Creepers volume 6
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After a series of mysterious accidents on the Davies family farm, the farmer's son, David, begins to investigate what could be causing the mysterious and unsettling occurrences. The terrifying secrets he uncovers threaten his family's safety and expose the truth about the family's farm.
13) The piano
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Creepers volume 2
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The Houston family can't believe their luck when they stumble upon a beautiful piano at a low price. Their delight soon turns to horror when the piano comes to life. The melodies that it plays over and over again are eerie and it becomes clear that someone from the past has a message for them.
14) The Gravedigger
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Creepers volume 3
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The Price family isn't your average family... Andrew and his kids, Jamie and Paula, have just moved into a house in the middle of a cemetery with their ghoulish friends, a blood-phobic vampire, a vegetarian werewolf, a headless ghost, and an Egyptian mummy. But not even their spooky pals can protect them from the sinister Ebenezer Krim and the gravedigger's ghost who are willing to do whatever it takes to get the Price family to move out of their...
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Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 4
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Just in time for the 2020 election, the bestselling chapter book series continues with the newest Questioneer, Sofia Valdez
Miss Lila Greer announces it's time for Grade Two to get a class pet, and she wants the kids to participate in choosing which one. After all, they will all have to share the responsibility of caring for it. The class narrows it down to two options: Team Turtle and Team Bird. Sofia is named Election Commissioner, in charge of...
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Enjoy the classic rising-from-adversity tale of the little boy who only wants more.
A favorite among young readers and adults alike, Charles Dickens' second novel, Oliver Twist, was first published in 1838 and has been made into a number of stage, television, and film adaptations, including the 1968 Academy Award-winning film.
Oliver Twist tells the tale of the orphan Oliver, who is sent from the miserable conditions of a workhouse to work for an...
17) Cold kisser
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Creepers volume 1
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After Tommy's best friend kisses Sally Anne, the new girl in his class, and discovers that her kiss is ice cold, Tommy becomes Sally Anne's friend and discovers her dark secret.
18) Stage fright
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Creepers volume 4
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Three friends, who are stars of the school play, come face to face with the real witches from the play, as well as a ghost from the past.
19) Pen pals
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Creepers volume 5
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After she receives a mysterious note from her best friend, Natasha, directing her to go a cemetery, Olivia meets a young girl there who appears to be a ghost from the past and the girl issues an ominous warning to Olivia and Natasha.
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Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
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