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Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsAn utterly wonderful debut novel of love, crime, magic, fate and a boy’s coming of age, set in 1980s Australia and infused with the originality, charm, pathos, and heart of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.The mind can take you anywhere you want to goEli Bell’s life is complicated...Categorized as:
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![The Midnight Gang by David Walliams]()
The Midnight Gang by David Walliams
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWelcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for… the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning…When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter... -
![Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling]()
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLarge Print�s increased font size and wider line spacing maximizes reading legibility, and has been proven to advance comprehension, improve fluency, reduce eye fatigue, and boost engagement in young readers of all abilities, especially struggling, reluctant, and striving readers... -
![The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster]()
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsLibrarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click here.This beloved story -first published more than fifty years ago- introduces readers to Milo and his adventures in the Lands Beyond. For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different... -
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![Looks Over by Rose Christo]()
Looks Over by Rose Christo
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"There's nothing wrong with trying to get to know my son's boyfriend." Skylar knows he's lucky to have an open-minded father. It's not just that Skylar and Rafael are both boys. Between their families exists a dark and turbulent past: Rafael's father was the first serial killer in the history of the Nettlebush Indian Reserve, and Skylar's mother was his last victim... -
![Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter]()
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsWhen Cammie "The Chameleon" Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she's in for an exciting end to her summer break. After all, she's there to watch Macey's father accept the nomination for vice president of the United States. But when you go to the world's best school (for spies), "exciting" and "deadly" are never far apart... -
![Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, Mathilde Tamae-Bouhon]()
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, Mathilde Tamae-Bouhon
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 80 ratingsSixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business... -
![Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter]()
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsCammie Morgan is back, and it's clear that her life hasn't calmed down since the events of I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You. At first, giddy anticipation is in the air. Gallagher Academy, Cammie's elite spy school, is hosting a visit from a covert training center for boys... -
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Finally by Wendy Mass
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA humorous look at what it means to FINALLY turn twelve years old.NARRATOR: TBAFORMAT: 5 CDs, UnabridgedYou can pierce your ears when you're twelve. You can go to the mall with your friends when you're twelve. You can babysit little Timmy next door when you're twelve. You can get a cell phone when you're twelve. Hey, you can even ride in the front passenger-side seat when you're twelve... -
![Tales of Fosterganj by Ruskin Bond]()
Tales of Fosterganj by Ruskin Bond
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew novel by one of Indias most beloved storytellers.Set in a fictional suburb on the outskirts of Mussourie, which he has made famous with his near legendary stories.Vintage Ruskin Bond that is bound to delight his readers with his understated humour, wit and effortless storytelling... -
![Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague]()
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsA dog laments his fate at obedience school through a series of hilarious letters home.When Ike LaRue is "imprisoned" at the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy, he tries everything to get sent home -- from weepy letters to his owner to illness. In reality, Brotweiler is more like camp than prison, but still, Ike's not cut out for life without Mrs. LaRue... -
![All in the Timing by David Ives]()
All in the Timing by David Ives
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe world according to David Ives is a very odd place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English language -- and of the audience's capacity for disorientation and delight. Ives's characters plunge into black holes called "Philadelphias," where the simplest desires are hilariously thwarted. Chimps named Milton, Swift, and Kafka are locked in a room and made to re-create Hamlet... -
![The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer]()
The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsArtemis’s mother has contracted a deadly disease—and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African lemurs. Unfortunately, Artemis himself was responsible for making the lemurs extinct five years ago. Now he must enlist the aid of his fairy friends to travel back in time and save them. Not only that, but he must face his deadliest foe yet... his younger self... -
![Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson]()
Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsIt was Sloane who yanked Emily out of her shell and made life 100% interesting. But right before what should have been the most epic summer, Sloane just…disappears. All she leaves behind is a to-do list.On it, thirteen Sloane-inspired tasks that Emily would normally never try. But what if they could bring her best friend back?Apple picking at night? Okay, easy enough.Dance until dawn? Sure... -
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![This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall! by Gordon Korman]()
This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall! by Gordon Korman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Gordon Korman's beloved first book, Bruno and Boots team up...and school is never the same!Bruno and Boots are always in trouble. So the Headmaster, aka "The Fish" decides it would be best to separate them. Bruno must now room with ghoulish Elmer Dimsdale, plus his plants, goldfish, and ants. And Boots is stuck with nerdy, preppy, paranoid George Wexford-Smyth III.Of course, this means war...Categorized as:
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![Math Curse by Jon Scieszka]()
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsDid you ever wake up to one of those days where everything is a problem? You have 10 things to do, but only 30 minutes until your bus leaves. Is there enough time? You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants... -
![Framed by Gordon Korman, Jonathan Todd Ross]()
Framed by Gordon Korman, Jonathan Todd Ross
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe sequel to Gordon Korman's ZOOBREAK - Griffin Bing, the Man with a Plan, has been framed!Griffin Bing's new principal doesn't like him. And Griffin doesn't like the boot camp football atmosphere the new principal has brought. Griffin manages to stay out of trouble -- until a Super Bowl ring disappears from the school's display case, with Griffin's retainer left in its place... -
![How to Raise an Elephant by Alexander McCall Smith]()
How to Raise an Elephant by Alexander McCall Smith
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe next book in the perennially adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series sees Precious Ramotswe calling upon all her maternal instincts when she's faced with a two-ton case. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but can Mma Ramotswe and the rest of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency come together to raise a pipsqueak pachyderm? We may find out in this novel. We may not... -
![Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum]()
Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsEverything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that’s what it feels like during her first week of junior year at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Just when she’s thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School... -
![Oma heeft me gestuurd om te zeggen dat het haar spijt by Fredrik Backman]()
Oma heeft me gestuurd om te zeggen dat het haar spijt by Fredrik Backman
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsElsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy, standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-men-who-want-to-talk-about-Jesus-crazy. She is also Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's stories, in the Land of Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal... -
![Knowing Xavier Hunt by Daisy H. Black]()
Knowing Xavier Hunt by Daisy H. Black
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Haley discovers the truth behind Xavier, whose silence holds a deeper meaning, she sets her mind on making his life better one small step at a time. ***** Haley Rosamond is happy with her simple life, content under the wing of her father... -
![Down to the Wire by Shannon Greenland]()
Down to the Wire by Shannon Greenland
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBook 2 of The Specialists GiGi is back, this time teaming up with electronics specialist Frankie, aka Wirenut, for their next mission. Wirenut has an uncanny knack for breaking into the highest-level security systems that stump even the experts. Which is precisely why he was recruited by the Specialists...Categorized as:
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![Alex in Wonderland by Simon James Green]()
Alex in Wonderland by Simon James Green
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA novel that will have you laughing out loud one minute, and swooning the next!In the town of Newsands, painfully shy Alex is abandoned by his two best friends for the summer. But he unexpectedly lands a part-time job at Wonderland, a run-down amusement arcade on the seafront, where he gets to know the other teen misfits who work there... -
![Trouble Makes a Comeback by Stephanie Tromly]()
Trouble Makes a Comeback by Stephanie Tromly
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“How do you like life in the fast lane?” Digby said. “Is it everything you thought it would be?”Good question.Achieving high school “normal” wasn’t as hard as Zoe Webster expected, but she’s beginning to think Hollywood oversold how much fun it all is...Categorized as:
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![The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander]()
The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe humor of Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets a Godfather-like tale of crime and betrayal in this first book in Chris Rylander's The Fourth Stall Saga.Do you need something? Mac can get it for you. He and his best friend and business manager, Vince... -
![The Book of Polly by Kathy Hepinstall]()
The Book of Polly by Kathy Hepinstall
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Delightful. . . funny and poignant." --People With a kick like the best hot sauce, this is the laugh-out-loud story of a girl determined to keep up with her aging, crazy-as-a-fox mother"If you ever pined for a mother who would take a hunting falcon as her wingman to a parent-teacher conference, Polly is the gal for you. Delicious...Categorized as:
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![Ungifted by Gordon Korman]()
Ungifted by Gordon Korman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It's usually more like Don't try this at home. So when the troublemaker pulls a major prank at his middle school, he thinks he's finally gone too far... -
![The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson]()
The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTrixie Watson has two very important goals for senior year: to finally save enough to buy the set of Doctor Who figurines at the local comic books store, and to place third in her class and knock Ben West--and his horrendous new mustache that he spent all summer growing--down to number four... -
![A Whole Nother Story by Cuthbert Soup, Dick Hill]()
A Whole Nother Story by Cuthbert Soup, Dick Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Cheesemans are a family on the run. Mr. Cheeseman and his late wife invented a device so powerful and amazing that all sorts of evildoers want to get their greedy hands on it. Mr. Cheeseman and his three children must keep their identities secret and stay one step ahead of the villains as they run from town to town, escape dangerous situations, even change their names... -
![The Final Exam by Gitty Daneshvari]()
The Final Exam by Gitty Daneshvari
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCheck out the laugh-inducing, phobia-reducing final book in the School of Fear trilogy! Is school out forever at the School of Fear? A nosy reporter is planning a scandalous expose on eccentric Mrs. Wellington and her unorthodox teaching methods, and the news is sure to put an end to the school... -
![Ninja Girl by Cookie O'Gorman]()
Ninja Girl by Cookie O'Gorman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Snow-Soon Lee kicks ass--literally. She teaches at her family-owned martial arts gym, The Academy, and cares more about training to be the next Bruce Lee than hooking up. In fact, Snow's never even been kissed. But when Girls Night rolls around, Snow decides to prove to her friends (and herself) that she's not just some boring tomboy... -
![The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin, Adam McArthur]()
The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin, Adam McArthur
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Caitlyn Breen enters the tiny Mitchell School in rural Mitchell, Vermont, she is a complete outsider: the seventh grade has just ten other kids, and they've known each other since kindergarten. Her classmates are in for a shock of their own: Paulie Fink--the class clown, oddball, troublemaker, and evil genius--is gone this year... -
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Gone Gull by Donna Andrews
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGone Gull brings readers yet another knee-slapping adventure filled with New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews' cast of wacky characters.Meg Langslow is spending the summer at the Biscuit Mountain Craft Center, helping her grandmother Cordelia run the studios. But someone is committing acts of vandalism, threatening to ruin the newly-opened center's reputation... -
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Drop Dead Divas by Virginia Brown
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to a genteel world of pimento cheese finger sandwiches, tall libations in frosted glasses, stiletto heels, aging Southern-belle sisterhood, and murder . . . In Dixie Divas, Trinket Truevine, her pal Bitty and their raucous fellow divas in the historic small town of Holly Springs, Mississippi, solved the murder of Bitty's ex-senator husband, Phillip... -
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![Deadly Little Scandals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Katherine Littrell]()
Deadly Little Scandals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Katherine Littrell
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"Think of the White Gloves like the Junior League-by way of Skull and Bones?"Reluctant debutante Sawyer Taft joined Southern high society for one reason and one reason alone: to identify and locate her biological father. But the answers Sawyer found during her debutante year only left her with more questions and one potentially life-ruining secret...Categorized as:
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![Chomp by Carl Hiaasen]()
Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAn alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so he's grown up with all manner of gators, snakes, parrots, rats, monkeys, snappers, and more in his backyard. The critters he can handle. His father is the unpredictable one... -
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Swindle by Gordon Korman
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAfter unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker... -
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Scat by Carl Hiaasen
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBestselling author and columnist Carl Hiaasen returns with another hysterical mystery for kids set in Florida's Everglades.Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved.But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs...Categorized as:
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![Falling for the Ghost of You by Nicole Christie]()
Falling for the Ghost of You by Nicole Christie
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSeventeen year old Violet Mercer returns home from her summer vacation in Hawaii to discover her boyfriend's cheating on her with a friend. As if that wasn't bad enough, her mother's marrying a man she just met... -
![Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech]()
Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAt the beginning of the summer holidays, 13-year-old Mary Lou Finney begins to keep a diary as a project for her new English teacher. 200 pages later, there is rather a lot she doesn't really want her teacher to know... -
![Skink--No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen]()
Skink--No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsReaders are always thrilled to see a new book from the master of snarky satire, but they will be doubly excited for this book as Carl introduces young readers to Skink—an ex-governor of Florida gone feral, and one of the most iconic characters in Hiaasen's adult novels... -
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Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is a darkly comic novel about a young girl named Elvis trying to figure out her place in a world without her mother. Twelve-year-old Elvis Babbitt has a head for the facts: she knows science proves yellow is the happiest color, she knows a healthy male giraffe weighs about 3,000 pounds, and she knows that the naked mole rat is the longest living rodent... -
![She's So Dead to Us by Kieran Scott]()
She's So Dead to Us by Kieran Scott
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAlly Ryan would rather be in Maryland. She would rather be anywhere, in fact, than Orchard Hill, site of her downfall. Well, not hers exactly—but when your father’s hedge fund goes south and all your friends lose their trust funds, things don’t look so sunny for you. Her mother moved her to Maryland to flee the shame, but now they’re moving back... -
![Holes by Louis Sachar]()
Holes by Louis Sachar
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 92 ratings(Librarian's Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN 9780440414803)Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses... -
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![Zoobreak by Gordon Korman]()
Zoobreak by Gordon Korman
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe sequel to Gordon Korman's SWINDLE - the Man With A Plan is back!When Griffin Bing's class goes to a floating zoo, they don't expect to see animals being treated so badly. They don't expect to find Cleo, Dog Whisperer Savannah's pet monkey who's been missing for weeks... -
![Floors by Patrick Carman]()
Floors by Patrick Carman
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCharlie had his chocolate factory. Stanley Yelnats had his holes. Leo has the wacky, amazing Whippet Hotel.NARRATOR: TBAFORMAT: 5 CDs, UnabridgedThe Whippet Hotel is a strange place full of strange and mysterious people. Each floor has its own quirks and secrets. Leo should know most of them - he is the maintenance man's son, after all... -
![Something Fishy at Macdonald Hall by Gordon Korman]()
Something Fishy at Macdonald Hall by Gordon Korman
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe school year is getting off to a wacky start at Macdonald Hall. Everyone thinks Bruno and Boots are to blame, but this time the boys are innocent -- and they're determined to find the phantom practical joker.NOTE: This title has been republished as The Joke's On Us... -
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Utterly Me, Clarice Bean by Lauren Child
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt's not easy to concentrate at school when mysterious things are happening all around you. Clarice Bean is beginning to feel just like the hero of her favorite books-Schoolgirl detective Ruby Redfort. Can Clarice pay attention long enough to ace her book project about Ruby and win the class prize? Find out in the utterly hilarious and suspenseful diary of Clarice Bean... -
![The Midnight Dog of the Repo Man by W. Bruce Cameron]()
The Midnight Dog of the Repo Man by W. Bruce Cameron
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis short story introduces former college football star turned repo man Ruddy McCann, star of W. Bruce Cameron’s new novel The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man, and tells how Ruddy met his best friend Jake, a lazy but lovable basset hound, during a repo gone wrong... -
![Don't Get Caught by Kurt Dinan]()
Don't Get Caught by Kurt Dinan
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratings10:00 tonight at the water tower. Tell no one. -Chaos ClubWhen Max receives a mysterious invite from the untraceable, epic prank-pulling Chaos Club, he has to ask: why him? After all, he's Mr. 2.5 GPA, Mr. No Social Life. He's Just Max. And his favorite heist movies have taught him this situation calls for Rule #4: Be suspicious. But it's also his one shot to leave Just Max in the dust..
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