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It's a Numbers Game! Hockey: The Math Behind the Perfect Slap Shot, the Split-Second Save, and So Much More!

It's a Numbers Game! Hockey: The Math Behind the Perfect Slap Shot, the Split-Second Save, and So Much More!

By Eric Zweig

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This numbers-focused look at the fast-paced game of ice hockey from National Geographic Kids is jam-packed with stats, sports trivia, awesome photos, and math challenges—plus a fun activity at the end of every chapter.

Just Jokes: 591½ Rib-Tickling Riddles, Knee-Slapping Knock-Knocks, and Tricky Tongue Twisters for Kids! (Just Joking)

Just Jokes: 591½ Rib-Tickling Riddles, Knee-Slapping Knock-Knocks, and Tricky Tongue Twisters for Kids! (Just Joking)

By National Geographic Kids

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With more than 500 jokes to make kids laugh out loud, this portable and affordable joke book is the perfect entertainment for long car rides, family vacations, and everyday errand runs.

Greeking Out Tales from the Underworld: Ghostly Myths from Around the Globe

Greeking Out Tales from the Underworld: Ghostly Myths from Around the Globe

By Kenny Curtis, Jillian Hughes

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Hold on tight as Greeking Out goes to the dark side, bringing you scary (and surprisingly funny) tales of life, death, and everything in between! Get ready for 20 bone-chilling stories of the Underworld—from ancient Greece and around the world.

SILVER ON THE TREE.

SILVER ON THE TREE.

By Susan. Cooper

The final adventure awaits for you with Will, the youngest of the Stanton family. Finally reunited with his siblings, Simon, Barney, and Jane as they set out and fight their final battle against the Dark as the Light. Will's friend, Bran Davies also joins them on their final adventure together, saw their uncle, Merriman. As we went on those 5 crazy but also challenging adventures and quests with Will and his siblings, it's also really interesting of how those characters have evolved over last 5 books in the Dark is Rising series with both cultures of Arthurian and Welsh in the medieval era. Overall, this series are pretty good and I would recommend this for the readers who enjoy the fantasy and this is also very similar to another book series of Harry Potter as Will is the Chosen One, too. - Happy Reading!

Assassin (Wings of Fire: Winglets #2)

Assassin (Wings of Fire: Winglets #2)

By Tui T. Sutherland

This winglet stars the infamous Nightwing asssasin DeathBringer. This short story was highly entertaining to read, and gives a whole lot of depth to DeathBringer's character, who we meet in Book 4. I highly reccomend for any dragon fan or WOF fan to come and read this short story!!

Greenwitch

Greenwitch

By Susan Cooper

Another adventure awaits for you with the Drew children and their uncle, Merriman Lyon as they go to the small town but Jane encounters the Greenwitch itself, since she's a girl and there's also a legend that the Greenwitch only allows the girls and women to be close than boys and men and started demanding Jane to keep the secret and revive the lost gold carat. But a problem is, another boy found out and went out after the same thing for the Greenwitch. Even though Jane was after the gold carat, she also got terrified because of her nightmare about the Greenwitch but eventually got it all before the side of the Dark taking over. - Happy Reading!

The Upstairs Room

The Upstairs Room

By Johanna Reiss

Annie de Leeuw, a young girl who lived during World War II of Germany, 1939, the first year as the war broke out for few European countries as a Jewish along with her older sister and parents. Since the war had broke out, all Jews have to fled the country, went into hiding, or went to contraction camps. Stayed with another family, still in Germany but had to hide from the Hitler's Nazis and not go to the contraction camp to get killed. But would she make out alive throughout the years of the war, without being discovered by the Nazis, hide her actual identity and survive? This story is based on the author, Johanna Reiss's real experiences during living in WWII in 1940s. This is pretty interesting and would recommend for people who would study WWII. - Happy Reading!

The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire, Book 2)

The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire, Book 2)

By Tui T. Sutherland

This WOF book is from the perspective of Tsunami a fierce Seawing. She travels with her friends to meet her family and upon her arrivial, she finds out someone is murdering female dragonets still inside their eggs! The plot twist is superb, and the twist villian at the end kept me on my seat. Tui T Sutherland simply writes outstanding work and I highly reccomend checking out the series, and there are even comic book adaptations!

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