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The Westing Game: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition
By Ellen Raskin
4.388 ratings7 reviews
fudgebrownie44 stars
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is a highly acclaimed, 1978 Newbery Medal-winning mystery for young readers, celebrated for its complex, fast-paced plot involving 16 heirs solving a puzzle to win a million-dollar fortune. It is widely praised for its clever wordplay, witty humor, and large, dist...
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I Know Dino!: Amazing Breakthroughs, Mega Mistakes, and Unsolved Mysteries in Dinosaur Science
By Sabrina Ricci, Garret Kruger
0 ratings0 reviews
Get the deets on dinos and find out how we know what we know about them... Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years, but the world of dinosaur science has never been more alive! Over the last few decades, amazing scientific discoveries have transformed what we know about dinosaurs. And it turns out that a lot of what we thought we knew about them was … totally wrong. Fortunately, prehistory pros and podcast hosts Sabrina Ricci and Garret Kruger are here to parse dino-fact from dino-fiction and examine the incredible history of paleontology along the way.
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Griffin Speaker
By Jan M. Flynn
55 ratings5 reviews
kruzingwithk9s55 stars
Rain is an orphan grub. Sitting at the very bottom of the hierarchy, she works at her Aunt Willow’s farm helping with the animals. When she turns 13, she will be sent to spend the rest of her life working in the Tubes to collect Root for those higher up on the hierarchy. Problem being, she has Tu...
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Daddy's Little Girl
By Mary Higgins Clark
41 ratings1 reviews
deafgirlhistory44 stars
Ellie Cavanaugh, with her older sister Andrea who little Ellie would look up to, never tell on her, and truly loved her, thinking Andrea as her comfort. But one night, Andrea got murdered, but by who? Some think that Rob Westerfield, a boy that Andrea had crush on, some others also think that ano...
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Hunter X Hunter, Vol. 6
By Yoshihiro Togashi
51 ratings1 reviews
errorsans55 stars
FIRST REVIEW! This manga is so cool, it's centered around Killua Zoldyck and Gon Freeces going to heavens arena, this book is great because heavens arena is the first time they're exposed to nen, they meet Zushi, who used ren on Killua and through that they met his teacher (I forgot his name) and...
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Griffin Speaker
By Jan M. Flynn
55 ratings5 reviews
kruzingwithk9s55 stars
Rain is an orphan grub. Sitting at the very bottom of the hierarchy, she works at her Aunt Willow’s farm helping with the animals. When she turns 13, she will be sent to spend the rest of her life working in the Tubes to collect Root for those higher up on the hierarchy. Problem being, she has Tu...
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Griffin Speaker
By Jan M. Flynn
55 ratings5 reviews
kruzingwithk9s55 stars
Rain is an orphan grub. Sitting at the very bottom of the hierarchy, she works at her Aunt Willow’s farm helping with the animals. When she turns 13, she will be sent to spend the rest of her life working in the Tubes to collect Root for those higher up on the hierarchy. Problem being, she has Tu...
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The Westing Game: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition
By Ellen Raskin
4.388 ratings7 reviews
fudgebrownie44 stars
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is a highly acclaimed, 1978 Newbery Medal-winning mystery for young readers, celebrated for its complex, fast-paced plot involving 16 heirs solving a puzzle to win a million-dollar fortune. It is widely praised for its clever wordplay, witty humor, and large, dist...
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I Know Dino!: Amazing Breakthroughs, Mega Mistakes, and Unsolved Mysteries in Dinosaur Science
By Sabrina Ricci, Garret Kruger
0 ratings0 reviews
Get the deets on dinos and find out how we know what we know about them... Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years, but the world of dinosaur science has never been more alive! Over the last few decades, amazing scientific discoveries have transformed what we know about dinosaurs. And it turns out that a lot of what we thought we knew about them was … totally wrong. Fortunately, prehistory pros and podcast hosts Sabrina Ricci and Garret Kruger are here to parse dino-fact from dino-fiction and examine the incredible history of paleontology along the way.
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Chucky (Hollywood Monsters)

By Kenny Abdo

41 ratings1 reviews

This title focuses on Chucky from the Child's Play series and gives information related to his or...

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Dawn and the We Love Kids Club (Baby-Sitters Club, 72)

By Ann M. Martin

51 ratings1 reviews

After moving to California, Dawn, a charter member of the Baby-sitters Club, starts her own We Lo...

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The Baby-Sitters Club #50: Dawn's Big Date

By Ann M. Martin

51 ratings1 reviews

The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters!Dawn and Mary Ann...

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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Beware the Power of the Dark Side!

By Tom Angleberger

4.437 ratings14 reviews

Acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author Tom Angleberger delivers a captivating retelling of...

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Get Well Soon, Mallory! (Baby-Sitters Club, 69)

By Ann M. Martin

4.333 ratings2 reviews

Mallory comes down with mono and her parents make her quit the Baby-sitters Club.

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Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: Little Women

By Rey Terciero

4.754 ratings3 reviews

2018 marks the 150th anniversary of the classic Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Join Meg, Jo, ...

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Just Joking Science

By National Geographic

51 ratings1 reviews

This hilarious new book in the kid-favorite Just Joking series―packed with 300 science-themed jokes, riddles, knock-knocks, tongue twisters, and more―is scientifically proven to leave kids laughing, chuckling, and exclaiming “Eureka!”

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