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Secrets of the Crown (Familiars)

Secrets of the Crown (Familiars)

By Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson

4.512 ratings9 reviews

When human magic disappears suddenly from Vastia, it falls on the familiars, Aldwyn the telekinet...
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Christmas in Camelot (Magic Tree House, No. 29)

Christmas in Camelot (Magic Tree House, No. 29)

By Mary Pope Osborne

4.6422 ratings29 reviews

When Jack and Annie receive an invitation to spend Christmas Eve in Camelot—a magical place tha...
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The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide

The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide

By Terryl Whitlatch, Bob Carrau

51 ratings1 reviews

Designed as a naturalist's sketch book (with a genuine dewback hide cover) and featuring the meti...
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The Shadows (The Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 1)

The Shadows (The Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 1)

By Jacqueline West

4.6828 ratings22 reviews

For fans of Pseudonymous Bosch, Coraline, and Septimus Heap comes the first book in the award-win...
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Finding Zasha

Finding Zasha

By Randi Barrow

4.577 ratings5 reviews

Randi Barrow is back with another gripping heroic World War II story about a boy and his best fri...
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Closed for the Season

Closed for the Season

By Mary Downing Hahn

4.4827 ratings26 reviews

A contemporary thriller by the bestselling author of The Old Willis Place.Two 13-year-old boys, A...
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The Tuttle Twins and the Fate of the Future

The Tuttle Twins and the Fate of the Future

By Connor Boyack

42 ratings1 reviews

Should we coerce others to get what we want? The history of the world is a tale of some people bo...
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The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves 1: Egypt's Fire

The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves 1: Egypt's Fire

By Phillips, Tom

4.673 ratings1 reviews

After twelve-year-old John Boarhog’s mom dies, the last thing he wants is to be schlepped off to the Jersey Home for Boys, where kids are forced to make skinny jeans for hipsters and are fed nothing but kale. Instead, he makes himself a snug home in the ceiling of the New York Museum of Natural History, where he reads anything he get his hands on and explores the artifacts afterhours. But when a rare Egyptian ruby—the highlight of the museum’s new exhibit—goes missing, John is accused of the crime.
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The Skeleton Creek #3: Crossbones

The Skeleton Creek #3: Crossbones

By Patrick Carman

53 ratings2 reviews

Part text, part video, all chills and thrills -- Patrick Carman's Skeleton Creek returns!Strange ...
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I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 (I Survived #9)

I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 (I Survived #9)

By Lauren Tarshis

4.5634 ratings49 reviews

In one of the darkest periods in history, one boy struggles to survive...In this gripping new add...
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