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404261) The King of Average
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James isn't the world's greatest kid, but he's not the worst, either: he's average! When he decides to become the most average kid who ever lived, James is transported to another world where he meets Mayor Culpa, a well-dressed talking Scapegoat who recruits him to become the new King of Average.
He's joined on his quest by a professional Optimist and his grouchy companion, an equally professional Pessimist. Together, they set out on a journey of...
404262) A Call for a New Alphabet
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X is exasperated. Every other letter in the alphabet has so much to do and plays such important roles in making words. X expects more. He calls for a vote on a new alphabet (gasp!). According to the Alphabet Constitution, X has every right to question the status quo. But the night before the vote, X is plagued by dreams of what could happen if he were to take on another letter's job. S has to run around a lot making singular words plural, except sometimes...
404263) The Earl's Marriage Bargain
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A compromising situation… for an innocent lady!
After fending off ruffians with her parasol and hauling a battered man into her carriage, Jane Newnham finds herself unwittingly compromised with enigmatic Ivo Merton, Earl of Kendall! Jane always intended to become an artist, not a wife, and now she has no choice but to become betrothed. They strike a bargain that means she can continue to paint, but Ivo has awakened another passion in her—to uncover...
404264) Cookie Crumble: A Novelette
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What do you get when you mix a determined mom, a diet gone wrong, and a copycat cookie dealer? A recipe for a cozy mystery that keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end! Mac Jones is a devoted mom with a nose for trouble and a taste for adventure. Among the cookie boxes at her local Explorer Ladies of America fundraiser, a dark secret lurks, and Mac realizes that even little girls in smart pink uniforms cannot be trusted. With the help...
404265) Demon Huntress Legends
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Nothing is ever easy when you're the daughter of the demon hunter. Khalen Calabrese refused to accept the title of Demon Hunter or the duty that went along with it. Instead, she chose a life of adventure as a pirate on the high seas. Freedom, fortune, and glory were hers until the past came calling. Infected with a family curse, and with minions from Hell at her back, time is running out. Now she must take up the title she never wanted before the...
404266) Rum and Choke
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Bestselling author Sherry Harris gives us the latest in a new cozy mystery series featuring a bartender sleuth in the tiny town of Emerald Cove, Florida.
Chloe Jackson runs a saloon in Emerald Cove, Florida-and she also happens to be an expert at putting people behind bars . . .
LAST CALL
The Florida Panhandle Barback Games are coming up and Chloe's been drafted to represent the Sea Glass Saloon-competing in various obstacle-course events...
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It's not easy being a princess! Young readers will be captivated by the illustrations that tell the story of a day in the life of a busy princess. With high-frequency words and simple, repetitive sentences, this book builds foundational reading skills and supports early literacy.
404268) The Enchanted Coin
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The Enchanted Coin by Bob Doerr is a fantasy adventure targeted at Middle Grade readers. Imagine being a fourteen year old again and finding a coin that seems to give off a light of its own. The coin has your name on it, and instructs you to toss it into a fountain next to the Tree of Life. That's what happens in The Enchanted Coin, and what starts my protagonist off on a magical adventure that many young boys and girls would love to have. This book...
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Sheila Heti, author of the acclaimed How a Person Should Be? and coeditor of the best-selling anthology Women in Clothes, along with the students of 826 Valencia writing lab will edit this year's anthology. Their compilation includes new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and the category-defying gems that have become one of the hallmarks of this lively collection.
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This glittery early chapter book series is all about friendship!
This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Meet the amazing Stardust Girls -- Marlo, Bella, Carly, and Allie! They all...
404271) Death Mask
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"I came here hoping you would give me an excuse to kill you, but now I can only feel pity for you – pity and horror."For eighteen years, he has survived in an army unit where few soldiers live more than two or three years. Now he finds himself in circumstances where his life is a living hell. Will the soldier who defied death find that life is too great a challenge?Soldiers, spies, slaves, rebels, assassins, gods, and men who set out to break him...
404272) L'enfant K
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Parce qu'il aime un garçon, le jeune Tommaso De Luca, 14 ans, fils ainé d'une riche et très catholique famille romaine, est condamné à subir une thérapie de conversion. Parce qu'il refuse de se convertir , son père l'envoie passer ses vacances en Allemagne, aux mains d'une inquiétante association, dans une maison de Dachau ayant appartenu à d'anciens officiers SS… Parce qu'ils sont différents , d'autres jeunes y sont enfermés avec lui....
404273) Cinq semaines en ballon
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Extrait: "Il y avait une grande affluence d'auditeurs, le 14 janvier 1862, à la séance de la Société royale géographique de Londres, Waterloo place, 3. Le président, Sir Francis M..., faisait à ses honorables collègues une importante communication dans un discours fréquemment interrompu par les applaudissements."
404274) The Drowned Man
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Chief Insp. Peter Cammon is supposed to be retired, but he's reluctantly agreed to travel to Canada to retrieve the body of a murdered colleague. And once he's involved, he can't resist delving into the oddities of the crime.
His fellow cop was brutally attacked, run over by a car, and then dumped into a canal-all seemingly linked to the theft of three letters from the American Civil War era, one of which may have been signed by John Wilkes Booth....
404275) Trapped in Room 217
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Jayla Walters isn't sure what to expect when her father's job uproots her and her brother, Dion, to Estes Park, Colorado. But right away, something doesn't seem right with their hotel. Jayla soon discovers that their home for the week, room 217 of the Stanley Hotel, is the most haunted place in all of Colorado. Barely asleep the first night, Jayla watches a ghostly woman walk toward her bed. And the ghost visits her room every night. What does the...
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Pour la jeune héritière, l'heure des révélations a sonné...
Hannelore Howard, issue de la haute bourgeoisie allemande, est confrontée à la mort de sa mère et a sa dernière volonté, que sa fille parte vivre un an en Angleterre sous la tutelle de Colin Falmouth, un lointain cousin paternel.
Après la Première Guerre mondiale, alors que les rapports sont tendus entre l'Angleterre et l'Allemagne, Hannelore devra faire la lumière sur le...
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When Hollywood stars play on the edge, secrets become dangerous for private investigator Al Travers in these five mystery tales.
An actress…frightened, desperate. Her producer husband missing. Al searches for the truth in "The Last Gamble." But in Hollywood, truth and lies mix. He must decipher the baffling clues. But he fears he may be too late to save the husband.
Al wakes up in an alley-next to a dead woman. Framed for a brutal murder, he flees...
404278) Lord of the Masquerade
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A fun, fast-paced interracial romance full of banter, scandal, and devastating secrets, from a New York Times bestselling author:
Entrepreneur Miss Unity Thorne helped two different men amass their fortunes-only to end up on the street. She's scraping by at the theatre, but this isn't the show she plans to star in. The next fortune Unity builds will be hers alone. Her masquerade-themed assembly rooms will rival the ton, but to do so, she'll have...
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These early works by Arthur Conan Doyle were originally published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and we are now republishing them with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Sherlock Holmes series. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, that he began writing short stories, and his first piece was published in Chambers's...
404280) The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman
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Have you seen Oliver K. Woodman? You'd know if you had--he's made of wood. And he's on a spectacular cross-country journey. Folks of all sorts guide Oliver along the way and report back in letters and postcards to his friend Uncle Ray. After all, there's a lot of road--and adventure!--between South Carolina and California.
Oliver's been spotted truckin' in Texas, riding in a Utah parade, and scaring off bears in the California redwoods. Where will...
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