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Lately, sixteen-year-old Athena Windham has been spending all her spare time in her grave. Her parents-owners of a cemetery in Upstate New York-are proud of her devoutness, but her thirteen-year-old sister, Laurel, can't understand it. Laurel hates her own grave. It's so boring and chilly down there. She'd rather spend her time exploring the acres and acres of state forest that surround the Windhams' property. The Windham girls lead pretty secluded...

The Garcia's new refrigerator comes in a big box. Carlos and Carmen turn the box into a rocket, then a submarine. Then the twins finally decide to make the box a fort. But it's a crumpled fort. It's a flat fort. Discover how Carlos and Carmen don't let a flattened box ruin their fun! Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Eighth grade is set to be a good year for Diggy Lawson: He's chosen a great calf to compete at the Minnesota State Fair, he'll see a lot of July, the girl he secretly likes at 4-H, and he and his dad Pop have big plans for April Fool's Day. But everything changes when classmate Wayne Graf's mother dies, which brings to light the secret that Pop is Wayne's father, too. Suddenly, Diggy has a half-brother, who moves in and messes up his life. Wayne threatens...

A surf-obsessed brother and sister from South Wales, Caio (19) and Chloe (25) embark on a journey in a camper van. The van was given to them by their father Geoff, a wellknown local surfer who has just passed away. Geoff had a reputation for telling wild and wonderful stories, and his last request was that his son and daughter take the van to Morocco, via France and Spain. Their goal is to find its seventies owner - Geoff's best friend with whom he...

Based on the streaming series Pretzel and the Puppies on Apple TV+, this I Can Read follows the pups as they work to make sure the new Bow Wow Tower is accessible for all dogs. Welcome to Muttgomery, the nicest little city in an all-dog world, and home of Pretzel, Greta, and their five adorable Dachshund puppies: Poppy, Penny, Pedro, Puck, and Paxton. Pretzel is a peppy, playful, and always positive stay-at-home dad, and he and Greta, the mayor of...

One man uses an earl's daughter to fulfill his quest for vengeance-until passion waylays his scheme. First in the Scandalous Australian Bachelors series. When Sam Robertson returns to London after making his fortune in Australia, he has one mission-revenge on the earl who'd had him wrongly convicted and sent away years before. But upon meeting Lady Georgina, the earl's daughter, Sam's plan is thrown into disarray. Their admiration is mutual,...

Sometimes, Even Siblings Argue. "Plip, Plop, Lizard Fangs!" is a story written for kids, by kids. We all read stories to our children, hoping that they take away the right lessons from the stories we know and love. But how are those stories received and stored in their little developing minds? "Plip, Plop, Lizard Fangs!" is an original story conceived (almost) verbatim from the minds of toddlers and gives us all a rare look at how the lessons we all...

Open the MAGIC face paints and adventure awaits . . . Pirate ship or robot world, which one will you choose? In each a race to find the prize, will you win or lose? Austin, Alanna, and wiener dog Ozzy have been transformed into pirates! Their mission is to find a golden treasure chest before their time in this world runs out. When two very suspicious pirates climb aboard the New Leaf ship and start snooping around, Austin and Alanna know they must...

Aurora, torn from the dream world and Heath, plots to assassinate the faerie queen Malfleur, only to confront temptations she never expected. Isabelle, meanwhile, opens her heart to Prince William as they attempt to unite their kingdoms and wage a winning war against Malfleur's army of Vultures. But when the appearance of an unbreakable glass slipper prompts Isabelle to discover more about her lineage, her true identity begins to take shape and her...

The last thing Dana Redding wants to do this summer is go on vacation. It's bad enough her mom wants to get remarried, but now Dana has to spend two weeks visiting this guy's kids. While exploring the local countryside, Dana, Jack, and Amy stumble upon the secriet entrance to an old abandoned mine. Racing against time, bad weather, and armed thieves, the three kids must struggle together to get out of the mine alive.