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Series
Pain and the Great One volume 2
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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More adventures at school and at home with Jake, a first-grader, and his older sister Abigail, known to each other as the Pain and the Great One.
Author
Series
Wayside School volume 6
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Follows the adventures and misadventures of students and staff as they cope with the effects of a large, gloomy cloud that has settled over Wayside School.
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 4
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class studies poetry and her students write haiku, couplets, free verse, and finally, a tribute to Mrs. Pidgeon's mother organized by the irrepressible Gooney Bird Greene.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Tabitha is thrilled to be attending a summer forensics camp, even if she has to go with her sort-of friend Mason. Soon she is learning to dust for fingerprints, photograph a crime scene and take footprint impressions. Even though the camp instructors have set up a “crime” for the kids to solve, Tabitha longs to use her newfound skills to solve a real-life mystery. She’s pretty sure a dognapping ring is active in her Montreal neighborhood, and...
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 3
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Charlie and his friends unite to rescue Ollie, a boy who was turned invisible and made to live in the attics at Bloor's Academy more than a year ago, but they are hindered by a mysterious new student who lives with Charlie's aunts.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts, like brewing Indian spice elixirs and bartering with pesky Irish pixies. Despite her excitement, Ella discovers that being the first isn't easy-some Marvellers mistrust her magic, which they deem “bad and unnatural.” But eventually, she...
Author
Series
Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 3
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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Description
Middle-schooler Nate Wright vies against his rival, the "perfect" Artur, to win the grand prize of a customized skateboard in their scout troop contest.
10) Show Mode
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Adina has always wanted to be a part of the annual fashion show at her school for the arts. Now that she's finally in the ninth grade, she and her friends can audition. She knows their act could be perfect. They've got great music, gorgeous costumes and wicked dance moves. But Willow is being her usual flaky self, and Sandra's getting touchy. Maybe even a bit mean. Luckily, Seth remains steady and reliable. Their biggest competition is the annoyingly...
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 5
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When her second-grade classmates are envious of the three students who are going away on winter vacation, the creative and ingenious Gooney Bird Greene thinks of a geography activity to cheer them all up.
12) It wasn't me
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
When Theo's photography project is mysteriously vandalized at school there are five suspected students who all say "it wasn't me." Theo just wants to forget about the humiliating incident but his favorite teacher is determined to get to the bottom of it and has the six of them come into school over vacation to talk. She calls it "Justice Circle." The six students-the Nerd, the Princess, the Jock, the Screw Up, the Weirdo, and the Nobody-think of...
Author
Series
Harry Potter (Original series) volume 1
Language
English
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Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
It’s the start of a new season for Harrington High’s improv team, and Chloe is determined that this will be the year they make it all the way to the top. Her teammates (who also happen to be her closest friends) are a talented bunch, and she knows they can do it. They have to. Because getting to nationals is Chloe’s best chance to prove, to her parents, to the improv scouts and, most of all, to herself, that she has what it takes to succeed....
16) Fish in a tree
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Language
English
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Description
"Ally's greatest fear is that everyone will find out she is as dumb as they think she is because she still doesn't know how to read"--
17) The best man
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Archer has four important role models in his life--his dad, his grandfather, his uncle Paul, and his favorite teacher, Mr. McLeod. When Uncle Paul and Mr. McLeod get married, Archer's sixth-grade year becomes one he'll never forget"--
Author
Series
Mysterious Benedict Society volume 3
Language
English
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Description
When an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown, Benedict Society members Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance follow clues on an adventure that threatens to separate them from their families, friends, and even one another.
Author
Series
Children of the Red King volume 1
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
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Description
Charlie Bone's life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking.
20) Posted
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When cellphones at school are banned, the students start leaving sticky notes around the school to communicate, but things escalate for they are not always nice messages.
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