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Fudge-a-mania

Blume, Judy.


Pete describes the family vacation in Maine with the Tubmans, highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge.
Date Published:1990

Guinness world records. Incredible collection.


"Top 40"--Cover. Awesome ocean records / compiled by Laurie Calkhoven and Ryan Herndon -- Amazing pet records / compiled by Ryan Herndon -- Fantastic flight records / compiled by Laurie Calkhoven and Ryan Herndon -- Dangerous creature records / compiled by Ryan Herndon.
Date Published:2006

Tom Brady

Nagelhout, Ryan,


"Right on!" Meet Tom -- Catching, not throwing -- Super Patriots -- Record setter -- Family man -- What's next? -- Timeline. A short biography about Tom Brady, NFL quarterback for the New England Patriots.
Date Published:2014

I survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871

Tarshis, Lauren,


In a national contest, readers voted and decided that the next I SURVIVED topic will be the Great Chicago Fire, 1871! In the next book of the I SURVIVED series, one boy will struggle to stay alive as the great city of Chicago burns.
Date Published:2015

The key to extraordinary

Lloyd, Natalie,


Twelve-year old orphan Emma Casey lives by a haunted graveyard in her Tennessee town, giving tours, and helping her brother and Granny Blue with the family bakery, and waiting for the destiny dream of her ancestors--but when it comes it shows her only a key, and she finds that she must solve a ghostly mystery that has haunted her town for generations.
Date Published:2016

Auggie & me : three Wonder stories

Palacio, R. J.,


The Julian chapter -- Pluto -- Shingaling. "These stories are an extra peek at Auggie, a boy born with extreme facial abnormalities, before he started at Beecher Prep and during his first year there. Readers get to see him through the eyes of Julian, the bully; Christopher, Auggie s oldest friend; and Charlotte, Auggie s new friend at school"--
Date Published:2015

Violet Mackerel's remarkable recovery

Branford, Anna.


With her knack for seeing the positive, six-year-old Violet anticipates extraordinary results after getting her tonsils removed, such as making a special new friend and turning her everyday voice into an opera voice.
Date Published:2012

Violet Mackerel's brilliant plot

Branford, Anna


When a creative seven-year-old girl spots a blue china bird that she desperately wants, she forms an imaginative plan for getting it.
Date Published:2011

Violet Mackerel's natural habitat

Branford, Anna.


As the youngest in her family, seven-year-old Violet identifies with small creatures in the natural world, but when she tries to help special ladybug, she learns an important lesson about animal habitats.
Date Published:2013

Violet Mackerel's pocket protest

Branford, Anna,


"Originally published in 2013 by Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd"--Copyright page Violet and Rose organize a protest to save the big oak tree in Clover Park.
Date Published:2014

Making bombs for Hitler

Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk,


In 1943 ten-year-old Lida is torn away from her home in the Ukraine, separated from her little sister Larissa, and sent to a slave labor camp in Germany, but when she is moved and set to making bombs she sees a way to strike back at the Nazis.
Date Published:2017

Lost in the Pacific, 1942 : not a drop to drink

Olson, Tod,


The castaways -- Prologue -- Top secret -- Island eyes -- Impact -- Stranded -- Things that go bump in the night -- Dead calm -- To catch a fish -- Out of the sky -- Not a drop to drink -- Despair -- Letters to snooks -- Daydreams -- Contact -- Race against time -- The ones not taken -- Glossary.
Date Published:2016

Hello, universe

Kelly, Erin Entrada.


Virgil feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia is deaf, smart, and loves everything about nature. Kaori is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so that he can concentrate on basketball. They aren't friends. But when Chet pulls a prank that traps Virgil and his pet guinea pig at the bottom of a well, Kaori, Gen, and Valencia begin a quest to find the missing Virgil.
Date Published:2017

Virgil feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia is deaf, smart, and loves everything about nature. Kaori is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so that he can concentrate on basketball. They aren't friends. But when Chet pulls a prank that traps Virgil and his pet guinea pig at the bottom of a well, Kaori, Gen, and Valencia begin a quest to find the missing Virgil.

Date Published:2017

The lemonade war

Davies, Jacqueline, 1962-


Teaches budgeting. "Sandpiper." Reading level: grade 3, 4, and 5. Evan and his younger sister, Jessie, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars. Includes mathematical calculations and tips for running a successful lemonade stand.
Date Published:2007

Teaches budgeting. "Sandpiper." Reading level: grade 3, 4, and 5. Evan and his younger sister, Jessie, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars. Includes mathematical calculations and tips for running a successful lemonade stand.

Date Published:2007

When friendship followed me home : a novel

Griffin, Paul, 1966-,


Seventh-grader Ben, always an outsider, is led into a deep friendship with Halley, who is being treated for cancer, by the special dog he and his adoptive mother take in.
Date Published:2016

Ivy takes care

Wells, Rosemary,


"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jkt. flap. Brokenhearted when her best friend departs for the summer, Ivy spends her own summer caring for animals in the mid-century Southwest, sharing her season of discovery with a stubborn pony, a mischievous puppy, and a scarred racehorse.
Date Published:2013

Thirsty, thirsty elephants

Markle, Sandra,


When her herd suffers during a drought in Tanzania, Grandma Elephant leads Little Calf and the other elephants in a search for the watering hole she remembers from her youth. Back matter includes further information about the phenomenon of a herd of elephants that survived a drought, as well as fascinating elephant facts. A picture book based on a true story.
Date Published:2017

Hilo. Book 4, Waking the monsters /

Winick, Judd,


Hilo and his friends learn more about Hilo's past while they battle robots that were buried underground on Earth a thousand years ago.
Date Published:2018

A boy called Bat

Arnold, Elana K.,


For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises -- some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat's mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he's got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific pet.
Date Published:2017

For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises -- some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat's mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he's got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific pet.

Date Published:2017

The 78-story treehouse

Griffiths, Andy, 1961-,


"Originally published as The 78-Storey Treehouse in Australia by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd. in 2016"--Title page verso. The 78-story treehouse -- Treehouse: The Movie -- Spin, spin, spin -- Scribble, scribble, scribble -- Day of the living puddle -- Trouble in Andyland -- Cowduggery! -- My Autobiography of My Life by Me (and Not Terry) -- The chip thief -- Andy vesus Terry -- Big-shot movie stars -- Cowhouse: The Mooo-vie -- The last chapter. Andy and Terry must get past their differences to save their story ideas from a herd of spy cows.
Date Published:2018

"Originally published as The 78-Storey Treehouse in Australia by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd. in 2016"--Title page verso. The 78-story treehouse -- Treehouse: The Movie -- Spin, spin, spin -- Scribble, scribble, scribble -- Day of the living puddle -- Trouble in Andyland -- Cowduggery! -- My Autobiography of My Life by Me (and Not Terry) -- The chip thief -- Andy vesus Terry -- Big-shot movie stars -- Cowhouse: The Mooo-vie -- The last chapter. Andy and Terry must get past their differences to save their story ideas from a herd of spy cows.

Date Published:2018