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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 64
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
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Geronimo travels to London on a secret mission to investigate rumors that someone is trying to steal the crown jewels, but before he can solve the mystery, he must help Trap perform a trick in a magic show.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Back in London, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman must determine whom they can and cannot trust as they search for both Scatty and an immortal who can teach Josh the magic of fire, while Doctor Dee and Machiavelli continue to seek power.
3) Slam
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically.
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Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 9
Language
English
Description
When the world's deadliest terrorist organization, Scorpia, stirs up trouble in the Middle East, it is up to fourteen-year-old MI6 agent Alex Rider to thwart their plans.
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Series
Good girl's guide to murder volume 3
Language
English
Description
Pippa Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the two murder cases she solved, by the victims, by the attention her crime podcast garnered, and by the survivors, which is bad enough--but then it starts to feel like someone is watching her.
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Series
Spy school volume 7
Language
English
Description
"Follows the spies-in-training on a hunt to find the leader of the evil organization SPYDER and take them down once and for all"--
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Language
English
Description
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham has charmed children and adults for more than a hundred years. Sebastian Meschenmoser's lush and expressive watercolor and oil painting illustrations bring a fresh look to this unabridged and beloved classic about Rat, Mole, Toad, and Badger. Like the gurgling river in the Wild Wood itself, readers will be joyfully swept along to join the antics of these animal friends as they try to keep the irrepressible...
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Dodsworth volume 3
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
Despite a dart-throwing episode at a local pub and a case of mistaken identity, Dodsworth and his mischievous duck companion receive a royal invitation to stay at Buckingham Palace during their trip to London.
9) The enemy
Author
Series
Enemy series (Charlie Higson) volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
After a disease turns everyone over sixteen into brainless, decomposing, flesh-eating creatures, a group of teenagers leave their shelter and set out of a harrowing journey across London to the safe haven of Buckingham Palace.
10) Enchanted glass
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
After his grandfather dies, Andrew Hope inherits a house and surrounding land in an English village, but things become very complicated when young orphan Aidan shows up and suddenly a host of variously magical townsfolk and interlopers start intruding on their lives.
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Series
Dark is rising sequence volume 2
Language
English
Description
On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.
12) Flip
Author
Language
English
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Description
A teenager wakes up inside another boy's body and faces a life-or-death quest to return to his true self or be trapped forever in the wrong existence.
13) The sorceress
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
While armies of the Shadowrealms gather and Machiavelli goes to Alcatraz to kill Perenelle Flamel, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman accompany the Alchemist to England to seek Gilgamesh.
14) Ptolemy's gate
Author
Series
Bartimaeus trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dangerous adventures continue for the djinni Bartimaeus and his master, seventeen-year-old Nathaniel, a powerful magician who is serving as England's minister of information.
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Language
English
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2022 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [Grades 3-5]
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [Grades 3-5]
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When his Chinese grandmother comes to live with his family in England, an eleven-year-old aspiring comic book artist has to share his bedroom with Nai Nai, who does not speak English, but they soon share a bond through math and art.
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English
Description
"Aspiring artist Fanny Price is an unwelcome guest at her uncle Sir Thomas Bertram's estate. It's his affection for Fanny that's keeping her from being forced out by her cousins Tom and Maria and nasty Aunt Norris, back to a home to which she never wants to return. But then Sir Thomas dies in a tragic accident inside his art emporium, and Fanny finds evidence of foul play that, if revealed, could further jeopardize her already precarious position....
17) The witches
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Language
English
Description
This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches. Grandmamma loves to talk about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There's nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma's stories-but nothing can prepare him for the day he comes face-to-face with The Grand High Witch herself! --from Amazon.
18) Mary Poppins
Author
Series
Mary Poppins series volume 1
Language
English
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Description
An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
19) Nine liars
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Series
Truly Devious volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Senior year at Ellingham Academy for Stevie Bell isn't going well. With the cold case of the century solved, Stevie is adrift. There is nothing to distract her from the questions pinging around her brain--questions about college, love, and life in general. Relief comes when David invites Stevie and her friends to join him for study abroad, and his new friend Izzy introduces her to a double-murder cold case. In 1995, nine friends from Cambridge University...
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Language
English
Description
When young Rebecca goes to live with her aunts, she finds she has much to learn about polite, ladylike behavior. But it is her aunts who will learn more than they ever dreamed possible once their charming and dauntless niece comes into their lives.
"The novel provides a fascinating window into a vanished America and reflects the author's burning belief that adults have a responsibility to cherish, not crush, the unique qualities that each child...
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