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1) Artemis Fowl
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When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a most ingenious criminal mastermind, and heir to the Fowl family empire, a centuries-old clan of underworld figures and famous con artists. When Artemis kidnaps Holly Short, one of the Fairy People, to help him on his...
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The fifth book in the beloved Poppy series by Newbery Medal–winning author Avi, with illustrations from Caldecott Medal–winning artist Brian Floca, is available as an ebook for the first time!
There's trouble at Gray House, the girlhood home that Poppy left long ago. Poppy's family has called her back to save them all—mother, father, sisters and brothers, and dozens and dozens of deer mouse cousins.
Poppy
...5) One day
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English
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In this heartfelt mother's ode to her baby boy, she shares her hopes and dreams for him as she envisions him exploring the world and blazing his own trail.
6) Hellhole
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English
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"Max Kilgore has accidentally unleashed a devil--and now the big, evil oaf is living in his basement. If Max doesn't meet the devil's demands (which include providing unlimited junk food and a hot tub), everyone and everything he holds dear could go up in smoke"--
7) The dogs
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English
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Cameron is used to moving at a moment's notice because he and his mother are always running away from his supposedly violent father, but he is disturbed by their latest refuge, a creepy, deserted farmhouse, haunted by bloodthirsty dogs--and when he sees a boy hiding in the barn, and finds an old picture of the same boy, he starts wondering about the possibility of human ghosts.
8) Big snow
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
©2013.
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English
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"An excited and frustrated boy watches hopefully as wintry weather develops slowly into a 'big snow.'"--
10) Wait
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"A ... picture book about the joys of waiting and taking in what is around you"--
11) Puddle
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
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"A mother and son use their imagination to have fun on a rainy day"--
12) The Callers
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English
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In Elipsom the ability to call, or summon objects, is a coveted skill, and Quintus Octavius is from a family of powerful Callers, but Quin does not have the gift, and he is mortified when his mother and sister cheat for him at his test; but in a moment of frustration Quin makes something disappear and discovers that the all the objects that Callers summon are not conjured out of air, but come from a place called Evantra, which his people have been...
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Cloak Society volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Alex Knight, a twelve-year-old in training to be a supervillain in the elite Cloak Society, becomes friends with a young superhero and begins to question where his loyalty lies.
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Zapato Power volume 9
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Freddie Ramos has shoes that give him super speed, super bounce, and super hearing. His friend Mr. Vaslov invented the shoes. Now Freddie is helping him work on a drone. Freddie's excited until he learns the drone's job is to assist Mr. Vaslov. Is Freddie being replaced by a flying robot? At home, Freddie's mom has a new boyfriend, David. Freddie doesn't know how to feel about David and worries his mom won't have time for him now. How can Zapato Power...
16) Doodleday
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Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
Description
Despite his mother's warning, young Harvey draws on Doodleday, but when his drawings come to life in frightening ways, only his mother can help.
18) Mama's panza
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Kokila
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A young boy shares his love for his mother's panza (belly), which is capable of remarkable things, including a place to hide and rest, and she loves it as an important part of herself.
20) Are you awake?
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Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Persistent young Edward has many questions for his sleepy mother, many of which are answered, "Because it's night time."
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