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Twelve-year-old Marcel loves riding his bicycle, and dreams of competing in the Tour de France, but it is 1942 and German soldiers are everywhere, stopping him as he delivers bread from his parents' bakery around Aucoin--then one day he discovers that it is not just bread he is delivering, and suddenly he finds himself in position of dangerous secrets about his parents and his new friend from Paris, Delphine.
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Throughout his day, a young boy thinks of his father who is working in the coal mine that is located underneath the ocean.
"A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather's grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea."--
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"Kelly Crosby is the new kid in school. So far, it's not going so well. He's already gotten lost, had trouble making friends, and annoyed the monster that lives in the school basement. That's right. This new school has a monster. Every year, at a party called Friiight Night, one (un)lucky kid is chosen to be the monster's special guest of honor. Guess whose luck is about to run out?"--
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The adventures of Inspector Flytrap and Nina the Goat continue in this next chapter book from New York Times bestselling author Tom Angleberger and Newbery Honor winner Cece Bell!
Meet Inspector Flytrap. He's a Venus flytrap and world-class solver of BIG DEAL mysteries.
Meet Nina the Goat. She's a goat and Inspector Flytrap's trusty assistant—except when she eats the clues!
This time, they've
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Meet Didi Dodo. She's a dodo and a spy. Or she will be, once she's hired! Meet Koko Dodo. He's a dodo and a baker. He gives Didi Dodo her first case! Someone has stolen Koko Dodo's Super Secret Fudge Sauce for the Royal Cookie Contest! But don't worry. Didi Dodo has a daring plan to catch the culprit.
10) Execution
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"Summer 1944. Max, Gerta, and their parents have abandoned their home and relocated to a safehouse in a different Berlin neighborhood. The Hoffmanns share the tight quarters with Kat Vogel, the daughter of an executed Becker Circle conspirator. Though they have strict orders to stay inside unless absolutely necessary, the three kids sneak out regularly, all while concocting a plan to keep the spirit of their resistance alive. They're going to burn...
11) Butler for hire!
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DJ Funkyfoot is having a hard time finding a job as a butler, so he decides to take a job as a nanny for ShrubBaby instead. Together, they embark on a crazy adventure during which they drive a pickle relish truck into a lake, star on a TV show, and go roller skating.
12) Escape
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The plot has been enacted, but there's been a problem. Now dire consequences await the would-be assassins.
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Emmy-winning television host Jeff Corwin begins an exciting new junior explorer series for young readers. Siblings Benjamin and Lucy are nature enthusiasts who embark on a family trip to New York City. They soon discover that the city wildlife is just as fun and diverse as the animals back home in the Florida Everglades.
14) Robo-Dodo Rumble
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A chapter-book series spin-off from Inspector Flytrap by New York Times bestselling author Tom Angleberger! This hilarious chapter book mystery series stars Didi Dodo, the daring spy-in-training, and Koko Dodo, Didi's reluctant sidekick. In Robo-Dodo Rumble, Koko Dodo's cookie shop is facing some stiff competition from an evil robotic dodo (a Robo Dodo). The Robo Dodo is selling its cookies for only a penny! Why? To put Koko's shop out of business!...
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Host of the popular television show Corwin's Quest, author Jeff Corwin offers this second installment of his Junior Explorer series, The Great Alaska Adventure. Here Corwin proves that fun can be found right around the corner, as young adventurers discover the wonderful, exciting terrain and wildlife of Alaska.
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Clumsy, diffident Dick Mount and clever Maggie Gordon live in isolated clearings in New York's Mohawk Valley. Both just sixteen, they are young and inexperienced-and unprepared for the tragedies that will befall them. When Dick's brothers are killed by marauding Indians in the fall of 1777, and Maggie's father falls desperately ill, they must turn to each other to face the perils of the time. Based on the true story of the Mount boys who were killed...
19) Tom Whipple
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This tale from Newbery Medal–winning author Walter D. Edmonds is based on a story found in Lydia Maria Child's Letters from New York. An adventuresome youth determined to travel the world, Tom Whipple leaves his mother in New York and signs up for sea duty on a ship bound for Russia. As he sails, he makes up his mind to see the czar-and to present him with a gift.
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In this classic short story, Newbery Medal–winning author Walter D. Edmonds tells the story of Uncle Ben, who, free of his domineering wife for a spell, finds a whale in the bay while out with his friend Henry. When they bring it back with them, they discover they can earn a little cash by turning it into a side show attraction.