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Llama Llama learns to swim in this sweet 8x8 based on an episode from the Netflix animated television series.
Look out, world--Llama Llama is a TV star! The beloved character, made famous by Anna Dewdney's best-selling picture books, is the star of his own original series, now airing on Netflix. Our episode-based 8x8 tells the story of one of the most memorable (and sometimes scary!) milestones: learning to swim! Your little llamas will love relating to their favorite picture book character as he faces new and challenging situations.
You're the main character. Your only goal: SURVIVE!It's supposed to
be a fun camping trip with your family. But when your sister and
you get caught in a terrible thunderstorm, your relaxing vacation
becomes an endless struggle to stay alive! Do you have what it
takes to save your sister and yourself from unknown dangers? Or
will your choices lead to a tragic ending? Put yourself in this
adventure and find out! Test your survival skills with outcomes
affected by your decisions. Discover dozens of possible endings to
your adventure. Learn tips for staying safe in the Great Outdoors.
Enjoy a wild story that puts you in control.
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Booked
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Kwame Alexander
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In this electrifying follow-up to Kwame Alexander's Newbery winner The Crossover, soccer, family, love, and friendship take center stage. A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Longlist nominee.
Twelve-year-old Nick learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. Helping him along are his best friend and sometimes teammate Coby, and The Mac, a rapping librarian who gives Nick inspiring books to read.
This electric and heartfelt novel-in-verse bends and breaks as it captures all the thrills and setbacks, action and emotion of a World Cup match.
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Lu
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Jason Reynolds
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Lu must learn to leave his ego on the sidelines if he wants to
finally connect with others in the finale to the New York Times
bestselling and award-winning RUN series from Jason Reynolds. Lu
was born to be co-captain of the Defenders. Well, actually, he was
born albino, but that's got nothing to do with being a track star.
Lu has swagger, plus the talent to back it up, and no-one's gonna
outshine him. Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the
team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy
as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu's way - literally
and not-so-literally - and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what
winning the gold really means. Expect the unexpected in the final
event in Jason Reynold's award-winning and bestselling RUN series.
It's an all-new horror classic about what happens when the truth is
the last thing we want to believe, from Bram Stoker Award-winner
and master of thrills and chills, horror legend Adam Cesare. After
barely making it out of the Kettle Springs cornfields alive,
Quinn's first year away at college should be safe and easy. All she
wants is to be normal again. But instead, Quinn finds that her past
won't leave her alone when she becomes the focus of online
conspiracy theories that claim the Kettle Springs Massacre never
happened. It's a deranged but relentless fantasy, and there's
nothing Quinn can do to get people to hear the truth-not even on
her own campus or in her own dorm room. So when a murderous clown
attacks Quinn at a frat party while another goes after her father
in Kettle Springs at the same time, Quinn realizes that the facts
alone are never going to save her. Her only option is to go back
into the cornfields, back where the nightmare began, to set the
record straight the only way she knows how. Because when the truth
gets lost in the lies, that's when people start to die. Clown in a
Cornfield was 2020's Bram Stoker Award Winner for Superior
Achievement in a Young Adult Novel. Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo
Lives is perfectly set to attract old and new fans to the series.
Renny and Bryce play on opposite soccer teams battling for the championship. Until recently the soft-spoken but talented Renny warmed the bench while another player took the field. But now that player's out with an injury and Renny's been given the chance to show what he can do. And no one is more surprised at Renny's playing ability than his opponent, the hot-dogging, one-man team, Bryce. Bryce was sure Renny would be pushover, but Renny, who had admired Bryce's showmanship, proves that solid teamwork is often hard to beat. And in the end, both boys come off the field a little wiser.
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Youngbloods
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Scott Westerfield
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The danger rises and the deception grows in the heart-stopping
fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Impostors series!
It's time to come out of hiding... Frey has spent her life in a
family of deceivers, a stand-in for her sister, manipulated at her
father's command. Free from them at last, she is finding her own
voice - and using it to question everything her family stood for.
Tally was once the most famous rebel in the world. But for over a
decade, she's kept to the shadows, allowing her myth to grow even
as she receded. Now she sees that the revolution she led has not
created a stable world. Freedom, she observes, has a way of
destroying things. As the world is propelled further into conflict
and conspiracy, Frey and Tally join forces to put a check on the
people in power, while still trying to understand their own power
and where it belongs. Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and
Divergent Fans of The Uglies will delight in seeing main character
Tally make her big return to the page. The Uglies series has been
optioned as a blockbuster movie.
Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica's sports books, New York Times
bestselling author Tim Green delivers a gripping addition to his
Football Genius series.
Troy's dreams of the big time have backfired. Sure, he's moved
to New Jersey to start his new job as "genius" for the New York
Jets, but his dad has taken his entire salary, leaving Troy and his
mom broke. Now Troy has no hope of going to private school and
playing for a football powerhouse with his cousin Ty. Instead he's
going to be part of a team with an unbroken losing streak. But Troy
fights back.
When he gets Seth to coach his public school team, Troy feels
ready for a perfect season. He doesn't guess that he'll be
struggling against those who want him to lose. When Troy's talent
for calling plays slips and his abilities as a quarterback are
threatened, he's got to dig deep. And it will take all of Troy's
football genius to turn this team around.
Inspired by the love of nature, Davis and Pop Go Hiking is a book
that explores God's beautiful world and some of the creatures He
has created. Davis is a young boy that loves his grandfather, Pop.
Pop takes Davis on a hiking adventure that allows Davis to explore
and just be a boy. Pop and Davis have a wonderful day together that
Davis will never forget.
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Muck and Magic
(Hardcover)
Michael Morpurgo; Illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill
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A moving countryside tale about the power of friendship and creativity from the nation's favourite children's author.
Bonny has always wanted to be a top cyclist, maybe even a future Olympic champion like her hero, Laura Trott. When she gets a new racing bike for her birthday, she heads out into the Dales like always, speeding along. But when she's distracted by some cheeky horses, she comes off her bike and discovers that the horses belong to a quiet woman who has an amazing collection of statues on her lawn - a buffalo, a horse lying down, even a man running. Gradually, Bonny gets to know Lizzie and forms a special bond with her horse, Merry, when she is given a job at Lizzie's farm. Bonny is even introduced to a life-sized sculpture of Merry in Lizzie's studio and is allowed to pose as its rider, a completely magical experience. She learns from Lizzie that a true gift is never to be wasted, and if you "breath the world in deep", you can do anything.
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Hoop Rat
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Scott Ciencin; Coloured by Fares Maese, Andres Esparza; Illustrated by Fernando Cano, Jesus Aburto
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Trey McTiernan, the Spartans' team captain, becomes fast friends
with Griffin Henshaw, the newest member of their squad. The problem
is, Griff used to play for the Spartans' biggest rivals, the
Goliaths, and the rest of the Spartans' think he's a rat. So,
Trey's teammates set a trap for Griff to see where his loyalties
lie -- and they ask Trey to be the bait Trey doesn't know what to
do. If his teammates are right, then betraying his friendship with
Griff will save their season. But if they're wrong, then Trey will
end up being the rat . . .
All Vera wants to do is fit in - but that's not easy for a Russian
girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their
parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera's
single mother can't afford that sort of luxury, but there's one
summer camp in her price range - Russian summer camp. Vera is sure
she's found the one place she can fit in, but camp is far from what
she imagined. And nothing could prepare her for all the 'cool girl'
drama, endless Russian history lessons, and outhouses straight out
of nightmares! Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier, Cece Bell, and
Victoria Jamieson, Vera Brosgol's Be Prepared is a funny and
relatable middle-grade graphic novel about navigating your own
culture, struggling to belong, and the value of true friendship.
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Good Night, Cubs
(Hardcover)
Brad M Epstein; Illustrated by Curt Walstead
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"Will you please come back and play for the club Aoife?". Aidan
asks his twin sister this question every week. Twins, Aoife and
Aidan Power, along with their four best friends love playing Gaelic
football. They spend most evenings after school playing football in
the green in their picturesque rural village of "Droichead Beag".
Aoife and Aidan are skilful and fast but when they combine on the
same team, "Twin Power" is unleashed and they have an almost
telepathic communication on the pitch, leading to some spectacular
scores. But while Aoife loves football, an incident at a match
almost two years earlier saw her stop training and playing with her
local GAA club, Droichead Beag GAA. Aidan knows what happened, but
Aoife refuses to tell her friends. Could it have something to do
with their Under 12 counterparts in Gorman GAA, the rival parish
team of Droichead Beag, where old rivalries run deep? And how will
Aoife's refusal to play affect their school team when the
children's teacher Ms. Kelly, herself a former All- Star football
player announces an exciting new school's football competition,
"Star Schools GAA"? Parish rivalries re-surface and threaten to get
out of hand as the children of Droichead Beag National School fight
tooth and nail to get their hands on the coveted first ever Star
Schools Cup.
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I Got Next
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Daria Peoples-Riley; Illustrated by Daria Peoples-Riley
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Meet the beginner Pokemon from every region in this fully
illustrated storybook--with a bonus poster! Whether you're an
experienced collector of Pokemon or just starting out on your
journey, get to know the first partners from all over the world of
Pokemon in this illustrated storybook, which includes a full-color
wall poster and eye-catching glitter on the cover! Trainers ages 5
to 9 and Pokemon fans of all ages will love being introduced to
these exciting creatures from the Kanto region to Alola!
Her favorite hunt-and-find adventures are now reissued with a bold
new design.
Maisy mavens will love to look for her in WHERE IS MAISY?, a happy
lift-the-flap board book adventure from award-winning
author-illustrator Lucy Cousins.
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