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Hissy Fitz

Hissy Fitz lives with some two-legged creatures who are destined to serve him in every possible way and understand his every whim. Sadly, these creatures are sorely lacking in their skills.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 480
  • ATOS: 3.3
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2015
Cover: ROAR!
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ROAR!

Bold lions roaring, wrinkly elephants mud-wallowing, and stripy zebras fast-galloping are just a few of the wild animals captured in the rollicking rhymes of this enchanting picture book.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 850
  • ATOS: 3.0
  • Dewey: 590
  • Copyright: 2007

The Lost Prince

From the Series Seaborne

Middle-grade adventure readers will love this fresh take on classic pirate tropes. Dean Seaborne is thrown off his ship by the Pirate King and given one last chance to redeem himself before… Read More →

  • Lexile: 680
  • ATOS: 4.8
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2015
Cover: Valiant
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Valiant

Saville hates sewing. How can she not when her father, the Tailor, loves his bolts of velvet and silk far more than he's ever loved her? Yet, when he is struck ill shortly after they arrive… Read More →

  • Lexile: 580
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2015

Ruby Valentine and the Sweet Surprise

From the Series Ruby Valentine

For Ruby Valentine, two pets means twice the love! There's a new addition in the Valentine house: a kitten! He's soft and sweet, and Ruby is happy to have him. But not everyone shares… Read More →

  • Lexile: 580
  • ATOS: 3.5
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2014

Bug on a Bike

Are we there yet? The Bug on the Bike isn't saying. He just started riding his bike one day and invited his friends—from the athletic pickle to a surprisingly agile nickel—to follow behind… Read More →

  • Lexile: 550
  • ATOS: 3.6
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2014
Cover: Fat & Bones: And Other Stories
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Fat & Bones: And Other Stories

Welcome to Bald's farm. Well, perhaps it's not Bald's farm anymore. The old man has kicked the bucket, setting off a wave of conflict from the flooded farmhouse kitchen to the muddy pig pen… Read More →

  • Lexile: 700
  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014

Ghost Walls: The Story of a 17th-Century Colonial Homestead

In 1638, John Lewger made a home in the wilderness of the New World, in a place called Maryland. He named his house St. John's, and for nearly eighty years, it was the center of an ambitious… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1150
  • ATOS: 7.6
  • Dewey: 975.2'02
  • Copyright: 2014

Sometimes You Barf

From the Series Nancy Carlson Picture Books

Everybody barfs. Dogs, cats, chickens, alligators, and even you. It happens to everyone, and sometimes it even happens . . . at school. With her characteristic humor and compassion, Nancy… Read More →

  • Lexile: 490
  • ATOS: 2.0
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2014

Dino-Boarding

From the Series Dino-Sports

Team Green Machine battles the Shredding Crew for dino-boarding domination! Allo and Diplo thrill the surfing crowd, while Compy comes up short on a short board. In the next round, Iguano,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 430
  • ATOS: 2.7
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2014
Cover: Santa Clauses: Short Poems from the North Pole
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Santa Clauses: Short Poems from the North Pole

You know that Santa can fly a sleigh, squeeze down chimneys, and circle the globe in a night. But did you know that another of his talents is writing haiku? "December 1: White envelopes… Read More →

  • ATOS: 4.0
  • Dewey: 811'.6
  • Copyright: 2014
Cover: A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero
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A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero

This story reveals the remarkable life of a Native American boy named Wassaja, or "Beckoning," who was kidnapped from his Yavapai tribe and sold as a slave. Adopted by an Italian photographer Read More →

  • Lexile: 880
  • ATOS: 6.0
  • Dewey: 970.004'97
  • Copyright: 2008
Cover: An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank
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An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank

Was an innocent man wrongly accused of murder? On April 26, 1913, thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan planned to meet friends at a parade in Atlanta, Georgia. But first she stopped at the pencil… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1210
  • ATOS: 8.8
  • Dewey: 364.152'3092
  • Copyright: 2010
Cover: Annie Quinn in America
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Annie Quinn in America

From the Series Adventures in Time

Annie Quinn knows that a new life in America is her only chance. In 1847, the only sure way to survive the potato famine is to leave Ireland. With her younger brother Thomas, twelve-year-old… Read More →

  • Lexile: 760
  • ATOS: 5.1
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2001

Beep and Bah

Beep is a robot who hungers for adventure. Bah is a goat who wants to stay out of trouble. When Bah discovers a single sock, Beep knows there’s only one thing to do: find its match! Together, Read More →

  • Lexile: 490
  • ATOS: 1.2
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2012

Breathe: A Ghost Story

Jack is not a normal boy. He can talk to ghosts. In his new home, an aging farmhouse, he meets the Ghost Mother, a grief-stricken spirit who becomes very attached to him…too attached. He… Read More →

  • Lexile: 680
  • ATOS: 4.8
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2006

Druscilla's Halloween

Did witches always ride brooms? No! In fact, long, long ago, witches crept about on tiptoe. On Halloween, they would scare children and cast spells . . . but always from the ground. No witch… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.0
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2009

Firestorm

From the Series Adventures in Time

It's September 1, 1894, and 13-year-old Maggie Grant and her family are about to face a terror like none they've ever experienced. Having recently moved to the newly constructed town of… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2002
Cover: Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football's Make-or-Break Moment
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Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football's Make-or-Break Moment

When the 1905 football season ended, nineteen players were dead and countless others were critically injured. The public was outraged. The game had reached a make-or-break moment—fourth down… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1070
  • ATOS: 7.9
  • Dewey: 617.4'81044
  • Copyright: 2013
Cover: Frozen Secrets: Antarctica Revealed
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Frozen Secrets: Antarctica Revealed

Studying Antarctica has never been for the fainthearted. "Hereabouts died a very gallant gentleman, Captain L. E. G. Oates of the Inniskilling Dragoons. In March 1912, returning from the… Read More →

  • ATOS: 8.6
  • Dewey: 919.8'9
  • Copyright: 2010
Cover: Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band
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Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band

What happened when a former enslaved man took beat-up old instruments and gave them to a bunch of orphans? Thousands of futures got a little brighter and a great American art form was born. Read More →

  • Lexile: 1040
  • ATOS: 5.6
  • Dewey: 784.4'4060757915
  • Copyright: 2013
Cover: Horse Sense: The Story of Will Sasse, His Horse Star, and the Outlaw Jesse James
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Horse Sense: The Story of Will Sasse, His Horse Star, and the Outlaw Jesse James

From the Series Adventures in Time

Will Sasse is sick of his pa's slow, careful ways. Pa says only sturdy workhorses are worth raising out in farm country. Will wants to raise beautiful pleasure horses like his mare, Star. So… Read More →

  • Lexile: 690
  • ATOS: 5.0
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2001
Cover: It's Test Day, Tiger Turcotte
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It's Test Day, Tiger Turcotte

Seven-year-old Tiger Turcotte has been dreading going to class because today is the day he has to take The Test. Armed with his lucky tiger-striped pencils, Tiger’s ready. The first five… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • ATOS: 3.1
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2004

Joy in Mudville

It had been only twenty-four hours since Mighty Casey struck out, plunging fans of the Mudville team into gloom and despair. But a new game day dawned, and Casey once again proved his might… Read More →

  • Lexile: 810
  • ATOS: 4.3
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2014