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Knights of the Kitchen Table

Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 55 pages

Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor.

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Holes

Louis Sachar · 240 pages

Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day, digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green

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The Lost Colony

Eoin Colfer · 385 pages

When demons begin appearing on Earth unpredictably, foreshadowing a cataclysmic breakdown of their magic, Artemis and his friends face a new foe--a twelve-year-old girl whose intellect just might match Artemis's own--as they try to prevent catastrophe.

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Half Magic

Edward Eager · 217 pages

It all begins with a strange coin on a sun-warmed sidewalk. Jane finds the coin, and because she and her siblings are having the worst, most dreadfully boring summer ever, she idly wishes something exciting would happen. And something *does*: Her wish is granted. Or not quite. Only half her wish comes true. It turns out the coin grants wishes—but only by half, so that you must wish for

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The Time Trilogy

Madeleine L'Engle

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Christmas in Camelot Graphic Novel

Mary Pope Osborne; adapted by Jenny Laird; illustrated by Kelly Matthews and Nichole Matthews

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A Mutiny in Time

James Dashner · 196 pages

Time has gone wrong, and best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste, together with the young Hystorian Riq, must use the infinity ring to travel back to one of the Great Breaks--a mutiny on the Santa María--to correct history and defeat the SQ.

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The Storm Begins

Damian Dibben · 400 pages

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Countdown

Natalie Standiford · 194 pages

With Amy and Dan still in pursuit of Pierce, Amy does something unthinkable that sends shockwaves through her family.

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Into the Gauntlet

Margaret Peterson Haddix

The explosive finale! Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet-a task no Cahill dared to i

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Fablehaven

Brandon Mull · 351 pages

For centuries, mystical creatures of all description were gathered to a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary survives today as one of the last strongholds of true magic in a cynical world. Enchanting? Absolutely! Exciting? You bet. Safe? Well, actually, quite the opposite . . . Kendra and her brother Seth have no idea that their grandfather is the current c

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The Shifting Sands

Emily Rodda

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The Emerald Atlas

John Stephens

Several years ago, Kate remembers that her mother left her, her sister and her brother in St. Mary's orphanage. Her mother told Kate to always stay with her siblings. So she had. They never stayed in one orphanage for so long. Each orphanage was worse than the other, and Edgar Allan Poe Home for Hopeless and Incorrigible Orphans, was truly horrible. In the series of events that come after this, th

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The Miserable Mill

Lemony Snicket · 194 pages

Dear Reader, I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I advise you to put this book down instantaneously, because of all the books describing the unhappy lives of the Baudelaire orphans, The Miserable Mill might be the unhappiest yet. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are sent to Paltryville t

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Divide and Conquer

Carrie Ryan · 194 pages

HISTORY UNDER ATTACK Hundreds of ships carrying thousands of Viking warriors are attacking medieval Paris. The Parisians are fighting back, but they can only last so long. And that's bad news – especially since Dak had been captured and forced to work with the invading army while Sera and Riq defend Paris from within. No matter which side wins, the kids will lose . . . unless Dak can find an ally

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The Black Stallion Returns

Walter Farley · 203 pages

When his rightful owner repossesses the Black, eighteen-year-old Alec travels across the deserts of Arabia to find the great stallion and helps resolve a tribal feud.

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Time Cat

Lloyd Alexander · 206 pages

Jason and his magic cat Gareth travel through time to visit countries all over the world during different periods of history.

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The Revenge of the Shadow King

Derek Benz, J.S. Lewis

Max Sumner and his three best friends, Harley, Ernie, and Natalia-who form the secret club The Grey Griffins-seem to be the only people in their very normal Minnesota town to notice that strange things have started to happen. When creatures like goblins and fairies and unicorns, all characters from a card game the Grey Griffins play, begin to make appearances in Max's backyard, Max and his friends

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Gatekeepers

Robert Liparulo

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Jackie & Me

Dan Gutman · 145 pages

Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoscack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So for his report, Joe decides to go back to meet one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it

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The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future

Dav Pilkey, George Beard, Harold Hutchins · 178 pages

The world's most evil corporation of the future invades Caveland, Ohio and enslaves the inhabitants, until a time portal takes Ook and Gluk to the year 2222, where they meet a wise new friend who provides them with the means of saving the day.

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The Never War

D.J. MacHale

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Rapunzel's Revenge

Shannon Hale, Dean Hale · 144 pages

Once upon a time, in a land you only think you know, lived a little girl and her mother . . . or the woman she thought was her mother. Every day, when the little girl played in her pretty garden, she grew more curious about what lay on the other side of the garden wall . . . a rather enormous garden wall. And every year, as she grew older, things seemed weirder and weirder, until the day she

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Dinosaurs in Action!

Geronimo Stilton, Elisabetta Dami

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