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A House Called Awful End: Book One in the Eddie Dickens Trilogy

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Play in One Scene

Lewis Carroll · 112 pages

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a young girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well

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The Templeton Twins Have an Idea

Ellis Weiner

Abigail and John, the Templeton twins, and their dog Cassie, foil a pair of inept kidnappers intent on stealing one of their father's newest inventions.

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The Reptile Room

Lemony Snicket · 196 pages

Book 2 of A Series of Unfortunate Events. The three unluckiest children in the world return for another misfortunate adventure. The Baudelaire children survived their first encounter with the dastardly and scheming Olaf, but the Count doesn't give up easily. Nor does the Baudelaire luck ever seem to improve.

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James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl · 143 pages

***Roald Dahl's first and most widely celebrated book for young people continues to thrill readers around the world.*** **When James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree, strange things start to happen.** The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. When James discovers a secret entrance-way into the fruit and crawls inside, he

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A Hat Full of Sky

Terry Pratchett · 352 pages

Something is coming after Tiffany ...Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic -- not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this!What Tiffany doesn't know is that an insidious, disembodied creature is pursuing her. This time, neither Mistress Weatherwax (the greatest witch in the world) nor the fierce, six

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The 26-Storey Treehouse

Andy Griffiths · 352 pages

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Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets

Dav Pilkey · 136 pages

Principal Krupp once again turns into the superhero Captain Underpants in order to save the world, and Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, from the evil talking toilets and the Turbo Toilet 2000.

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Here Be Monsters!

Alan Snow · 529 pages

While gathering food to bring to his grandfather, young Arthur becomes trapped in the city of Ratbridge, where he and some new friends try to stop a plot to shrink the monsters of Arthur's home, the Underworld, for a nefarious purpose.

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The Neddiad

Daniel Pinkwater

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Muddle Earth

Paul Stewart · 464 pages

Joe Jefferson suddenly turns into a fearless warrior-hero while walking his dog one night, and is summoned by Muddle Earth's leading wizard to slay ogres, wrestle dragons, and bravely confront villains.

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Searching for Dragons

Patricia C. Wrede · 249 pages

A fast paced, humorous YA fantasy novel. Princess Cimorene, assistant to the dragon king, and Mendebar, the young king of the Enchanted forest, team up to foil the latest plots of the Society of Wizards. Book two of the Enchanted Forest series.

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You're A Bad Man, Mr. Gum!

Andy Stanton, David Tazzyman · 176 pages

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Unreal!

Paul Jennings · 112 pages

ABOUT UNREAL! Unreal! was Paul's first published book that achieved major success having now sold over 600,000 copies. It is Paul's all time best seller and features the classic stories: Without a Shirt The Strap Box Flyer Skeleton on the Dunny Lucky Lips Cow Dung Custard Lighthouse Blues Smart Ice Cream Wunderpants

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Monster on the Hill

Rob Harrell

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Mothstorm

Philip Reeve

Art, his sister, and the rest of their family and friends are called once more to save the known universe. Interrupted during Christmas, the Mumbys discover a strange, unidentified black cloud that is slowly encroaching on the solar system. Victorian space-travel steampunk novel for children and young adults. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.

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Love Among the Walnuts, Or: How I Saved My Family from Being Poisoned

Jean Ferris

Sandy Huntington-Ackerman didn't expect life to be a free ride (even though his parents are multimillionaires). He certainly didn't expect his two money-grubbing uncles to try to kill his family with a drugged birthday cake. Luckily for Sandy, the cake only sends his parents (and their pet chicken, Attila) into a coma. Along with a loyal butler and a wacky nurse from the asylum next door, Sandy is

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Amphigorey

Edward Gorey · 204 pages

Collects fifteen works by the U.S. artist and author Edward Gorey, providing a journey into a macabre world. --

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The Adventures of Nanny Piggins

R.A. Spratt · 239 pages

When Mr. Green, a stingy widower with three children he cannot be bothered with, decides to find a nanny for his children, he winds up hiring a glamorous ex-circus pig who knows nothing about children but a lot about chocolate.

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The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster · 256 pages

It has been fifty years—and millions of readers—since the world was first introduced to Milo and his adventures in the Lands Beyond with Tock, the Humbug, and the captive princesses Rhyme and Reason. Now we have a remarkable 50th anniversary edition to honor this universally adored and deeply influential novel.  This special edition will include:    • Gorgeous packaging that features the classic

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Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang

Mordecai Richler · 86 pages

***The delightful adventures of an ordinary boy condemned to the dreaded dungeon ''From which no brat returns!''*** Poor Jacob Two-Two. Not only must he say everything twice just to be heard over his four brothers and sisters, but when he inadvertently insults a grown up, he is exiled to Slimers' Isle - and soon finds himself the prisoner of the dreaded Hooded Fang. ***Although he's small, Jaco

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Fortunately, the Milk

Neil Gaiman · 128 pages

A little boy and his little sister awake one morning, milkless. Their mother is away on business, their father is buried in the paper, and their Toastios are dry. What are young siblings to do? They impress upon their father that his tea is also without milk and sit back to watch their plan take effect. But something goes amiss, and their father doesn’t return and doesn’t return some more. When he

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