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Nate the Great and the Big Sniff

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Mitchell Sharmat, Marc Simont · 47 pages

Nate the Great follows the clues to find his lost dog, Sludge, in a department store.

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The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog

John R. Erickson · 144 pages

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The Gates

John Connolly · 300 pages

Young Samuel Johnson witnesses strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Road. The Abernathys don't mean any harm by their flirtation with the underworld, but when they unknowingly call forth Satan himself, they create a gap in the universe. Can one small boy defeat evil and save the world as we know it?

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Zombie Fallout

Mark Tufo · 404 pages

When a rushed H1N1 vaccine hits the public during a widespread outbreak, the cure becomes far worse than the disease. Victims convulse, collapse, die—then rise again with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Now, the dead walk, society crumbles overnight, and America becomes a blood-soaked wasteland. Michael Talbot, former-Marine and self-proclaimed survivalist, never expected to use his do

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Vampire Mountain

Darren Shan · 199 pages

In this fourth book in the bestselling Saga of Darren Shan, Darren Shan and Mr. Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the very heart of the vampire world. But they face more than the cold on Vampire Mountain?the vampaneze have been there before them.Will a meeting with the Vampire Princes restore Darren's human side, or turn him further toward the darkness? Only one thing is certain?Darren's init

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Wonder

R.J. Palacio · 330 pages

## **Don't judge a boy by his face.** ## Auggie is a kid who just wants to be ordinary. He does ordinary things, like play on his Xbox and watch TV and eat. But ordinary kids don't make people stare just by walking down the block. They don't scare kids by looking at his face. They *definitely* haven't had over 20 surgeries by age 10. But when Auggie starts going to school for the first time in h

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Nighty-Nightmare

James Howe · 122 pages

When scary strangers appear at the Monroes' overnight campsite, Chester the cat tries to convince the family's two dogs that foul play is intended.

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Attack of the Fiend

Joseph Delaney · 546 pages

When witches steal Tom's inheritance and kidnap his relatives, Tom, the Spook, and Alice set out for Pendle Hill, a particularly dangerous district, in hopes of preventing the three witch clans from uniting to raise the Fiend, the Devil himself, thus bringing about an age of darkness.

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See You in the Cosmos

Jack Cheng · 314 pages

"Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski, along with his dog, Carl Sagan, makes big discoveries about his family on a road trip and he records it all on a golden iPod he intends to launch into space"--

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Bunnicula

James Howe, Deborah Howe · 98 pages

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John Dies at the End

David Wong · 428 pages

This may be the story of John and David, a drug called soy sauce, and other-worldly beings invading the planet. Or, it may be the story of two beer-drinking friends who live in an unnamed Midwestern town and only think something horrific is going on. But the important thing is, according to the narrator, "None of this is my fault."

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Henry and the Paper Route

Beverly Cleary · 192 pages

Henry and the Paper Route is a book of Henry Huggins series that was written by Beverly Cleary and illustrated by Louis Darling. It was written in 1957 and focused on the main character Henry Huggins' attempts to get a paper route, despite his young age.

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Kristy and the Snobs

Ann M. Martin · 149 pages

When her mother's remarriage takes her family into a much wealthier neighborhood, thirteen-year-old Kristy finds herself surrounded by snobbish girls who compare clothes, make fun of the Baby-sitters Club, and insult her aging dog.

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Never Do Anything, Ever

Jim Benton · 132 pages

A hilarious middle-schooler's diary about her stinky beagle, mad best friend, disgustingly lovely rival and unrequited crush on the eighth-best-looking boy in the class.

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The Land of Laughs

Jonathan Carroll · 241 pages

Now Thomas and Saxony have come to France's hometown, the dreamy Midwestern town of Galen, Missouri, to write France's biography. Warned in advance that France's family may oppose them, they're surprised to find France's daughter warmly welcoming instead. But slowly they begin to see that something fantastic and horrible is happening. The magic of Marshall France has extended far beyond the printe

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The Light

D.J. MacHale

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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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Virals

Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs · 454 pages

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Old Yeller

Fred Gipson · 158 pages

At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller. The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away on a long cattle drive up to Abilene. Strong and courageous, Old Yeller proved that he could protect Travis's family from any sort of danger. But can Travis do the same for O

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Hidden Talents

David Lubar · 224 pages

Martin Anderson and his friends don’t like being called losers. But they’ve been called that for so long even they start to believe it. Until Martin makes an incredible discovery: each of his friends has a special hidden talent. Edgeview Alternative School was supposed to be end of the road. But for Martin and his friends, it just might be a new beginning.

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The Predator

Katherine Applegate · 152 pages

Marco is a reluctant Animorph, having been given the ability, along with four other friends, to change into animal forms by an Andalite prince, an alien who wants help in stopping an invasion of the enemy Yeerks, but when he discovers that his mom, who he believed was dead, has been taken over by the Yeerks, he finds a reason to fight.

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Brian's Hunt

Gary Paulsen · 103 pages

Millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, Brian's Winter, and Brian's Return know that Brian Robeson is at home in the Canadian wilderness. He has stood up to the challenge of surviving alone in the woods. He prefers being on his own in the natural world to civilization. When Brian finds a dog one night, a dog that is wounded and whimpering, he senses danger. The dog is badly hurt, and as Brian c

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Swindle

Gordon Korman · 252 pages

After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.

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All the Lovely Bad Ones

Mary Downing Hahn · 182 pages

TRAVIS AND HIS SISTER, Corey, can’t resist a good trick. When they learn that their grandmother’s quiet Vermont inn, where they're spending the summer, has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little "haunting” of their own. But their supernatural pranks awaken something dangerous, something that should have stayed asleep. Only Travis and Corey can lay to rest the spiteful spirit they

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