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Summer Reading is Killing Me!

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The Search for the Red Dragon

James A. Owen · 371 pages

Nine years after they came together to defeat the Winter King, John, Jack, and Charles return to the Archipelago of Dreams and face a new challenge involving the Lost Boys and giants.

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The Eyre Affair

Jasper Fforde · 374 pages

The Eyre Affair Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. Baconians are trying to convince the world that Francis Bacon really wrote Shakespeare, there are riots between the Surrealists and Impressionists, and thousands of men are named John Milton, an homage to the real Milton

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Pirates Past Noon

Mary Pope Osborne · 67 pages

The magic treehouse whisks Jack and Annie back to the days of deserted islands, secret maps, hidden gold, and nasty pirates.

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The Fire Chronicle

John Stephens

There are three orphans who go through many adventures, trying to find all the magical books in the Books of Beginning. In the first book, " The Emerald Atlas" Kate finds the Atlas through many adventures with the countess (an evil witch), Gabriel (the giant) Screechers, and dwarfs. In the beginning of this book, they are sent by Dr. Pym back to the Edgar Allan Poe Home for Hopeless and Incorrigib

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The Anybodies

N.E. Bode

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The Wishing Spell

Chris Colfer · 448 pages

Frustrated by all the happy goofy representations of fairy tales? (Note: Chris began the concept for this book in his late high school years, which were much earlier than the copyright date of 2012.) Well, so was Chris. So, he decided to mix them up a little. This book has several of the standard fairy tale characters, such as Red Riding Hood, the witch who liked to eat children (Hansel & Gretel),

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The Accidental Keyhand

Jen Swann Downey · 377 pages

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Johnny and the Bomb

Terry Pratchett · 256 pages

Thirteen-year-old Johnny Maxwell acquires the neighborhood homeless woman's shopping cart when she is injured and discovers that its contents have the ability to send him back in time from 1996 to 1941 England.

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See You Later, Gladiator

Jon Scieszka, Adam McCauley · 87 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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Dragon's Green

Scarlett Thomas · 373 pages

When a mysterious incident nearly costs her magic-avoiding grandfather his life, Effie Truelove receives an unusual silver ring and responsibility over her grandfather's magical library before being confronted by a shady scholar who would use the books for his own dark purpose.

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Doraemon, Vol 01

Fujiko F. Fujio · 190 pages

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The Redemption of Althalus

David Eddings · 704 pages

It would be sheer folly to try to conceal the true nature of Althalus, for his flaws are the stuff of legend. He is, as all men know, a thief, a liar, an occasional murderer, an outrageous braggart, and a man devoid of even the slightest hint of honor.Yet of all the men in the world, it is Althalus, unrepentant rogue and scoundrel, who will become the champion of humanity in its desperate struggle

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Target Practice

Mike Maihack · 176 pages

When Cleopatra finds a mysterious tablet that zaps her to the far, REALLY far future, she learns of an ancient prophecy that says she is destined to save the galaxy from the tyrannical rule of the evil Xaius Octavian.

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Dark Times

Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner

Traveling in her homemade Time-Out Machine, Emily journeys to the eighteenth century to uncover the truth behind a Strange family rumor.

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Shadow of Night

Deborah Harkness · 592 pages

Picking up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes Diana and Matthew on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of spies, magic, and a coterie of Matthew’s old friends, the School of Night. As the search for Ashmole 782 deepens and Diana seeks out a witch to tutor her in magic, the net of Matthew’s past tightens around them, and

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The Book That Broke the World

Mark Lawrence · 384 pages

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The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp

Richard Peck · 183 pages

It's Halloween, 1914. Teenage psychic Blossom Culp sneaks into the house where the rest of her class is having a party-and that's when everything goes haywire. Suddenly Blossom is hurled into a time warp. Her psychic powers have found a way to send her into the future-our time. But will they be able to send her back?

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The Stolen Chapters

James Riley · 350 pages

Mysteries abound as memory-erased Owen Conners, boy magician Kiel Gnomenfoot, and their half-fictional friend Bethany confront secrets, stolen memories, hidden clues, surprising twists and endings, and some very familiar faces.

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Dinosaurs in Action!

Geronimo Stilton, Elisabetta Dami

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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 Journey Through Time

Geronimo Stilton · 282 pages

From the Jurassic period and the dinosaurs, to a medieval castle, Geronimo Stilton and a few members of his family embark on an adventure through time in Professor von Volt's new time machine, the Mouse Mover 3000. From the Jurassic period and the dinosaurs to a medieval castle, Geronimo Stilton and a few members of his family embark on an adventure through time in Professor von Volt's new time m

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Bad Unicorn

Platte F. Clark

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Once Upon a Curse

E.D. Baker · 250 pages

Many years ago a slighted fairy placed a curse on a beautiful young princess--a curse that caused her and all her female descendants to turn into mean, ugly witches if they ever touched a flower after turning sixteen. Now, Princess Emma, who is about to turn sixteen herself, is determined to break the spell once and for all. Emma travels back in time to the day the curse was placed on her ancestor

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