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The Princess in Black

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Princess for Hire

Lindsey Leavitt · 239 pages

Desi Bascomb has been longing for a bit of glamour in her Idaho life, so when a flawlessly dressed woman steps out of an iridescent bubble and wants to know if Desi would like to become a substitute princess, she of course agrees.

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Magyk

Angie Sage

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Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute

Jarrett J. Krosoczka · 96 pages

The school lunch lady is a secret crime fighter who uncovers an evil plot to replace all the popular teachers with robots.

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Lyman Frank Baum · 226 pages

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz remains one of the world's most beloved and widely read books. Throughout a century of remarkable change, the popularity of L. Frank Baum's classic tale has endured and grown, embraced by generation after generation of children and the young at heart. To honour the centennial of its publication in 1900, the University Press of Kansas is presenting this special anniversar

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From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess

Meg Cabot · 182 pages

Twelve-year-old Olivia is a half orphan who's never met her father. Everything changes when Mia Thermopolis, Princess of Genovia, invites Olivia to finally meet her father.

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Forgive My Fins

Tera Lynn Childs · 333 pages

Lily Sanderson has a secret, and it's not that she has a huge crush on gorgeous swimming god Brody Bennett, who makes her heart beat flipper-fast. Unrequited love is hard enough when you're a normal teenage girl, but when you're half human, half mermaid, like Lily, there's no such thing as a simple crush.Lily's mermaid identity is a secret that can't get out, since she's not just any mermaid—she's

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The Paper Bag Princess

Robert Munsch · 32 pages

Story about not accepting failure or giving up on what you want. It's not about looks or power but tenacity and quick thinking. Hurray for you Princess of the Paper Bag. Very short, easy reading. I wanted to hear more about her.

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Clementine

Sara Pennypacker · 136 pages

While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.

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The Princess Test

Gail Carson Levine · 91 pages

In this humorous retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea," Lorelei must pass many difficult tests in order to prove that she is a true princess and win the hand of Prince Nicholas.

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Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Kate DiCamillo · 240 pages

It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw it coming - the vacuum cleaner, that is. As for self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, she has read every issue of the comic book 'Terrible Things Can Happen to You!' so she is just the right person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the sq

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Horrid Henry

Francesca Simon · 167 pages

Horrible Henry causes his brother Perfect Peter all sorts of problems when he behaves properly for a change, upstages Peter at a dance recital, plays pirates, and goes on a camping trip.

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The Princess Diaries

Meg Cabot, megu kiyabotsuto · 301 pages

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Miss Nelson Is Missing!

Harry Allard · 32 pages

The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.

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The Birthday Ball

Lois Lowry · 186 pages

Princess Patricia Priscilla is bored with her royal life and the excitement surrounding her sixteenth birthday ball. Doomed to endure courtship by three grotesquely unappealing noblemen, she escapes her fate--for a week. Disguised as a peasant, she attends the village school as the smart new girl, "Pat," and attracts friends and the attention of the handsome schoolmaster. Disgusting suitors, lovab

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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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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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All Hail the Queen

Erica David · 128 pages

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Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

Geronimo Stilton · 116 pages

Geronimo Stilton, udgiver af New Mouse Citys avis, følger sammen med sin søster Thea og sin fætter Trap et gammelt kort på skattejagt til en øde ø - tror de da!.

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How to Tame Your Duke

Juliana Gray · 310 pages

England, 1889. Quiet and scholarly Princess Emilie has always avoided adventure, until she's forced to disguise herself as a tutor in the household of the imposing Duke of Ashland, a former soldier disfigured in battle and abandoned by his wife. When chance draws her into a secret liaison with the duke, Emilie can't resist the opportunity to learn what lies behind his forbidding mask, and find out

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Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid

Megan McDonald · 102 pages

The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school.

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Bink & Gollie

Kate DiCamillo, Alison McGhee · 88 pages

Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.

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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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Purplicious

Victoria Kann, Elizabeth Kann · 40 pages

When her classmates make fun of her for still liking the color pink, a little girl feels all alone, but then a friend shows her the power of pinkIt's purple Pinkalicious! Pinkalicious loves the color pink, but all the girls at school like black. They tease her, saying that pink stinks and pink is for babies. But Pinkalicious doesn't think so…that is, until her friends stop playing with her. Now

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