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• Murder at the Museum

  Beckett-King, Alasdair,

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  Bonnie Montgomery is the world's greatest detective. Not that anyone -- other than Grampa Banks -- has heard of her. But they will have heard of Montgomery Bonbon, the gentleman detective with the bristly mustache, fashionable beret, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mysterious New Girl

  Healy, Kay,

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  Casey wants nothing more than to be a detective. No mystery is too big or small for her to tackle! OK, so she doesn't see everything coming--mean girl Dina always has the last word, and Casey is constantly falling into embarrassing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fairy Tale Fan Club

  Legendary Letters Collected by C.C. Cecily

  Ayoade, Richard, 1977-

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  It's once upon a time . . . as only the irreverently witty Richard Ayoade can tell it. In this series of letters organized by fictitious C. C. Cecily, Senior Secretary of the Fairy Tale Fan Club, the fairest of them all (and a few bitter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip

  Barnett, Mac

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  CheckMate, an AI paperclip designed to fix grammatical errors, wants to turn carbon-based lifeforms into paperclips. When he invades every computer, the First Cat in Space, the Moon Queen and LOZ 4000 come to help.

• Still Sal

  a Miller Family Story

  Henkes, Kevin,

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  When everything goes wrong on Sal's first day of school, her family and friends lovingly remind her that adjusting to change takes time.

• All the Best Dogs

  Jenkins, Emily, 1967-

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  Four sixth graders and their dogs navigate a weekend filled with surprises, challenges, and life-changing experiences at a city dog park.

• The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science

  McKinnon, Kate, 1984-

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  Three orphaned siblings become the pupils of the mysterious Professor Millicent Quibb and enter the world of mad science.

• Dog Man

  the Scarlet Shedder

  Pilkey, Dav, 1966-

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  After an encounter with a skunk, Dog Man, now scarlet red after being dunked in tomato juice, is exiled but must find a way to save those who shunned him when an all-new, never-before-seen villain unleashes an army of A.I. robots.

• Cat Ninja

  Cat's Claw

  Cody, Matthew,

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  Raised from a kitten by a kindly old ninja master, Claude now spends his days as the pampered house cat of an eleven-year-old boy. But when trouble arises, Claude dons his mask and springs into action as Cat Ninja--Metro City's secret…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Superteacher Project

  Korman, Gordon,

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  Oliver and Nathan, determined to get to the bottom of their new homeroom teacher's fishy behavior, discover Mr. Aidact is actually an AI robot from a secret experimental program.

• Squished

  Lloyd, Megan Wagner,

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  Eleven-year-old Avery Lee loves living in Hickory Valley, Maryland. She loves her neighborhood, school, and the end-of-summer fair she always goes to with her two best friends. But she's tired of feeling squished by her six siblings!…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Big Nate

  Move It or Lose It!

  Peirce, Lincoln,

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  What's middle school without a crisis? Sixth-grader Nate Wright would love to find out, but the emergencies are piling up fast. A gang of eighth-graders steals Nate's favorite lunch spot. Alan Chen chooses a new name (hint: it begins with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Library

  Stead, Rebecca,

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  When a mysterious Little Free Library guarded by a large orange cat appears overnight, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.

• Code Name Bananas

  Walliams, David, 1971-

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  A young boy, his great-uncle, and a friendly gorilla from the London Zoo uncover a Nazi plot in wartime Britain.

• Once Upon a Tim

  Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-

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  With no knightly experience but plenty of pluck and an impressive vocabulary, a twelve-year-old peasant, hoping to improve his station in life, volunteers to help a cowardly prince and his not very powerful wizard rescue a princess from an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spy School Project X

  Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-

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  Superspy middle schooler Ben Ripley races against time and across state lines - traveling by car, train, boat and plane - to track Murray Hill down before Ben's cyber enemies can find him.

• Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories

  Kinney, Jeff,

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  Grab a flashlight, crawl under the covers, and dive into the twisted, unexpectedly hilarious world of Rowley Jefferson's imagination. You'll meet zombies, vampires, ghosts, and much more in these comically terrifying tales. Rowley's spooky…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unplugged

  Korman, Gordon,

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  Relates, in multiple voices, the adventures of a group of youngsters at an electronics-free wellness camp where wealthy, spoiled Jett, leads other campers in trying to stop a criminal.

• Cat Kid Comic Club

  Perspectives

  Pilkey, Dav, 1966-

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  Flippy, Molly, Li'l Petey, and twenty-one baby frogs each have something to say. Naomi and Melvin don't see eye to eye and Poppy perceives the world differently than her siblings. Will the baby frogs figure out how to work together and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tangled Up in Luck

  Wyatt, Merrill,

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  Seventh-graders Sloane and Amelia are devastated to be paired for a research project about long-lost jewels, but soon they are finding clues hidden for nearly a century--and realize they are being used.