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  • Through the Fire: Based on a True Story About a Young Girl That Was Maliciously Burned in a House Fire

    • ASIN: 152078080X
    • ISBN: 152078080X
    • Manufacturer: Independently published

    A childhood tragedy cost her more than she could've imagined, but it also gave a gift far worth more than she could've hoped for... Theresa holds nothing back as she retraces her traumatic childhood in the countryside of North Carolina in one of the most inspirational books you’ve read yet. Between unstable, alcoholic parents and the ever-present... [Read More]

  • The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue (True Rescue Series)

    • ASIN: 1250044235
    • ISBN: 1250044235
    • Brand: Tougias Michael J
    • Manufacturer: Square Fish

    This adaptation for young readers of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman tells the story of the shipwreck of two oil tankers and the harrowing Coast Guard rescue when four men in a tiny lifeboat overcame insurmountable odds and saved more than 30 stranded sailors. N... [Read More]

  • The House on Cooper Lane: Based on a True Story

    • ASIN: 0989601234
    • ISBN: 0989601234
    • Manufacturer: Oliver Phipps

    It’s 1984 and all Bud Fisher wants to do is find a place to live in Madison Louisiana. With his dog Badger, they come across a beautiful old mansion that was converted into apartments.Something should have felt odd when he found out nobody lived in any of the apartments. To make matters worse, the owner is reluctant to let him rent one. Eventuall... [Read More]

  • Code 7: Cracking the Code for an Epic Life

    • ASIN: 1940556007
    • ISBN: 1940556007
    • Brand: Candy Wrapper Inc
    • Manufacturer: Candy Wrapper Inc.

    Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and upGuided Reading Level: H-M | Lexile® Measure: 500L - 600LKid-Tested, Parent and Teacher Approved.2018 Mom's Choice Award Gold Recipient - Children's Anthologies2018 Royal Dragonfly Award Winner - Children's Chapter Book2018 Wishing Shelf Award Winner - Children's Chapter Book"Code 7 engages kids through en... [Read More]

  • The Secret Lake: A children's mystery adventure

    • ASIN: 0956932304
    • ISBN: 0956932304
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Well Said Press

    A lost dog, a hidden time tunnel and a secret lake... A page-turning time travel adventure for children aged 8-11. Now enjoyed by thousands of young readers!When Stella and her younger brother, Tom, move to their new London home,they become mystified by the disappearances of Harry, their elderly neighbor's small dog. Where does he go? And why does... [Read More]

  • The One and Only Ivan

    • ASIN: 0061992275
    • ISBN: 0061992275
    • Brand: HarperCollins
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins

    Soon to be a major motion picture!Winner of the Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestsellerThis unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan h... [Read More]

  • Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be

    • ASIN: 0385320434
    • ISBN: 9780385320436
    • Brand: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

    Popsicles, potato chips, Silly Putty, Velcro, and many other familiar things have fascinating stories behind them. In fact, dozens of products and everyday items had surprisingly haphazard beginnings. Mistakes That Worked offers forty of these unusual tales, along with hilarious cartoons and weird and amazing facts. Readers will be surprised and in... [Read More]

  • A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

    • ASIN: 0547577311
    • ISBN: 0547577311
    • Brand: Clarion Books
    • Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

    The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys"... [Read More]

  • Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja

    • ASIN: 1493527487
    • ISBN: 1493527487
    • Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

    Age Level: 9 - 12 | Grade Level: 4th and upMy name is Chase Cooper, and I'm a 6th grade ninja. It's my first day at a different school and the only person I know is my cousin, Zoe (but she might be a little too cool for me). I was just another scrawny kid until a group of ninjas recruited me into their clan. It was a world of trouble I wasn't prepa... [Read More]

  • Trapped in a Video Game (Book 1) (Volume 1)

    • UPC: 050837421714
    • ASIN: 1449494862
    • ISBN: 1449494862
    • Brand: Andrews McMeel Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing

    Age Level: 8-12Kids who love video games will love this first installment of the new 5-book series about 12-year old Jesse Rigsby and his wild adventures inside different video games.Jesse Rigsby hates video games - and for good reason. You see, a video game character is trying to kill him. After getting sucked in the new game Full Blast with his f... [Read More]

  • Hatchet

    • ASIN: 1416936475
    • ISBN: 9781416936473
    • Brand: SIMON & SCHUSTER
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

    This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge o... [Read More]

  • Because of Winn-Dixie

    • ASIN: 0763680869
    • ISBN: 0763680869
    • Brand: CANDLEWICK PRESS
    • Manufacturer: Candlewick

    A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America's beloved storyteller.One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries – and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Winn-Dixie th... [Read More]

  • Tuck Everlasting

    • ASIN: 0312369816
    • ISBN: 9780312369811
    • Brand: Macmillan / Mps
    • Manufacturer: Square Fish

    The classic novel about a young girl who stumbles upon a family's stunning secretWhat if you could live forever?Is eternal life a blessing or a curse? That is what young Winnie Foster must decide when she discovers a spring on her family’s property whose waters grant immortality. Members of the Tuck family, having drunk from the spring, tell Winn... [Read More]

  • Counting by 7s

    • ASIN: 014242286X
    • ISBN: 014242286X
    • Brand: Puffin Books
    • Manufacturer: Puffin Books

    A New York Times BestsellerIn the tradition of Out of My Mind, Wonder, and Mockingbird, this is an intensely moving middle grade novel about being an outsider, coping with loss, and discovering the true meaning of family. Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to co... [Read More]

  • Wishtree

    • ASIN: 1250043220
    • ISBN: 1250043220
    • Manufacturer: Feiwel & Friends

    "Warm and thoughtful, this story is told from the perspective of an ancient oak tree who has seen it all. Bestselling author Katherine Applegate gets readers rooting for the old tree, along with the people and animals who come to depend on it. The shorter length and strong plot are appealing for middle grade readers who are growing into novels with... [Read More]

  • Bud, Not Buddy

    • ASIN: 0440413281
    • ISBN: 0440413281
    • Brand: Yearling Books
    • Manufacturer: Yearling

    The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree.   It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the r... [Read More]

  • Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories

    • ASIN: 1101934859
    • ISBN: 1101934859
    • Brand: Alfred A Knopf Books for Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers

    WONDER IS NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS AND JACOB TREMBLAY!Over 6 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. Auggie & Me gives readers a special look at Auggie’s world through three new points of view. These sto... [Read More]

  • The Name Jar

    • ASIN: 0440417996
    • ISBN: 9780440417996
    • Brand: Dragonfly Books
    • Manufacturer: Dragonfly Books

    The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she?Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her. So instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she tells the class that she will choose a name by the foll... [Read More]

  • Ghost Boys

    • ASIN: 0316262285
    • ISBN: 0316262285
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

    A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.An instant New York Times bestsellerAn instant IndieBound bestsellerThe #1 Kids' Indie Next PickA Walter Award winner Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better.... [Read More]

  • Legend of the Star Runner: A Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries Adventure (Timmi Tobbson Chapter Book for Kids 8-12)

    • ASIN: B07D1R18VQ
    • Manufacturer: freshabooks

    Ages 8-12 | Chapter Book | Short Attention Spans | Video Preview BelowWOW - the print edition sold out. New books are being printed and will be available on Amazon in February!"With the exuberance of a caper, determined protagonists, and a message steeped in family legacy, this is a splendid homage to adventure." - FOREWORD MAGAZINE - 5 out of 5Unr... [Read More]

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