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1) Matilda
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Language
English
Description
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
Matilda, a brilliant, sensitive little girl, uses her talents and ingenuity to seek revenge on her crooked father, lazy mother, and the terrifying Miss Trunchbull, her wicked headmistress, and save her beloved teacher, Miss Honey.
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Language
English
Description
Growing up, Mallory "Mouse" Dodge learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. After she escaped her terrifying childhood and spent years being homeschooled by loving adoptive parents, she is starting her senior year at a public high school. The first day, she runs into Rider Stark, the friend and protector from her childhood, and Mallory realizes that their bond never really faded. But as Rider's life spirals out of control, Mallory faces...
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Language
English
Description
Virgil feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia is deaf, smart, and loves everything about nature. Kaori is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so that he can concentrate on basketball. They aren't friends. But when Chet pulls a prank that traps Virgil and his pet guinea pig at the bottom of a well, Kaori, Gen, and...
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Language
English
Description
"Angelina hopes to dance the starring role in an upcoming performance for the Royal Ballet, but instead is cast in a tiny part. She is so disappointed that she wants to quit ballet. Eventually, though, she decides to work hard for her friends in the performance. Angelina's decision leads to an unexpected turn of events--and a happy ending for everyone!"--
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Take a trip inside the mind of a special little boy on a journey to find his true identity. After a million questions, and with the help of his loving Nana, you will be amazed when you learn what he discovers. Climb on in and let's begin our extraordinary journey!
Author
Series
Trouble at table 5 volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Molly gets things stuck in her head sometimes. When she sees a jar of candy on Principal Shelton's desk, she absolutely needs to know how many candies are in that jar! Luckily, her two best friends, Simon and Rosie, are ready to help her find the answer--even if it means detention for all of them!"--
10) Scar Island
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jonathan Grisby has been sent to the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys, a former lunatic asylum which is currently run by a sadist who enjoys punishing the boys and setting them against each other; but when a lightning strikekills all the adults the boys find themselves suddenly free--and trapped on Scar Island which seems to be sinking into the ocean.
12) The rainbow wand
Author
Series
Fairy Realm volume 10
Language
English
Description
When a little girl from the human world becomes lost in the magical Realm, Jessie's only hope of finding her is the wand of a brilliant but reclusive magician, and if she succeeds she must still face Mrs. Tweedie, who is up to no good.
Author
Series
Middle school (James Patterson) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Rafe Kane enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent," to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code of conduct.
15) Lawn boy
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business.
16) Lubna and Pebble
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Lubna's best friend is a pebble. Pebble always listens to her stories. Pebble always smiles when she feels scared. But when a lost little boy arrives in the World of Tents, Lubna realizes that he needs Pebble even more than she does." -- From dust jacket.
17) Ugly me
Author
Series
Ugly me volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"She yells. She curses. She fights. Her classmates say she's difficult. Her teacher's say she's the student from hell... Randi Lewis isn't your typical seventh-grader. She's a damaged girl with a secret life who just wants to be a normal, happy teenager. And on her first day of seventh grade, she vows to make this the year she turns it all around. This will be the year that she'll finally let go of her pain and her anger and be happy again. All she...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Description
When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
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