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Missing on Superstition Mountain

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It’s summer and the three Barker brothers—Simon, Henry, and Jack—just moved from Illinois to Arizona. Their parents have warned them repeatedly not to explore...
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Being Teddy Roosevelt

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Riley O’Rourke is writing his report on President Teddy Roosevelt in preparation for the fourth-grade biography tea, but he has a far more important goal: to...
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Lincoln Shot
A President's Life Remembered

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Noted children’s book biographer Barry Denenberg, award-winning illustrator Christopher Bing, and book designer Rich Deas collaborate on an intimate portrait...
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Brooklyn Bridge

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From the incomparable Karen Hesse comes a powerfully evocative and accessible family story, set at the turn of the century, by turns serious, funny, and with a...
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Revolver

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A menacing stranger. Stolen gold. And a loaded gun.
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The Time Pirate
A Nick McIver Time Adventure

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In this thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestseller Nick of Time, time-traveler Nick McIver must prove his courage in America alongside General George...
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By These Ten Bones

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Can her love conquer an ancient werewolf curse?
  
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Puss in Boots

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The adventures of that rascal, Puss, and his master, the miller’s son are portrayed in a lavish series of illustrations that range from sumptuous grandeur to...
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

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Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green...
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The Eagle

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The bestselling classic is now a Major Motion Picture from Focus Features

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The Gardener

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By the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling The Library Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray city, where she goes to...
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Letters from Rifka

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A deeply felt, deeply personal story of immigration from beloved Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse.
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We Are Witnesses
Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust

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Voices that must be heard. Voices we must never forget.
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Claudette Colvin
Twice Toward Justice

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Before Rosa Parks, there was 15-year-old Claudette Colvin. Now available in paperback: her National Book Award–wining story, told by the incomparable Phillip...
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I, Juan de Pareja

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The story of a great painter and the slave he helped to become an artist.
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Shakespeare's Secret

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A missing diamond, a mysterious neighbor, a link to Shakespeare—can Hero uncover the connections?
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One-Handed Catch

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There’s no way a little thing like losing his hand will keep Norm from trying out for baseball.
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Dark Water Rising

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With the entire city under water, will Seth and his family make it out alive?
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Rosa

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Winner of the Caldecott Honor Medal and the Coretta Scott King Medal, this picture book tribute to Rosa Parks celebrates the 50th anniversary of her refusal to...
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Now & Ben
The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

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Biography and history come to life in this celebration of the inventions and ideas of Benjamin Franklin and how they’ve stood the test of time....
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King George: What Was His Problem?
The Whole Hilarious Story of the Revolution

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KING GEORGE NEVER DID UNDERSTAND AMERICANS “Entire books have been written about the causes of the American Revolution. This isn’t one of them.” What it is,...
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Ten Mile Day
And the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad

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On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's...
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Newes from the Dead

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Back from the dead! Wronged, hanged, awake and in darkness, a maidservant in 1650 England is gripped by fear, and by memories of the only crime she’s ever...
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The Lantern Bearers

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The barbarians are coming! The Lantern Bearers is the 1959 winner of the Carnegie Medal in Literature.