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Flirt Club

Square Fish
When two self-professed middle school drama geeks––Isabelle and Annie (a.k.a. Cisco and The Bean)––fail at their attemps in romance, they start Flirt Club, an...
  
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All Stations! Distress!
April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank
Actual Times

Flash Point
THE "UNSINKABLE" MEETS THE UNTHINKABLE -- A gripping acount of the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic. It took 4,000 men to build it, 23 tons of animal...
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Let It Begin Here!
April 19, 1775: The Day the American Revolution Began
Actual Times

Flash Point
ONE DAY THAT CHANGED A NATION A nonfiction master brings the start of the American Revolution to life. A 26-year-old King George II found himself in...
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Death by Eggplant

Square Fish
Bertie wants to be a Master Chef. But first he has to pass eighth grade!
  
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Food For Thought
The Stories Behind the Things We Eat

Flash Point
Deliciously interesting, tasty morsels of cultural history combined with luscious photographs will leave readers hungry for more. "Every kind of food has...
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The Cat's Tale
Why the Years Are Named for Animals

A Neal Porter Book
WHY ARE THE YEARS IN THE CHINESE CALENDAR NAMED AFTER ANIMALS? A young girl and her grandmother learn that being far apart in years doesn’t mean they have...
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In the Name of God

Square Fish
How far would you go to defend your beliefs?
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Poison Ivy

Square Fish
Bad people always get what’s coming to them. Don’t they?
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Through the Gates and Beyond

Roaring Brook Press
CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE UNWRAPPED In 1981 two artists -- Christo and Jeanne-Claude -- proposed an installation in New York’s Central Park that would span...
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Clever Duck

Roaring Brook Press
FEATHERS FLY when one smart duck decides to teach the farmyard know-it-alls a lesson. Damaris is a duck. Not the ordinary, silly, jumping-inpuddles kind of...

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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

Square Fish
In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing...
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La Linea

Square Fish
The mata gente. The “people killer.” An ordinary freight train. And the only way North without paying a peso. ...
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Action Jackson

Square Fish
One late spring morning the American artist Jackson Pollock began work on the canvas that would ultimately come to be known as Number 1, 1950 (Lavender...
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Ballet of the Elephants

Roaring Brook Press
Sparking watercolors-and-ink illustrations dance across the page and spill out onto a horizontal foldout of elephants and ballerinas spotlighted together--in...
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Rex

A Neal Porter Book
Rex, a tiny chameleon, is the class pet. Every day someone gets to take him home, along with a notebook for recording his adventures. How cool is that? But...
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Soccer Chick Rules

Square Fish
Soccer Chick Rule Number 7: Never, ever give up!
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Airball
My Life in Briefs

Square Fish
Humor and basketball in a middle-grade novel--a slam dunk success with boys.
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Walker Evans
Photographer of America

A Neal Porter Book
Determined to "capture life has he saw it," Walker Evans (1903-1975) became one of the great photographers of the twentieth century, shooting in the New York...
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Mack Made Movies

Roaring Brook Press
Mack Sennett invented the Keystone Kops, filmed the first pie-in-the-face skit, and introduced Charlie Chaplin to the movies. Here Don Brown tells the story of...
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Hogwood Steps Out
A Good, Good Pig Story

A Neal Porter Book
THE GOOD, GOOD PIG GETS HIS OWN PICTURE BOOK, PERFECT FOR YOUNG READERS. Christopher Hogwood is definitely a pig with personality! He’s bright, curious, and...
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Punk Rock Etiquette
The Ultimate How-to Guide for DIY, Punk, Indie, and Underground Bands

Roaring Brook Press
Looking to start an underground band? Don't make a move until you've read this book! So you KNOW you are destined to rock... well you're in luck -- all you...