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When the original Star Spangled Banner is stolen, seventh-graders Anne, Jos�e, and Henry, all descendants of the Silver Jaguar Society, pursue suspects on airport carts and through baggage handling tunnels while stranded at a Washington, D.C., airport during a snowstorm.
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Printer's devil trilogy volume 1
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English
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After printing the "Wanted" posters for some of London's most notorious inhabitants, a printer's boy is entangled, by a genuine convict, in a series of mistaken identities and events leading back to the boy's own mysterious past.
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Magic misfits volume 1
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English
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"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--
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The Brixton Brothers volume 3
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English
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Seventh-grader Steve Brixton finds himself pulled back into sleuthing when, during a train trip down the California coast, he uncovers a mystery involving a fleet of priceless automobiles, an assassin, and a private rail car.
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"Published in 1883, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood is one of the most popular interpretations of the English hero. Influenced by the classic texts, author Howard Pyle creates a cohesive narrative full of action, adventure and humor. Although intended for children, this story's an enjoyable read for all ages."--Page 4 of cover.
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The keepers trilogy (Lian Tanner) volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
�2010
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English
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Goldie, an impulsive and bold twelve-year-old, escapes the oppressive city of Jewel, where children are required to wear guardchains for their protection, and finds refuge in the extraordinary Museum of Dunt, an ever-shifting world where she discovers a useful talent for thievery and mysterious secrets that threaten her city and everyone she loves.
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Puzzling world of Winston Breen volume 3
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Winston attends a weekend of puzzles at a famous musician's mansion, but when he and other young guests pursue a thief, they find themselves in big trouble. Puzzles for the reader to solve are included throughout the text.
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
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English
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Escaping the aunt who wants to adopt only one of them, two orphaned brothers run away from Hamburg to Venice, finding shelter with a gang of street children and their leader, the thirteen-year-old "Thief Lord," while also eluding the detective hired to return them to Germany.
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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In the "wild west" of an 1880s California gold-mining town, Angeline investigates the supposed murder of her father, a famous criminal lawyer, who she and her mother are certain is still alive. Includes historical notes and instructions for making a mask from muslin.
11) The voyage
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Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Stax Stonecutter has lived a peaceful--if unremarkable--life in his small town in the Overworld. He prefers leisure to work, choosing to tend to his gardens and play with his cats all day rather than expand his family's mining business. But when a mysterious stranger arrives, he takes everything from Stax, stranding him in the middle of nowhere and with nothing to his name. Now, Stax must learn not only how to survive, but how to live"--
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Square Fish
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2020.
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English
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Thanks to a crew of misfit treasure-seekers, Wily Snare has assumed his rightful place as King of Panthasos. Wily knows how to be a great trapsmith -- devising and building various contraptions to keep plunderers at bay -- but he has no idea how to be a good king. And he hasn't escaped his past. Stalag, the mage who once kept him locked away, is amassing an army of stone soldiers to seize the kingdom. Wily's only hope is to tame a lair beast, a giant...
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Some stories are about happy, adorable penguins who form families, learn to dance, or make friends. This is not one of those stories. All orphan Bolt Wattle has ever wanted was to find his true family. When a mysterious baron in far-off Brugaria sends for Bolt, he wonders if he's getting closer to finding his long-lost parents. But Baron Chordata appears to be a twelve-year-old boy who wears tuxedos all the time, shouts at everyone, and forbids Bolt...