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2) The BFG
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English
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The Big Friendly Giant is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and it's lucky for Sophie that he is. If she had been carried off by any of the other giants she would have been breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are headed to England to steal some little children, she and the BFG decide they must stop them once and for all.
3) Switched
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Series
Fairy Tale Reform School volume 4
Language
English
Description
Gilly and her friends must prepare for a giant invasion after Jack plants magic beans, earning him a spot in Fairy Tale Reform School and reminding Gilly how good it feels to be bad.
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English
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"When library page Jordan Young falls asleep in the children's section of T. Middleton Nightingale City Library, she misses the initial transformation of the library and wakes up to find herself in the land of Lilliput, where the tiny people are fighting over how to crack an egg and a friendly giant from Brobdingnag is looking for her giant mischievous monkey."--Provided by publisher.
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Whatever after volume 13
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English
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Abby and Jonah take a trip through the magic mirror and finally end up in Jack and the beanstalk (which happens to be Jonah's favorite story ever)--but things soon start to go wrong, and the children have to try and set the tale right, even if it means trading their dog, Prince, for the magic beans, climbing the beanstalk (three times!), and reaching an amicable settlement with the giants (Magnus and Philippa, who are really quite nice), and the sneaky...
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English
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Nine-year-old Emily and her friends at the fairy detective agency, Wings & Co, face their most complicated case yet when a giant leaves his six-year-old, six-foot-tall daughter with them before disappearing, then a surprise visit to the seaside uncovers a murder and a stolen diamond.
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English
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Annabeth and Percy have tumbled into a pit leading straight to the Underworld. The other five demigods have to put aside their grief and follow Percy's instructions to find the mortal side of the Doors of Death. If they can fight their way through the Gaea's forces, and Percy and Annabeth can survive the House of Hades, then the Seven will be able to seal the Doors both sides and prevent the giants from raising Gaea. But, Leo wonders, if the Doors...
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Once upon another time volume 1
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English
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Lena has a problem: she is a twelve-year-old giant child, but she is still only the size of a human: rejected by the giant king, she and her enormous talking cat, Rufus, go down to the human world seeking some magic that will restore her to her rightful status; Jin is a twelve-year-old genie, not yet allowed his full powers, and at the moment tied, for two more wishes, to the Golden King, an annoying, nasty tyrant who has sent him on a quest--and...
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Heroes of Olympus volume 5
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English
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Greek and Roman demigods Nico, Jason, Reyna, Leo, and Piper try to stop Gaea, the Earth Mother, who needs the blood of two demigods sacrificed in Athens--the blood of Olympus--to awaken. Meanwhile, the friends keep having frightening visions of a great war at Camp Half-Blood that could be the end of all of them.
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"The magical world teeters on the brink of collapse. The Dragon King, Celebrant, has united the dragons into a vengeful army, and only a final artifact stands in the way of them unleashing their fury against humankind. With established allegiances shifting under the strain, Seth and Kendra find themselves in desperate need of new allies. Seth must face his most dangerous quest--the fulfillment of his pledge to the Singing Sisters. With only Calvin...
13) A giant problem
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Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
As giants start waking up and destroying everything around their Florida neighborhood, Nick, Laurie, Jules, and Cindy work frantically to find a solution.
14) The wyrm king
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Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
Nick, Julie, Laurie, and their friends try to prevent a hydra from destroying Florida.
15) Giants beware!
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Series
Chronicles of Claudette volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Claudette wants nothing more than to slay a giant but her little village is too safe and quiet.
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Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Fee, fi, fo, fum! How will Jack and his beanstalk fare against a hungry giant? This interactive book retells the classic story of Jack, but this time, readers will use science, technology, engineering, and math to help the mischievous hero reach his happily ever after! Engaging STEM activities, such as charting the life cycle of beans, make these important curriculum materials fun and accessible. This unique, story-driven approach will attract even...
18) The nixie's song
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Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Nicholas Vargas only thinks his life has been turned upside down after his developer father remarries and moves his new wife and daughter into the soon-to-be completed Mangrove Hollow. But an "expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem--the huge, lumbering, fire-breathing variety--and it's up to Nick, his stepsister Laurie, and his big brother, Julian (plus a familiar face from the original Spiderwick...
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Fairy Tale Reform School volume 4
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Gilly and her friends must prepare for a giant invasion after Jack plants magic beans, earning him a spot in Fairy Tale Reform School and reminding Gilly how good it feels to be bad.
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Heroes of Olympus volume 4
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Greek and Roman demigods from the Prophecy of Seven must work together to seal the Doors of Death--and help Percy and Annabeth escape the Underworld in the process"--