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Nate goes up against Gina, the class brainiac. Self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright blazes a haphazard trail through the sixth grade at P.S. 38, where between endless misadventures, marked by complaining observations, he earns straight As and numerous detentions.
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"...Told through three distinct narrators?Dawn Chapman, the mission?s pretty, young ecologist; Linda Ryu, her bitter, scheming best friend passed over for E2; and Ramsay Roothorp, E2?s sexually irrepressible Wildman?The Terranauts brings to life an electrifying, pressured world in which connected lives are uncontrollably pushed to the breaking point. With characteristic humor and acerbic wit, T.C. Boyle indelibly inhabits the perspectives of the various...
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Kingdom of Wrenly volume 5
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English
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Mischief-makers Prince Lucas, his best friend Clara, and Ruskin the scarlet dragon learn to respect the hard work of others when they are sent to Flatfrost to fetch more ice from the giants who live there.
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
[Boiger illus. ed.].
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English
Description
From her upside-down house, the eccentric Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle issues to parents her marvelous cures for such common children's diseases as Won't-Put-Away-Toys-itis, Answerbackism, and Fighter-Quarrelitis.
6) Ungifted
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English
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Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
7) Vampire baby
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
When his baby sister Tootie begins displaying vampire characteristics, big brother tries to keep her from sinking her pointy fangs into everything and refuses to believe their mother's claims that Tootie is just going through a phase.
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English
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When animal behaviorist Guy Schermerhorn demonstrates on a TV game show that he has taught Sam, his juvenile chimp, to speak in sign language, Aimee Villard, an undergraduate at Guy's university, is so taken with the performance that she applies to become his assistant. A romantic and intellectual attachment soon morphs into an interspecies love triangle that pushes hard at the boundaries of consciousness and the question of what we know and how we...
10) El ping?ino Taky
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
Español
Description
Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions, but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps.
11) Crankenstein
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Series
Crankenstein volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
A boy who looks ordinary transforms into grumbling Crankenstein when faced with a rainy day, a melting popsicle, or bedtime but everything changes when he meets a fellow Crankenstein.
12) Clark the Shark
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Series
Clark the Shark (Picture books) volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Clark finds everything about school fun and exciting, but his enthusiasm causes problems until he begins inventing rhymes to remind himself to stay cool at school.
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
As the children plan her birthday party, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle offers cures for such common conditions as watching too much television and the fear of trying new things.
15) Firehouse Fun
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English
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Ava and Itty Bitty Kitty take a trip to the firehouse, where Itty Bitty Kitty's penchant for trouble could make for an interesting visit.
16) No fits, Nilson!
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Amelia must continually remind her gorilla friend, Nilson, not to have fits, especially when they are running errands with her mother, but sometimes Amelia stomps and growls, too.
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Series
Heidi Heckelbeck volume 4
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Witch Heidi is angry when mean Melanie Maplethorpe dresses as a witch for Halloween, but when she decides to retaliate, she almost loses all her friends.
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Betty Bunny books volume 2
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English
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Betty Bunny's mother takes her and her siblings to a toy store where each is allowed to pick out one item, but Betty refuses to choose just one and throws a tantrum when she learns the alternative is to get nothing.
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