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Author
Series
Best wishes (Mlynowski) volume 2
Language
English
Description
Tired of being the middle sister, eleven-year-old Addie Asante uses a magical bracelet to switch places with her thirteen-year-old sister and discovers that being older is not necessarily easier--and worse, her baby sister is now living as Addie.
42) Lucky Jim
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
First published in 1954, this book is a hilarious satire of British university life. Jim has accidentally fallen into a job at one of the new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons as long as Jim can keep in with eccentric Professor Welch, survive a madrigal-singing weekend, deliver a lecture on 'Merrie England' and resist Christine, the hopelessly desirable girlfriend of Welch's awful son, Bertrand....
44) Rent a boyfriend
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"To appease her Taiwanese parents, college student Chloe Wang hires Drew Chan to be her fake boyfriend, from a professional service that specializes in such situations. Chloe just never expected to fall in love with Drew in the process"--
45) Pig the stinker
Author
Series
Pig the pug volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pig the Pug loves to roll in all sorts of disgusting garbage, and track dirty paw prints all over the house; he does not like the idea of a bath, but when his plan the stop up the tub seriously backfires he decides that bath time must be endured--after all he can always find some more garbage to roll in.
46) Shark-cam
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Language
English
Description
"A shark documents its adventures in the ocean with an action camera"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The spirited adventures of an eccentric American millionaire who finds a home in deepest Africa. The novel examines the midlife crisis of Eugene Henderson, an unhappy millionaire searching for meaning. A larger-than-life 55-year-old who has accumulated money, position, and a large family, he nonetheless feels unfulfilled. He makes a spiritual journey to Africa, where he draws emotional sustenance from experiences with African tribes.
Author
Publisher
The Unnamed Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Debut novel set in the early 2000s about an idiosyncratic woman with a shocking secret whose father has just died. Leaving her family in San Francisco, she moves to Perth, Australia with her husband where instead of starting over, she is forced by the new neighbors, wildlife, and landscape, to confront her own past"--
Author
Series
Treehouse series volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Andy and Terry recount the story of how they first met and decided to build a twenty-six story treehouse, which includes an ice cream parlor, a rink for bumper cars, and the Maze of Doom.
50) The mighty bite
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Trilobite and Amber (an ambulocetus) love to play guitar, sing, and eat tiny hats. They don't realize that most of the world thinks that they're extinct or that they may be the last of their kind. But when Tiffany Timber (a paleo-newscaster) meets them, she immediately starts livestreaming, thinking this will be her big break. This makes Trilobite think: if he can just get a tablet or camera, then he and Amber can make their own videos and be rich...
Author
Series
Time warp trio series volume 15
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
After arriving in Pennsylvania during the winter of 1776, time travelers Joe, Fred, and Samantha inspire General George Washington, "the man on the one dollar bill," to carry out a surprise attack on Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey, that will change the course of the Revolutionary War.
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A boy, a dog and a know-it-all narrator are thwarted by a cat who refuses to learn a trick. . . . This spoof on an instruction manual features an increasingly bewildered human, a nonchalant cat, a very good dog and a know-it-all narrator . . . who really doesn't know it all. How do you teach a cat a trick?"--Provided by publisher.
53) Time stoppers
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens Book
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Foster child Annie Nobody discovers a new world of magic, power, and scary creatures in a hidden, magical town, Aurora, where she and her new best friend Jamie Hephastion Alexander learn it is up to them to protect their new home from those who want to misuse the great power, even if it means diving headfirst into magical danger.
Author
Language
English
Description
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that every bookworm secretly wishes to be Lizzy Bennet from Pride and Prejudice. A less acknowledged truth is that Mary Bennet might be a better fit. For Marnie Barnes, realizing she's a Mary Bennet is devastating. But she's determined to reinvent herself, so she enlists the help of her bubbly roommate and opens up to the world. And between new friends, a very cute boy, and a rescue pup named Sir Pat, Marnie...
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Katie Brenner is fired from her dream job in advertising in London, she's desperate to get away from her mad boss Demeter, and her crush, Alex, who she thought shared her feelings of adoration but didn't. Seeking refuge, she goes home to her father's farm in Somerset to help make her stepmother's dream of turning their land into a glamping retreat come true. Applying her savvy marketing smarts, Katie masterminds a glamorous upscale resort. But...
57) Leeva at last
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
What are people for? That's the burning question on the mind of Leeva Spayce Thornblossom. Fame! says Leeva's mom, the mayor of Nutsmore. Money! says her dad, the town treasurer. With the help of an orphaned badger, a risk-averse boy in a hazmat suit, and the town's librarians, Leeva sets off to discover her own answer--setting off a chain of events that will change Nutsmore forever.
58) Octopus escapes!
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Octopus slips out of his tank while the aquarium sleeps, teases the animals in the other displays, and leads the security guard on a merry chase.
Author
Series
Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 7
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Full-color edition.
Language
English
Description
Author/illustrator Nick Bruel tries to explain to the reader how to write a story, but Bad Kitty is not at all happy about the plot, which has her going on a turnip diet to lose weight. Includes a recipe for roasted turnips.
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