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by Rex, Adam

Book - 2007

In the chaotic turmoil that follows the Boov invasion of Earth, eleven-year-old Gratuity Tucci finds herself driving her mother's car to Florida, where al...Show more In the chaotic turmoil that follows the Boov invasion of Earth, eleven-year-old Gratuity Tucci finds herself driving her mother's car to Florida, where all of the humans are being relocated, with her cat and a renegade extraterrestrial named J. Lo as her copilots. Show less

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Smek for President!

by Rex, Adam

Book - 2015

They've already saved the world, so now it's time for Tip and her alien friend J-Lo to visit the Boov planet, where they just happen to get into a little bit of trouble. They've already saved the world, so now it's time for Tip and her alien friend J-Lo to visit the Boov planet, where they just happen to get into a little bit of trouble. Show less

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Fortunately, the Milk

by Gaiman, Neil

Book - 2013

This hilarious and exciting book features a brilliant, time-traveling scientist who is also a stegosaurus, pirates, vampires, a volcano, snot-like green a...Show more This hilarious and exciting book features a brilliant, time-traveling scientist who is also a stegosaurus, pirates, vampires, a volcano, snot-like green aliens with a penchant for redecorating new planets, and two innocent children who are in desperate need of something to pour over their cereal at breakfast-time. Show less

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Flora & Ulysses

The Illuminated Adventures

by DiCamillo, Kate

Book - 2013

Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived. Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived. Show less

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The One and Only Ivan

by Applegate, Katherine

Book - 2012

When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life. When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life. Show less

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The Graveyard Book

by Gaiman, Neil

Book - 2008

After some scary events rob him of his family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. After some scary events rob him of his family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own. Show less

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Liar & Spy

by Stead, Rebecca

Book - 2012

Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse,...Show more Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building. Show less

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Holes

by Sachar, Louis

Book - 2008

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional c...Show more As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself. Show less

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The Phantom Tollbooth

by Juster, Norton

Unknown - 2011

Milo, a young boy with little interest in anything, takes a trip through the Phantom Tollbooth to the Lands Beyond where he meets an enchanting cast of ch...Show more Milo, a young boy with little interest in anything, takes a trip through the Phantom Tollbooth to the Lands Beyond where he meets an enchanting cast of characters who teach him the importance of words, numbers, ideas, creativity, and enthusiasm for life. Show less

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Walk Two Moons

by Creech, Sharon

Book - 1994

After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left. After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left. Show less

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Wonder

by Palacio, R. J.

Book - 2012

Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fif...Show more Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student. Show less

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The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Stewart, Trenton Lee

Book - 2007

After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. Show less

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