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1) The Mona Lisa vanishes: a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
"On a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, La Joconde, c'est partie! The Mona Lisa, she's gone! No one knew who was behind the heist. Was it an international gang of thieves? Was it an art-hungry American millionaire? Was it the young Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who was about to remake the very art of painting? Travel back to an extraordinary period...
Author
Series
The Descendants volume 5
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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For Red, growing up in Wonderland has been no piece of cake (literally—dessert is outlawed). Her mom, the Queen of Hearts, rules the kingdom with an iron scepter, while Red longs for a life of her own. She’s heard rumors about an island that once housed all the villains of folklore. A place with no rules? It sounds perfect.
But then the Queen declares that Red will issue a royal decree at the annual Wonderland Tea Ceremony (aka she'll come up...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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"To find his way back home to his family in Germany during WWII, Max Bretzfeld, with a kobold named Berg on one shoulder and a dybbuk named Stein on the other, sets out to do the impossible--become a British spy"--
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Fleeing her prince, Rosamund discovers the Princess Protection Program, an academy where fairy tale princesses evade unwanted fates and unwanted kisses, and as she adapts to real-world life and forms close friendships, she begins to question the academy's secrets and the possibility of changing her own story.
Author
Series
Oliver's great big universe volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
235 pages, 13 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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Description
An aspiring astrophysicist, 11-year-old Oliver takes on the whole universe, explaining everything he learns, while starting his first year of middle school with new friends, new classes, new everything - where the only thing that still makes sense is science.
Author
Series
The Baby-sitters Club volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
162 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Taking on a new client in the form of an overworked mom and her three unruly children, the newest Baby-Sitters Club member, Dawn, struggles to prove her resourcefulness.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Olivia Hayes is excited to finally unlock her magic and attend the new Unicorn Academy, but quickly finds herself caught between embracing her magical abilities, clearing her sister's name of unicorn poaching, and unraveling dark secrets to protect the unicorns and Arden's future.
10) Finally heard
Author
Series
Finally seen volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
First edition
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
Ten-year-old Lina wants to create a viral video to help her mom's business, but as she navigates the world of likes and views with her two best friends, Lina must find the courage to stay true to her authentic self.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
Author
Series
City spies volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
420 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
The spies head to New York City when a credible threat is made against a young climate activist.