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5561) Hello, mandarin duck!
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On their way to a May Day parade, twins Hue and Hoa spy a confused-looking duck and try to help it reach the pond, while neighbors from many countries offer help and greetings in different languages.
5562) A bag of marbles
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In 1941, ten-year-old Joseph Joffo and his older brother, Maurice, must hide their Jewish heritage and undertake a long and dangerous journey from Nazi-occupied Paris to reach their other brothers in the free zone.
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"Twelve-year-old Finn is used to people in his family disappearing. His twin sister, Faith, drowned when they were three years old. A few months ago, his mom abandoned him and his dad with no explanation. Finn clings to the concrete facts in his physics books--and to his best friend, Gabi--to ward off his sadness. But then his grandmother tells him a secret: the women in their family are Travelers, able to move back and forth in time. Finn's mom is...
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The origins of cutie marks, friendships, magic and more are available in this ongoing series devoted to revealing the secret history of Equestria. Find out the origin of Equestria's most legendary pony heroes as they come together to face the greatest evil any have ever encountered! Will they be able to overcome their differences to defeat an enemy that knows all of their weaknesses?
5566) Swim the fly
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"Fifteen-year-old Matt Gratton and his two best friends, Coop and Sean, always set themselves a summertime goal. This year's? To see a real-live naked girl for the first time--quite a challenge, given that none of the guys has the nerve to even ask a girl out on a date. But catching a girl in the buff starts to look easy compared to Matt's other summertime aspiration: to swim the 100-yard butterfly (the hardest stroke known to God or man) as a way...
5568) Operatic
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"It's almost the end of middle school, and Charlie has to find her perfect song for a music class assignment. The class learns about a different style of music each day, from hip-hop to metal to disco, but it's hard for Charlie to concentrate when she can't stop noticing her classmate Emile, or wondering about Luka, who hasn't been to school in weeks. On top of everything, she has been talked into participating in an end-of-year performance with her...
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"These interactive books filled with engaging characters and stories will help readers in the 740L-960L range improve reading comprehension skills, build confidence, and advance to more difficult texts. Lexile Measures make it easy to match your reader to text at their current reading level. This pack offers texts at an average 6th grade reading level equivalent. Listening while reading enables people to understand texts higher than their tested Lexile...
5570) In the ravenous dark
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"In Thanopolis, those precious few gifted with magic are assigned undead spirits who guard them--and closely control them. Ever since Rovan's father died trying to keep her from this fate, Rovan has hidden her magic. But when she accidentally reveals her powers to save a life, she's bound to one of the undead and thrust into a world of palace intrigue and deception."--From front jacket flap.
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"As a transfer student to the Georgia O'Keeffe College for Arts and Subtle Dramatics, former sports star Charlie is struggling to find her classes, her dorm, and her place amongst a student body full of artists who seem to know exactly where they're going. When the school's barely-a-basketball-team unexpectedly attempts to recruit her, Charlie's adamant that she's left that life behind--until she's won over by the charming team captain, Liv, and the...
5572) Pedro no pierde la calma
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¡Es el festival de invierno! Hay juegos, un concurso de muñecos de nieve, patinaje sobre hielo y, por supuesto, golosinas. Pero para Pedro el festival no es tan divertido. Su caballo de nieve no le sale bien y se cae de cara patinando. ¿Conseguirá Pedro controlar la situación y pasarla bien al final?
Although Pedro is not great at making snow figures or snow angels, he knows he can help Roddy overcome his fear of sledding on the big hill....
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"Grace Carter's mother, GG, is everything teenage Grace is not. GG is glamorous and breezy, while Grace is a low-key dreamer. The two may share a name, but that's where the similarities stop. With nothing much in common, the two hardly speak to each other. Then one day GG is just... gone. Cameras descend on their house, news shows speculate about what might have happened, and Grace's family struggles to find a new rhythm as they wait for answers....
5575) Nebula pack
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"This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills - starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn. Independent packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Will explore ideas for discussion; Engages in conversation; Reads with understanding and purpose; Reads...
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"Soon after American colonists had won independence from Great Britain, Ona Judge was fighting for her own freedom from one of America's most famous founding fathers, George Washington. George and Martha Washington valued Ona as one of their most skilled and trustworthy slaves, but she would risk everything to achieve complete freedom. Born into slavery at Mount Vernon, Ona seized the opportunity to escape when she was brought to live in the President's...
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"Una mañana antes de ir a clase, una niña le dice a Piddy Sánchez que Yaqui Delgado la odia y que quiere darle una paliza. Piddy ni siquiera sabe quién es Yaqui, y mucho menos qué es lo que ha hecho para hacerla enfadar. Se dice que Yaqui piensa que Piddy es una estirada, que se menea al caminar y que no es lo suficiente latina dada su piel blanca, sus buenas calificaciones y su falta de acento. Y Yaqui no bromea, así que mejor que Piddy...
5578) Almayer's folly
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In nineteenth-century Borneo, Dutch merchant Kaspar Almayer struggles to live and work in the jungle while dreaming of his return to civilization.
5579) The final step
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"Before James Moriarty and his sister Moria enrolled in Baskerville Academy, they were inseparable--as close to best friends as a brother and sister could be. But since setting foot on the boarding school's campus, James has been different. At Baskerville, he's become cunning, deceptive, ruthless, sometimes reckless. And now that his roommate Sherlock Holmes has been expelled, there's no one left to help Moira figure out what's going on with her brother...
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"Innovation and creativity come together to help kids build new things, solve problems, and explore the world around them. Design everything from bridges to new creatures; Learn about basic programming; Develop logical thinking and problem-solving skills; Explore music and instruments."--Publisher description.