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1) Bad monkey
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Andrew Yancy novels volume 1
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English
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Andrew Yancy, late of the Miami Police, soon-to-be-late of the Key West Police, has a human arm in his freezer. There is a logical explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its owner. Yancy thinks the boating-accident/shark-luncheon explanation is full of holes, and if he can prove murder, his commander might relieve him of Health Inspector duties, aka Roach Patrol. But first Yancy will negotiate an ever-surprising course of events,...
2) Neville
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English
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When a boy and his family move to a new house, he devises an ingenious way to meet people in the neighborhood.
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"From "a formidably gifted writer" (The New York Times Book Review), a book that asks: Is there life after the internet? As this urgent, genre-defying book opens, a woman who has recently been elevated to prominence for her social media posts travels around the world to meet her adoring fans. She is overwhelmed by navigating the new language and etiquette of what she terms "the portal," where she grapples with an unshakable conviction that a vast...
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Elsa is seven years old; her grandmother is seventy-seven years old. She is Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's stories, in the Land of Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal. When Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, the letters lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters,...
6) The BFG
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Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giants -- rather than the BFG -- she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that they are flush-bunking off in England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she...
7) The getaway
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 12
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venemous creatures all threaten their vacation.
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2016.
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Grandpa and Noah are sitting on a bench in a square that keeps getting smaller every day. The square is strange but also familiar, full of the odds and ends that have made up their lives: Grandpa's work desk, the stuffed dragon that Grandpa once gave to Noah, the sweet-smelling hyacinths that Grandma loved to grow in her garden.
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You Shes Sorry, and Britt-Marie...
9) Socks
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English
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The happy home life of Socks, the cat, is disrupted by the addition of a new baby to the household.
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 3
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English
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Baby Lincoln wants to get away from her sister and embark on a journey.
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2020.
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English
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"Sloan Monroe can't catch a break. Two years after losing her fiance, her life consists of cemetery visits, unorthodox art projects, and drinking sessions with her best friend, Kristen. So when a dog dashes in front of her car and gets her a ticket for obstructing traffic, Sloan is at her wits' end. But after meeting the ridiculously attractive and charming owner of the trouble-making retriever, she begins to think that maybe her luck has finally...
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2020
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"Fresh, fun and romantic."—SARAH MORGAN, USA Today bestselling author of A Wedding in December
How the moose (almost) stole Christmas.
Lana Montgomery is everything the quirky small town of Moose Springs, Alaska can't stand: a rich socialite with dreams of changing things for the better. But Lana's determined to prove that she belongs...even if it means trading her stilettos for snow boots and tracking
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Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon; the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him 'the bitter neighbour from hell'. But must Ove be bitter just because he doesn't walk around with a smile plastered to his face all the time? Behind the cranky exterior there is a story and a sadness. So when one November morning a chatty...
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Chicago Stars volume 6
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English
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Annabelle, the lone failure in a family of overachievers, is determined to make her matchmaking business a success by signing sports agent Heath Champion, one of the most eligible bachelors in Chicago, but she must first deal with competition from Portia Powers, owner of the slick Power Matches, as well as her own growing attraction to her wealthy client.
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Dragons love tacos volume 1
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English
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Explores the love dragons have for tacos, and the dangers of feeding them anything with spicy salsa!
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Fudge books volume 2
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English
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Spending the summer in Tarrytown, New York, is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she does not want to admit.
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Diary of an awesome friendly kid volume 1
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English
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In his first journal, middle schooler Rowley Jefferson, Greg Heffley's sidekick, records his experiences and misguided decision to write a biography of Greg, who, in his own mind, is destined to become rich and famous.
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KaBOOM!
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2016
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English
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The Fat Cat stars in KaBOOM!'s first-ever Garfield original graphic novel!
When Jon reveals plans to bring Odie to a talent show audition, Garfield decides he can't let Odie get all the spotlight. But when his actions cause Odie to run away, it's up to Garfield to bring Odie back home.
Also includes a short story written and illustrated by Liz Prince (Tomboy, Alone Forever).
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"Contemporary Romcom: When Graham Barnett named his diner The Tourist Trap, he meant it as a joke. Now he's stuck slinging reindeer dogs to an endless string of resort visitors who couldn't interest him less. Not even the sweet, enthusiastic tourist in the corner who blushes every time he looks her way... Two weeks in Alaska isn't just the top item on Zoey Caldwell's bucket list. It's the whole bucket. One look at the mountain town of Moose Springs...
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Princess in Black volume 8
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Candlewick Press
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English
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"Snow covers the kingdom, making it a perfect day for the Princess in Black and her friends to build snow monsters--until a huge foot smashes the monsters and everything else in its path. SQUASHY! Could a stomping giant be the biggest problem yet for the Princess in Black?"--Back cover.
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