Big Nate Blasts Off

 by Lincoln Peirce

Nate and his enemy, Randy, actually have something in common: a crush on Ruby.  When Nate’s new comic strikes some low blows, he and Randy end up in peer counseling- with Gina, Nate’s other enemy!

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Manatee Rescue

 by Nicola Davies

Manuela is excited to prove herself in a manatee hunt,  but killing the animal is gory and sad-and leaves a baby manatee orphaned.  She vows to nurse the calf back to health and return it to the Amazon River.

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Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems

 by Bob Raczka

The letters and words in this lively collection “paint pictures.”  “Leaning dominoes coming down/single file/…/join the pile,” and a row of icicles hang vertically, dripping from the top of the page.

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Ideas All Around

 by Philip C. Stead

“I have to write a story today…But I don’t have any ideas,”  the author says.  He takes his dog for a walk and experiences the serendipity of a sunny day and a searching mind.

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The Night Gardener

 by Terry Fan

It started with an owl.  Then a cat.  Now, every morning, William finds a new topiary masterpiece on Grimloch Lane, courtesy of the mysterious Night Gardener.

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Dylan The Villain

 by K.G. Campbell

When Dylan goes to super-villain school, he doesn’t expect to be one-upped by Addison Van Malice.  Will Dylan be able to prove his dastardliness in the school contest to create the “most diabolical robot”?

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Crazy Blood

By  T. Jefferson Parker

Trouble hits the California slopes when Wylie Welborn, the illegitimate grandson of a California ski resort’s patriarch, returns from Afghanistan.  Wylie falls for celebrity snowboarder April Holly, an Olympic Hopeful, while facing the aftermath of the bloodshed that killed his father and fractured two families.

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The Steel Kiss

By  Jeffrey Deaver

Amelia Sachs is moments from catching a killer when a malfunctioning escalator inside the Brooklyn department store forces her to rush to a mangled man’s aid.  When Amelia and famous detective Lincoln Rhyme realize similar attacks are the work of a killer bent on turning everyday products into fatal weapons, the two race to unmask the killer and piece together a plot that could kill more people than it already has.

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