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Homeless and ashamed, a young women named Arabelle struggles to survive. When she seeks to escape her reality with friends in a forest, an accident occurs causing the forest to erupt in flames. While everyone makes it out alive, the blame falsely falls on one friend, leaving Arabelle with immense guilt for hiding the truth.
She finds herself with an ultimatum that will change the course of her life. Blocking out his past, a firefighter named Tucker...
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Stanley is happily minding his own business when Bones suddenly crashes into the room with news that his friend Berkeley Basset thinks he's got a ghost.
He didn't have one before, so Bones instantly suspects foul play.
Stanley is unimpressed and really doesn't fancy spending the night in a potentially poltergeist-ridden castle out in the middle of nowhere.
Crashes, bangs and weird noises convince Bones that a secret tunnel exists. A voice in the...
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Waggit volume 3
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A family is forever.
Ever since he was abandoned as a puppy, Waggit's home has been the big, sprawling park in the heart of the city. There he has had snug shelter, food, and a family of other dogs to call his own.
But now everything has changed. It is getting harder and harder to avoid the humans that invade the park every day. Food is scarce and enemies are everywhere. Where can the team go? Waggit has an answer, but getting there is the problem....
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Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature!
"Completely gripping." -People
"Dazzling." -The Observer
Geraldine McCaughrean-two-time Carnegie Medalist for Where the World Ends and Pack of Lies-takes readers on a spellbinding journey into the frozen heart of darkness with this lyrical, riveting, and imaginative young adult novel.
Symone "Sym" Wates is obsessed with the Antarctic and the brave, romantic figure...
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Matt wishes he could remember what happened before he found himself in the piglin village, but it's all a blur. He's the perfect candidate to frame for stealing the King's crown.
As the innocent piglin looks for a way to keep the guards off his tracks, he learns of an ancient prophecy and finds new friends to help him learn all the skills he needs to stay alive and uncaptured.
Why do these newly taught skills come so easily to Matt? What...
6) An Old Foe
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Who would have thought that they were siding with the evil Wardens?
Calvin and friends have been played and fooled by Kalo and Tera. It turned out that the Warden siblings were not the victims at all but were the ones seeking the ruins of humans and other creatures.
Kalo and Tera were now on the loose wreaking havoc in the Overworld, and they have teamed up with an enemy from Calvin's and Johansson's past.
It's up to Calvin and the rest of the gang...
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The Champions – a quirky family of Mum, Dad, twelve-year-old Brett, his whimsical younger brother Shane, and their spirited dog, Rover – relocate to Australia in search of sunnier skies. Deciding on an authentic outback camping experience to economize, they venture far from civilization, setting up camp amidst Australia's untamed wilderness. Soon, they find themselves hilariously ill-equipped to handle Australia's unpredictable weather, wild creatures,...
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"The Mysterious Adventures of the Curious Kids" is a collection of 8 short stories for kids aged 5-9, featuring a group of four curious children named Lily, Sam, Max, and Ava. The stories revolve around the kids as they embark on exciting adventures, encountering new mysteries to solve in each story.
The kids use their detective skills, teamwork, and bravery to solve the mysteries, ranging from missing treasure to haunted mansions. Each story provides...
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Arlo and his baby brother Rumi live in a town on the surface surrounded by thick woods. Everyone believes it's safe from the evil Decayer creatures that have driven much of the population into the air, but one day the town's warning bell tolls. Can Arlo and Rumi get to safety, or will everything be destroyed?
10) Letting Go
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A thoughtful and moving novella of love, loss and learning when to let go, from the YA 'queen of emotional suspense' Cat Clarke. When Agnes made a promise to her girlfriend Ellie, she thought they would be together forever. One year later, Agnes is keeping that promise and it's put her in a situation she never could have predicted; climbing a desolate mountain, in miserable weather, with Ellie and her new boyfriend Steve. But when the weather takes...
11) Resist
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The shocking and thrilling sequel-and conclusion-to Breathe, which Kirkus Reviews called "intelligent and absorbing." Three teens confront danger, uncertainty, and the yearning to live-and breathe-freely. This powerful dystopian novel is for fans of Veronica Roth and Patrick Ness.
What would you do if you were desperate? Bea, Alina, and Quinn are outlaws. They started a rebellion and have been thrown out of the pod-the only place where there's enough...
12) Itchikan
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She Runs... Towards The FireShe has to steal her own gold blood from the confines of The Emblem's labs.She is ruthlessly hunted by many assailants sent by Queen Jakura that have one agenda: To Kill Her.She is Aurora Harris of Navajo City, and she is seventeen years of age.Navajo City is led by the wicked and merciless Queen Jakura. Aurora has never liked the aspect of Jakura in leadership, but she rarely thinks twice about it – that is, until the...
13) World Burn Down
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A powerful and potent look at the destruction humans wreak upon the Amazon rainforest, by the bestselling author of Young Bond. Carlos's mother works for IBAMA, Brazil's Environmental Authority. As head of a specially trained task force, her role is to protect the Amazon from the farmers, loggers and miners who are illegally destroying the precious rainforest. It's a dangerous role and when she upsets some of these land-grabbers, they decide to teach...
14) The Raven Queen
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With her family in imminent danger, a straight-jacket looming over her shoulder, and Grace rapidly losing her humanity in the Forests, Anne thinks circumstances can't get much worse. Then she meets her loony-bin roomy, Vanessa Darling, and realizes they can get worse-much worse. While Vanessa's reputation as, "the crazy girl," seems like Anne's latest and greatest setback, she soon learns that Vanessa may be the only sane person at Transformations...
15) Snow-walker
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Since Gudrun came from the frozen mists beyond the edge of the world, the Jarl's people have obeyed her in hatred andterror. But the enchantress has one weakness: a son, Kari, banished to a forbidding fortress in the north, never seen by the Jarl's people. In secret they wonder: Are the rumors true? Was he born a monster?
Now Jessa and her cousin Thorkil have been exiled to the north, and if they survive the journey, they will find the truth: Is...
16) Tin Boy
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The true cost of the tin that goes into our electronic devices is revealed in this striking and gripping story from the bestselling author of Young Bond. Mining for tin in deep, dangerous trenches is the only life that Tono has ever known. Worked to the brink of exhaustion each day, his only escape is in the precious moments when he reads his dad's old comics. In a world of heroes and superpowers, he can forget the terrifying mining pits. But an underwater...
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Robbie MacKenzie is a shy and kind-hearted boy who lives on a remote island in the Outer Hebrides. He dreams of flying like the seabirds that soar over the island of St. Margaret. One day, his life changes when a storm brings an injured albatross to his doorstep. Robbie and his mother Joanna nurse the bird back to health. His name is Alfonso. Robbie and Alfonso form a special bond and become inseparable friends.An evil widow named Fiona Tornleaf,...
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Imagine a city that transformed into one big racecourse. Where the streets are used for the biggest racing event of the year. Imagine a world of technology beyond today's time. Well- "Welcome to Race Island! Where racing through cities at the speeds of death is completely legal! So let the games begin!" Born of a white father of wealth and a black mother of poverty. Judge Knott is abandoned at the age of three. All Judge knows is a miserable life...
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Ever wondered what those shop mannequins get up to when the lights go out and the doors are bolted? Do they just stand there like a bunch of bored statues, or do they break into a wild dance party? Could it be that they have dreams and feelings, or are they just plastic and cloth? Do they have mates and family, or do they have frenemies and rivals?In this book, we'll peek into the secret life of Mannequins. They're not just lifeless figures, but animated...
20) The Sweet
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When a young boy, who loved sweets, went to the shop for his mother, he was mesmerised by a large, pink sweet. She suddenly grew bigger and grabbed hold of him. Although he tried, he could not get away from her.At her home, entirely made of sweets, chocolates, cookies and cakes, the sweet forced him to do the housework, while she held parties for her friends.Would he be able to escape? Would somebody rescue him?
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