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It’s the first day at a new school for unicorn-loving, practical Tia. It’s hard to be the new kid. Lunching alone in an obscure club room, she finally finds an unlikely friend in Leo, who loves being funny and sometimes forgets to think before he jokes.Tia and Leo notice ...
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Naomi, Melvin, Pedro, and Poppy are just a few of the twenty-one rambunctious, funny, and talented baby frogs who share their stories in the Cat Kid Comic Club. Can Li'l Petey, Molly, and Flippy help the students express themselves through comics? The adventures in class and o...
By Tracey West, Illustrated By Graham Howells
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Pick a book. Grow a reader. This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these b...
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Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey are best friends and founding members of The Baby-sitters Club. Whatever comes up -- cranky toddlers, huge dogs, scary neighbors, prank calls -- you can count on them to save the day. Baby-sitting isn't always easy, and neither is dealing...
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This adorable story about animal friends is now in a chunky board book format!In the Jingle Jangle Jungle on a cold and rainy day,four litte friends found a perfect place to play.None of them had noticed that someone else was there.Sle...

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Jim was born in 1921, and he had an ordinary childhood. But as he grew up, he knew he was a little different than his friends. As a young man, Jim joined the war effort and travelled the world. He discovered there were other people like himself — he was gay. Jim hadn’t eve...
Winner, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award 2025
Goodbye, old life... Lia and her family are waiting to board a flight across the Atlantic, leaving behind family, friends, and Romania -- the only home Lia has ever known. But Lia's heartache is overshadowed by the discomfort of her first period. As if th...
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By Kelly Yang, Illustrated By Fumio Obata
Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2:...
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After the explosive events at the Unity Concert, Yuna and the other members of her K-Pop band, MoonGlow, must reckon with the return of a sinister evil force. Can Yuna get to the bottom of her encounter after the concert or will evil triumph once and for all?
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Everyone in school knows Nick and Charlie. Everyone knows they’re going to be together forever. But Charlie’s busy with his bid to become Head Boy. And while Nick is preparing to leave for college, he’s starting to wonder who he’ll be… without Charlie.Cont...
Four more spine-tingling stories from award-winning author Joel A. Sutherland have been adapted into chilling graphic novellas. In this third collection, horror lovers will read about:A swamp with a terrifying resident . . .An...
In the newest saga, our villain, Grampa, alters the fabric of time and space. Is his evil the necessary soil for Dog Man and friends to grow and bloom? Can we all step up to be the change? It's the saga of the century -- Dog Man: A Sprinkle in Time!