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82) Don't tell!
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A group of animals tries to find out who told the reader about this book, which is "super-duper secret."
83) Story thieves
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Series
Story thieves volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Except for reading the Kiel Gnomenfoot magic adventure series, Owen's life is boring until he sees his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the school library and he learns that she's half-fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character.
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"In Bookends, Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon offers a compilation of pieces about literature--age-old classics as well as his own--that presents a unique look into his literary origins and influences, the books that shaped his taste and formed his ideas about writing and reading. Chabon asks why anyone would write an introduction, or for that matter, read one. His own daughter Rose prefers to skip them. Chabon's answer is simple and...
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Weldon Owen
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"From Mental Floss, an online destination for more than a billion curious minds since its founding in 2001, comes the ultimate book for lovers of literature. From Americanah to War and Peace, from Chinua Achebe and Jane Austen to Jesmyn Ward and George R.R. Martin, learn surprising facts about the world's most famous novels and novelists"--Publisher marketing.
87) My pet book
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Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
A boy's search for the perfect pet leads him to the bookstore, where he finds a bright red book that becomes his best friend.
88) No two persons
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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"One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister's No Two Persons is "a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives." That was the beauty of books, wasn't it? They took you places you didn't know you needed to go... Alice has always wanted to be a writer. Her talent is innate, but her stories remain safe and detached, until a devastating event breaks her heart open,...
89) The lost library
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Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between one of the old books and a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about. The two boys start asking questions whose answers will transform...
90) The perfect seat
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Disney . HYPERION
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Eager to read together, a parent and child search for the perfect seat.
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"Growing up in a mill town in Rhode Island, in a household that didn't foster a love of literature, Hood discovered nonetheless the transformative power of books. She learned to channel her imagination, ambitions, and curiosity by devouring ever-growing stacks. In [this book], Hood recollects how The Bell Jar, Marjorie Morningstar, The Harrad Experiment, and The Outsiders influenced her teen psyche and introduced her to topics that could not be discussed...
93) Sword and Pen
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Great Library volume 5
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The corrupt leadership of the Great Library has fallen. But with the Archivist plotting his return to power, and the Library under siege from outside empires and kingdoms, its future is uncertain. Jess Brightwell and his friends must come together as never before, to forge a new future for the Great Library ... or see everything it stood for crumble.
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Bridget found refuge in R. M. Haldon's epic fantasy series, Swords and Shadows, as her mom, another fan, was losing her battle with cancer. Bridget cared about the series first, not the author. But when she met Haldon at one of his rare book signings, she impressed him with her encyclopedic knowledge of the fantasy world he created. She has been working for him ever since, as he attempts to write the final book in his blockbuster sword-and-sorcery...
95) Wild about books
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A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake.
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Pages and Co volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
When eleven-year-old Tilly Pages joins Oskar and his family on a Christmas trip to Paris, she and her friend bookwander into the land of fairy tales, where someone--or something--is causing chaos.
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Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Rufus the Pig has already gone to school and sailed the seas. Now, for his third adventure, he reports for duty at the space center. But Commander Luna tells him, "No pigs in space!" But when Luna needs someone to read a book live from Mars, will Rufus finally blast off?"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Geronimo Stilton volume special edition
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"The hunt for the golden book: Geronimo's laptop is stolen just as he's finishing up writing a special book! Can he and his friends hunt it down in time for his tenth-anniversary party?"--Dust jacket.
"The lake monster: Can Geronimo figure out this creature's secret?"--Dust jacket.
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