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Joshua Dread

Author: 
Lee Bacon
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Reading Level: Grades 4-6

Starting a new school is never easy.  It is even harder when you have to remember your new alias and make sure you never even hint at the fact that your parents are supervillians intent on destroying the world.

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Books by Lee Bacon

Fairest of All

Author: 
Sarah Mlynowski
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Reading Level: Grades 3-5

"Once upon a time my life was normal.  Then the mirror in our basement ate us."

Dark Lord, The Early Years

Author: 
Jamie Thomson
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Reading Level: Grades 5-7

The Dark Lord, Master of the Legions of Dread, Sorcerer Supreme and Lord of the Darklands is confused.  One moment he was leading his legions against the White Wizard Hasdruban the Pure and the next he is falling out of his world into a strange land where he is trapped in the body of a puny human.  

Bedtime for Monsters

Author: 
Ed Vere
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Reading Level: Ages 3 - 6

Have you ever wondered if there are monsters out there somewhere? Have you ever wondered if one of those monsters might be heading your way thinking about what a good snack you would make? Have you? If not, you might start thinking about that after reading this book.

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Magritte's Marvelous Hat

Author: 
D.B. Johnson
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Reading Level: Ages 3 - 11

Magritte sees a hat in a shop window and, even though it refuses to stay on his head, he can't resist buying it. Then the adventures begin in this surreal picture book introduction to the surrealist painter's art.

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Cat Girl's Day Off

Author: 
Kimberly Pauley
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Reading Level: Grades 7-9

The Ng family has a lot of status.  Everyone in the family has at least one A or B level Talent (as rated by BERM - the Bureau of Extra-Sensory Regulation and Management.)  Everyone except Natalie, the family disappointment.  She has one D level Talent...she speaks and understands cat.  Natalie does her best to keep classmates from learning of her embarrassing talent, only using it to talk to the family cat in the privacy of her bedroom.

Fake Mustache Or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from A Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind

Author: 
Tom Angleberger
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Reading Level: Grades 3-6

Lenny is pitchforked into a death defying race to save the world when best friend Casper purchases  the Heidelberg Handlebar Number Seven mustache.

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Books by Tom Angleberger

Caddy's World

Author: 
Hilary McKay
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Reading Level: Grades 4-6

Hilary McKay scores again in this prequel to the Casson Family series.  Before her struggles with A level exams and her adventures with "Michael Darling" the beleaguered driving instructor, Caddy Casson was a 12-year-old girl facing the loss and challenges of changing friendships.

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The Girl of Fire and Thorns

Author: 
Rae Carson
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Reading Level: Grades 7+

Storybound

Author: 
Marissa Burt
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Reading Level: Grades 4-6

12-year-old Una flits through her school days alone, barely noticed by her teachers or fellow students.  Home is the same.  Her foster mother never talks or even looks at her.  Una's one pleasure is the library where she can sit for hours and lose herself in a book.  She never meant to get lost for good.

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