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May 2013 by Carrie Kelley
Spy Camp

Spy Camp
by Stuart Gibbs
Published 2013 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781442457539

Jacket Notes:
As 13-year-old Ben, a student at the CIA's academy for future intelligence agents, prepares to go to spy summer camp, he receives a death threat from the evil organization SPYDER, in this companion novel to "Spy School." School may be out for summer, but top-secret training continues for aspiring spy Ben Ripley--and so does the danger.... More...

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Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
by Liesl Shurtliff
Published 2013 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780307977939

Jacket Notes:
Twelve-year-old Rump has never known his full nameNhis mother died before she could tell him. So all his life he's been teased and bullied for his half-a-name. But when he finds an old spinning wheel, his luck seems to change. For Rump discovers he can spin straw into gold.... More...

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Ghoulish Song

Ghoulish Song
by William Alexander
Published 2013 by Margaret K. McElderry Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781442427297

Jacket Notes:
A brave girl flees a ghoul while trying to save her town in this lively, fast-paced companion to National Book Award winner "Goblin Secrets."Kaile lives in Zombay, an astonishing city where goblins walk the streets and witches work their charms and curses.... More...

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Sasquatch Escape

Sasquatch Escape
(First book in the Imaginary Veterinary series)

by Suzanne Selfors
Published 2013 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780316209342

Jacket Notes:
Spending the summer in his grandfather's rundown town, 10-year-old Ben meets an adventurous local girl, and together they learn that the town's veterinarian runs a secret hospital for imaginary creatures, in the first book of an irresistible new series.... More...

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Write This Book

Write This Book
by Pseudonymous Bosch
Published 2013 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780316207812

Jacket Notes:
"I feared this might happen. I knew reading was a dangerous business, but now it's not safe for writers either! You see, the author of this book is missing. Well, maybe not "missing." ""A certain author whom I won't name (okay, me) has abandoned his book and has left his readers hanging out to dry.... More...

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Genie Wishes

Genie Wishes
by Elisabeth Dahl
Published 2013 by Amulet Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781419705267

Jacket Notes:
In this sweet, gently funny novel about a fifth grader named Genie Haddock Kunkle, debut author Dahl captures the ups and downs of a transitional ageNsomewhere between child and teenagerNand the dramas (little and big) that mean so much. This sweet, funny novel follows fifth-grader Genie Kunkle through a tumultuous year.... More...

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Yuck's Pet Worm: And Yuck's Rotten Joke

Yuck's Pet Worm: And Yuck's Rotten Joke
by Matt and Dave
Published 2013 by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781442481503

Jacket Notes:
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2007 by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd"--Copyright page. Yuck is the master of all things disgusting in these two tales--especially when he adds a squirmy pet and some gross-out tricks to the mix.In "Yuck's Pet Worm," Yuck has a new pet--a worm called Fang.... More...

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