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Me and my cat?
By Satoshi Kitamura. 1999
The Barnabus Project
By Terry Fan, Eric Fan, Devin Fan. 2020
In a world built for Perfect Pets, Barnabus is a Failed Project, half mouse, half elephant, kept out of sight…
until his dreams of freedom lead him and his misfit friends on a perilous adventure. A stunning picture book from international bestsellers The Fan Brothers, joined by their brother Devin Fan. Deep underground beneath Perfect Pets, where children can buy genetically engineered "perfect" creatures, there is a secret lab. Barnabus and his friends live in this lab, but none of them is perfect. They are all Failed Projects. Barnabus has never been outside his tiny bell jar, yet he dreams of one day seeing the world above ground that his pal Pip the cockroach has told him about: a world with green hills and trees, and buildings that reach all the way to the sky, lit with their own stars. But Barnabus may have to reach the outside world sooner than he thought, because the Green Rubber Suits are about to recycle all Failed Projects . . . and Barnabus doesn't want to be made into a fluffier pet with bigger eyes. He just wants to be himself. So he decides it's time for he and the others to escape. With his little trunk and a lot of cooperation and courage, Barnabus sets out to find freedom -- and a place where he and his friends can finally be accepted for who they are. This suspenseful, poignant and magical story about following your dreams and finding where you truly belong will draw readers into a surreal, lushly detailed world in which perfection really means being true to yourself and your friends.Ikenga
By Nnedi Okorafor. 2020
In southeastern Nigeria, twelve-year-old Nnamdi is determined to avenge his police chief father, who was murdered while trying to rid…
the town of criminals. But Nnamdi feels powerless until he receives a magical object which gives him superpowers. Some violence. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2020The Golden Swift (Silver Arrow #02)
By Lev Grossman. 2022
"Kate and Tom are now full-fledged conductors of the steam-powered, animal-saving Great Secret Intercontinental Railway, but when Kate takes the…
Silver Arrow out on an unsanctioned mission to find Uncle Herbert she discovers a mysterious train called the Golden Swift with an agenda of its own." -- Provided by publisherMaya and the return of the godlings (Maya and the rising dark #02)
By Rena Barron. 2021
"Maya and the godlings must return to the sinister world of The Dark to retrieve the one thing keeping the…
veil between the worlds from crumbling: her father's soul." -- Provided by publisherMaya and the rising dark (Maya and the rising dark #01)
By Rena Barron. 2020
"A twelve-year-old girl discovers her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and The Dark, and when…
he goes missing she'll need to unlock her own powers and fight a horde of spooky creatures set on starting a war." -- Provided by publisherHealer of the water monster
By Brian Young. 2021
When Nathan visits his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he's in for…
a pretty uneventful summer. But things change after he meets a water monster that needs his help. For grades 5-8. 2021A collection of ten stories that remix myths for modern readers. The authors include Carlos Hernandez, Roshani Chokshi, J. C.…
Cervantes, Yoon Ha Lee, Kwame Mbalia, Rebecca Roanhorse, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Sarwat Chadda, Graci Kim, and Rick Riordan. For grades 4-7. 2021The school for whatnots
By Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2022
"No matter what anyone tells you, I'm real. That's what the note says that Max finds under his keyboard. He…
knows that his best friend, Josie, wrote it. He'd know her handwriting anywhere. But why she wrote it--and what it means--remains a mystery. Ever since they met in kindergarten, Max and Josie have been inseparable. Until the summer after fifth grade, when Josie disappears, leaving only a note, and whispering something about "whatnot rules." But why would Max ever think that Josie wasn't real? And what are whatnots? As Max sets to uncover what happened to Josie--and what she is or isn't--little does he know that she's fighting to find him again, too. But there are forces trying to keep Max and Josie from ever seeing each other again. Because Josie wasn't supposed to be real." -- Provided by publisherPure dead brilliant (Emma Harte Ser. #No. 1)
By Barbara Taylor Bradford, Debi Gliori. 2003
Things are in a turmoil, as usual, at StregaSchloss, the ancestral castle of the Strega-Borgias in Argyll: Titus and his…
sister Pandora are at odds because their grandfather is about to make Titus the sole heir of the family fortune; Signora Strega-Borgia has invited her flaky classmates at the Institute of Advanced Witchcraft to spend a week at the castle practicing their spells; Ffup, one of the house dragons, is sulking about her diaper-changing responsibilities as a teenage single mom; and grouchy Marie Bain, possibly the worst cook in the British Isles, has created an accidental specialty of kippers in raisin and rat pee sauce. Worst of all, word has gotten around in demonic circles that the long-lost Chronostone is secreted someplace in the castle. Events take a decidedly random turn when the family's nanny, Mrs. McLachlan, discovers that the baby Damp is an infant magus. Third book in the Strega-Borgia or Pure Dead Series. For grades 4-7Throwing smoke
By Bruce Brooks. 2008
When his teammates on their coed baseball team continue their losing streak, Whiz uses a printing press to create baseball…
cards of imaginary star players. But when the fantasy kids mysteriously show up on the field and start winning, all the fun goes out of the game. For grades 4-7Pure dead wicked
By Debi Gliori. 2003
The Strega-Borgia children accidentally create 500 clones of themselves at the same time that the roof on their Scottish castle…
falls in, attracting evil contractors who want their home. Second book in the Strega-Borgia or Pure Dead series. Sequel to "Pure Dead Magic." For grades 4-7Into the land of the unicorns (Unicorn Chronicles #Bk. 1)
By Bruce Coville. 1994
When eleven-year-old Cara jumps from the church bell tower into the Land of Luster, home of the unicorns, she just…
misses being caught on Earth. Cara guards a magic amulet and a special message given to her by her grandmother as she goes off to meet the unicorn queen. Accompanying her is an assortment of friends, including Lightfoot (a rebellious teenage unicorn), Dimblethum, and Squijum. For grades 4-7Pure dead magic
By Debi Gliori. 2001
Things are not right at the Strega-Borgia castle. Signor Luciano Strega-Borgia has been kidnapped. Signora Baci Strega-Borgia is struggling with…
her spells at the Advanced Witchcraft Institute. Titus and Pandora don't like their suspiciously cheerful and fearless new nanny. Baby Damp has been accidentally shrunk, e-mailed, and lost on the World Wide Web. And to top it off, there's a gangster in a bunny suit lurking about. First book in the Strega-Borgia or Pure Dead series. Followed by "Pure Dead Wicked." For grades 4-7Troll Fell
By Katherine Langrish. 2005
Newly orphaned Peer Ulfsson, sent to live with his evil twin uncles, must find a way to stop their plot…
to sell children to the nearby trolls in exchange for gold. For grades 4-7. Award winnerSecret identity (Shredderman #1)
By Wendelin Van Draanen, Brian Biggs. 2006
Get well, Good Knight
By Shelley Moore Thomas, Jennifer Plecas. 2002
Scarabian nights (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Ser. #24)
By Nancy Holder. 1999
After a magical vacation to the Egyptian pyramids, Aunt Vesta brings Sabrina a super souvenir. The ancient charm is suppose…
to help the teenage witch with her cat chores, but instead it transports Sabrina, Salem, and Valerie back in time to ancient Egypt!Salem is thrilled. After all, the Egyptians really knew how to treat their feline friends -- they worshiped them as gods. But when the Cat Goddess Bast falls hard for the fast-talking black cat, she puts him under a love spell and locks his traveling companions in the maze of the Great Pyramid. As Sabrina and Valerie wind their way through the life-sized puzzle, they enlist the help of some magical figures -- and a handsome young pharaoh on hiatus from his sarcophagus. But can they bring Salem to his senses before Bast morphs him into a mummy.The two collars
By Jeri Massi. 1988
Cinderellis and the glass hill (Princess Tales Ser.)
By Gail Carson Levine, Mark Elliott. 2000
In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass…
a nearly impossible test and win the hand of the neighboring princess