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Beast Quest series offer quick reads of 80 pages packed with adventure.

Books 1-6: An evil Wizard has enchanted the magical Beasts of Avantia – only a true hero can free the Beasts and stop them from destroying the land. Is Tom the hero Avantia has been waiting for?

Books 7-12: The evil Wizard, Malvel, has stolen the magical suit of golden armour and scattered it throughout Avantia. Tom vows to find the pieces – but they are guarded by six terrifying new Beasts!

Books 13-18: The good Beasts of Avantia have been captured by six terrible new Beasts and taken to Gorgonia. To free the Beasts, Tom Journeys into the sinister Dark Realm…
 

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Because of Anya

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Dear Bully

You are not alone. Discover how Lauren Kate transformed the feeling of that one mean girl getting under her skin into her first novel, how Lauren Oliver learned to celebrate ambiguity in her classmates and in herself, and how R.L. Stine turned being the “funny guy” into the best defense against the bullies in his class. Today’s top authors for teens come together to share their stories about bullying—as silent observers on the sidelines of high school, as victims, and as perpetrators—in a collection at turns moving and self-effacing, but always deeply personal. Seventy authors share their stories about bullies as observers, victims and participants.

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Powerless

Have you ever played a game where you choose which super power you’d like to possess? Have you ever imagined what it might be like to fly at the speed of sound, walk through walls, lift up cars, or create electricity with your bare hands? What would you do if you woke up one morning and were actually able to do one or more of those things? And what would you do if you had always had those powers and woke up one morning without them? Why do the kids of Noble’s Green have these powers? And why do they disappear faster than a speeding bullet? These are mysteries that are beyond even the powers of the super kids.

The Greatest War Stories Never Told

One hundred fascinating stories drawn from two thousand years of military history, accompanied by a wealth of photographs, maps, drawings, and documents that help bring each story to life. Little-known tales told with a one-two punch of history and humor that will make you shake your head in disbelief — but they're all true!

 Ranger's Apprentice Series: The Lost Stories

Volume 11 of the Ranger’s Apprentice series is here in you library. The secret history of the New York Times bestselling Ranger's Apprentice Unconfirmed accounts of a group of Araluen warriors - tales of adventure, battle, and triumph over evil - have spread for centuries throughout the known world. Most notable is a clan shrouded in mystery, phantom warriors known as the Rangers. Only now, centuries after these men and women walked the earth, do we have confirmation of their existence.

Leviathan

Leviathan is the first in a young adult fiction trilogy set in an alternate version of World War I, wherein the Central Powers (Clankers) are characterized by their use of mechanized war machines, while the Entente Powers (Darwinists) are characterized by their use of living creatures evolved specifically for war. The main characters are the teenage son of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and a Scottish girl with dreams of joining the Air Force. Your library also has the following books in this series: Behemoth and Goliath. Read the book before seeing the movie.

Dark Life

The oceans rose, swallowing up the lowlands. Earthquakes shattered the continents, toppling entire regions into the rising water. Now, humans live packed into stack cities. The only ones with any space of their own are those who live on the ocean floor, the Dark Life. Ty has spent his whole life living deep undersea, helping his family farm the ocean floor. But when outlaws attack his homestead, Ty finds himself in a fight to save the only home he has ever known. Joined by Gemma, a girl from the Topside who has come subsea to look for her brother, Ty ventures into the frontier's rough underworld and discovers some dark secrets to Dark Life ... secrets that threaten to destroy everything.

A Monster Calls
Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd

This is the story of a boy who awakens one night to find an enormous monster outside his bedroom window. The monster claims Conor has called him there. He tells Conor he has come to tell him 3 stories and at the end of the third story it will be Conor's turn to tell him one truth. But not just any truth, it is the one truth the Conor has kept hidden from everyone. Conor's mother is dying of cancer. Ever since she started the treatments Conor has had a recurring nightmare. One that haunts him even in the light of day. It is this truth the monster has come to hear.  It's a story of facing your fears and learning to heal from the loss of a loved one.

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Diary of a Witness

One day, something’s going to snap. . . .
Ernie doesn't have a lot of friends at school. Just Will. They have stuff in common—like fishing. But more important, they have common enemies: the school jocks, who seem to find bullying just another sport. For the most part, Ernie and Will take life at high school in stride. Until Will has one very bad day. Now nothing is remotely funny. Ernie finds himself a witness—to loss, to humiliation, and to Will’s anger—an anger that’s building each and every moment. Ernie doesn’t want to believe his best friend is changing, but he can’t deny the truth. Soon he has a choice: join or die. Or can he find another way?

The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories

It's a new book from Dr. Seuss! It's the literary equivalent of buried treasure – seven newly-discovered stories by Dr. Seuss! The first new Seuss stories to emerge since1990!
The amazing stories are full of Seuss humour, rhyme and rhythm and are all beautifully illustrated. They include 'The Bippolo Seed,' in which a scheming cat leads an innocent duck to make a bad decision; 'The Rabbit, the Bear, and the Zinniga-Zanniga,' about a rabbit who is saved from a bear via a single eyelash; 'Gustav the Goldfish,' about a fish that grew and grew; 'Tadd and Todd,' a tale about twins; 'Steak for Supper,' about fantastic creatures who follow a boy home in anticipation of a steak dinner; 'The Strange Shirt Spot,' about a spot of dirt that gets everywhere; and 'The Great Henry McBride,' about a boy whose far-flung career fantasies were bested only by those of Dr. Seuss himself.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Orphan, Clock Keepter and thier, tweleve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station where his survivial depends on secrets. But when his world suddently connects with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are in jeopardy. Read the book before you see the movie "Hugo".

Wonderstruck

A boy named Ben longs for the father he has never known. A girl named Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother's room, and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests to find what they are missing.

About Brian Selznick

Born and raised in New Jersey, Brian Selznick cannot remember a time when he was not drawing and making things. His mural of a dinosaur on his fifth grade classroom wall was a big hit, and he had a one-man show in junior high school. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Art and Design with the intention of becoming a set designer for the theater, but a job designing window displays at Eeyore's Children's Bookstore in New York City changed his mind. Working at the store became a crash course in children's literature, and his first book was published while he worked there. Soon he left to pursue a full-time career in children's book illustration; he also has designed theater sets and is a professional puppeteer.

Find out more abut Brian Selznick here.