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• Bad Kitty. For President

  Bruel, Nick

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  Kitty decides to run for President of the Neighborhood Cat Association.

• Al Capone Does My Shirts

  Choldenko, Gennifer

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  A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.

• Three Wishes

  Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak

  Ellis, Deborah

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• Asha's Mums

  Elwin, Rosamund

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  Asha, an African-Canadian girl whose lesbian mums become an issue for the teacher and the curiosity of classmates, responds with clarity and assuredness that having two mums is no big deal—they are a family. (Goodreads)

• Melissa's Story

  Gino, Alex

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  Knowing herself to be a girl despite her outwardly male appearance, George is denied a female role in the class play before teaming up with a friend to reveal her true self.

• My Weirder School. Mrs. Lilly Is Silly!

  Gutman, Dan

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  On Career Day at Ella Mentry School, local reporter Mrs. Lilly helps A.J. and his fellow third-graders start a school newspaper, but their efforts have unexpected, and terrible, consequences.

• Captain Underpants

  the First Epic Movie : Official Handbook

  Howard, Kate

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  Describes the characters, settings, plot, and gadgets of the "Captain Underpants" film, in which two friends accidentally bring their superhero creation to life.

• My First Ramadan

  Katz, Karen

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• Maxine's Tree

  Lʹeger, Diane Carmel

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• The Giver

  Lowry, Lois

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  Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

• Outrageously Alice

  Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

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• The Penguin and the Pea

  Perlman, Janet

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  When a penguin arrives at the castle on a stormy night claiming to be a princess, the queen tests her claim by hiding a pea under the mattresses of the penguin's bed.

• The Biggest Poutine in the World

  Poulin, Andrée

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  For his twelfth birthday, Thomas decides to build the biggest poutine in the world so he can get his name into the Guinness World Records and possibly convince his estranged mother to come home.

• The Golden Compass

  Pullman, Philip

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• And Tango Makes Three

  Richardson, Justin

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  At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

  Rowling, J. K.

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• The Graveyard Book. Volume 1

  Russell, P. Craig

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  A first volume in a two-part graphic novel adaptation of the Newbery Medal-winning tale features sumptuous illustrations by leading genre artists and follows the adventures of Bod, who is being raised by ghosts while avoiding the man who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Graveyard Book. Volume 2

  Russell, P. Craig

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• Hop on Pop

  Seuss, Dr

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  This charming book introduces young children to words that rhyme, such as Hop and Pop, Cup and Pup, Mouse and House, Tall and Small. And once they have learned to recognize one word, children soon find to their delight they can read…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It's a Book

  Smith, Lane

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  A donkey with a laptop computer and a gorilla with a printed book discuss the merits of their preferred formats. Two readers compare a print to digital media, and learn books are still valuable.