The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody
By: Matthew Landis
4.16
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
A trio of seventh graders become one another's first friends as they discover the secrets of a Civi…
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4.23
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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By: Kirby Larson
4.02
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
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3.74
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
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4. The Losers Club
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4.16
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
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5. Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1)
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3.70
Format: 640 pages, Kindle Edition
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6. The Underground Abductor (An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman) (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, #5)
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5.00
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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3.66
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
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8. Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion
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3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
History--with the good bits put back. Discover the drama, discoveries, dirty deeds and derring-do t… read more
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3.14
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
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3.50
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5.00
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3.57
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4.29
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4.23
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21. The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody
By: Matthew Landis
4.16
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
A trio of seventh graders become one another's first friends as they discover the secrets of a Civi… read more
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