The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
By: Beth Lincoln
4.06
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud…
Want to Read $ 9.99"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window, where it can catch the light."-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window, where it can catch the light."-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
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1. The Lost Library
By: Rebecca Stead
4.14
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more
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"But aren’t “parents"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"That delicious book smell, his heart said."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
2. The Eyes and the Impossible
By: Dave Eggers
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more
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- childrens
- juvenile
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"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible
3. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
By: Beth Lincoln
4.06
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more
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- audiobook
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- humor
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- mystery
- juvenile
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels
4. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)
By: Pari Thomson
4.20
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more
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- audiobook
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5. The Puppets of Spelhorst
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.19
Format: 149 pages, Hardcover
From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations b… read more
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"The moon has no master," said the owl. "The moon is its own king." "Or queen," said the girl. The moon rose higher."-Kate DiCamillo, The Puppets of Spelhorst
6. Ferris
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real … read more
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7. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
By: Nicholas Day
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more
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- middle grade
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- audiobook
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
8. The Lost Year
By: Katherine Marsh
4.50
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more
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- family
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- audiobook
9. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)
By: Lisa Yee
3.82
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more
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- childrens
- humor
- middle grade
- fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)
10. The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby
By: G.Z. Schmidt
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The Amadeuses were always considered somewhat strange. Even before the incident. When six-year-old… read more
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- childrens
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- audiobook
"Knowledge, someone once said, was power—and the fewer children with power, the better."-G.Z. Schmidt, The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby
11. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By: Pedro Martín
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more
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- humor
- middle grade
- childrens
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"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
12. Simon Sort of Says
By: Erin Bow
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more
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"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says
13. The First State of Being
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
4.14
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more
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14. The Clockwork Conspiracy (Isaac Turner Investigates)
By: Sam Sedgman
4.30
Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition
A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockw… read more
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15. Leeva at Last
By: Sara Pennypacker
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A tale about a precocious girl who transforms her community in surprising ways. What are people … read more
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16. The Labors of Hercules Beal
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more
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- juvenile
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
17. The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2)
By: Pari Thomson
4.38
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Daisy Thistledown's epic adventure continues in the spellbinding sequel to New York Times bestselle… read more
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- audiobook
18. The Night War
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words com… read more
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19. The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall
By: Ali Standish
3.93
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
What if young Arthur Conan Doyle really went to a secret school for extraordinarily gifted children… read more
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20. The World-Famous Nine (The World-Famous Nine, 1)
By: Ben Guterson
3.78
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
In this mystery, Zander is determined to do whatever it takes to save his grandmother’s nineteen-st… read more
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21. The International House of Dereliction
By: Jacqueline Davies
4.04
Format: 227 pages, Hardcover
In this not-so-scary ghost story from Jacqueline Davies, bestselling author of the Lemonade War ser… read more
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