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The Cheerleaders of Doom

When a former member of NERDS turns into a villainous cheerleader, Matilda "Wheezer" Choi and the rest of the NERDS must infiltrate the cheerleader squad and save the world from a machine that wreaks havoc by entering other dimensions.

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• 15 Summer Reads Handpicked By Indie Booksellers

Between Shades of Gray

In 1941, Lina and her family are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers.

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• Two Gray Titles, One Sexy Mix-Up
• What We're Reading, March 29-April 4

Railsea

Sham Yes ap Soorap travels the endless rails of the railsea, hunting giant moles with a captain who can think only of the ivory-coloured mole she's been chasing since it took her arm many years ago. When they come across a derelict train, Sham finds some mysterious pictures that soon have him hunted on all sides by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters and salvage-scrabblers.

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• China Mieville's 'Railsea': 'Moby-Dick' Remixed

Outside over There

With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's brideLiterary Award Winner

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• Who's Afraid Of Sendak's Stories? Adults, Mostly

Where the Wild Things Are

When Max dons his wolf suit, his imagination carries him to a land filled with lovable monsters.

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• An Inside Look At Sendak's 'Wonderful Magic'
• Sendak's Legacy: Helping Kids 'Survive Childhood'
• Fresh Air Remembers Author Maurice Sendak

Dear Zoo

A Lift-the-flap Book

Each animal arriving from the zoo as a possible pet fails to suit its prospective owner, until just the right one is found. Movable flaps reveal the contents of each package.

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• Three Cheers (And Three Books) For Mummy Dearest

Seedfolks

One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed. Illustrated by Judy Pedersen.

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• Both Community And Garden Grow In 'Seedfolks'
• April Backseat Book Club Pick: 'Seedfolks'

The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?

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• A Rival For Pigeon In Willems' New 'Duckling'

The Mysterious Benedict Society

As the only four children to pass the series of tests provided, Reynie, Kate, Sticky and Constance are asked to go on a secret mission as undercover agents at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and quickly realize they will have to use their collective wit to get their important task complete.

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• 'Mysterious Benedict': Solve A Puzzle, Save The World
• March Book Pick: 'The Mysterious Benedict Society'

Wonder

Born with a facial deformity that initially prevented his attendance at public school, Auggie Pullman enters the fifth grade at Beecher Prep and struggles with the dynamics of being both new and different, in a sparsely written tale about acceptance and self-esteem.

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• The Year's Outstanding 'Backseat' Reads, For Ages 9 To 14
• 'Wonder' What It's Like To Have Kids Stare At You?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again

Down on their luck, the Tooting family buys an old camper van and begins repairing it, but after installing an engine that once belonged to an extraordinary car, they are off to find other original parts, pursued by a sinister man who wants Chitty for himself. Illustrated by Joe Berger.

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• 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' Gets Back On The Road

The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict, an orphan afflicted with an unfortunate nose and with narcolepsy, is sent to a new orphanage where he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances, and a mystery that could change his life forever.

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• March Book Pick: 'The Mysterious Benedict Society'