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  Cracker! - The Best Dog in Vietnam

  Cynthia Kadohata

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  CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS: a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big Deal, and she likes it that way. Sometimes Cracker remembers when she was younger, and her previous owner would feed her hot dogs and let her sleep in his bed. That was nice, too.  Rick Hanski is headed to Vietnam. There, he's going to whip the world and prove to his family and his sergeant -- and everyone else who didn't think he was cut out for war -- wrong. But sometimes Rick can't help but wonder that maybe everyone else is right. Maybe he should have just stayed at home and worked in his dad's hardware store.  When Cracker is paired with Rick, she isn't so sure about this new owner. He's going to have to prove himself to her before she's going to prove herself to him. They need to be friends before they can be a team, and they have to be a team if they want to get home alive.  Told in part through the uncanny point of view of a German shepherd, Cracker! is an action-packed glimpse into the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a dog and her handler. It's an utterly unique powerhouse of a book by the Newbery Medal-winning author of Kira-Kira.

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  The Legend of Gap-tooth Jack

  Guy Bass

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  The third tall-but-true tale in the darkly comic new series SKELETON KEYS from the award-winning duo behind STITCH HEAD.
  Greetings! My name is Skeleton Keys and these fantabulant fingers of mine can open doors to hidden worlds… Join me for the curious tale of Gap-tooth Jack – thief, adventurer and champion of imagining!
  When Skeleton Keys banishes Wordy Gerdy from the present using his Key to Time, he thinks he's seen the last of the troublesome unimaginary. But Gerdy uses her ghostly pen to wreak her revenge, and before Skeleton Keys knows it she's written his precious keys out of existence.
  Skeleton Keys and his partner Daisy must follow Gerdy into the past to retrieve her pen and make her restore his keys. But Skeleton Keys has unknowingly sent Gerdy back to his own past and her pen is now in the hands of notorious thief Gap-tooth Jack. As they set off to find Jack, Skeleton Keys can't help noticing that everything looks strangely familiar. Then he comes face to face with the thief – could it be that the two have met before?
  Perfect for fans of David Walliams, AMELIA FANG and THE NOTHING TO SEE HERE HOTEL.
  Praise for THE UNIMAGINARY FRIEND:
  "Guy has mixed cleverly created characters with his trademark humour and wit to give us his best book yet. This is one spooky series I'm going to devour!" – Authorfy

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  Island Realm

  Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta

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  Teenage cousins are accidentally transported to a world of magic and peril in this YA steampunk fantasy from two New York Times–bestselling authors. Born only five hours part, cousins Gwen and Vic have always been close. But when Vic’s mother disappeared, and Gwen’s parents died under mysterious circumstances, they needed each other more than ever. Now both fourteen years old, they’re about to face yet another challenge together—when Vic’s scientist father accidentally transports them through a magical doorway to the island of Elantya—a wonder-filled place of magic and steampunk technology.  Vic and Gwen are soon caught in a tempest of ancient magic, bizarre gadgets, vicious creatures. But before they can return home, they must face fierce battles in a territorial feud with the sea-dwelling merlons, an age-old conflict between the bright and dark sages . . . and Gwen and Vic’s own mysterious roots. “A charming young adult novel . . . promises to keep readers turning the pages for many books to come.” —Terry Brooks, The New York Times–bestselling author of The Sword of Shannara

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  Shadow House: The Missing

  Dan Poblocki

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  This new, stand-alone book in the Shadow House series features five new victims who are trapped in a haunted house and must try to escape.  
   
  Five children have been lured into Shadow House, all for different reasons. None of them knows the others. And none of them knows what to do when they can’t find a way back out. 
   
  But something is different inside the house. Someone—or something—is there with them, and seems to know more than they do. Only how are the kids supposed to decide if that someone is trying to help them . . . or trap them there forever? 
   
  Step into Shadow House.

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  You're Bacon Me Crazy

  Suzanne Nelson

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  “A lighthearted novel about a tween tasked with saving her beloved aunt’s food truck, all while enduring the drama of growing up.” —School Library Journal 
   
  Now a Hallmark Channel Original Movie! 
   
  Tessa loves working at the trendy food truck owned by her aunt Cleo, a feisty, up-and-coming young chef. Together, Tessa and Cleo serve yummy sandwiches like their special BLTs to the crowd. Tessa feels like she’s living the dream. Then the dream turns into a nightmare: Popular, arrogant Asher starts working at the truck! He can’t make a sandwich to save his life, and he’s frustratingly cute. 
   
  But when the city’s big food-truck festival is canceled, the future of the truck is suddenly at stake. Can Tessa and Asher set aside their differences and work together to help save Cleo’s beloved truck? And will Tessa finally admit to herself how she really feels . . . about Asher?

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  Annie Moore: First In Line For...

  Eithne Loughrey

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  'full of the atmosphere of the time...a very engaging read' Mary Arrigan, Sunday Tribune
  A fictionalised account of the true story of the young Irish girl who was the first immigrant to land on Ellis Island, New York.
  Cork-born Annie Moore was the very first immigrant of any nationality to land at the now historic handling station at Ellis Island, New York, on the day it opened in 1892. This first book in the trilogy tells of Annie's new life in New York: her family, their cramped apartment and her working life. Annie's initial disappointment at her New York life soon disappears as she has a series of adventures.

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