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  The Great Ghost Hoax

  Emily Ecton

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  The Secret Life of Pets meets Scooby Doo as furry friends hunt down a ghost in this hilarious sequel to The Great Pet Heist that is "silly business galore" (Kirkus Reviews)! 
   
   
   
  Butterbean is bored. She and the other pets pulled off a heist once, but that was like a million years ago. Nothing exciting has happened since then. That is, until Mrs. Third Floor shows up at their apartment, convinced there's a ghost in the building. 
   
   
   
  Mrs. Third Floor's rental unit is showing signs of paranormal activity—eerie noises, objects moving when no one is there, fish disappearing from the tank overnight. The pets decide to investigate. Soon they're confronted with a bigger problem than just ghosts: professional ghost hunters who are offering to drive out the spirits for a hefty fee. It's up to Butterbean and the rest of the gang to save Mrs. Third Floor from losing her life savings to scammers, all while dealing with some really annoying new animals. Can the furry friends uncover the truth in time?

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  Bea Breaks Barriers! - How...

  Caitlin DeLems

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  Florence Beatrice Price was always breaking barriers—especially when it came to music. Raised in the Deep South, Bea broke through the barriers of racism and prejudice to master the piano and excel at school. And when opportunity came to study at the New England Conservatory of Music, Bea traveled north, one of only two Black students to attend.  
   
  Bea continued to break barriers when she returned to the South to teach and find inspiration for her music, drawing from many different genres. Bea fought hard to have her works played. One of her triumphs was being the first Black American woman composer whose symphony was performed by a major orchestra. But Bea’s music eventually became lost to time. When her musical scores were recently found in an abandoned house, Bea’s music was rediscovered—bursting forth for all to hear! 
   
  “A touchingly narrated introduction to the life and music of Florence Beatrice Price. What a gift that young readers will be able to learn about this awe-inspiring composer and musician. Classical music has always been diverse and Caitlin DeLems’s compelling portrait of Bea will help make this known to new generations.”—Dr. Samantha Ege, music historian, pianist, and author of South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago’s Classical Music Scene

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  Jake and Hooley

  Brian Stewart

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  Jake and Hooley is a fresh modern sequel to the popular 2018 animated film Jake and the Giants and the subsequent audio book that was released. Hooley is an orphaned giant who finds himself hungry, lost and alone near the Village Shi. His immense strength and ability as a lumberjack makes him popular with the Beavers and also with Jake who treats him like a long lost brother making sure he has food to eat and a wonderful place to sleep. 
  There is plenty of building and lumbering for him to do and with his immense strength he does it quickly. However, things turn sour when he realizes that many in the Village Shi are frightened of him and want him to move away. He overhears and sneaks off without a word. 
  The story has surprising twists and turns and continues the Jake and the Giants legacy quite well. The arrival of Conrad the giant and Nora a young giantess who is in love with Hooley create havoc in the Shi Village as they search about for their stolen treasure. The battle scenes and terror  are unique and clever and ultimately satisfying. 
  This is a wonderful audio adventure and captures the true spirit of the human heart. "Don't judge someone by their size but by the size of their heart."

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  Serafina's Promise

  Ann E. Burg

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  A luminous novel in verse from the author of the Jefferson Cup award winner All the Broken Pieces. 
   
   
   
  Serafina has a secret dream. 
   
   
   
  She wants to go to school and become a doctor with her best friend, Julie Marie. 
   
   
   
  But in their rural village outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 
  many obstacles stand in Serafina's way—little money, never-ending chores, and Manman's worries. 
   
   
   
  More powerful even than all of these are the heavy rains and the shaking earth that test Serafina's resolve in ways she never dreamed. 
   
   
   
  At once heartbreaking and hopeful, this exquisitely crafted story will leave a lasting impression on your heart.

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  Rebel's Keep

  Douglas Bond

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  Rebel's Keep concludes the Crown & Covenant series with a new, high-intensity adventure. Set in seventeenth-century Scotland, in the midst of the brutal persecutions of King Charles II of England, Rebel's Keep follows the history after Duncan's War and King's Arrow, the first two books in the series, and picks up the historical thread just before the devastating defeat of the Covenanters at Bothwell Brig, 1679. Thereafter, the story follows the fortunes of the M'Kethe family from the point of view of the two younger boys, Angus and Malcolm.

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  The Womanland of Western Liang

  Cheng’en Wu

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  Xuanzang and his disciples sought to have their travel documents stamped at the capital of the Womanland, but the queen fell for Xuanzang and tried to marry him. Xuanzang rejected the advances, but the monkey convinced him to play along, and Pigsy liked the idea of a wedding banquet. After the banquet, the queen processed their travel documents, and the group tried to escape. Unexpectedly, a demon conjured a gust of wind and abducted Xuanzang. The three brothers chased the demon to a cave where they fought. The monkey was injured by the demon's powerful weapon. Luckily, Guanyin showed up and advised them to ask Rooster Star for help. The monkey found Rooster Star and the scorpion demon was captured.

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