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  The Orchid Thief

  Carolyn Keene

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  This New York Times bestselling girl detective has one hot summer ahead!Nancy, Bess, and George are off to Key Largo, Florida for a week of sun, swimming and exploring the fabulous coral reef that stretches along the Florida keys. They've been invited by Delia Duke, a friend of theirs and also a marine biologist at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, which covers a 175 sq. miles of reef and shoreline along the coast of Kay Largo. The park is a scuba diver's delight, with dazzling corals and tropical fish, and Delia promises to show the girls the best snorkling and diving spots. But as they head through the mangroves toward her boat, someone takes off in a small motor boat, leaving behind a bag filled with rare, endangered butterfly orchids. This is just the beginning of a shocking eco-mystery that'd be too complex for anyone but Nancy Drew. . .

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  Reiko's Team

  Megan Borgert-Spaniol

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  Are you a good teammate? Do you try your best? Do you follow rules and play fair? 
  Explore these and other ways to be a good sport with these fun books! 
  Reiko is the goalie for her soccer team. By being a good teammate, she helps her team score! Pairs with the nonfiction title Being a Good Teammate.

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  The Hole in the Wall

  Lisa Rowe Fraustino

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  WINNER OF THE MILKWEED PRIZE FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATUREEleven-year-old Sebby has found the perfect escape from his crummy house and bickering family—a secret cave he calls “The Hole in the Wall.” It’s all the more beautiful for being in the midst of a devastated mining area behind his home. But soon after Sebby finds the hideaway, his world starts falling apart: his family’s chickens disappear, he falls ill with the mother of all stomachaches, and he finds a special pair of eyeglasses that show him a world where colors come alive and fly through the air.When Sebby sets out to solve these mysteries, he and his twin sister, Barbie, get caught in a wild chase through the tunnels around The Hole in the Wall—all leading them to the mining activities of astrophysicist Stanley Odum, who has been buying up all the land behind Sebby’s home. Exactly what is Mr. Odum mining in his secret facility, and does it have anything to do with these mysterious developments? The answers to these questions take the twins to places they never could have imagined.

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  Leaving the Bellweathers

  Kristin Clark Venuti

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  Grade Level: 4-6 Age Level: 8 and up Listening Level: Grades 4-6The young Bellweathers - fourteen-year-old Spider, thirteen-year-old Ninda, and the nine-year-old triplets, Brick, Spike, and Sassy - and their equally peculiar parents have brought constant chaos to the once-peaceful village of Eel-Smack-by-the-Bay. Still, no one has suffered more than their loyal butler, Benway, who has finally had enough. He is secretly writing his tell-all memoirs, packing his bags, and planning his move to a tropical location, Far, Far Away.But when the siblings discover Benway is preparing to leave their lighthouse home, they band together to prove how much he's needed, as only Bellweathers can. . . . Full of comic capers and close calls, an art heist, albino alligators, and good intentions gone wrong, Kristin Clark Venuti's hilarious debut novel introduces a new family that is absolutely unforgettable.

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  Elephant Talk - The Surprising...

  Ann Downer

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  On a hot day in the African savannah, a group of elephants searches for food. While foraging they often lose sight of one another. Yet at the end of the day, in one coordinated movement, the elephants suddenly regroup.  This coordinated movement—and others like it—has puzzled scientists and caused them to question how elephants communicate with each other. 
  Since the 1990s, scientists have gathered significant data on elephant “talk.” Biologists have determined that elephants use a complex system of communication of at least ten distinct sounds, combined in many variations. Researchers are now asking: what do these sounds mean? 
  As scientists study the elephant sounds that humans can hear, they are also identifying ways elephants communicate through nonverbal behaviors and making sounds too low for human ears. Scientists have realized that elephants even receive messages by using their sensitive feet to feel vibrations in the ground. All of these discoveries are helping elephant researchers better understand elephant behavior. 
  But the elephant’s time as a wild animal is running out.  Threatened by habitat loss and illegally hunted for their ivory tusks, elephants are on the brink of extinction.  Will understanding elephant talk be the key to saving the species?

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  How Many Turns for the Tern?

  Ph.D. Alison Pearce Stevens

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  Dr. Egevang uses a geolocator attached to the leg bands on Arctic terns to help him learn where the terns go when they migrate. His research reveals that the Arctic tern holds the record for the longest migration on Earth.

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