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  Why Cowboys Sleep With Their...

  Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton

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  “Young cowpokes everywhere will take a shine to this rib-ticklin’ tale.” —Publishers Weekly   Slim Jim Watkins, like most cowboys, is a hardworkin’, lasso-wieldin’ cowhand. All Slim Jim Watkins wants to do at the end of a long day roping cattle is to ease out of his saddle, throw off his clothes, and take a deep snooze. But little by little, Slim Jim Watkins finds that his old way of getting ready for bed just won’t do. Before it’s all over with, he decides it’s better just to fall down on his bedroll, boots and all . . .   This beautifully illustrated, amusing story with its anticipatory suspense will delight kids and grown-ups alike, who’ll enjoy the nightly entourage of desert animals who play a key role—that is, until Slim Jim Watkins learns a thing or two and starts to sleep with his boots on!   “An amusing yarn . . . Fun for a group read-aloud.” —School Library Journal

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  Summer on the Moon

  Adrian Fogelin

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  A move from an impoverished tenement to an unfinished suburban development turns thirteen-year-old Socko’s world inside out It’s summer vacation, and Socko and his best friend Damien are hanging around the Kludge apartments, taking care to avoid the local gang members. When Socko’s great-grandfather suddenly offers to buy a house in the suburbs, Socko’s mom jumps at the chance to leave the bad neighborhood. Socko hates to leave Damien behind, but they pack up their few belongings and move to Moon Ridge Estates.   Nothing there is even remotely what Socko had imagined—Moon Ridge is a lonely wasteland of half-finished houses. Socko tries to make the best of a bad situation, hopping on his skateboard to explore the empty streets that are now his private domain.   Constructing new lives will involve taking some risks, but in time a ragtag community begins to rally around the struggling development. With humor and heart, Adrian Fogelin weaves a timely story of loyalty, family, community, and economic hardship.

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  Pacific Rim Uprising - The...

  Becky Matheson

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  Fly with the Pan Pacific Defense Corps and relive all of your favorite moments from the sci-fi action epic in this junior novel!  Jake Pentecost is a rebellious former Jaeger pilot who abandoned his training only to become caught up in a criminal underworld. Ten years ago, his legendary father gave his life to secure humanity’s victory over the monstrous Kaiju. When an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to bring the world to its knees, Jake’s estranged sister Mako Mori gives him one last chance to live up to his father’s legacy. She is leading a brave new generation of pilots who have grown up in the shadow of war, including gifted rival pilot Lambert and fifteen-year-old Jaeger hacker Amara. As Jake joins the heroes of the Pan Pacific Defense Corps in battle, they become the only family he has left. Rising up to become the most powerful defense force to ever walk the Earth, they unite in a spectacular all-new adventure on a towering scale. Directed by Steven S. DeKnight, (Angel, Smallville, Daredevil), Pacific Rim Uprising stars John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Scott Eastwood (The Fate of the Furious), and Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy). Based on the epic movie, Pacific Rim Uprising: The Junior Novel retells the exciting story of the new heroes of the PPDC and features eight pages of full-color photos from the film.

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  Christmas: Cook It in a Cup!

  Julia Myall

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  Fill ‘em up! Festive baking adventures using silicone cups—from gingerbread and peppermint bark to cranberry sauce and shepherd’s pie.   
   
  Just in time for the holiday season, Christmas: Cook It in a Cup! brings delicious holiday spirit to kids eager to cook up holiday cheer! This spirited, Christmas-themed sequel to Cook It in a Cup! and Party in a Cup! serves up more than twenty mouthwatering recipes, from breakfast goodies to holiday-table main courses to perennially popular Christmas favorites. Simple, step-by-step instructions guide young cooks through the process, allowing them to relish in this one-of-a-kind Christmas culinary experience as they whip up tasty treats for holiday parties, family gatherings, and cookie exchanges.

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  Pass it On - The Value of Giving

  Agnes De Bezenac, Salem De Bezenac

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  Jesus and his friends experience the joy and value of giving. A great conversation starter to engage kids in thinking about what it means to show concern for others.

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  The Voyage of the Frog

  Gary Paulsen

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  An adventure novel about survival at sea from the Newbery Award–winning author of Northwind. “An epic, often lyrical journey of self-discovery.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) 
   
  ALA/YALSA Best Book for Young Adults  
   
  ALA Notable Book for Children 
   
  ALA/YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 
   
  David thought he was alone, that the ocean around him was all there was of the world. The wind screamed, the waves towered, and his boat, the twenty-two foot fiberglass FROG, skidded and bucked and, each moment, filled deeper and grew heavier with sea water. 
   
  David thought surely he was dead at fourteen. His uncle Owen, who had taught him about sailing safely, would be so angry. Owen had died only days ago, his last wish for David to take the FROG out on his own, and sail her beyond sight of the coast, and once there, scatter Owen’s ashes. 
   
  David had done this the evening before, but he hadn’t thought of a storm roaring across the Pacific, or of the terror of being alone later in the dark hundreds of miles from home with no radio or flares and little food. He hadn’t thought of a shark attacking, or of the four killer whales, or the oil tanker large as a city about to sink him and the FROG . . .  
   
  But in fact, David wasn’t alone at all. He’d had the FROG as a partner from the first—his uncle’s guiding spirit. He had only to learn that. 
   
  “Paulsen’s spare prose offers an affecting blend of the boy’s inner thoughts and keen observations of the power of nature to destroy and to heal.” —School Library Journal

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