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  Never After: The Broken Mirror

  Melissa de la Cruz

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  Real life and fairy tales collide in Never After: The Broken Mirror, the third installment of the funny and thrilling series from #1 New York Times–bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz.The Never After crew is back for another twisted adventure. This time, they’re off to Snow Country—that is, after they rescue the beleaguered Lord Sharif of Nottingham from the evil Robin Hood, who has been plaguing the land with his thievery and mischief.But Robin’s antics aren’t the only dangers afoot in the Kingdom of Never After. At the behest of her daughter, the evil Cinderella, Queen Olga has turned Prince Charming into a Frog after his wedding to the beautiful Hortense. And how could we forget the ominous Prophecy, which still looms large over Filomena and her friends?Along with Jack, Alistair, Gretel, Beatrice,  Byron Bessley, and some new Snow Country pals like Rose Red and a chatty magic mirror, Filomena sets off to find the only ones who can save the kingdom once and for all: The League of the Seven – a group of fearless warriors devoted to fighting the ogres at any cost.Still, new threats lurk around every corner, both in Never After and back home in North Pasadena . . . Even with the League of the Seven’s help, can Filomena and her friends rescue the land from Olga’s clutches? Or will the ogres finally prevail?A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press.

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  Treasure in the Yukon

  Jeri Massi

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  In the third story of the Peabody Adventure Series, Jack and Scruggs accompany Jack's uncle on a search for lost gold. Anonymous threats and mysterious accidents hound the expedition, but the team doggedly continues, with Jack and Scruggs acting as assistants. Who is "Long Tooth," their mysterious enemy? And how far will he go to stop the expedition? Facing danger in the remote Canadian Rockies, Jack and Scruggs work together to overcome the dangers facing them and their team. Again and again they combine wit and courage to overcome the obstacles and dangers thrown in their way. Peabody Adventure Series #3

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  Cryptid Academy

  Howard Wolk

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  Golems, djinns, nagas, and fairies are incredibly powerful, mystical creatures. But that doesn’t mean they’re scary.At Collinstein Academy they are students just like anywhere else. They make friends, fall in love, and get in fights – just like humans.Emmett the golem is new to the Academy and to the world. It’s hard to be a student when you’re only 3.5 weeks old, but it’s even harder when your reaction to lies is to get bigger, stronger, and sometimes lose all control.Emmett just wants to know the truth, and when student projects are being destroyed at school, he is determined to find out who is behind it before he gets angry and hurts someone…again.

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  It Sucks to be the Ender Dragon

  Wil Zombie

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  Does anyone ever check in with Bowser? With Robotnik? No. And it kind of sucks to be the Ender Dragon! 
  I didn’t choose to be the final boss. I just wanted to give baby villagers rides. Read books. Be chill. 
  But the rest of Minecraftia? Yeah, they’re not chill with dragons. 
  Now I'm stuck in The End... a barren void where the only visitors show up to battle me for bragging rights. 
  But maybe, just maybe, I’ve found a way out. 
  It Sucks to Be the Ender Dragon is a wild adventure packed with crazy Minecraft antics, unexpected friendships, and one dragon who’s ready to rewrite the rules. 
  Ready to hear the dragon’s side of the story? Let’s go.

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  Maya Sing in the Tunnel of Magic...

  Lou Raubenheimer

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  Maya Sing in the Tunnel of Magic introduces readers to Maya, a teenage girl who lives on a forest lodge on the South African coast. Maya is plagued by visions in dreams and when she meditates – a skill that she learnt from her deceased grandmother, at whose deathbed Maya made the promise that she would make the effort to sit in meditative stillness every day.Confronted with these disturbing sights and unsure what they are Maya one day witnesses a shocking accident. That episode informs Maya that the visions that she is witnessing are vistas of the future and reveals to her that she can intervene to change what happens in them. But should she even do that? A difficult question for a young girl to consider.With her newfound gift of clairvoyance Maya, with her best friend Dan in tow, charges off to meet great potential danger head-on. Ubel, a nefarious businessman is in the village, and he is intent on tearing down a natural forest to start mining coal in an area of pristine natural beauty. An act that would destroy the ecology of Maya’s home. But no one, other than Dan, knows that Maya can see the future and they’re just kids. How to stop his wicked plans?Maya is of mixed race, her mother, Ela, is a South African of Indian descent, while her white, American father, Connor is a paediatrician in New York City who has regularly travelled to South Africa throughout his adult life as part of his academic research on childhood nutrition. He makes a visit midway through the novel and gets swept up in the high-stakes battle between Ubel, his henchmen and Maya and Dan.History introduces Maya to Adiv, a distant relative and Tiger-whispering Indian Raj who ruled over a happy, fair kingdom thousands of years ago and who can impart timeless advice to Maya as she quests to best the evil that has beset the forest . . .Lou Raubenheimer is a Cape Town-based author. Maya Sing in the Tunnel of Magic is his debut novel.

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  Only Light Can Do That - 60 Days...

  Martin Luther King Jr., Lisa A....

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  Through Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s words and Bible verses, kids will discover that Dr. King's Christian faith was the foundation for his activism and that God calls us to stand up for justice and love. This devotional for children will inspire the next generation with the passion of Dr. King, America's greatest Black leader, and equip them to make a difference for God, both today and tomorrow. 
  Through Dr. King's timeless words, children ages 8 to 12 will be challenged and inspired to"drive out darkness" with light and love;go to the Bible for the truth about evil, love, identity, and responsibility;respect the Creator-given human dignity in everyone;build relationships across boundaries and spread kindness in all communities; andstand for God's truth about themselves and others. 
    
  This 60-day devotional for older children includesa short biography of Dr. King that focuses on his belief in God's Word as the basis of his activism;60 devotions written just for kids, each featuring Scripture, a quote from Dr. King, and a challenge to live out the truth; andinspiring stories of young participants of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. 
    
  Today's children are passionate about social justice and want to be change makers. This devotional shows kids that following Christ is an essential element of the fight for justice and empowers them to actively live out their faith. 
  "If we are to go forward, if we are to make this a better world in which to live, we've got to go back. . . . We've got to go back and rediscover the principle that there is a God behind the process." --Martin Luther King Jr.

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