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"In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents-telekinesis and telepathy-who got to this place the same way...
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Series
Keeper of the lost cities volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Description
At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some would kill.
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"In The Real Work-the term magicians use for the accumulated craft that makes for a great trick-Gopnik becomes a dedicated student of several masters of their craft: a classical painter, a boxer, a dancing instructor, a driving instructor, and others. Rejecting self-help bromides and bullet points, he nevertheless shows that the top people in any field share a set of common qualities and methods. For one, their mastery is always a process of breaking...
5) Unravel me
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Series
Shatter me (Mafi) volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
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"Juliette has escaped to Omega Point, the headquarters of the rebel resistance and a safe haven for people with abilities like hers. She is finally free from The Reestablishment and their plans to use her as a weapon, but Warner, her former captor, won't let her go without a fight."--
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Carve the mark volume 1
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Living on a violent planet where everyone develops a unique power meant to shape the future, Akos and Cyra, youths from enemy nations, resent gifts that render them vulnerable to others' control before they become unlikely survival partners.
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Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 24 cm
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"In Creative Quest, Questlove synthesizes all the creative philosophies, lessons, and stories he's heard from the many creators and collaborators in his life, and reflects on his own experience, to advise readers and fans on how to consider creativity and where to find it. He addresses many topics-what it means to be creative, how to find a mentor and serve as an apprentice, the wisdom of maintaining a creative network, coping with critics and the...
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Chengdu (Barney Saltzberg) volume 2
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Chengdu, a little panda, tries to do as much as he can on his own, until he learns he could use some help.
9) Outside shot
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Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2017]
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133 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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"Richie Mallon has always known he was a shooter. Now that he is facing basketball tryouts under a tough new coach, will his amazing shooting talent be enough to keep him on the team?"--
10) The blur
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Nothing can stand in her way as she takes the world by storm: always on the move and darting into danger! All too soon, she is zipping through the days, and zooming over the years…
11) Shadow and bone
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Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
13) Burning lamp
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Sylvester Jones and Nicholas Winters, founders of the Arcane Society, each sought to enhance their individual psychic talents. Winters' efforts led to the creation of a device called the Burning Lamp. Each generation the Winters man who inherits it is destined to develop multiple talents and the curse of madness. Now, plagued by hallucinations and nightmares, notorious crime lord Griffin Winters is convinced he has been struck with the Winters Curse...
14) Melia and Jo
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
37 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Melia is scientific and loves to create things in her backyard laboratory, but something is missing. Her inventions just aren't quite right. Enter Jo, her new friend with an artistic spirit. When you add the arts to sciences, something magical happens!
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2012
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274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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The author describes how he was able to learn to play the guitar in midlife in spite of a limited musical aptitude, revealing what he learned about the brain's capacity for musical proficiency at any time of life and how his findings challenge commonly accepted beliefs about musical talent and training.
18) Guild boss
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Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
292 pages.
Description
Welcome to Illusion Town on the colony world of Harmony-like Las Vegas on Earth, but way more weird. Living in this new, alien world doesn't stop the settlers from trying to re-create what they've left behind. Case in point-weddings are still the highlight of any social calendar. But it's the after-party that turns disastrous for Lucy Bell. Kidnapped and drugged as she leaves the party, she manages to escape-only to find herself lost in the mysterious,...
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Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xxix, 190 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
"20 Makey Makey Projects for the Evil Genius starts off with very approachable introductory projects, making it a great starting point for beginners. It then builds to more challenging projects, allowing more experienced users to go further by incorporating technologies like Raspberry Pi, Processing and Scratch programming, 3D Printing, and creating wearable electronics with Makey Makey. Projects are divided into four categories: “Fun and Games,”...
20) Alpha night
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Series
Psy-Changeling trinity volume 4
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her breathtaking Psy-Changeling Trinity series with a mating that shouldn't exist.... Alpha wolf Selenka Durev's devotion to her pack is equaled only by her anger at anyone who would harm those inher care. That currently includes the empaths who've flowed into her city for a symposium that is a security nightmare-a powder keg just waiting for a match. Ethan Night is an Arrow who isn't an Arrow....
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