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This modern edition of "Twas the night before Christmas," features four different homes and families, each on Christmas Eve, that reflect the diverse world we live in, lush landscapes and charming scenes capture the wonder and magic of Christmas. What do these four homes share? The excitement and anticipation of the most splendid night of the year. In this tale, the illustrator reminds us that no matter where we live, all children share the same wish...

2) Killers of the flower moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI

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Grann, David

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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more...

3) Anne of Green Gables

Author

Montgomery, L. M

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Anne of Green Gables volume 1
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Battle of the Books 2021-2022

By mistake, Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a farm on Prince Edward Island in 1878 and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone.

4) The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe

Author

Lewis, C. S

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Chronicles of Narnia volume 2

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Scribner storybook classic
Adapted Junior Classic
Whole story
Graphic Revolve Common Core Editions
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Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist its ruler, the golden lion Aslan, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

5) Treasure Island

Author

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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Battle of the Books 2022-2023
NYT - Children’s Series

While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.

6) Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone

Author

Rowling, J. K

Series

Harry Potter (Original series) volume 1

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Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.

7) Smile

Author

Telgemeier, Raina

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Smile

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Lord of the rings
Hobbit
Middle-Earth Universe

An autobiography in graphic novel format describes how the author lost two of her front teeth in an accident when she was twelve, and her subsequent struggles with various corrective dental techniques throughout adolescence.

8) The hobbit, or, There and back again

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Tolkien, J. R. R

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Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.

9) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Author

Rowling, J. K

Series

Harry Potter (Original series) volume 2

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When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.

10) Diary of a wimpy kid: the getaway

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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 12

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Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venemous creatures all threaten their vacation.

11) The lightning thief

Author

Riordan, Rick

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Percy Jackson & the Olympians volume 1
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume v 1
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 1

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Award Winning Books for Kids

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

12) A wrinkle in time

Author

L'Engle, Madeleine

Series

Time quintet volume 1

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Young Meg Murry, her brother Charles, and their friend Calvin, embark on a journey through space and time, assisted by three eccentric women, when they set out to find Meg's father, a physicist who disappeared while experimenting with time travel.

13) Diary of a wimpy kid: Double down

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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 11

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The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his creative side. As if that's not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his back by making a movie... and will he become rich and famous...

14) Charlie and the chocolate factory

Author

Dahl, Roald

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Charlie

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Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

15) Diary of a wimpy kid: the deep end

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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 15

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On their a cross-country camping trip, Greg Heffley and his family find themselves stranded at an RV park that's not exactly a summertime paradise and when the skies open up and the water starts to rise, the Heffleys wonder if they can save their vacation--or if they're already in too deep.

16) The secret garden

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Burnett, Frances Hodgson

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A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

17) Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban

Author

Rowling, J. K

Series

Harry Potter (Illustrated series) volume 3

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During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.

18) Horse

Author

Clutton-Brock, Juliet

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Eyewitness books

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Examines the anatomy, history, and breeds of horses, and discusses the different ways horses have been used throughout history. Learn why horses flatten back their ears, how a blacksmith shoes a horse, how horses have been used in wartime, and how a horse's teeth show its age. Discover why a zebra has stripes, which wild asses are now extinct, what a Roman horseshoe looked like, the difference between an English and a Western saddle, what makes horses...

19) Diary of a wimpy kid: the meltdown

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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1

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Award Winning Books for Kids

When snow closes Greg Heffley's middle school, he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, face a fight for survival as warring gangs turn the neighborhood into a wintry battlefield.

20) Charlotte's web

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White, E. B

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