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Bounce
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Matthew Syed |
Why have all the sprinters who have run the 100 meters in under ten seconds been black?What's one thing Mozart, Venus Williams, and Michelangelo have in common?Is it good to praise a child's intellig… |
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Belle of the Brawl
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Lisi Harrison |
Eccentric billionaire Shira Brazille founded the super-exclusive Alpha Academy to nurture the next generation of exceptional dancers, writers, musicians, and inventors. It's a dream come true for one… |
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Mostly good girls
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Leila Sales |
Sixteen-year-olds Violet and Katie, best friends since seventh grade despite differences in their family backgrounds and abilities, are pulled apart during their junior year at Massachusetts' exclusi… |
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Girl Wonder
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Alexa Martin |
After being turned away from her new school's gifted and talented program, Charlotte, a Washington state high school senior begins to lose her self-confidence when she befriends a charismatic and bri… |
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The goat of many colors
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Cuyler Black |
A flamingo, continually interrupted by an anteater, tells a story of a talented goat who, through a misunderstanding, becomes leader of a herd of wild goats and realizes that his talent is a gift fro… |
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Albertine's got talent
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Shena Power |
Dad is a prize-winning gardener, Mom can speedily sew complicated outfits, and brother Sam is an expert at soccer, but Albertine needs help uncovering her hidden talents. |
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Start smart!
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Pamela Byrne Schiller |
"Start Smart!, Revised offers simple, straightforward information and ideas to boost brain power with active exploration, repetition, sensory exploration, laughter and more. Reflecting the latest res… |
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The exceptionals
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Erin Cashman |
Fifteen-year-old Claire, apparently the only normal student at a school for people with supernatural powers, learns that she is the subject of a famous prophecy, and when fellow students start disapp… |
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About average
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Andrew Clements |
As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnson, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illin… |
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The space between
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Kiki Thorpe |
While wondering if she has a talent for animals, Lainey, along with her three friends and the fairies of Pixie Hollow, discovers a passage between Earth and Never Land. |
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The colossus rises
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Peter Lerangis |
Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis' power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the geneti… |
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Penguin Pete
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Marcus Pfister |
Children will delight in Marcus Pfister’s adorable ‘Penguin Pete’ as he playfully passes the time until he’s big enough to swim in the sea. He practices trying to walk gracefully and tries to imitate… |
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Oggie Cooder
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Sarah Weeks |
Quirky fourth-grader Oggie Cooder goes from being shunned to everyone's best friend when his uncanny ability to chew slices of cheese into the shapes of states wins him a slot on a popular television… |
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Horrible Harry and the missing diamond
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Suzy Kline |
"Best friends Harry and Doug must find their teacher's missing diamond in time for the class talent show."-- |
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Flashback (Keeper of the Lost Cities #7)
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Shannon Messenger |
Shannon Messenger's seventh book in her explosive series is one of her best yet. Her story about Sophie Foster, the girl who discovers she is an elf and has to go live in the Lost Cities has captured… |
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Soccer song
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Patricia Reilly Giff |
Jill's friends know that she has strong arms and hands and so when she is learning to play soccer, they help her to find a position in which she can excel. |
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First times
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Charles Ghigna |
"A picture book that celebrates the important adventures children experience as they grow."-- |
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Kagerou daze
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Jin |
"As a child, Tsubomi Kido rarely spoke. Just as she starts to find herself, with help from her older sister, tragedy strikes her home. When death approaches, Kido discovers the Kagerou Daze, where sh… |
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The girl who could fly
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Victoria Forester |
When homeschooled farm girl Piper McCloud reveals her ability to fly, she is quickly taken to a secret government facility to be trained with other exceptional children, but she soon realizes that so… |
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Dead of winter
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Kresley Cole |
In order to protect Jack from two of the most horrific Arcana, The Lovers, and the vast army they command, Evie leaves the comfort offered by Death and joins her allies in a frozen and perilous post-… |
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