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1) Restart
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Chase does not remember falling off the roof, in fact he does not remember anything about himself, and when he gets back to middle school he begins to learn who he was through the reactions of the other kids--trouble is, he really is not sure he likes the Chase that is being revealed, but can he take the opportunity amnesia has provided and restart his life?
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 5
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While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.
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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 4
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Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this full-colour edition will captivate fans and new readers alike as Harry, now in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, finds himself competing in the legendary Triwizard Tournament and facing death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards. This stunning new fully illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire brings more breathtaking scenes and unforgettable characters...
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Chronicles of Narnia volume 7
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When evil comes to Narnia, Jill and Eustace help fight the great last battle and Aslan leads his people to a glorious new paradise.
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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 2
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Harry Potter can't wait for his holidays with the dire Dursleys to end. But a small, self-punishing house-elf warns Harry of mortal danger awaiting him at Hogwarts. Returning to the castle nevertheless, Harry hears a rumour about a Chamber of Secrets, holding unknown horrors for wizards of Muggle parentage. Now someone is casting spells that turn people to stone, and a terrible warning is found painted on the wall. The chief suspect, always in the...
6) The dark
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Laszlo is afraid of the dark which lives in the same big, creaky house as him, until one night the dark pays him a visit.
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 3
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Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
8) No vacancy
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2021 CCBC Book Awards - Finalists
2022 Silver Birch Fiction Award Nominees - Grades 5-6
Jewish Heritage Month - Children
2022 Silver Birch Fiction Award Nominees - Grades 5-6
Jewish Heritage Month - Children
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Miriam Brockman's family buys and moves into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York. It takes a lot of hard work to run a motel, but it's also an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door. The two friends decide to create their own miracle to save the Jewel from bankruptcy.
9) Front desk
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Front desk volume 1
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Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade...
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Take off with the Berenstain Bears as they learn all about things that fly in this picture book featuring simple sentences for eager new readers.
The Berenstain Bears attend the Big Air Show at Bear Country Airport and watch jet planes, helicopters, rocket planes, and more, all from inside a hot-air balloon! Everyone's favorite bear family finds out more and more about the history of flight the higher they soar.
The Berenstain Bears Take Off!...
12) You hold me up
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Great Beginnings: Kindergarten Titles for the Whole Family
Indigenous History: Children and Families
Orange Shirt Day/Truth & Reconciliation Day/Residential Schools - Children
Indigenous History: Children and Families
Orange Shirt Day/Truth & Reconciliation Day/Residential Schools - Children
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A simple story that teaches the children the importance of respect, compassion, and love.
13) Old school
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 10
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"Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive?"--
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Chronicles of Narnia volume 1
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When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.
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Chronicles of Narnia volume 3
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A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians.
16) Prince Caspian
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Chronicles of Narnia volume 4
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Four children help Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts to free Narnia from evil.
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One and only Ivan stories volume 1
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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
18) The meltdown
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 13
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When snow shuts down Greg Heffley's middle school, his neighborhood transforms into a wintry battlefield. Rival groups fight over territory, build massive snow forts, and stage epic snowball fights. And in the crosshairs are Greg and his trusty best friend, Rowley Jefferson. It's a fight for survival as Greg and Rowley navigate alliances, betrayals, and warring gangs in a neighborhood meltdown. When the snow clears, will Greg and Rowley emerge as...
19) The cool bean
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
The "too-cool-for-school" third picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of The Bad Seed and The Good Egg, Jory John and Pete Oswald
Everyone knows the cool beans. They're sooooo cool.
And then there's the uncool has-bean . . .
Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd—until
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All the wrong questions volume 3
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"Young apprentice Lemony Snicket is trying to smoke out an arsonist but soon finds himself enveloped in a thickening haze of mystery that has settled upon the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea"--www.amazon.ca.
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