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Alex's original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping the witch Natacha happy, but soon he'll run out of pages to read from and be trapped forever. He's loved scary stories his whole life, and he knows most don't have a happily ever after. Now that Alex is trapped in a true terrifying tale, he's desperate for a different ending--and a way out of this twisted place. This modern spin on the Scheherazade story is perfect for fans of Coraline...

2) The story collector

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Tubb, Kristin O'Donnell

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The Story Collector
Story collector

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"A fictional account of eleven-year-old Viviani Joffre Fedeler, who was born and raised in the New York Public Library, and her older brothers and best friend Eva, who all try and find out if the library is haunted."-- Provided by Publisher.

3) Heidi Heckelbeck and the lost library book

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Heidi Heckelbeck volume 32

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Heidi has an overdue adventure when she loses a library book in this thirty-second Heidi Heckelbeck adventure! The Brewster Library has always been a magical place for kids in town. It has a story waiting for everyone. But imagine Heidi's surprise when Aunt Trudy lets her in on a well-kept secret: the Brewster Library has a real magic section! When Heidi checks out a title for a special project, she learns that you can't always judge a book by its...

4) Mr. Lemoncello's great library race

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Grabenstein, Chris

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Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 3

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"Mr. Lemoncello holds a contest for his young friends where they must race to bring interesting facts back to his library"-- Provided by publisher

5) Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics

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Grabenstein, Chris

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Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 2

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"Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS ... but someone is trying to censor what the kids are reading"-- Provided by publisher.

6) Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library

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Grabenstein, Chris

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Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 1

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Kyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids (if not the teachers), and an ardent fan of all games: board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in the world, just so happens to be the genius behind the building of the new town library. Lucky Kyle wins a coveted spot to be one of the first 12 kids in the library for an overnight of fun, food, and lots and lots...

7) The lost library

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Thorndike Press youth large print middle reader

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A classic middle-grade novel about a little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps, by New York Times--bestselling authors Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass. When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe discover a link between one of the books...

8) Library girl

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Eleven-year-old Essie, who was abandoned as a baby and lovingly raised by four librarians, meets a mysterious boy whom she believes is her twin brother, but as she gets to know him better, she discovers nothing is as simple as it seems.

9) The tiny hero of Ferny Creek Library

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Bailey, Linda, 1948-

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Eddie is a tiny green bug who loves to read and who lives behind the chalkboard in Mr. Wang's fourth-grade classroom with his parents, his 53 brothers and sisters, and his Aunt Min. But when Aunt Min goes to the school library and never returns, Eddie leaves the comfort of his home for the first time and begins the dangerous trek through the elementary school. After dodging running sneakers, falling books, and terrifying spiders, Eddie reaches the...

10) Houndsley and Catina at the library

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Candlewick sparks

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Houndsley, Catina, and their friend, Bert, can't wait to go to the library, but when they get there, they find out it might be closing because the librarian is retiring and doesn't have a replacement.

11) The secret library

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Thorndike Press youth large print middle reader

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Eleven-year-old Dally's monotonous life takes an unexpected turn when she discovers a mysterious envelope containing a map to an ancient vault filled with books that serve as portals to different moments in time, leading her on thrilling adventures and uncovering her family's hidden history.

12) The book no one wants to read

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Bacon, Beth, 1965-

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A lonely book entices young readers to spend time with it by engaging them in jokes, word games, and optical illusions, all to avoid being put back on the shelf.

13) The Losers Club

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Clements, Andrew, 1949-2019

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Alec, a sixth-grade bookworm always in trouble for reading instead of listening and participating in class, starts a book club, solely to have a place to read, and discovers that real life, although messy, can be as exciting as the stories in his favorite books.

14) Ban this book

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Gratz, Alan, 1972-

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A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books as they start a secret banned books locker library, make up ridiculous reasons to ban every...

15) The scary library shusher

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Miedoso, Andres

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Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 5

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When Desmond and Andres go to the Kersville Library for a school assignment, they encounter a ghost who insists they be quiet.

16) The dragon in the library

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Kit the wizard volume 1

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Reluctant reader Kit discovers her wizarding powers and the magic she can wield through books to help save the local library, and its resident dragon, from a power-hungry tycoon.