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Two brothers fight to save their grandmother's land from developers in the third adventure of the Wilder Boys series.When a run-in with the local bully means the boys risk losing their beloved dog, Cody, they hatch a plan to keep him safe. They'll take him to live with their grandmother in the Sierra Nevada mountains. He'll be safe there, and Grandmawho lives off the gridwill benefit from the companionship. But first they've got to figure out exactly where in the mountains she is. Following clues left in postcards and pictures and using their keen senses of deduction and survival, they finally find her tract of land. But when they get there, they discover that a group of ill-intentioned developers is trying to bully her off her property. Do the boys have what it takes to outsmart the developers and save their grandmother's beloved home?

From critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a middle grade novel about a girl whose struggles with anxiety and writer’s block set off unexpected twists and turns, both on and off the page.Lyla is thrilled when her seventh-grade English language arts class begins a daily creative writing project. For the past year, she’s been writing a brilliant fantasy novel in her head, and here’s her chance to get it on paper! The plot to Lyla’s novel is super complicated, with battle scenes and witches and a mysterious one-toed-beast, but at its core, it’s about an overlooked girl who has to rescue her beautiful, highly accomplished older sister. But writing a fantasy novel turns out to be harder than simply imagining one, and pretty soon Lyla finds herself stuck, experiencing a panic she realizes is writer’s block. Part of the problem is that she’s trying to impress certain people—like Rania, her best friend who’s pulling away, and Ms. Bowman, the coolest teacher at school. Plus, there’s the pressure of meeting the deadline for the town writing contest. A few years ago, Lyla’s superstar teen sister Dahlia came in second, and this time, Lyla is determined to win first prize. Finally, Lyla confides about her writing problems to Dahlia, who is dealing with her own academic stress as she applies to college. That’s when she learns Dahlia’s secret, which is causing a very different type of writer’s block. Can Lyla rescue a surprisingly vulnerable big sister, both on the page and in real life?

Nate and his friends must face a sinister carnival without their magical candy in the third and final book in the Candy Shop War series, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Beyonders and Fablehaven series.Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon know the third and most diabolical White sibling, Camila, is still at large. When she finally makes her move, it comes in the form of the Dreams and Screams International Carnival arriving at their small California town. Rumors quickly spread about those visiting the carnival feeling compelled to return, visitors to the labyrinthine Funhouse disappearing for days, and the Big Top being truly bewitching. When nightmares and weird dreams start to plague everyone who has visited the carnival, the worlds of magic and reality are both endangered. The friends are ready to fight, but the carnival forbids outside magic. Without their favorite enchanted treats, how can they salvage their sixth-grade year, rescue their families, and save their town?

Even goddesses go through growing pains in these first four books in the Goddess Girls Graphic Novel series—now together in one paperback boxed set!Being a goddess doesn’t make school or life any easier. Athena, Persephone, Aphrodite, and Artemis learn all about life lessons and friendship at Mount Olympus Academy in these stories that give a modern twist to classic myths. This epic paperback collection includes: Athena the Brain Graphic Novel Persephone the Phony Graphic Novel Aphrodite the Beauty Graphic Novel Artemis the Brave Graphic Novel

The first four books in the middle grade Little Vampire series about the unlikely friendship between a young boy and vampire are now together in one paperback boxed set—newly translated from the original German and perfect for readers who love Hotel Transylvania and The Addams Family.Nine-year-old Tony loves ghosts and horror stories, but when he’s left home alone one night, he gets quite the fright as Rudolph the little vampire flies in the window! After a rough start, Rudolph stops trying to bite Tony and the two become fast friends. Together, the best friends narrowly escape Tony’s family discovering Rudolph while sleeping over, traveling by train, and going on vacation. The charming paperback boxed set includes: The Little Vampire The Little Vampire Moves In The Little Vampire Takes a Trip The Little Vampire on the Farm

"Upset that her neighborhood is being torn down and replaced by fancy condos and coffee shops, Saint, along with her new friend Daniel, hatches a plan to save what is left of her beloved hometown."--

"Tim and his best friends Tito and Oskar, the time-traveling T-Rex, battle the evil Weremoles--an army of hungry, sharp-toothed rock-munchers who are out to destroy their fair city of Metrosalis! Will Tim's worrying superpower help them defeat the underground monsters, or is doomsday just a worry away?"--

A School Library Journal Best Book of 2022 From critically acclaimed author Barbara Dee comes a middle grade novel about a young girl who channels her anxiety about the climate crisis into rallying her community to save a local river.Twelve-year-old Haven Jacobs can't stop thinking about the climate crisis. In fact, her anxiety about the state of the planet is starting to interfere with her schoolwork, her friendships, even her sleep. She can't stop wondering why grownups aren't even trying to solve the earth's problemand if there's anything meaningful that she, as a seventh grader, can contribute. When Haven's social studies teacher urges her to find a specific, manageable way to make a difference to the planet, Haven focuses on the annual science class project at the local Belmont River, where her class will take samples of the water to analyze. Students have been doing the project for years, and her older brother tells her that his favorite part was studying and catching frogs. But when Haven and her classmates get to the river, there's no sign of frogs or other wildlifebut there is ample evidence of pollution. The only thing that's changed by the river is the opening of Gemba, the new factory where Haven's dad works. It doesn't take much investigation before Haven is convinced Gemba is behind the slow pollution of the river. She's determined to expose Gemba and force them to clean up their act. But when it becomes clear taking action might put her dad's joband some friendshipsin jeopardy, Haven must decide how far she's willing to go.