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Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #4) by Jeff Kinney Staff Pick For the first time in this wickedly popular series, Greg Heffley keeps his diary — ahem, make that "journal" — during summer vacation when he gets to be around his beloved family all the time! Aaagh! This hilarious comic/novel combo is the go-to pick... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins Staff Pick Never have I been more excited for a sequel to be released than after I read Hunger Games, and thankfully, Suzanne Collins delivered. I burned through Catching Fire like it was on fire, hurtling through the revelations and heart-stopping twist. I am... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Staff Pick My first thought when I closed the covers of this book was, Wow. My second thought was, I want to read this again. My third thought was, How can I possibly describe this book to anyone else? When You Reach Me is like one of those great books/movies... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff Staff Pick A gritty, funny, and widely influential novel (it caused quite a stir!) that I guarantee you'll read time and time again. Powerful and worthy of many re-readings.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak Staff Pick I've got to hand it to Australian author Markus Zusak: this book single-handedly made me want to be a better person. As a lifelong reader, I feel a book like this, one that can really change people, comes around so rarely that Zusak must be recognized as... (read more) List Price $10.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Staff Pick A fellow teen's suicide is certain to rock a school...but imagine the destruction that follows when the dead girl's classmates discover her tape recordings are being delivered one by one to each person she felt had a hand in her decision. If you're... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Staff Pick Once I started this book, I couldn't stop reading. Not only is this young adult book funny and touching — it feels so real. Anyone of any age who has struggled to know themselves and has fought for happiness will find resonance in the words and... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Stitches by David Small Staff Pick Small, a Caldecott Medal winner and illustrator of such books as The Gardener and Imogene's Antlers, tells us — no, shows us — the quietly disturbing story of his youth growing up in an emotionally closed-off household while struggling with... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus #01) by Rick Riordan Staff Pick Devastated by the end of the Percy Jackson series? Cry no more! Fans can return to Camp Half-Blood in this brand-new series featuring the next generation of kids who are half human, half Greek god. Will Percy Jackson make an appearance? Find out!... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Nurtureshock: New Thinking about Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman Staff Pick Though rarely would I refer to a parenting book as a "page turner," NurtureShock is just that fascinating. Bronson and Merryman call on neuroscience to show how conventional parenting wisdom often doesn't jive with the biological reality of a child's... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Pobby and Dingan by Ben Rice Staff Pick Pobby and Dingan are Ashmol's sister Kellyanne's imaginary friends — until one day, they disappear. Ashmol, who not-so-secretly thinks his sister is a fruit loop, copes with Kellyanne's very real grief the one way he knows how: by organizing a town... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman Staff Pick Inspired by the William Carlos Williams poem of the same title, This Is Just to Say begins with a section of poems of apology, penned by sixth-grade students, and ends with a section of response poems that are usually forgiving — the exception being,... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Hardcover
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An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Publisher Comments When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. He's also a washed-up child prodigy with ten thousand... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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All Kinds of Families! by Mary Ann Hoberman Staff Pick If there was ever a book that I wanted everyone in the whole wide world to read, this would be it. With its retro '70s illustrations and Japanese cuteness, I could look at the pictures for hours. And there's so much to look at, I'm usually just... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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Mommy, Mama, and Me by Leslea Newman Staff Pick Mommy, Mama, and Me and Daddy, Papa, and Me are two super-cute new board books that show a day in the life of two toddlers and their loving parents. From the first cup of juice in the morning to the final kiss goodnight, these board books — the first... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Board Book
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Danger! by DK Publishing Staff Pick In Danger!, turning the page is like stumbling across a new website; each is filled with freaky, petrifying factoids from science, nature, and history. Perfect for fact-seeking youngsters ages 8 to 12!... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Penguin by Polly Dunbar Staff Pick Sometimes friendship comes in very mysterious packages: this is what Ben begins to realize as he attempts to communicate with an enigmatic penguin that shows up at his door one day. Polly Dunbar’s sweetly simple illustrations soften the shock of the... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Arrival by Shaun Tan Staff Pick Shaun Tan, one of my favorite children's book illustrators, draws upon hundreds of years worth of immigrant stories to tell this single but universal tale: one of alienation, magic, and bravely bearing the wonderful and frightening strangeness of a new... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Hardcover
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Chicken Butt! by Erica S. Perl Staff Pick I don't know if y'all have heard, but chickens are the new penguins. But this is more than a new picture book featuring cute chickens... it's about chicken butts! Well, specifically, it's an expanded version of the age-old silly response to "Guess what?"... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Hardcover
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Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Staff Pick I know there's a ton of competition for the next big book to read after the Twilight saga, and I can guarantee one book that will fill the void: Shiver. Atmospheric, looming with danger, and positively brimming with that impossible romance — I couldn't... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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