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The Academy: #1 : Academy series

Layton, T. Z.,


Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary. Born and raised in a small town, Leo K. Doyle has never seen the ocean or stepped foot on a plane. But Leo is a star soccer player with big dreams in life. Rock-star, Olympic gold, dragon-slaying dreams. While Leo has a pet lizard named Messi and longs to make the pros one day, he has no idea how to achieve this goal-until a professional scout pays a chance visit to one of Leo's games and extends an invitation to try out for the London Dragons youth squad, known as The Academy. Leo is stunned. The London Dragons isn't just any old soccer team. It's a world-famous English Premier League team. Soon Leo is off to a whole new country, embarking on the greatest adventure of his life. The downside? Only eleven players can make the team. Eleven out of two hundred of the very best youth players on the planet. Along with the grueling competition, Leo must also face a bully intent on torpedoing his summer, a roomie who doesn't know how to have fun, a terrifying camp director, and, most of all, Leo's own lack of formal training and the fear he'll never succeed. By the end of the summer, Leo will become a much better player and forever changed by his experience. But will he be good enough to make the Academy?
Date Published:2022

Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary. Born and raised in a small town, Leo K. Doyle has never seen the ocean or stepped foot on a plane. But Leo is a star soccer player with big dreams in life. Rock-star, Olympic gold, dragon-slaying dreams. While Leo has a pet lizard named Messi and longs to make the pros one day, he has no idea how to achieve this goal-until a professional scout pays a chance visit to one of Leo's games and extends an invitation to try out for the London Dragons youth squad, known as The Academy. Leo is stunned. The London Dragons isn't just any old soccer team. It's a world-famous English Premier League team. Soon Leo is off to a whole new country, embarking on the greatest adventure of his life. The downside? Only eleven players can make the team. Eleven out of two hundred of the very best youth players on the planet. Along with the grueling competition, Leo must also face a bully intent on torpedoing his summer, a roomie who doesn't know how to have fun, a terrifying camp director, and, most of all, Leo's own lack of formal training and the fear he'll never succeed. By the end of the summer, Leo will become a much better player and forever changed by his experience. But will he be good enough to make the Academy?

Date Published:2022

Any Way You Slice It : Katie Kazoo, switcheroo ;

Krulik, Nancy E.


Katie, who has never cooked a thing alone, switches into Louie the chef at a pizza parlor sponsoring a pizza-eating contest.
Date Published:2003

Arcade Catastrophe: 32 : The candy shop war ;

Mull, Brandon, 1974-


Nate and his friends think the new Arcadeland, where tickets can earn one of four kinds of stamps: jets, tanks, subs, and racecars, is totally cool, until they learn that the arcade owner is hiding a secret.
Date Published:2014

The Big Flush: #2 : Area 51 files

Buxbaum, Julie,


Includes recipes. "Sky Patel-Baum, Area 51's latest arrival, thought she had finally figured out her strange new home. Sure, there are aliens everywhere, and her new BFF Elvis is from the planet Galzoria. But it turns out things can still get weirder. Because some special visitors just arrived with a warning: Area 51 is in danger! A hunk of space junk is headed right for the base! And it's not just any hunk of junk! It's a giant toilet! Even worse? A traitor on base is working with angry aliens to coordinate the attack. With one case already under their belts, Sky and her friends are on a mission to save Area 51. But what happens if their investigation goes down the toilet? That would stink!"--
Date Published:2023

Includes recipes. "Sky Patel-Baum, Area 51's latest arrival, thought she had finally figured out her strange new home. Sure, there are aliens everywhere, and her new BFF Elvis is from the planet Galzoria. But it turns out things can still get weirder. Because some special visitors just arrived with a warning: Area 51 is in danger! A hunk of space junk is headed right for the base! And it's not just any hunk of junk! It's a giant toilet! Even worse? A traitor on base is working with angry aliens to coordinate the attack. With one case already under their belts, Sky and her friends are on a mission to save Area 51. But what happens if their investigation goes down the toilet? That would stink!"--

Date Published:2023

Breaking The Ice

Blitt, Natalie,


"This book was originally published as Cocoa Crush in paperback by Scholastic in 2019." Harper quit hockey after she caused an accident during a game, but with the help of a young figure skating champion and her best friend, she is hoping to get her game back.
Date Published:2025

Bridget Vanderpuff And The Baked Escape: #1 : Bridget Vanderpuff SERIES

Stewart, Martin J.,


"First published in the United Kingdom by Zephyr, an imprint of Head of Zeus Ltd, part of Bloomsbury Plc, 2023." Bridget Baxter, a clever orphan with a knack for adventure, must use her unconventional baking skills to outsmart her cruel caretaker, Ms. Acrid, and save herself and her new guardian, Mr. Vanderpuff, from disaster.
Date Published:2025

Bridget Vanderpuff And The Ghost Train: #2 : Bridget Vanderpuff SERIES

Stewart, Martin J.,


Belle-on-Sea is getting ready for the Night of the Hungry Ghosts, the most frightfully fun time of the year. Mr. Vanderpuffs bake will be the centrepiece of the whole parade, but he needs a new creation and hes totally stumped. To make matters worse, salty old seadog Captain Lufty and his Hat Rat, Barry, have warned that something is coming to Belle-on-Sea. Something terrible After a ghost train is seen rattling into town, people start to go missingfirst the librarian, then the mayor. Bridget and Tom begin tracking the trains tracks, delighted to be in the thick of another mystery. Then the unthinkable happens: the ghost train takes Mr. Vanderpuff! Someoneor somethingis out to destroy Belle-on-Sea. But theyve forgotten one important detail This is Bridgets town.
Date Published:2025

Belle-on-Sea is getting ready for the Night of the Hungry Ghosts, the most frightfully fun time of the year. Mr. Vanderpuffs bake will be the centrepiece of the whole parade, but he needs a new creation and hes totally stumped. To make matters worse, salty old seadog Captain Lufty and his Hat Rat, Barry, have warned that something is coming to Belle-on-Sea. Something terrible After a ghost train is seen rattling into town, people start to go missingfirst the librarian, then the mayor. Bridget and Tom begin tracking the trains tracks, delighted to be in the thick of another mystery. Then the unthinkable happens: the ghost train takes Mr. Vanderpuff! Someoneor somethingis out to destroy Belle-on-Sea. But theyve forgotten one important detail This is Bridgets town.

Date Published:2025

The Burning Season

Rose, Caroline Starr,


"When a wildfire breaks out on her watch, twelve-year-old Opal, a fourth-generation fire lookout-in-training, must face her fears in order to save the forest she loves and her family"--
Date Published:2025

Camp Twisted Pine

Burch, Ciera,


Publisher, pagination, and printing dates may vary. Eleven-year-old Naomi loves all things outdoors -- birds and beetles, bats and bunnies -- in theory. She explores nature in the best possible way: the cold, hard facts in books. So when her parents' announcement of their impending divorce comes hand in hand with sending Naomi and her younger twin brothers to summer camp while they figure things out, it's salt in the wound for Naomi and her avoidance of hands-on experience. Camp Twisted Pine could be worse. The counselors are nice, and Naomi likes her cabinmates, especially Jackie, whose blunt personality and frank dislike of the camp draws Naomi in quickly. Jackie is also hard of hearing and uses a hearing aid, and the girls quickly develop a routine of sign language lessons in their free time, which Naomi sees as a welcome break when all the s'mores-making and nature walks get to be a bit much. But the campers aren't the only ones who roam the grounds of Camp Twisted Pine. When people start to go missing, including Jackie, Naomi has to find a way to save everyone -- and herself. Her practical knowledge of the outdoors may still be rudimentary at best, but she has years of studying and the scientific method to fall back on. Can Naomi identify and stop the dangerous predator before it's too late?
Date Published:2024

Publisher, pagination, and printing dates may vary. Eleven-year-old Naomi loves all things outdoors -- birds and beetles, bats and bunnies -- in theory. She explores nature in the best possible way: the cold, hard facts in books. So when her parents' announcement of their impending divorce comes hand in hand with sending Naomi and her younger twin brothers to summer camp while they figure things out, it's salt in the wound for Naomi and her avoidance of hands-on experience. Camp Twisted Pine could be worse. The counselors are nice, and Naomi likes her cabinmates, especially Jackie, whose blunt personality and frank dislike of the camp draws Naomi in quickly. Jackie is also hard of hearing and uses a hearing aid, and the girls quickly develop a routine of sign language lessons in their free time, which Naomi sees as a welcome break when all the s'mores-making and nature walks get to be a bit much. But the campers aren't the only ones who roam the grounds of Camp Twisted Pine. When people start to go missing, including Jackie, Naomi has to find a way to save everyone -- and herself. Her practical knowledge of the outdoors may still be rudimentary at best, but she has years of studying and the scientific method to fall back on. Can Naomi identify and stop the dangerous predator before it's too late?

Date Published:2024

The Comeback

Shen, E. L.,


Includes GoFish bonus materials (5 unnumbered pages at end). Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen dreams of being a figure skating champion, but a remarkably talented new girl at the arena and a racist classmate at school test her resolve--Provided by Publisher.
Date Published:2022

A Copycat Conundrum: #2 : Misfits

Yee, Lisa,


When San Francisco is under strange attacks -- like earthquakes affecting only two city blocks at a time -- who're you gonna call? An elite team of crime-fighting underdogs, that's who! The Misfits are on the case in this hilarious illustrated series!
Date Published:2025

Cupcakes & Camp: #1 : Mia in the middle

Simon, Coco,


Mia plans to spend the rest of her summer hanging out with her Cupcake Club friends and her fashionista friends in Manhattan, but when her mom sends her to sleepaway camp she does her best to make the best of things.
Date Published:2026

The Cursed Campground

FGTeeV,


"From New York times bestselling authors and the stars of FGTeeV & FV Family written with Joe Caramagna & illustrated by Tim Wesson"--Cover. "It is a dark and stormy night, and the FGTeeV family is headed out to the woods for some old-fashioned, unplugged together time. But all is not as it seems at the cabin Duddy rented ... strange mysteries are afoot. BIG-afoot. Yep, the craziness all starts when Duddz accidentally summons Bigfoot to the campground. Before they know what's going on, vampires, mummies, sea monsters, and more are all hot on their tails! Will Moomy, Duddy, Lexi, Mike, Chase, and Shawn be able to figure out what's going on ... before they become a monster's next meal?"--
Date Published:2025

"From New York times bestselling authors and the stars of FGTeeV & FV Family written with Joe Caramagna & illustrated by Tim Wesson"--Cover. "It is a dark and stormy night, and the FGTeeV family is headed out to the woods for some old-fashioned, unplugged together time. But all is not as it seems at the cabin Duddy rented ... strange mysteries are afoot. BIG-afoot. Yep, the craziness all starts when Duddz accidentally summons Bigfoot to the campground. Before they know what's going on, vampires, mummies, sea monsters, and more are all hot on their tails! Will Moomy, Duddy, Lexi, Mike, Chase, and Shawn be able to figure out what's going on ... before they become a monster's next meal?"--

Date Published:2025

Dangerous Allies: #4 : Forgotten five SERIES

McMann, Lisa,


"The Forgotten Five work to stop President Fuerte from using his supernatural army to sabotage Magdalia Palacio's campaign"--
Date Published:2024

Fashion Disaster: #9 : Sparkle spa ;

Santopolo, Jill.


After Suzy Davis gives Brooke a bad hair cut, the Sparkle Spa crew spend a lot of energy trying to convince her to go back out into public again.
Date Published:2016

Fire On Headless Mountain

Lawrence, Iain, 1955-


Eleven-year-old Virgil Pepper is returning to Little Lost Lake in Oregon with his older brother and sister to scatter their mother's ashes in the place she loved best, but when their van breaks down in the middle nowhere, it is up to Virgil, who shared his mother's love of science and the wild, to remember and use all the lessons she taught him to survive a forest fire started by a lightning strike.
Date Published:2022

Eleven-year-old Virgil Pepper is returning to Little Lost Lake in Oregon with his older brother and sister to scatter their mother's ashes in the place she loved best, but when their van breaks down in the middle nowhere, it is up to Virgil, who shared his mother's love of science and the wild, to remember and use all the lessons she taught him to survive a forest fire started by a lightning strike.

Date Published:2022

Geeks And The Holy Grail: #2 : Camelot code

Mancusi, Mari,


Twelve-year-old Sophie Sawyer's first assignment as a Companion is to help Nimue, a young druid, and Emrys the Excellent, Merlin's thirteen-year-old apprentice, protect the Holy Grail from the evil sorceress, Morgana.
Date Published:2019

The Gods' Revenge: #2 : Myth of monsters SERIES

Marsh, Katherine,


After Layla is banished from school for asserting her beliefs, Ava and her friends travel to the underworld to rescue Layla and uncover the truth about their fiendish ancestors.
Date Published:2025

Hawkins Horrors : a collection of terrifying tales /

Gilbert, Matthew J.,


11:58 P.M. -- A little voice -- Do or 20-sided die -- Lovers' Lake -- Girls just want to have fun -- Don't be a pest -- Two lunches -- Talk back -- In a flash. "Prepare to visit the darkest and most chilling corners of Hawkins. Dustin, Lucas, Max, and their friends want to rent videos one night. But when a blackout changes their plans, they swap seven twisted tales based on their hometown. What secrets lurk in an old asylum? Does a mutant creature live at the bottom of Lovers' Lake? Is a harmless teddy bear actually controlled by a supernatural force? These are just a few of the monstrous mysteries in this creepy collection that is sure to thrill fans of Stranger Things."
Date Published:2022

11:58 P.M. -- A little voice -- Do or 20-sided die -- Lovers' Lake -- Girls just want to have fun -- Don't be a pest -- Two lunches -- Talk back -- In a flash. "Prepare to visit the darkest and most chilling corners of Hawkins. Dustin, Lucas, Max, and their friends want to rent videos one night. But when a blackout changes their plans, they swap seven twisted tales based on their hometown. What secrets lurk in an old asylum? Does a mutant creature live at the bottom of Lovers' Lake? Is a harmless teddy bear actually controlled by a supernatural force? These are just a few of the monstrous mysteries in this creepy collection that is sure to thrill fans of Stranger Things."

Date Published:2022

Hypergifted

Korman, Gordon,


Sequel to: Supergifted. Canadiana. The guys from Ungifted and Supergifted are back in their final hilarious school adventure. Donovan Curtis, Noah Youkilis and their friends from the Academy for Scholastic Distinction have graduated from middle school, so it's on to ninth grade for everyone ... well, everyone except Noah. Because of his super-genius status, and much to his dismay, he's been graduated from high school as well, and is sent to a summer program at Wilberton University to acclimate him to campus life before enrolling as a freshman in September. He is allowed to bring one person with him, so of course he chooses Donovan, his very own conduit to the real world. Donovan is given a job as a camp counsellor for children of University staff. What could possibly go wrong?
Date Published:2026

Sequel to: Supergifted. Canadiana. The guys from Ungifted and Supergifted are back in their final hilarious school adventure. Donovan Curtis, Noah Youkilis and their friends from the Academy for Scholastic Distinction have graduated from middle school, so it's on to ninth grade for everyone ... well, everyone except Noah. Because of his super-genius status, and much to his dismay, he's been graduated from high school as well, and is sent to a summer program at Wilberton University to acclimate him to campus life before enrolling as a freshman in September. He is allowed to bring one person with him, so of course he chooses Donovan, his very own conduit to the real world. Donovan is given a job as a camp counsellor for children of University staff. What could possibly go wrong?

Date Published:2026