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The Marvelous Effect

Troy Cle

Strange things are happening on Earth, and twelve-year-old Louis Proof discovers that he is one of the few people able to see--and combat--the responsible beings, who came from Midlandia, the planet a

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp

Richard Yancey

Through a series of dangerous and violent misadventures, teenage loser Alfred Kropp rescues King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur from the forces of evil.

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Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer

When demons begin appearing on Earth unpredictably, foreshadowing a cataclysmic breakdown of their magic, Artemis and his friends face a new foe--a twelve-year-old girl whose intellect just might matc

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Killer Sharks

Stan Cullimore

David Brown works for the Navy on a top-secret project dealing with trained sharks, and although he plans to forget work while on vacation with his children, the evil Mr. Gall has other plans.

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Don't Go in the Cellar

Jeremy Strong

Following a foreboding clue, Zack and Laura search for a cellar in Zack's new house and discover a "story machine" that causes them a lot of trouble.

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Code Breakers

Jillian Powell

Brad, Conor, and Scott are bored until they find a briefcase containing a cell phone number that leads them on an adventure, following one clue after another until they find a treasure in a cave--but

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The Never War

D. J. MacHale

Bobby and the Traveler from Cloral--Spader--have flumed to New York City, 1937.

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Maximum Ride

James Patterson

After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "bird kids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand the

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Pirates!

Celia Rees

In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation where she is to be married off, sixteen-year-old Nancy Kington escapes with her slave friend, Minerva Sharpe, and together

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Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer

After Artemis uses stolen fairy technology to create a powerful microcomputer and it is snatched by a dangerous American businessman, Artemis, Juliet, Mulch, and the fairies join forces to try to retr

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