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Yuna D. Kaito can use magic to control time. Does Akiho know? Is she part of his schemes? Sakura isn't sure, but her heart tells her to let Akiho come to her when she's ready. Then things get even more complicated when she and Akiho get cast in the leading roles for the school play! Where will the twin Alices' journeys take them now...?

"One lonely, gloomy fifth-grade girl is the target of her classmates' relentless bullying and teasing--that is, until a new kid arrives on the scene. Friendly Takada is as clueless as he is well-meaning, but somehow he possesses the magic ability to start drawing 'Grim Reaper' Nishimura out of her shell. As the elementary schoolers experience all the fun of a childhood summer together--from going to the pool to picking sunflowers to watching fireworks--an...

"Middle schooler Yuna, born in America to Korean parents, struggles with feeling too Korean to fit in with her American peers at school. Frustrated with her fractured life and desperate to fit in, Yuna makes a wish on paper stars to return to Korea so she might feel normal somewhere. When the unexpected death of her halmoni (grandmother) makes Yuna's wish come true, Yuna is wracked with guilt and feels more fragile than ever as she realizes she also...

Karla and her little brother Benny accompany their uncle Bill on a scientific expedition to study unidentified species on a remote island, but a little "bad luck" promises unimaginable horrors, including Benny getting bit by a scary swamp snake.

Ramar brings a swamp beast named Koroko out of hiding to eat Karla, Benny, and Bill, but the Harlans escape into the woods where they meet a friend and try to figure out how to cure Benny's beastly bite.

An incredible series about what it's like to grow up middle-class and female in the United States. Navigating friendships, struggling with self-image, having big emotions, being painfully awkward, middle school drama, making the grade-- all issues shared from Shannon Hale's childhood notes.

"Hikaru's classmate Ochi has won enough games to guarantee his place among the top three players who will pass the pro test. Hikaru, on the other hand, still needs to win more games, and he'll soon face his friend Waya and Ochi himself, who has been preparing for their match with Akira's help! When the dust clears, who will be left standing?"--Page 4 of cover.

"Sakura Kinomoto's about to start middle school, and everything's coming up cherry blossoms. Not only has she managed to recapture the scattered Clow Cards and make them her own Sakura Cards, but her sweetheart Syaoran Li has moved from Hong Kong to Tokyo and is going to be attending her school! But her joy is interrupted by a troubling dream in which the cards turn transparent, and when Sakura awakens to discover her dream has become reality, it's...

"Middle school is tough for Dave. He spends most of his time drawing and living in his own imaginative world. And he's terrified that his classmates will find out and think he's even weirder than they do already. But an extraordinary thing happens when Dave and his friend build a time machine for their science project. Dave travels back to the first day of school (or so he thinks) and is given the opportunity to do a complete reset. Can he do everything...

"From Mike Cavallaro comes a story set in the Nico Bravo universe that spotlights an unforgettable, iconic new heroine! Eowulf Wegmund just had the most amazing summer ever! She traveled to a magical supply shop at the crossroads of all realities, rescued unicorn soldiers from a pocket dimension, and fought an evil god with the help of her new friend Nico Bravo. Pretty rad stuff, even if you are descended from the legendary monster hunter Beowulf!...