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1) Very rich
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"Ten-year-old Rupert, from a very large, very poor family, accidently becomes part of an eccentric rich family's life beginning at Christmas, and soon sees that wealth is not everything"--Provided by publisher.
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Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
Magical Adventures for Middle Grade Kids
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Magical Adventures for Middle Grade Kids
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Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor African American girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
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The Vickery twins, Lee and Felix, live in a house in Poplar Wood, where, because of the "Agreement," their mother serves Memory, and their father assists Death, and only Lee is allowed to leave the house, except for Halloween; but when a local girl is murdered, Gretchen Whipple, daughter of the mayor, offers the boys a deal--help her solve the crime and she will help them break the Agreement, and regain their freedom.
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Zoey loves staying with her Aunt Alice for the summer, but she doesn't like the creepy house next door with its pack of wild black cats. Then Zoey hears that their neighbor is a witch. Zoey suddenly realizes that there is something strange about the cats. She decides to investigate what is happening inside the house next door and puts herself in grave danger.
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The Walter Award Honor winning author of Root Magic returns with a terrifying story in the Southern Gothic tradition, inspired by the hoodoo practice of hair burning. At night, Roddie still dreams of sitting at his mother's feet while she braids his Afro down. But that's a memory from before. Before his mom died in a tragic accident. Before he was taken in by an aunt he barely knows. Before his aunt brought him to Dogwood House, the creepiest place...
11) Memory maze
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Jackson Opus and his family have been forced into hiding because his identity as a powerful young hypnotist has been leaked out--but his enemy Dr. Mako is still out to find him to use his mesmerizing skills for evil purposes.
12) The Vanquishers
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In an alternate San Antonio, there have been no known cases of vampirism since a group of masked vampire hunters called the Vanquishers wiped out the last horde of the undead twenty years ago, but twelve-year-old Malika "Boog" Wilson's parents are not taking any chances, especially when Boog's new classmate Aaron goes missing.-- Provided by Publisher.
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"Vlad is a vampire with the misfortune of having rosy cheeks that--gasp!--make him look abysmally alive. But being the fabulous vampire that he is (and hoping to avoid rejection), he hides his rosy complexion behind elaborate vampire outfits in traditional black. That is, until he finds out that his best friend has a pink secret of her own"--OCLC.
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"In this third Legendary Alston Boys adventure from Edgar Award nominated author Lamar Giles, Otto and Sheed have to team up with the Ellison twins to take down a corporation obsessed with the weirdness of Logan County and that's turning its residents into Money-Zombies. Otto and Sheed are back in yet another legendary adventure that just might take all their deduction skills, and a good bit of help from friends and family, to solve. With the Rorrim...
15) Hunted
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Four children have discovered that they have spirit animals, a rare bond between human and animal that has launched them on a quest to save their world. The team heads to the forests of Eura, where another Great Beast is hidden.
20) Long lost
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Eleven-year-old Fiona resents her family's move to Lost Lake, Massachusetts in order to be closer to her sister's skating club. Feeling ignored and alone, Fiona retreats to the local library where she finds a mystery book that tells a creepy tale tied to the town's lore.