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"Jeremy and Justin are twins, but they couldn't be any more different from each other. Jeremy is a risk taker who likes to get his hands dirty; Justin prefers to read, focus, and get all his facts straight before jumping in. But they do have one important thing in common: They both love video games. When Jeremy wins a cereal-box charm that brings his favorite video game to life, villains and all, he finds that he's in way over his head. Justin knows...
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" We can all be heroes. That's the inspiring message of this New York Times Bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer When Helen Keller was very young, she got a rare disease that made her deaf and blind. Suddenly, she couldn't see or hear at all, and it was hard for her to communicate with anyone. But when she was six years old, she met someone who would change her life forever: her teacher, Annie Sullivan....
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This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction readers and that always includes the hero's childhood influences. At the back are an excellent timeline and photos. After escaping from slavery herself, Harriet Tubman...
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Every famous piece of art has an origin story--even Bach's Goldberg Variations! When the richest dude in town can't sleep, he hires a much-less-rich dude named Johann Gottlieb Goldberg to play him lullabies on the harpsichord. Goldberg does an OK job, but as the Rich Dude hollers for Goldberg each night, he wakes up the whole town in the process. As the town gets sleepier and sleepier and grumpier and grumpier, Goldberg worries he may be out of a...
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"Celebrate the ever-amazing Peter Parker and his crazy, nonstop life iwth these sensational adventures in web-slinging! First, discover--along with Peter--why with great power, there must also come great responsibility in an all-action retelling of Spidey's origin! Join the wall-crawler and his biggest critic, J. Jonah Jameson, in the clutches of the Kingbin of Crime! See Peter's Broadway plans ruined by the machinations of the Crime Master! And as...
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Mr. Puzzle is back, protecting Busyville from a zombie rock band and many other weird threats.
12) Takio
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"Taki and Olivia are sisters in an adoptive family--and they're driving each other crazy! Every day, their overprotective mother makes them walk to school together, eat lunch together, and play together--they can't get away from each other! But when a secret experiment goes catastrophically wrong, the squabbling siblings suddenly find that they have superpowers. They're the first actual superheroes in the entire world--and it is awesome! But are the...