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Twelve-year-old Sarah Greene wants nothing more from her seventh-grade year than to beat the hardest escape room left in her town with her best friends, West, and Hannah. But when a foreclosure notice shows up on Sarah's front door, everything changes. Since her father became ill two years ago, things have been bad, but not lose your house bad . . . until now. Sarah feels helpless until the day Hannah mentions a treasure rumored to be hidden in the walls of an abandoned funhouse. According to legend, Hans, Stefan, and Karl Stein were orphaned at eight years old and lived with different families until they were able to reunite as adults. Their dream was to build the most epic funhouse in existence. They wanted their experience to be more than mirror mazes and optical illusions, so they not only created elaborate riddles and secret passages, but they also claimed to have hidden a treasure inside the funhouse. Once in, Sarah, West, and Hannah realize the house is unlike any escape room they've attempted.

Did you enjoy Spy School by Stuart Gibbs? Then you'll be happy to know he's written another mystery series called FunJungle. Teddy Fitzroy lives at the zoo with his parents, who are wildlife caretakers and photographers. His friend, Summer McCracken, lives there, too, since her father is the billionaire zoo owner. In Belly Up, the police claim mascot Henry the Hippo died of natural causes, but Teddy and Summer think it's a cover up. They race to solve the case, despite being in danger and being thwarted every step of the way by Summer's father, the FBI and the bumbling zoo police.

To find his way back home to his family in Germany during WWII, Max Bretzfeld, with a kobold named Berg on one shoulder and a dybbuk named Stein on the other, sets out to do the impossible--become a British spy

Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers-and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking.

When ten-year-old Felix drops a penny in the wishing fountain at the center of town, he really doesn't expect his sixteen-year-old sister to suddenly like him again, or to offer to share a cinnamon bun or watch cartoons like they used to. She hasn't even remembered she was supposed to give him a ride home! But someone else is at the fountain too: a strange old man with a fishing pole who claims to be invisible. To Felix's amazement, he learns that the old man is a Wishkeeper, and he needs an apprentice!

In this debut spooky adventure, Jerry and her trusty wheelchair move into a creepy motel at the edge of the woods where nothing is as it seems. When her mom disappears, it's up to Jerry to brave the forest and its demons so she can save what's left of her family.

Twelve-year-old Hazel Rothbury stows away aboard the Titanic and, with the help of a porter named Charlie and a first-class passenger named Sylvia, she sets out to explore the great ship, uncovering a haunting mystery -- until the ship hits an iceberg and she must fight to save herself and her friends.

When a mysterious Little Free Library guarded by a large orange cat appears overnight, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.

Mean Girls meets Freaky Friday in this laugh-out-loud story about self-acceptance, learning who your friends are, and coming of age... as a cat.

Young sleuths Abbi, Lydia, and Daniel are excited to search for clues of a cougar near Abbi's home, but they soon discover something more might be going on.

Every creation two friends build together end up tumbling down, except their friendship.

Fun-loving, mischievous Fox from Fox and the Jumping Contest is back in this charming and hilarious tale of friendship, adventure and snacks.It's the day of the animals annual bike ride, and Fox is not excited. Every year it s the same old, same old.

On a stormy night, Margot eagerly waits for her mother to return to make grilled cheese together, but as she and her grandfather welcome more and more seafarers sheltering from the storm, her hope and supplies dwindle until she discovers the importance of a community and a helping hand.

A summery picture book about mindfulness, featuring an overheated -- and overwhelmed -- canine in need of sea, sand, and fresh air.

After meeting a dog during a walk, a little girl declares that she wants one hundred dogs, but as her parents point out all the difficulties, she gradually reduces the number.

Chiro, a young bat, is nervous about flying into the world for the first time without his mother, especially on a very dark night, but he soon learns to rely on his "song" to find his way and stay safe.

Fans asked for a graphic novel based on the authors' popular web cartoon by the same name, and the authors delivered. In this story, astronomers discover that rats are eating the moon, so top-secret Project 47 is set into action. This entails launching Cat into space. He is then accompanied by the Moon Queen and a toenail-clipping robot through the Land of Frost and Peninsula of Thunder to face rats from another galaxy on the dark side of the moon. If you're looking for a zany, laugh-out-loud book, this is it.

In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.

Elena Rueda loves baseball--and is the best player on her team--but recently has stopped having fun, so during a summer spent with her brother's quirky friends she reflects on who she is and maybe learns to love to play again.

School is out for the summer, the pool is open, and new adventures with friends await, but twelve-year-old Max must deal with his anxiety issues.

Pedro Martin's grown up in the U.S. hearing stories about his legendary abuelito, but during a family road trip to Mexico, he connects with his grandfather and learns more about his own Mexican identity in this moving and hilarious graphic memoir.

Julia goes on a self-discovery-filled road trip with her UFO-obsessed father to chase a meteor shower

Kit's excited to prove her worth as a Moth-Keeper, a protector of the lunar moths that allow the Night-Lily flower to bloom once a year, but she quickly finds that life as a Moth-Keeper isn't what she imagined it would be.

After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.

Did you know elephants are the world's largest land animals? Male African elephants can reach ten feet tall and weigh up to 16,500 pounds! These endangered animals are beloved for their massive ears, thick skin, and flexible trunks, as well as their remarkable intelligence and empathy. And despite their size, the more you get to know them, the more you'll realize humans and elephants have a lot in common!

This is the definitive guide to pranking and mayhem. Written in the style of a training manual, but with hilarious illustrations, this book is broken up into five sections.

A narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world-and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all.

Are you a member of the Mushroom Fan Club? Forage the forest for nature's most alien creatures with cartoonist Elise Gravel and learn all the wildest fungus facts!

This book delves into several illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations. Each chapter explores the history of a specific disease, detailing the symptoms, cures, and medical breakthroughs that it spawned.

Shows how to use sticks found outdoors to make such objects as slingshots, hobby animals, and magic wands and to do such activities as cook over a fire, play capture the flag, and fish.

Lively artwork brings to life the many wonders of being a walrus as it plays hide-and-seek with a friend, lounges on an ice floe and demonstrates an impressive range of sounds.