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Moving House by Nark Siegel

When Joey and Chloe and their family are getting ready to move, their house decides it wants to go too . 

The Lunatic's Curse by F.E. Higgins

The town of Opum Oppidulum is home to the freezing Lake Beluarum and its rumored monster. On an island at the center of the lake is an asylum from which no one has ever escaped. So how will Rex, whose father, Ambrose Grammaticus, has been imprisoned there under false pretenses, prove that Ambrose is not insane? And if Rex can free his father, will his evil stepmother drive them both to madness? 

Hear and Soul: the story of America and African Americans  by Kadir Nelson

Discusses the history of African Americans, from colonial days through the civil rights movement.

The Bippolo Seed and other lost stories by Dr. Seuss

Presents seven Dr. Seuss stories first published in magazines between 1948 and 1959, with an introduction and commentary on each .

Over the River and Through the Wood by Lydia Maria Child

Illustrations accompany the original lyrics to Lydia Maria Child's verse "Over the River and Through the Woods" about her family's trip to her grandparents' house for Thanksgiving .

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