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1) Gifted
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Summary
A childless couple adopt a baby girl and realize as she grows that she possesses the ability to learn phenomenally quickly and to help others around her learn.
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Summary
After her ability to heal physical ailments is revealed to the world, thirteen-year-old Ava has trouble dealing with all the people who come seeking a miracle, especially since, with each healing, she grows weaker.
"On the heels of his critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling debut novel, The Returned, Jason Mott delivers a spellbinding tale of love and sacrifice. On an ordinary day, at an air show like that in any small town across the...
3) Paper things
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Lexile Measure
830L
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Summary
When Ari's mother died four years ago, she had two final wishes: that Ari and her older brother, Gage, would stay together always, and that Ari would go to Carter, the middle school for gifted students. So when nineteen-year-old Gage decides he can no longer live with their bossy guardian, Janna, Ari knows she has to go with him. But it's been two months, and Gage still hasn't found them an apartment. He and Ari have been "couch surfing, " staying...
4) Matilda
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Lexile Measure
840L
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"Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It will take superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves, and Matilda may be just the one to do it!
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Series
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur volume 6
Pub. Date
[2018]
Summary
"It's time to cry S.O.S. - Save Our School! New York City has a new mayor, and his name is...Wilson Fisk! Yes, the Kingpin is in charge of the Big Apple and everything in it, including the Department of Education! But he won't be running it alone: meet your new favorite Marvel character, Princess Fisk! What's her tragic past? Meanwhile, Lunella's problems are all in the present - for one, if she's so smart, why can't she unravel the genetic mystery...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Summary
"Eight hours of sleep usually means a full night's rest--but now Lunella and Devil face a fight to stay out of the Dream Dimension, a place at the edge of our subconscious where all manner of monsters dwell! What fearsome fiends lay within the unconscious mind of a 65-million-year-old thunder lizard? Or worse yet, a 9-year-old super-genius? As Moon Girl and Devil transverse the Dreamscape, all is revealed about their host, Bad Dream--and he isn't...
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Summary
"Pint-sized genius Lunella Lafayette takes on the Marvel Universe alongside some of its greatest heroes: Miles Morales, the Avengers and the X-Men. Because when Lunella's trusty T.Rex, Devil Dinosaur, goes missing, it may take all their helping hands to find him! Miles sure knows his way around Brooklyn. But when the Avengers detect rogue dinosaur activity in an unlikely place, they'll need Lunella's help -- and that means Moon Girl is on her way...
Author
Series
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur volume 4
Pub. Date
[2018]
Summary
Journey to the Living Planet! It's Lunella Lafayette's biggest adventure yet, as a voice from the outer reaches of space beckons her and Devil Dinosaur on a truly fantastic voyage - an Ego trip, if you will! Are you ready for Moon Girl to meet--Girl-Moon? Lunella isn't just smart, she's the smartest person on Earth - but what good is that when the problems she faces are intergalactic? And when our incredible duo makes it back to Earth, they might...