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  Fifth-grader Cliff Abernathy has come to realize that being the oldest of six children is not just fun and games. The position comes with responsibilities. His parents expect him to help monitor the behavior of his little brothers and younger sister, and he is often in trouble for falling down on the job. He definitely enjoys the perks of being the oldest, but sometimes he wonders if they are really a good trade-off for the extra work his parents expect of him...Click here for more of the curledupkids.com review of Ralph Fletcher's Fig Pudding.
 
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*Fig Pudding* by Ralph Fletcher - click here for our young readers book review
 

Ralph Fletcher's
Fig Pudding
*Far-Flung Adventures: Corby Flood* by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell - click here for our young readers book review
 

Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's
Far-Flung Adventures: Corby Flood
*Far-Flung Adventures: Hugo Pepper* by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell - click here for our young readers book review
 

Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's
Far-Flung Adventures: Hugo Pepper
*The Declaration* by Gemma Malley - click here for our young readers book review
 

Gemma Malley's
The Declaration
*15 Minutes* by Steve Young - click here for our young readers book review
 

Steve Young's
15 Minutes
*The Criminal in the Caymans (Incredible Journey Books)* by Connie Lee Berry - click here for our young readers book review
 

Connie Lee Berry's
The Criminal in the Caymans (Incredible Journey Books)
*Treasure in Tahiti (Incredible Journey Books)* by Connie Lee Berry - click here for our young readers book review
 

Connie Lee Berry's
Treasure in Tahiti (Incredible Journey Books)
*A Pickpocket's Tale* by Karen Schwabach - click here for our young readers book review
 

Karen Schwabach's
A Pickpocket's Tale
 
 
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Akimbo & the Crocodile Man - Alexander McCall Smith
Akira to Zoltan: Twenty-Six Men Who Changed the World - Cynthia Chin-Lee
Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness) - Tamora Pierce
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Amelia Rules, Vols. 1-3: The Whole World's Crazy, What Makes You Happy, & Superheroes - Jimmy Gownley
The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen - Maria Tatar
The Annotated Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett and Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Arabel and Mortimer - Joan Aiken
Arabel's Raven - Joan Aiken
Araminta Spookie 2: The Sword in the Grotto - Angie Sage
Atherton #1: The House of Power - Patrick Carman

Babymouse: Our Hero - Jennifer & Matthew Holm
Babymouse: Queen of the World - Jennifer & Matthew Holm
Babymouse #6: Camp Babymouse - Jennifer & Matthew Holm
Babymouse #7: Skater Girl - Jennifer & Matthew Holm
Babymouse #8: Puppy Love - Jennifer & Matthew Holm
Befiddled - Pedro De Alcantara
Belle Prater's Boy - Ruth White
Big Bang! The Tongue-Tickling Tale of a Speck That Became Spectacular - Carolyn Cinami Decristofano
The Big Book of Boy Stuff - Bart King
The Big Book of Girl Stuff - Bart King
Big Bugs - Seymour Simon
Big Rig Rustlers - Max Elliot Anderson
Billy Hooten: Owlboy - Thomas E. Sniegoski
The Black Stallion's Blood Bay Colt - Walter Farley
The Black Stallion's Sulky Colt - Walter Farley
Blast to the Past #1: Lincoln's Legacy - Stacia Deutsch & Rhody Cohon
Blindspot - Kevin C. Pyle
Blue Schwartz & Nefertiti's Necklace: A Mystery with Recipes - Betty Jacobson Hechtman
The Book of Fairies - Michael Hague
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Brain Quest DVD Game: Ages 8-10 - Brighter Minds Media
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Butterfingers - J.M. Trelleward

A Caldecott Celebration: Seven Authors and Their Paths to the Caldecott Medal - Leonard S. Marcus
Charlotte in Paris - Joan MacPhail Knight
Children's Miscellany - Matthew Morgan & Samantha Barnes
Cinderella (As If You Didn't Already Know the Story) - Barbara Ensor
Cinderella (As If You Didn't Already Know the Story) - Barbara Ensor
Cirque Du Freak #9: Killers of the Dawn - Darren Shan
Cirque Du Freak #11: Lord of the Shadows - Darren Shan
The Clique - Lisi Harrison
Collectopia: A Friendship Scraptacular - Catherine Rondeau and Peggy Brown
Collectopia: Wacktivity - Catherine Rondeau and Peggy Brown
Collinsfort Village - Joe Ekaitis
Corydon & the Island of Monsters - Tobias Druitt
Cover-up: Mystery at the Super Bowl - John Feinstein
Crazy Fish - Norma Fox Mazer
Creepy Chicago: A Ghosthunter's Tales of the City's Scariest Sites - Ursula Bielski
Crossing Cadogan Bay: The Secret of the Keepers - J.M. Mangano
The Curse of the Raven Mocker - Lisi Harrison

Daring Quests of Mystics - Shirley Cheng
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The Darkest Age II: The Book of the Sword - A.J. Lake
Demonkeeper - Royce Buckingham
Diary of a Would-Be Princess - Jessica Green
Doctor Illuminatus: The Alchemist's Son Part 1 - Martin Booth
Do-Over - Christine Hurley Deriso
Dragon Slippers - Jessica Day George
Dragon Tears - Ruth E. Glover
Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons - Dugald Steer

Eggs [unabridged audio CD] - Jerry Spinelli
Ellie McDoodle: Have Pen, Will Travel - Ruth Barshaw
Emily Windsnap & the Monster from the Deep - Liz Kessler
Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini - Sid Fleischman
Eulalia! (Redwall) - Brian Jacques
The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy, Book 1: The Hero Revealed - William Boniface

The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood - Barb Bentler Ullman
The Faithgirlz Bible - Nancy N. Rue
Faithgirlz/Blog On!: Grace Notes - Dandi Daley Mackall
Fergus, the Soccer Playing Colt - Dan A. Peterson
Far-Flung Adventures: Fergus Crane - Paul Stewart
Firecracker Jones Is on the Case - Christopher Klim
First Test: Book 1 of the Protector of the Small Quartet - Tamora Pierce
Fly by Night - Frances Hardinge
For a Speck of Gold - Donna Getzinger
Forrest Tales: The Secret of the Labyrinth - C.J. Lewis
Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist: Frantastic Voyage - Jim Benton

Gaia Girls: Way of Water - Lee Welles
Gaia Girls: Enter the Earth - Lee Welles
Ghost Letters - Stephen Alter
The Gods and Their Machines - Oisin McGann
The Golden Rat - Don Wulffson
Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes - Pamela S. Turner

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
Harry The Poisonous Centipede Goes to Sea - Lynne Reid Banks
Heat - Mike Lupica
Hey There, Stink Bug! - Leslie Bulion
Holes - Louis Sachar
Horns and Wrinkles - Joseph Helgerson
Hot Hand: Mike Lupica's Comeback Kids - Mike Lupica

I Heard It from Alice Zucchini: Poems About the Garden - Juanita Havill
I, Coriander - Sally Gardner
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period - Gennifer Chodenko
Ingo - Helen Dunmore
Into the Woods - Lyn Gardner
Isabel of the Whales - Hester Velmans

Jennifer Murdley's Toad (A Magic Shop Book) - Bruce Coville
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (A Magic Shop Book) - Bruce Coville
Jonathan Swift's Gulliver - Chris Riddell
Jump: The Nick Guide to Jumping Rope - Nickelodeon

Kids Cook 1-2-3: Recipes for Young Chefs Using Only Three Ingredients - Rozanne Gold
Kiki Strike: The Empress's Tomb - Kirsten Miller
Kino No Tabi: Book One of the Beautiful World - Keiichi Shigusawa
The Knit-It Kit for Kids: 10 Fun Beginning Knitting Projects - Jennifer Traig
Kobzar's Children: A Century of Untold Stories by Ukrainians - Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

The Lambkins - Eve Bunting
Lawn Boy - Gary Paulsen
Legend of the White Wolf - Max Elliot Anderson
The Legend of Zoey - Candie Moonshower
Let's Go Yo-Yo! - Nickelodeon
Listen! - Stephanie S. Tolan
Little Eagle - Chen Jiang Hong
The London Eye Mystery - Siobhan Dowd
Lucy Rose: Busy Like You Can't Believe - Katy Kelly
Luke Carter and the Sword of Kings - A.J. Ensor
Lyra's Oxford - Philip Pullman

The Magic Half - Annie Barrows
Magic Tree House #34: Season of the Sandstorms - Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Tree House #37: Dragon of the Red Dawn - Mary Pope Osborne
Magic Tree House Research Guide: Polar Bears and the Arctic - Mary Pope Osborne & Natalie Pope Boyce
Magic Tree House Research Guide: Tsunamis & Other Natural Disasters - Mary Pope Osborne & Natalie Pope Boyce
The Magical Worlds of Philip Pullman - David Colbert
Manga Claus: The Blade of Kringle [graphic novel] - Nathaniel Marunas
Mary Poppins in the Kitchen: A Cookery Book with a Story - P.L. Travers
Masterpieces Up Close: Western Painting from the 14th to 20th Centuries - Claire d'Harcourt
Max & Maddy and the Bursting Balloons - Alexander McCall Smith
Max & Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery - Alexander McCall Smith
Meet Martin Luther King, Jr. (Landmark Books) - James T. Dekay
Middle School: How to Deal - Sarah Miller, Alex Stikeleather & Sara Borden
Minerva Clark Gets a Clue - Karen Karbo
The Misadventures of Hobart Hucklebuck - Stan Swanson
The Misadventures of Maude March: Or Trouble Rides a Fast Horse - Audrey Couloumbis
Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster - Debra Frasier
Miss O & Friends: Room for One More - Devra Newberger Speregen
Miss O & Friends: Trouble with a Capital O - Devra Newberger Speregen
Molly Moon's Hypnotic Time Travel Adventure - Georgia Byng
The Moon of Gomrath: A Tale of Alderley - Alan Garner
Mountain Cabin Mystery - Max Elliot Anderson
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little - Peggy Gifford
Muddle Earth - Paul Stewart
My Body, My Self for Girls: A What's Happening to My Body? Quizbook & Journal, 2nd Ed. - Lynda & Area Madaras
My Feelings, My Self: A Growing-Up Journal for Girls, 2nd Ed. (What's Happening to My Body? Series) - Lynda & Area Madaras
My Last Best Friend - Julie Bowe
My Missmatched Life: A Marvelous, Zany, Kooky, Fabulous Scrapbook - Chronicle Books
The Mystery of the Jubilee Diamond - Gary Wassner

The Name Game Jr.: The Family Guessing Game - Steve Crystal
The Name of This Book Is Secret - Pseudonymous Bosch
The Necklace of Stones - Philip Carraher
The Newspaper Caper - Max Elliot Anderson
The Night Before Christmas - Clement C. Moore
The Nutcracker - Michael Hague
North Woods Poachers - Max Elliot Anderson
Number the Stars - Lois Lowry

On the Wings of Heroes - Richard Peck
Otto Undercover #4: Toxic Taffy Takeover - Rhea Perlman
Owlboy: The Girl with the Destructo Touch - Thomas E. Sniegoski

The People Could Fly - Virginia Hamilton
The Periodic Table: Elements with Style! - Adrian Dingle and Simon Basher
The Phantom Isles - Stephen Alter
The Picture Wagon: A Children's Historical Novel - Donna Getzinger
Playing with Stuff: Outrageous Games with Ordinary Objects - Ferry Piekart & Lars Deltrap
The Poisoned Crown (Sangreal Trilogy) - Amanda Hemingway
Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters - Patricia McKissack
Pretty Freekin Scary #1: You Smell Dead - Chris P. Flesh
Project Mulberry - Linda Sue Park
The Prophecy - Hilari Bell
Pure Dead Batty - Debi Gliori
Pure Dead Brilliant - Debi Gliori
Pure Dead Frozen - Debi Gliori
Pure Dead Magic - Debi Gliori
Pure Dead Trouble - Debi Gliori
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Quincy, the Hobby Photographer - J. Otto Seibold

The Railway Children - E. Nesbit
The Random House Dinosaur Travel Guide - Kelly Milner Halls
Rapunzel: A Bilingual Book - Francesc Bofill
Real Samurai - Stephen Turnbull
Rickshaw Girl - Mitali Perkins
Rotten School #6: The Heinie Prize - R.L. Stine
Rotten School #7: Dudes, the School is Haunted! - R.L. Stine
Robin: The Lovable Morgan Horse - Ellen F. Feld
Running with the Reservoir Pups (Eddie and the Gang with No Name) - Colin Bateman

The Saddle Club: Horse Power - Bonnie Bryant
The Scary States of America: 50 Weird and Terrifying Stories Based on True Events - Michael Teitelbaum
The Search for Belle Prater - Ruth White
Secret of Abbott's Cave - Max Elliot Anderson
The Secret Shelter - Sandi LeFaucher
The Secret World of Magic - Rosalind Kerven
Secrets of Dripping Fang, Book 3: The Vampire's Curse - Dan Greenburg
Secrets of Dripping Fang, Book 4: Fall of the House of Mandible - Dan Greenburg
Secrets of Dripping Fang, Book 5: The Shluffmuffin Boy is History - Dan Greenburg
Septimus Heap, Book 2: Flyte - Angie Sage
Septimus Heap, Book 1: Magyk - Angie Sage
Septimus Heap, Book 3: Physik - Angie Sage
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 2: The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 3: The Wide Window - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 4: The Miserable Mill - Lemony Snicket
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A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6: The Ersatz Elevator - Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 7: The Vile Village - Lemony Snicket
The Serpent's Spell - Rae Bridgman
Shelby & the Shifting Rings - A.M. Veillon
Shredderman 1: Secret Identity - Wendelin Van Draanen
Shredderman 2: Attack of the Tagger - Wendelin Van Draanen
Sienna's Scrapbook: Our African American Heritage - Toni Trent Parker & Janell Genovese
The Skull of Truth: A Magic Shop Book - Bruce Coville
Small Steps - Louis Sachar
Solomon Snow and the Silver Spoon - Kaye Umansky
Solomon Snow and the Stolen Jewel - Kaye Umansky
The Spoon in the Bathroom Wall - Tony Johnston
Squire: Book 3 of the Protector of the Small Quartet - Tamora Pierce

Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A Classic Illustrated Edition - Cooper Edens
Terror at Wolf Lake - Max Elliot Anderson
Thank You, Lucky Stars - Beverly Donofrio
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos - R. L. LaFevers
Toad Heaven - Morris Gleitzman
Toad Rage - Morris Gleitzman
Tour America: A Journey Through Poems & Art - Diane Siebert
Trees (Field Guides) - Maria Angeles Julivert
Trickster's Choice: Daughter of the Lioness, Book 1 - Tamora Pierce
Trickster's Queen: Daughter of the Lioness, Book 2 - Tamora Pierce
Trouble Under Oz - Sherwood Smith
True Talents - David Lubar
Twelve - Lauren Myracle
Two Hot Dogs with Everything - Paul Haven
Two-Minute Drill: Mike Lupica's Comeback Kids - Mike Lupica

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Ursula's Maiden Army - Philip Griffith

Vampire Island - Adele Griffin
The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle - Hugh Lofting

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What the Parrot Told Alice - Dale Smith
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The Witch of Clatteringshaws (Wolves Chronicles) - Joan Aiken
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Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly - Gail Carson Levine

The Year They Won: A Tale of the Boston Red Sox - Gerard Purciello

Zahrah the Windseeker - Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
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