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Munsch and Martchenko turn their creative attention on a moose — with hilarious results!Luke gets up early one Saturday morning and finds a moose in the backyard. He wakes up his dad, and then his mom, and each declares that "mo...
IE Immigrant Experiences RR Religion and Religious Identity
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A New York Times bestseller! JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world... ISABEL is a Cuban ...
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Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boo...
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It’s the first day at a new school for unicorn-loving, practical Tia. It’s hard to be the new kid. Lunching alone in an obscure club room, she finally finds an unlikely friend in Leo, who loves being funny and sometimes forgets to think before he jokes.Tia and Leo notice ...
By Elizabeth MacLeod, Illustrated By Mike Deas
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The award-winning Scholastic Canada Biography series highlights the lives of remarkable Canadians, whose achievements and legacies have inspired and changed the lives of those that followed them.In Meet Terry Fox, the legendary story of how Terry Fox came to ru...

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By Elizabeth MacLeod, Illustrated By Mike Deas
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Winner, Sharon Fitzhenry Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction 2025
Jim was born in 1921, and he had an ordinary childhood. But as he grew up, he knew he was a little different than his friends. As a young man, Jim joined the war effort and travelled the world. He discovered there were other people like himself — he was gay. Jim hadn’t eve...
Winner, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award 2025
Goodbye, old life... Lia and her family are waiting to board a flight across the Atlantic, leaving behind family, friends, and Romania -- the only home Lia has ever known. But Lia's heartache is overshadowed by the discomfort of her first period. As if th...
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By Kelly Yang, Illustrated By Fumio Obata
Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2:...
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Ben Lim is so excited for his French Club's trip to the most romantic city in the world: Paris. Ben's even made a to-do list of all the things he wants to accomplish, like see the Mona Lisa IRL and read a book in a sophisticated cafe. Also, Ben's parents honeymooned in Paris, ...
After the explosive events at the Unity Concert, Yuna and the other members of her K-Pop band, MoonGlow, must reckon with the return of a sinister evil force. Can Yuna get to the bottom of her encounter after the concert or will evil triumph once and for all?
Four more spine-tingling stories from award-winning author Joel A. Sutherland have been adapted into chilling graphic novellas. In this third collection, horror lovers will read about:A swamp with a terrifying resident . . .An...
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Everyone in school knows Nick and Charlie. Everyone knows they’re going to be together forever. But Charlie’s busy with his bid to become Head Boy. And while Nick is preparing to leave for college, he’s starting to wonder who he’ll be… without Charlie.Cont...