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Reviewed by: Nicholas Beyelia, Librarian, History and Genealogy Department
Call Number: 364.9747 B111
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Fiction Hot Titles
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Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel
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An American marriage
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The woman in the window
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The great alone
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Manhattan Beach : a novel
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The immortalists : a novel
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Sing, unburied, sing : a novel
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Pachinko
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Still me
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The power : a novel
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The escape artist
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Ready Player One
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Down the river unto the sea
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Before We Were Yours: A Novel
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The Rooster Bar.
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The perfect nanny : a novel
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Origin.
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Fifty fifty
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A gentleman in Moscow
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Sunburn.
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Call Me By Your Name
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Two kinds of truth.
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Night moves : an Alex Delaware novel
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The wanted
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The wife between us
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The house of broken angels.
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Munich
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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine : a novel
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The female persuasion
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The midnight line : a Jack Reacher novel
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Surprise me : a novel
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The 17th suspect
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The fallen
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Asymmetry
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End game
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Chicago : a novel
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Look for me : a novel
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Annihilation
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Lincoln in the bardo : a novel
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The girl who takes an eye for an eye
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The punishment she deserves
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Dark in death : an Eve Dallas novel
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Exit west : a novel
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White houses : a novel
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City of endless night
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The late show.
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Alternate side : a novel
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Accidental heroes : a novel
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A column of fire
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Red sparrow : a novel
Non-Fiction Hot Titles
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Fire and fury : inside the Trump white house
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Educated : a memoir
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Russian roulette : the inside story of Putin's war on America and the election of Donald Trump
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The subtle art of not giving a fuck : a counterintuitive approach to living a good life
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I'll be gone in the dark : one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer
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12 rules for life : an antidote to chaos
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The last black unicorn
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A higher loyalty : truth, lies, and leadership
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
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Enlightenment now : the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress
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When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
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Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
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Bone
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Grant
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Bachelor nation : inside the world of America's favorite guilty pleasure
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Tribe of mentors : short life advice from the best in the world
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Lost connections : uncovering the real causes of depression-- and the unexpected solutions
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Food : what the heck should I eat?
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Braving the wilderness : the quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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The Vanity fair diaries : 1983-1992
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Principles
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Dear Madam President
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The plant paradox : the hidden dangers in "healthy" foods that cause disease and weight gain
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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
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Happiness is a choice you make : lessons from a year among the oldest old
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Skin in the game : hidden asymmetries in daily life
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Just the funny parts : ... and a few hard truths about sneaking into the Hollywood boys' club : a memoir
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Hitler in Los Angeles : how Jews foiled Nazi plots against Hollywood and America
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Molly's Game: The True Story of the 26-Year-old Woman Behind the Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World
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Heart berries : a memoir
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We were eight years in power : an American tragedy
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Rise and kill first : the secret history of Israel's targeted assassinations
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Feel free : essays
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We are never meeting in real life : essays
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
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Miss D & me : life with the invincible Bette Davis
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The four agreements : a practical guide to personal freedom
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A Brief History of Time
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It's even worse than you think : what the Trump administration is doing to America
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I've been thinking-- : reflections, prayers, and meditations for a meaningful life
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The Sun and Her Flowers
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Directorate S : the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Everything happens for a reason : and other lies I've loved
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How democracies die
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Saga. Brian K. Vaughan, writer ; Fiona Staples, artist ; Fonografiks, lettering + design. Vol. 8
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Hunger : a memoir of (my) body
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Milk and honey
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Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race
YA Hot Titles
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Children of blood and bone
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The Hate U Give
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Smile
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Drama
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Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda
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Sisters
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Ghosts
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The sea of monsters
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The dark prophecy (The trials of Apollo, book 2)
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The Ship of the Dead
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The mark of Athena
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Turtles all the way down
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The House of Hades
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The Hazel Wood
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Boxers
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The son of Neptune
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The Hunger Games
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The cruel prince
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I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
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Everything, everything
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Thunderhead
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How to fake a moon landing : exposing the myths of science denial
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The death cure
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Beloved
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Every day
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The Titan's curse
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The Prince and the Dressmaker
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One of us is lying
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The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
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Thirteen reasons why
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Catching fire
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda
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We Are Okay
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Eleanor & Park
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The Librarian of Auschwitz
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Scott Pilgrim
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Long way down
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Divergent
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Bull
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The book of dust
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Far From the Tree
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Between shades of gray
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The outsiders
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Brazen : rebel ladies who rocked the world
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Civil War II
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The hidden oracle
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The last Olympian
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The maze runner
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The lost hero
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Batman: Nightwalker
Children's Hot Titles
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Babymouse
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Diary of a wimpy kid : double down
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Diary of a wimpy kid : cabin fever
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Diary of a wimpy kid : hard luck
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw
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Diary of a wimpy kid : old school
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Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the long haul
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth
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Diary of a wimpy kid : Rodrick rules
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the third wheel
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Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the getaway
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Wonder
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Dog Man and Cat Kid. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with color by Jose Garibaldi. [4]
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Pokémon adventures
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![Dog Man unleashed. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with interior color by Jose Garibaldi. [2]](http://www.lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/hot-titles-scroller/public/items/2017/ff4d5a8315895f9aaaf4a55025e681c9.jpg?itok=2_v9gX2f)
Dog Man unleashed. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with interior color by Jose Garibaldi. [2]
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Green eggs and ham
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A wrinkle in time
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Dog Man. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with color by Jose Garibaldi. [1]
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Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
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A wrinkle in time
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Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life
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The cat in the hat
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Tales from a not-so-graceful ice princess
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Dog Man : a tale of two kitties [#3]
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Dork diaries 12. Rachel Renee Russell ; with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell. Tales from a not-so-secret crush catastrophe
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Dork diaries 7. by Rachel Renée Russell. Tales from a not-so-glam TV star
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Are you my mother?
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One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
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Hop on Pop
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Tales from a not-so-smart Miss Know-It-All
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Dork diaries 9. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-dorky drama queen
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Dork diaries 11. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-friendly frenemy
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Dork diaries 10. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-perfect pet sitter
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Tales from a not-so-talented pop star
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The thank you book
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Captain Underpants and the terrifying return of Tippy Tinkletrousers : the ninth epic novel
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Tales from a not-so-popular party girl
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Adventure time
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Captain Underpants and the preposterous plight of the purple potty people : the eighth epic novel
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Fox in socks
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Elephants cannot dance!
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Big Nate blasts off
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The cat in the hat comes back!
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Captain Underpants and the big, bad battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, part 2 : the revenge of the ridiculous Robo-Boogers : the seventh epic novel
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The Baby-sitters Club. a graphic novel
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A wrinkle in time
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Auggie & me : three wonder stories
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Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
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