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323-263-6901
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323-526-3043
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- Connie Topete, Senior Librarian
Upcoming Events at Benjamin Franklin Branch Library
July 24, 2017 5:30PM to September 19, 2017 7:30PM
Join us for free citizenship and and financial education classes. Learn the English and civics you need to pass the test and become a...
July 25, 2017 5:30PM to September 20, 2017 7:30PM
Join us for free citizenship and and financial education classes. Learn the English and civics you need to pass the test and become a...
July 26, 2017 10:30AM
We invite all babies, toddlers and caregivers to join us for baby and toddler storytime! Let's help our little ones develop a love for...
July 26, 2017 3:30PM to 4:30PM
Try your hand at the art of kokedama, a form of Japanese garden art.
July 26, 2017 6:00PM to 7:30PM
Learn the fundamentals of chess. All experiences welcome.Aprenda los fundamentos de ajedrez. Todos los niveles bienvenidos.
July 27, 2017 4:00PM
Join us as we make a magical potion in the style of Harry Potter! We will also make paper owls to go along with our Harry Potter theme.
July 29, 2017 3:00PM to 4:00PM
The Boyle Heights Historical Society is proud to present a book signing by Dr.
Ongoing Events
Need help studying for the Citizenship Test? Classes start in June. Call or come in to sign up.
¿Necesitas ayuda estudiando para el examen de ciudadanía? Clases comenzarán en junio. ¡Regístrate ahora! Venir o llamar.
Student Zone: Mon/Wed 3:00-5:00; Tues/Thurs 3:30-5:30
Computer assistance and computer classes for adults are available. Please call (323) 268-4710 for more information.
Se ofrece asistencia para computadoras y clases de computadora para adultos en español. Llame al (323) 268-4710 para más información.
STAR – Books come alive for kids when they share the fun of reading with STAR library volunteers. Call Benjamin Franklin for schedule..
- Hot Titles:
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- Non-Fiction
- YA
- Children's
Fiction Hot Titles
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Camino Island.
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The late show.
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Into the water.
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The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane : a novel
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A gentleman in Moscow
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Magpie murders
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The ministry of utmost happiness
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House of spies
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Lincoln in the bardo : a novel
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The force : a novel
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The handmaid's tale
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Testimony
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Rich people problems : a novel
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The fix.
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Since we fell
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Dragon teeth : a novel
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Anything is possible
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Golden prey.
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No middle name : the complete collected Jack Reacher short stories
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The black book
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The identicals : a novel
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Do not become alarmed
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The thirst
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16th seduction
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Come sundown.
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The Essex Serpent : a novel
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The underground railroad : a novel
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Y is for yesterday
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One perfect lie
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A man called Ove : a novel
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The woman in cabin 10
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The whistler : a novel
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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine : a novel
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The wrong side of goodbye : a novel
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Indecent exposure
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The women in the castle : a novel
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Commonwealth.
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The girl before : a novel
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Against all odds : a novel
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Exit west : a novel
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The people we hate at the wedding
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Murder games
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Heartbreak hotel : an Alex Delaware novel
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Use of force : a thriller
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Big little lies
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Small great things : a novel
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Moonglow : a novel
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Nighthawk : a novel from the NUMA Files
Non-Fiction Hot Titles
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Al Franken, giant of the Senate
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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Hunger : a memoir of (my) body
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Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002)
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Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
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Option B : facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy
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Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
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The subtle art of not giving a fuck : a counterintuitive approach to living a good life
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Shattered : inside Hillary Clinton's doomed campaign
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Astrophysics for people in a hurry
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Tools of titans : the tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and world-class performers
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I can't make this up : life lessons
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The rules do not apply : a memoir
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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
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The undoing project : a friendship that changed our minds
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We are never meeting in real life : essays
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You don't have to say you love me : a memoir
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Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow
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Coach Wooden and me : our 50-year friendship on and off the court
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The plant paradox : the hidden dangers in "healthy" foods that cause disease and weight gain
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The bright hour : a memoir of living and dying
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Milk and honey
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Who thought this was a good idea? : and other questions you should have answers to when you work in the White House
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Hué 1968 : a turning point of the American war in Vietnam
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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
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If I understood you, would I have this look on my face? : my adventures in the art and science of relating and communicating
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The vanishing American adult : our coming-of-age crisis--and how to rebuild a culture of self-reliance
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Churchill and Orwell : the fight for freedom
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Make your bed : little things that can change your life...and maybe the world
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Democracy in chains : the deep history of the radical right's stealth plan for America
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The life-changing magic of tidying up : the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing
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No is not enough : resisting Trump's shock politics and winning the world we need
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Believe me : a memoir of love, death, and jazz chickens
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Salt, fat, acid, heat : the four elements of good cooking
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Norse mythology
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You are a badass at making money : master the mindset of wealth.
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When breath becomes air
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Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis
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On tyranny : twenty lessons from the twentieth century
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The glass castle : a memoir
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This fight is our fight : the battle to save America's middle class
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Bad feminist : essays
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You are a bad ass : how to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life
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Alexander Hamilton
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The long haul : a trucker's tales of life on the road
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The four agreements : a practical guide to personal freedom
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Priestdaddy
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The better angels of our nature : why violence has declined
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Between the world and me
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The little book of hygge : Danish secrets to happy living
YA Hot Titles
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The hate u give.
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The dark prophecy (The trials of Apollo, book 2)
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Thirteen reasons why
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The lightning thief
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Everything, everything
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The hidden oracle
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The sea of monsters
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The Titan's curse
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The son of Neptune
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The lost hero
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The last Olympian
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The House of Hades
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The battle of the Labyrinth
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The blood of Olympus
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The Hammer of Thor
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The mark of Athena
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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, book 1 : the sword of summer.
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The Hunger Games
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The maze runner
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The fault in our stars
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Eleanor & Park
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Divergent
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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I am Malala : how one girl stood up for education and changed the world
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Thirteen reasons why
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A court of wings and ruin
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Mockingjay
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Demigods & magicians : Percy and Annabeth meet the Kanes.
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Catching fire
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Always and forever, Lara Jean
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Middle school, the worst years of my life
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The Sun is also a star
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Allegiant
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Red queen
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Lord of shadows
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To all the boys I've loved before
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One of us is lying
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Flame in the mist
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I'll give you the sun
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Insurgent
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When Dimple met Rishi
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The selection
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The city of Ember
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Six of crows
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If I stay : a novel
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A court of thorns and roses
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Fahrenheit 451
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The elite
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Glass sword.
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King's cage
Children's Hot Titles
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Babymouse
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Pokémon adventures
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Diary of a wimpy kid : cabin fever
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Diary of a wimpy kid : double down
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Wonder
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Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days
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Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
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Diary of a wimpy kid : hard luck
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Diary of a wimpy kid : old school
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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 last straw
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the third wheel
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Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
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Pokemon XY
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Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life
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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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Dork diaries 9. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-dorky drama queen
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Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
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Dork diaries 7. by Rachel Renée Russell. Tales from a not-so-glam TV star
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Tales from a not-so-graceful ice princess
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Tales from a not-so-smart Miss Know-It-All
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Tales from a not-so-popular party girl
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Tales from a not-so-talented pop star
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Dork diaries 8. Rachel Renée Russell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell. Tales from a not-so-happily ever after
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Captain Underpants and the sensational saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot : the twelfth epic novel
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Dork diaries 10. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-perfect pet sitter
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Green eggs and ham
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Pokémon black and white
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Dork diaries 11. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-friendly frenemy
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Adventure time
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Pokemon adventures. story, Hidenori Kusaka ; art, Satoshi Yamamoto ; [translation, Katherine Schilling]. Diamond and Pearl/Platinum
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My little pony. Friendship is magic
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Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
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Captain Underpants and the tyrannical retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 : the eleventh epic novel
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Dork diaries. Tales from a not-so-happy heartbreaker
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Captain Underpants and the terrifying return of Tippy Tinkletrousers : the ninth epic novel
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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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]
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The cat in the hat
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One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
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Big Nate blasts off
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The thank you book
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Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
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Captain Underpants and the revolting revenge of the radioactive robo-boxers : the tenth epic novel
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Big Nate : welcome to my world
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Harry Potter and the deathly hallows
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Harry Potter and the cursed child : parts one and two. a new play by Jack Thorne ; based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling ; John Tiffany & Jack Thorne, writers. The official script book of the
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I am invited to a party!
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Big Nate : thunka, thunka, thunka
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