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Operation Trick Shot
Original price was: $14.99.$10.49Current price is: $10.49.Dude Perfect brings tricks, flips, fist bumps, and that puzzling panda to middle school in this funny fiction series from YouTube’s biggest trick shot stars. In Operation Trick Shot, eighth graders Cory, Coby, Tyler, Garrett, and Cody have a growing video channel, mysterious new skills, and a knack for saving the world–one sport at a time.
In this first book for 8 to 12 year olds, the young dudes plan a trick shot show to raise money for the struggling neighborhood rec center where everyone plays basketball. But they airball at every move as they battle a shooting slump, twin jealousy, and a corporate big wig who cares more about charting profits than community spaces for kids. Plus Panda keeps disappearing! Can the Dudes make the shots, score a world record, and save the neighborhood court? And what is Panda planning behind the scenes?
This comedy-adventure:
*expands the world of Dude Perfect into a hilarious fictional realm where evil forces are trying to steal the joy of sports, backward hats have special powers, and cookies make anything possible;
*features Panda as a behind-the-scenes mastermind who is always one step ahead of the guys;
*combines sports, mystery, clean humor, and old-fashioned teamwork;
*keeps kids reading to find out what crazy situations and stunts the dudes will get into next;
*is the next favorite read for fans of Spy School and Last Kids on Earth; and
*features graphic novel-style illustrations in each chapter.
Kids won’t want to miss this non-stop adventure with their favorite dudes and Panda. (Will we finally find out Panda’s true identity?) Parents will appreciate the wholesome themes that emerge as the Dude Perfect team navigates sticky situations.
This fast-paced, hilarious adventure story is a perfect gift for birthdays, holidays, or motivating your summer reader.
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Oscar And The Mystery Of The Glowing Orbs
$16.99What if you could see things no one else could?
Meet Oscar, a new kid navigating life in a new town, at a new school, with no friends to lean on. Just as he’s decided to shuffle his way through freshman year and settle for lonely lunches on the football bleachers, something extraordinary happens–Oscar begins to see glowing orbs that no one else can see. Confused and curious, he soon discovers he’s not the only one at his school with a mysterious power.
When chaos disrupts Centerville High, Oscar finds himself in the middle of an eclectic group of kids who all want answers…and are eager to take action! These zealous teen journalists and amateur detectives include other “Sensates”–kids like Oscar who have unique powers. No longer alone, Oscar discovers that those orbs he’s been seeing might just be put to good use.
Join Oscar as he untangles his own mysteries of friendship and faith, and learns that overcoming his deepest fears will require tapping into a Power greater than his own.
A Middle-Grade Adventure Full of Courage and Connection
Packed with mystery and heartfelt themes of friendship and faith, Oscar and the Mystery of the Glowing Orbs is a perfect coming-of-age story for middle-grade readers who love detective adventures and stories that inspire curiosity about the unseen marvels in everyday life. Perfect for fans of The Wingfeather Saga and The Sherlock Society, in this book you’ll discover a world of wonder, courage, and connection with Oscar and his friends.
Share this book with your young reader to spark their imagination and inspire meaningful conversations about faith, friendship, and the mysteries that surround us all!
About the Series
Oscar and the Mystery of the Glowing Orbs is the first of three books in The Sensate Saga, a series exploring everyday mysteries and reminding us that there is always more going on than any of us can see.
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Big Fish
$8.99Calling all explorers of God’s great stories! Join Peter, Mary, and their dog, Hank, in a new series of adventures from M. J. Thomas, author of the beloved The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls series, as they follow an ancient map to travel back in time to key moments in Biblical history. The Mystery of the Ancient Map: Book #2 The Big Fish is perfect for both new readers and current fans of the Hidden Scrolls books.
Through fast-paced and edge-of-your-seat action, The Mystery of the Ancient Map books teach children Biblical literacy and how to understand and appreciate God and his word through the stories of the Bible. The Big Fish is the second book in the new Mystery of the Ancient Map series that expands the world of The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls, but it can be thoroughly enjoyed by readers not familiar with Peter, Mary, and Hank’s previous adventures.
Great Uncle Solomon takes Peter, Mary, and Hank on a train trip to investigate a new red X on their ancient map. It leads them to the sea, where they discover a new hidden scroll that takes them back in time, and they stowaway on a ship. When a huge storm comes up, they meet Jonah and end up being swallowed with him by a giant fish! It’s an adventure unlike any other as they journey to Nineveh, encounter the Enemy, and try to solve the secret of the scroll.
The Big Fish:
*Follows the events of Jonah: 1-3.
*Reminds readers that, like Jonah, in times of trouble they can pray to God.
*Is the second book in a chapter book series perfect for emerging readers ages 6-9.
*Includes illustrations throughout, bringing all the action and adventure to life.
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Brave Queen
$8.99Calling all explorers of God’s great stories! Join Peter, Mary, and their dog, Hank, in a new series of adventures from M. J. Thomas, author of the beloved The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls series, as they follow an ancient map to travel back in time to key moments in Biblical history. The Mystery of the Ancient Map: Book #1 The Brave Queen is the perfect starting point for both new readers and current fans of the Hidden Scrolls books.
Through fast-paced and edge-of-your-seat action, The Mystery of the Ancient Map books teach children Biblical literacy and how to understand and appreciate God and his word through the stories of the Bible. The Brave Queen is the first book in the new Mystery of the Ancient Map series that expands the world of The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls, but it can be thoroughly enjoyed by readers not familiar with Peter, Mary, and Hank’s previous adventures.
Peter and Mary are getting ready for a new school year after a summer of time travelling with Great Uncle Solomon’s hidden scrolls, but life seems very boring after all their adventures. Then they get an invitation to go to Israel where Great Uncle Solomon is getting a Lifetime Achievement Award in Archaeology. During Great Uncle Solomon’s acceptance speech, a mysterious woman slips Peter an ancient map with red Xs marking different locations. When they investigate the map, the kids discover a new hidden scroll that takes them to Persia, back to the time of Queen Esther, where they meet Mordecai, the evil Haman, and Queen Esther, and try to solve the secret of the scroll.
The Brave Queen:
*Follows the events of Esther: 1-10.
*Reminds readers that, like Esther, God has a plan for their lives.
*Is the first book in a chapter book series perfect for emerging readers ages 6-9.
*Includes illustrations throughout, bringing all the action and adventure to life.
*Great gift for readers who love The Magic Tree House and I Survived series.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Bug Bandits : The Museum Is Her Home. Her Mission Is To Save It.
$18.99Home Alone meets A Night in the Museum in this clever middle-grade heist story by USA
Today bestselling author Jenni L. Walsh. When a science-loving girl and her friends overhear a plot to rob her dad’s insectarium, they embark on a mission to stop the burglary of the museum’s rarest insects. Inspired by true events, this STEM-based adventure is perfect for fans of hijinks and mysteries.Without a mom and with her dad busy running the museum, Liberty Jacobs was practically raised by the tarantulas, leopard geckos, and rare butterflies of the Walnut Street Insectarium. She loves being the resident “Bug Girl,” but unless Liberty and her dad can snag a big investor, they’ll lose the museum, their home, and the funding Liberty needs to launch her dream business: a butterfly release program called Life & Liberty.
The investor meeting is a week away, but there’s a big problem: Liberty has reason to suspect there’s going to be a “buglary” of the museum’s rarest animals. But the police don’t believe her, and with Dad out of town for an insect convention, it’s up to Liberty and her friends (and her vast knowledge of bug defense mechanisms) to thwart the thieves and save the museum.
The Bug Bandits is:
*perfect for readers ages 8 and up who love mystery and suspense
*An empowering story of adventure, friendship, and courage
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Wild Horse Spring
$12.99For once Stephanie and Diana want the same thing. That’s the problem. Diana and Stephanie are still trying to decide if they like each other when their blended family goes to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for spring break. They’re headed in opposite directions-Diana is crazy about the wild horses and Stephanie is crazy about the boys-until one guy catches both their interests. Soon they’re butting heads-again. But when their crush is accused of committing a crime against the horses, can the stepsisters band together to prove his innocence?
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Season Of Change
$12.99On a long weekend with Diana’s grandparents, Stephanie and Diana face what could be their greatest fear: another divorce in their family.
Diana and Stephanie find a hidden brochure for a marriage counseling retreat in Norm and Lynn’s room, and their suspicions flare when they’re dropped off at Diana’s grandparents’ home on Lake Norman for a “long weekend.” Will there be another divorce? Things go from bad to worse when Diana hits a deer while practicing driving. Then Stephanie’s mom shows up unexpectedly, and the girls are separated. Is it for good? Isn’t that what they wanted? As the girls wonder what it would be like to not have to put up with each other, Diana finds something in the woods, and everything changes.
This final book in the Sisters in all Seasons series brings the story of Stephanie and Diana to a close, and shows what happens when two opposites become friends, and maybe sisters.
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Mas Alla Del Planeta Silencios – (Spanish)
$13.99Mas alla del planeta silencioso es la primera novela de la clasica trilogia de ciencia ficcion de C. S. Lewis. Cuenta la aventura del Dr. Ransom, un academico de Cambridge, que es secuestrado y llevado en una nave espacial al planeta rojo de Malacandra, que el conoce como Marte. Sus captores planean saquear los tesoros del planeta y ofrecer a Ransom como sacrificio a las criaturas que viven alli. Ransom descubre que viene del planeta silencioso, la Tierra, cuya tragica historia es conocida en todo el universo.
Out of the Silent Planet
Out of the Silent Planet is the first novel in C. S. Lewis’s classic science fiction trilogy. It tells the adventure of Dr. Ransom, a Cambridge academic, who is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the planet’s treasures and plan to offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures who live there. Ransom discovers he has come from the silent planet–Earth–whose tragic story is known throughout the universe!
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My Life As An Afterthought Astronaut
$8.99Classic stories from the Wally McDoogle series now with new designs and spot illustrations throughout. “Just ’cause I didn’t follow the rules doesn’t make it my fault that the Space Shuttle almost crashed. Well, okay, maybe it was sort of my fault. But not the part when Pilot O’Brien was spacewalking and I accidentally knocked him halfway to Jupiter, or when I wound up in a space suit and nearly became the first human satellite to orbit the Earth; you can’t blame that on me.”Well, okay, maybe that was sort of my fault, too.”
So begins another hilarious Wally McDoogle MISadventure as our boy blunder stows aboard the Space Shuttle and learns the importance of: OBEYING THE RULES!
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Lions Roar
$6.99The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls series follows siblings Peter and Mary and their dog, Hank, as they discover ancient scrolls that transport them back to key moments in biblical history.
In their sixth adventure, the trio travels back in time to the bustling city of Babylon. When Peter and Mary meet Shadrach and Daniel, they learn that there are new laws that make it illegal to worship or pray to anyone but the king. As time to solve the scroll runs out, Peter and Mary face their biggest challenge yet–a sneaky high priest who wants to get them thrown into the lions’ den with Daniel.
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Hertz To Be A Hero
$15.28Hertz to Be a Hero is an exciting good-versus-evil battle between a brother-sister superhero team and the evil Mephisto. It is book #2 in the “Wanted: Superheroes” series. The evil Mephisto is still on the prowl, and he hopes to bring the city of Nirvana to its knees by controlling its people with a hypnotizing gas. Now that Damocles, the great superhero, is gone, who can stop this villain? Eddie Hertz, a twelve-year-old genius, and his sister, an eight-year-old super-powered girl named Samantha, have a plan-lure Mephisto into a trap by using themselves and Eddie’s superhero invention as bait.
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