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Babymouse Queen of the World

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Babymouse Queen of the World Bibliographic Information : Holm, Jennifer L., and Matthew Holm.  Babymouse: queen of the world!  New York: Random House Children's Books, 2005. Plot Summary: Babymouse is a typical young girl *mouse that wants to have fun, fit in, and dreams of being the Queen of the World!   Babymouse is not the most popular girl in school, but she does have a best friend, Wilson the Weasel. She discovers that she can always count on Wilson as a real friend.   Babymouse hears that one of the cool kids-Felicia Furrypaws is having a slumber party. As soon as Babymouse hears about the party she thinks will be so mush fun she is dying to go.     Unfortunately, it is the same night Babymouse promised to watch a monster movie with Wilson.   Babymouse doesn't get an invitation but decides she will do whatever it takes to go to that party.   Babymouse decides that it is worth it to miss the movie with Wilson and she is sure he will understand.   Babymouse
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The Scorpio Races

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The Scorpio Races Bibliographic Information: Stiefvater, Maggie.  The Scorpio Races . New York: Scholastic, 2013. Plot Summary:   Every November the Scorpio races take place.   Tourists come from all over to the island of Thisby to watch riders mount their capaill uisce, magical water horses, and try to survive and win the Scorpio Races.   These water horses are deadly.   Their magic pulls them to the ocean where they want to take their mounts and drown them in the sea. The Scorpio Races are dangerous. Sean Kendrick watched his father die on a capaill uisce, and it is now his turn to race to win the water horse, Coll, that he has raised since it was a baby.   Since Sean lost his dad, he has been working for the Malverns to raise and breed horses.   Sean is known on the island for his unique abilities to deal with the capaill uisce.   Tensions rise between Kendrick and Malvern's son who is jealous of Sean.   Mr. Malvern makes a deal with Sean that if he wins on
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon

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The Girl Who Drank the Moon Bibliographic Information: Barnhill, K. R. (2016).  The girl who drank the moon . Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Young Readers. ISBN 1616205679 Plot Summary: Xan, the witch, saves a baby that the village abandons every year. [G1]   [G2]     Xan takes the babies on a journey through the forest and feeds them starlight to sustain them until they reach their new homes.   Luna is a special case because Xan accidentally fed her moonlight giving her magical powers.   Xan decides to raise Luna herself.   As a young girl, Luna cannot control her powers so Xan tries to keep her safe by putting a magical enchantment on Luna so that she does not know anything magical and keeps it contained.   Luna grows up with a friendly swamp monster named Glerk and a helpful little dragon named Fyrian.   A young man at the village is determined not to have his baby taken away and given to the forest so he sets out on a journey to kill the witch that has been taking the babi
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