Cool New Books for April
 APRIL FOOLS' RULES
Two of a Kind, No. 22
by Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen
Harper Entertainment
ISBN: 0061066621
Ages 9-12
112 pages
Mary-Kate and Ashley take an April Fools' Day joke too far and put the headmistress's job on the line.
 BREAKDOWN
Remnants, 6
by Katherine A. Applegate
Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 0590881957
Ages 9-12
192 pages
A strange computer-generated battle erupts between Yago and Mother in this latest book in the Remnant's series. Can the other Remnants forge an alliance with their enemies to destroy Mother?
 EYEWITNESS: American Revolution
Eyewitness Books
DK Publishing
ISBN: 0789485567
Ages 9-12
64 pages
In this informative addition to DK's Eyewitness series, many of the finer details of life during the Revolutionary War are explored.
 FREDDY THE PIED PIPER
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585672262
Ages 9-12
253 pages
Freddy's friends know they can always rely on him to help them out of a jam. When Mr. Boomschmidt and his traveling circus run into trouble, Jerry the rhinoceros turns to upstanding Freddy for some advice.
 FREDDY THE COWBOY
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Overlook Press
ISBN: 1585672254
Ages 9-12
233 pages
Mr. Flint is the owner of a dude ranch in Centerboro. He's also plotting to rob a bank. Can Freddy and his Bean Farm friends stop Mr. Flint from robbing the First Animal Bank?
 FREDDY AND THE SPACE SHIP
by Walter R. Brooks
illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Puffin
ISBN: 0142300896
Ages 9-12
272 pages
Freddy and his friends are at it again! This time they are taking a trip to Mars in Benjamin Bean's space ship. Their ship gets knocked off course. Can Freddy and his friends survive danger in the final frontier?
 THE HAMSTER OF THE BASKERVILLES: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko, Private Eye
illustrated by Bruce Hale
Harcourt
ISBN: 0152025030
Ages 9-12
132 pages
Meet Chet Gecko, fourth-grade detective and student at Emerson Hicky Elementary. Chet has to solve a mystery in order to get two get-out-of-detention-free cards and a box of jelly donuts.
THE HIDDEN HARBOR MYSTERY
The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories, 14
by Franklin W. Dixon
Applewood Books
ISBN: 1557092729
Ages Young Adult
228 pages
A newspaper owner asks Frank and Joe to prove his innocence on a libel case.
 HOW TO DRAW II
Dragonball Z
by Michael Teitelbaum, B.S. Watson
Scholastic
ISBN: 0439342430
Ages 9-12
32 pages
This book is the guide on how to draw everything Dragon Ball Z. So grab a pencil, get some paper, and start drawing!
 THE JOURNAL OF C. J. JACKSON, A Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935 -- My Name Is America
by William Durbin
Scholastic Trade
ISBN: 0439153069
Ages 9-12
169 pages
The Dust Bowl was one of the most tragic times in American history. C.J. Jackson lives in Oklahoma but is desperate to survive, so he and his family leave Oklahoma and head West to California. Can C.J. and his family make a better life for themselves in California?
 THE MOON SCROL
Secrets of Droon, 15
by Tony Abbott
Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 0439306086
Ages 9-12
128 pages
Galen needs the wand of Urik, but it has been missing for many years. Galen's disappeared into the evil land of Goll and without the wand, he can't escape. Will he and his friends Eric, Julie, Neal and Keeah be able to locate the wand by studying the Moon Scroll?
 NEVER BEEN KISSED
Mary-Kate & Ashley Sweet 16, 1
by Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen
Harper Entertainment
ISBN: 0060092092
Ages 9-12
144 pages
Don't miss out on this first book in the Sweet 16 series by Mary-Kate and Ashley.
 PERFECT CHALLENGE
Thoroughbred, Vol 52
by Joanna Campell
Harper Entertainment
ISBN: 0061068217
Ages 9-12
176 pages
Melanie Graham has big plans for her horse Image. She wants to run Image in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont. Melane knows that Image needs a lot of practice before entering the big races, so she decides to enter Image in an easy little race in Florida. Then Melanie discovers that her father has entered Image in the prestigous Florida Derby. Can Image win the big race?
 SWEET SIXTEEN
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
by Scott Ciencin
Pocket Books
ISBN: 0743427327
Young Adult
211 pages
Buffy is worried about her younger sister, Dawn. Dawn has made a new friend --- Arianna --- and she seems to have superhuman powers. What's that all about? Buffy's going to find out.
 WIZARDS DON'T WEAR GRADUATION GOWNS
Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, 45
by Debbie Dadey, Marcia Thornton Jones
Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 0439368030
Ages 9-12
80 pages
Bailey City has some strange people in it, but is the new assistant principal really a wizard who plans to turn all the students into animals at the fifth grade graduation ceremony? The Bailey School Kids are going to find out!
 MINNIE AND MOO AND THE POTATO FROM PLANET X
I Can Read Book
illustrated by Denys Cazet
HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN: 0066237513
Ages 4-8
48 pages
Minnie and Moo meet an alien named Spud. Spud just happens to be shaped like a potato. Spud is transporting Anti-Bump Cream, and if he doesn't deliver it to outer space, the earth and the other planets will bump into each other and crush to pieces. Can Minnie and Moo help Spud build his new spaceship in time?
SCOOBY DOO AND THE SEASHORE SLIMER
Scooby-Doo, 22
by James Gelsey
illustrated by Duendes Del Sur
Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 0439284880
Ages 4-8
64 pages
Scooby is hot on the trail of a slimy sea monster. It's up to Scooby and his friends to track down the creepy creature.
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