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Book SynopsisThe pup detectives of Pawston Elementary join forces to solve the crimes happening all around them in this collectible paperback boxed set containing the first three graphic novel chapter books in the Pup Detectives series!Rider Woofson thought he was the only puppy PI at Pawston Elementary…until he met Rora Goodog, Westie Barker, and Ziggy Fluffenstuff. Together, these four pups form the PI Pack, determined the solve mysteries and catch criminals. And while Pawston Elementary might have an unusually high number of super sleuths for one school, it also has an unusually high amount of criminal activity happening! Pencil thieves, lunchtime bandits, and show-and-tell saboteurs have been warned: the pup detectives are on the case! This stylish boxed set includes: The First Case The Tiger’s Eye The Soccer Mystery

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Book SynopsisThe classroom pets of Sunnyview Elementary band together to form a Superpet Superhero League to fight crime! Blast off with their first three chapter book graphic novel adventures in this collectible paperback boxed set.Turbo the hamster is the official classroom pet of Classroom C at Sunnyview Elementary…and he has a top-secret identity as Super Turbo, crime-fighting superhero! He can’t believe it when he finds out he’s not the only superpet in town (or in school)! As he meets fellow superpets, such as Angelina the guinea pig (a.k.a. Wonder Pig) and Frank the rabbit (a.k.a. Boss Bunny), he also encounters a super VILLAINS. Can the superpets defeat Whiskerface and his rat pack, flying ninja squirrels, and evil new pencil sharpeners? These graphic novel adaptations of the Super Turbo chapter books feature fun, bright, full-color panels that bring the stories to life better than ever before—but with all the same humor and action that readers have come to expect from Super Turbo! This heroic boxed set includes: Super Turbo Saves the Day! Super Turbo vs. the Flying Ninja Squirrels Super Turbo vs. The Pencil Pointer

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of the Pearls Before Swine comic strip and New York Times bestselling Timmy Failure series comes a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming, full-color graphic novel series about a quirky town—just right for young readers starting to read longer books!Wendy the Wanderer has lived in Trubble Town her whole life but never had the chance to go exploring. For this reason, she thinks she was definitely misnamed. Her dad likes to know where she is to make sure she’s safe, so she’s never been anywhere on her own. Then, her dad leaves on a trip and the babysitter doesn’t reinforce all the usual rules. Or any of the usual rules! Suddenly, Wendy is free to do what she wants, and what she wants is to live up to her name…and find Trubble. Turns out, there’s lots going on in Trubble Town. As she encounters endearingly goofy animals and hilariously hapless townsfolk, Wendy’s very first adventure takes more twists and turns than she could have ever expected. She learns some really valuable life lessons and even teaches a few of her own.

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of the Pearls Before Swine comic strip and New York Times bestselling Timmy Failure series comes a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming, full-color graphic novel series about a quirky town—just right for young readers starting to read longer books!Wendy the Wanderer has lived in Trubble Town her whole life but never had the chance to go exploring. For this reason, she thinks she was definitely misnamed. Her dad likes to know where she is to make sure she’s safe, so she’s never been anywhere on her own. Then, her dad leaves on a trip and the babysitter doesn’t reinforce all the usual rules. Or any of the usual rules! Suddenly, Wendy is free to do what she wants, and what she wants is to live up to her name…and find Trubble. Turns out, there’s lots going on in Trubble Town. As she encounters endearingly goofy animals and hilariously hapless townsfolk, Wendy’s very first adventure takes more twists and turns than she could have ever expected. She learns some really valuable life lessons and even teaches a few of her own.

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Book SynopsisKnight-in-training Tim and his best friend, Belinda, embark on a quest to save Princess Grace in this second book in the hilarious, highly illustrated Once Upon a Tim middle grade series from New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs.Prince Ruprecht is VERY UPSET that knights-in-training, Tim and Belinda, have thwarted his plans and ruined his chances with Princess Grace. And so, to get even, he has kidnapped the princess and trapped her in the most complicated, dangerous, complex, dastardly, biggest (okay you get the point)?and scariest maze in all the world! Now it?s up to Tim, Belinda, Ferkle, and Rover to fend off menacing beasts (like the minotaur), conquer treacherous obstacles (like chasms filled with cave sharks), find their way through the labyrinth (which is very tricky), and rescue the princess before time runs out. Oh, and also they need to remember how to get back out again?or they?ll be trapped inside the maze forever.

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Book SynopsisThe second book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series continues in graphic novel form as aspiring spy Ben Ripley must spend his summer in top-secret training?and is thrown back into danger.Ben Ripley is a middle schooler whose school is not exactly average?he?s spent the last year training to be a top-level spy and dodging all sorts of associated danger. So now that summer?s finally here, Ben would like to have some fun and relax. But that?s not going to happen during required spy survival training at a rustic wilderness camp, where SPYDER, an enemy spy organization, has infiltrated the spies? ranks. Can Ben root out the enemy before it takes him out?for good? Venture into the perilous wilderness with Ben in action-packed, full-color panels.

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