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In this section, you'll find stories personally selected by Hwee Goh to build your Super Reader.

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    As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow

    $17.00

    Written by Zoulfa KatouhpaperbackBurning with the fires of hope and possibility, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow will sweep you up and never let y...

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    $17.00
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  • City of Stolen Magic

    $18.30

    Written by Nazneen Ahmed PathakpaperbackIndia, 1855. The British rule, and all across the country, Indian magic is being stamped out.More terrifyin...

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    $18.30
  • Emman, Time Traveller: The Redhill Tragedy

    $13.80

    Written by Josephine ChiapaperbackThis is an adventure story, of a modern boy time-travelling to the past.Emmanuel was in school when he received a...

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    $13.80
  • Finding Bear

    $29.00

    Written by Hannah GoldhardcoverApril Wood has returned home from her adventure on Bear Island, but over a year later, she can’t stop thinking about...

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    $29.00
  • Hope on the Horizon: A children's handbook on empathy, kindness and making a better world

    $21.00

    Written Onjali Q. Rauf  |  Illustrated by Pippa Curnick and Isobel Lundie paperbackNo one is too small to make a change.Growing up, there is so muc...

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    $21.00
  • Impossible Creatures

    Original price $19.90
    Current price $18.00

    Written by Katherine RundellpaperbackIt was a very fine day, until something tried to eat him.A boy called Christopher is visiting his reclusive gr...

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    Original price $19.90
    Current price $18.00
  • Oyster Girl

    Original price $15.00
    Current price $13.50

    Written by Joyce Chng | Illustrated by Teressa OngpaperbackXiao Wei's grandma is an awesome hawker, well known for her Hokkien oyster cakes. But X...

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    Original price $15.00
    Current price $13.50
  • Pony

    $27.80

    Written by R. J. PalaciopaperbackTwelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three horsemen who arrive unannounced to take his father a...

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    $27.80
  • The Beatryce Prophecy

    $16.00

    Written by Kate DiCamillo  |  Illustrated by Sophie BlackallpaperbackFrom two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo and two-time Caldecott Medalist ...

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    $16.00
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    The Dreamweavers

    $17.30

    Written by G. Z. SchmidtpaperbackTwin siblings sneak into the emperor’s palace to break a curse in this Chinese folklore-inspired fantasy adventure...

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    $17.30
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    The Girl Who Drank The Moon

    $15.00

    Written by Kelly BarnhillpaperbackEvery year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. Th...

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    $15.00
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    The Last Mapmaker

    $32.00

    Written by Christina Soontornvathardcover In a fantasy adventure every bit as compelling and confident in its world building as her Newbery Honor B...

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    $32.00
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  • The Last Mapmaker

    $17.90

    Written by Christina Soontornvatpaperback In a fantasy adventure every bit as compelling and confident in its world building as her Newbery Honor B...

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    $17.90
  • The Lost Whale

    Original price $17.90
    Current price $17.00

    Written by Hannah Gold  |  Illustrated by Levi PinfoldpaperbackRio has been sent to live with a grandmother he barely knows in California, while hi...

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    Original price $17.90
    Current price $17.00
  • The Ogress and the Orphans

    $19.40

    Written by Kelly BarnhillpaperbackA new fantasy classic from the Newbery Medal winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Dran...

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    $19.40
  • Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit

    $16.00

    Written by Jesse Q. SutantopaperbackTheo Tan doesn't want a spirit companion. He just wants to be a normal American kid, playing video games and us...

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    $16.00
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    When You Trap a Tiger

    $15.50

    Written by Tae KellerpaperbackWould you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes...

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    $15.50
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  • You Don't Have to be Loud: A Quiet Kid's Guide to Being Heard

    $19.90

    Written by Ben BrookspaperbackA shy kid's guide to thriving in their own (quiet) way. Do you sometimes feel afraid of talking in front of people, m...

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    $19.90
  • You Don't Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl From Ukraine

    $20.00

    Written by Yeva SkalietskapaperbackEveryone knows the word 'war'. But very few understand what it truly means. When you find you have to face it, y...

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    $20.00