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1) What if
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A child who likes to draw and write stories imagines what would happen if there were no pencils, paper, or other tools for being creative.
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"This cookie has never felt like a smart cookie no matter how hard she tries, especially in comparison to all the clever cupcakes and brilliant rolls in the bakery. Will a dash of creativity and a sprinkle of confidence be enough to help her learn that perfect scores and having all the answers aren't the only ingredients for intelligence?"--
4) The artist
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"A brave little artist goes on an epic adventure to share her creativity with the world, adding color and life to a drab, gray city"--
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In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.
6) Dragon curse
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Ten years after Alex and Aaron Stowe brought peace to Quill and Artimé, Alex and his Unwanteds set out to rescue his sister, Thisbe, from dragon land leaving her twin, Fifer, behind.
7) Gravebooks
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"Alex again has to write stories to survive, this time learning to finish discarded ideas and overcome writer's block, after he's held hostage in his dreams by fear vampire Simeon, working alongside evil witch Natacha in a story graveyard"--
12) Final draft
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Eighteen-year-old Laila Piedra is a biracial aspiring author whose creative writing teacher always told her she has a special talent, so when he suddenly dies and is replaced by Nadiya Nazarenko, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who is sadistically critical and perpetually unimpressed, Laila grows obsessed with gaining the woman's approval and is led to believe she must choose between perfection and sanity, but rejecting her all-powerful mentor may...
14) 1, 2, 3, pull!
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Min wants to be in Ann's show, and after building a crane to remove the tree that has fallen on the stage, she gets her chance.
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A beautiful and evocative look at identity and creativity, The Gallery of Unfinished Girls is a stunning debut in magical realism. Perfect for fans of The Walls Around Us and Bone Gap.
Mercedes Moreno is an artist. At least, she thinks she could be, even though she hasn't been able to paint anything worthwhile in the past year.
Her lack of inspiration might be because her abuela is in a coma. Or the fact that Mercedes is in love with
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What Harry Potter did for magic, Max Einstein does for kids' imaginations! Max leads a group of kid geniuses in this #1 New York Times bestseller officially approved by the Albert Einstein archives.
Max Einstein is not your typical genius. She . . .Hacks the computer system at NYU to attend classes Builds inventions to help the homeless And talks to Albert Einstein! (Okay, that's just in her imagination)
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Max Einstein is not your typical genius. She . . .
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