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Ducks escape from trucks that are stuck in the muck.

This story introduces and encourages readers to use SODAS (Situation, Options, Disadvantages, Advantages, and Solutions) as a way to logically and thoughtfully solve any problem, from the silly to the serious. This is the sixth book in the Executive FUNction series, which skillfully weaves skill teaching into humorous storylines.--Publisher.

When Tiana decides to try cooking with a new spicy pepper, she is excited to begin but first, she learns how to plant a garden.

Chase, the police dog member of the PAW Patrol, introduces himself, recounts how he began as a frightened, homeless puppy on the streets of Adventure City, and tells how afraid he was when he went back with the PAW Patrol to help in the struggle against its dangerous new mayor.

When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna teams up with mountain man Kristoff and his reindeer on a journey to find Anna's sister, the Snow Queen Elsa, and put an end to her icy spell.

Kaylan and Arianna are new to middle school, and when they decide to make a list of eleven things that they want to accomplish before they turn twelve, including getting detention and helping humanity, they start to lose sight of their friendship.

Tsunami the SeaWing is overjoyed to be reunited with her fellow ocean-dwelling dragons. For the first time in her life, she actually fits in. But not everything is as perfect as it seems underwater. Tsunami and the other 'dragonets of destiny' aren't any closer to ending the war for Pyrrhia. And someone in the SeaWing kingdom wants them dead before they can even try.

"Hideki lives with his family on the island of Okinawa, near Japan. When World War II crashes onto his shores, Hideki is yanked out of school and drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps to fight for the Japanese army. He is handed a grenade and a set of instructions: Don't come back until you've killed an American soldier. Ray, a young American Marine, has just landed on Okinawa with his squad. This is Ray's first-ever battle, and he doesn't know what to expect -- or if he'll make it out alive. He just knows that the enemy is everywhere. Hideki and Ray each fight their way across the island, surviving heart-pounding clashes and dangerous attacks. But when the two of them collide in the middle of the fighting, the choices they make in that single instant will change everything."--.

Greg, stuck indoors with his family over the holiday because of a blizzard, suffers from claustrophobia and worries they will not be able to weather the storm.

"Luffy is back to face Kaido once again, but does he stand any more of a chance in this rematch against the strongest man alive? On other parts of the island, Sanji and Zolo go up against Kaido's strongest warriors. Both will need to raise their fighting skills in order to overcome these adversaries!"--.