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Laugh along when Louise and her friends change their names, which leaves Mr. Shelby very confused. Find out what happens when Louise's big buddy turns out to be...
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Writer, explorer and naturalist John Muir traveled to Alaska in 1880 with his friend the Reverend Samuel Young and Young's dog, Stickeen. One morning Muir and...
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Chris Crutcher, Karen Cushman, Sid Fleischman, Richard Peck, R.L. Stine, Rosemary Wells, Jane Yolen -- there are no names more distinguished than these in today's...
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This is the story of the settlement and growth of western New York state from the War of 1812 to the 1890s using the never-before-published journal of an early...
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Rebel, a steady seller since 1983, is the first complete biography of the Confederacy’s best-known partisan commander, John Singleton Mosby, the “Gray Ghost.” A...
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A gay man has sired a baby with a lesbian couple
and imagines how he will turn out, in different theatrical styles.
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Historical adventure and mystery – both equally compelling.
1498. Sebastian Cabot, age fifteen, can only wait and wonder. His famous father has abandoned him at...
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In the summer of 1967, Cyrus Nygerski, nineteen and "the best left-handed second baseman in Wisconsin," unsuspectingly meets his first werewolf.
Six...
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Julian, California is inhabited by a colorful cast of characters, from seemingly average middle-class folks to a choice selection of burnouts, dropouts, and social...
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A young boy has lost his father, a soldier killed in action overseas. He and his mother travel the stretch of Highway 401 between Trenton and Toronto, called the...
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by Peter Orner
Underground America tells the stories of men and women who have come to the United States seeking a better life for their families, only to be subjected to...
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From Publishers Weekly The raw emotions of three women in Bledsoe's fifth novel (after Biting the Apple) lead to often explosive interactions among scientists...
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Perceptive and inspirational, this meditation recounts the experiences of two women, one American and one English, who visited the standing stones of Carnac on...
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"In a house in the forest all covered with vines, Lived a very small rabbit who did nothing but whine." Thus begins the rhymed story of Peter and the Whimper-...
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(Writing as James Becker.)
Assessing the contents of a lavish English estate, museum conservator Angela Lewis discovers a crate full of sealed pottery jars-one of...
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IN THE BEGINNING: CREATION MYTHS FROM AROUND THE WORLD is a beautifully illustrated and informative collection of creation stories from 15 cultures, using...
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Hatcher McCord is an evening news presenter who has found himself in Hell and is struggling to explain his bad fortune. He's not the only one to suffer this fate-in...
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by Fan Wu
Mary and Ingrid are sisters who were born and brought up in China but now reside in the United States. Mary is the older of the two; seemingly a devoted wife,...
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Poetry. "Rarely has a book of poems been as aptly titled as Barbara Crooker's More. Propelled by her hunger for beauty and language, she flies in low over...
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