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The Invention of Hugo Cabretby Selznick, BrianWhen twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddau... |
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How the Hangman Lost His Heartby Grant, K. M.When her Uncle Frank is executed for treason against England's King George in 1746 and his severed head is mounted on a pike for public viewing, daring Alice t... |
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Who Was First?Discovering the Americasby Freedman, Russell"For a long time, most people believed that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to 'discover' America--the first to make a successful round-trip voyage... |
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The BearskinnerA Tale of the Brothers Grimmby Schlitz, Laura AmyA retelling of the Grimm fairy tale in which a despondent soldier makes a pact to do the devil's bidding for seven years in return for as much money and proper... |
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Elijah of Buxtonby Curtis, Christopher PaulIn 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and... |
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Whale Portby Foster, MarkLong before the invention of electricity or the discovery of underground reservoirs of fossil fuels, people depended on whale oil to keep their lamps lit. A fe... |
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A Darkling Plainby Reeve, Philip |
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indianby Alexie, ShermanBudding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is t... |
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Mistik Lakeby Brooks, MarthaAfter Odella's mother leaves her, her sisters, and their father in Manitoba and moves to Iceland with another man, she then dies there, and the family finally ... |
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The Plain Janesby Castellucci, CecilNoted young adult novelist Cecil Castellucci and artist Jim Rugg launch MINX with THE PLAIN JANES, a story about four girls named Jane who sit at the reject ta... |
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