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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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The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchioby Alexander, LloydNaive and bumbling Carlo, his shady camel-puller Baksheesh, and Shira, a girl determined to return home, follow a treasure map through the deserts and cities o... |
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BeowulfA Hero's Tale Retoldby Rumford, JamesA simplified and illustrated retelling of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, and how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, an... |
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The Wednesday Warsby Schmidt, Gary D.During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in ... |
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The Red Shoeby Dubosarsky, UrsulaFunny, tough-minded and tender, this is the story of Matilda and her two sisters growing up in Sydney, Australia, in the early 1950s. Their father is mentally ... |
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