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Little Women |
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This book
chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as
they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New
England. |
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Alcott, Louisa May |
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J Fic ALC |
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The Black Cauldron |
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Taran, Assistant
Pig-Keeper of Prydain, faces even more dangers as he seeks
the magical Black Cauldron, the chief implement of the evil
powers of Arawn, lord of the Land of Death. |
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Alexander, Lloyd |
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J Fic ALE |
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Tuck Everlasting |
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The Tuck family has discovered the
secret for eternal life. 10-year-old Winnie stumbles upon
their secret and a mysterious stranger wants to sell the secret. |
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Babbitt, Natalie |
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J Fic BAB |
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The Indian in the
Cupboard |
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A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic
Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds
himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in
the cupboard and befriends him. |
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Banks, Lynne Reid |
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J Fic BAN |
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Cloudy with a
Chance of Meatballs |
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Life is delicious in the town of
Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed
potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers-until the weather takes
a turn for the worse. |
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Barrett, Judy |
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J Fic BAR |
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The Wizard of Oz |
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After being transported by a cyclone
to the land of Oz, Dorothy and her dog are befriended by a
scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion, who accompany her to
the Emerald City to look for a wizard who can help Dorothy
return home to Kansas. |
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Baum, L. Frank |
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J Fic BAU |
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Madeline |
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Madeline, the smallest and naughtiest
of the 12 little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with
an attack of appendicitis. |
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Bemelmans, Ludwig |
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J Fic BEM |
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Clifford, The Big
Red Dog |
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Emily Elizabeth describes the
activities she enjoys with her very big, very red dog and how
they take care of each other. |
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Bridwell, Norman |
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E BRI |
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A Little Princess |
|
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Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's
London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is
later rescued by a mysterious benefactor. |
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson |
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J Fic BUR |
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The Secret Garden |
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Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a
lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid
cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. |
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson |
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J Fic BUR |
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The Incredible
Journey |
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A Siamese cat, and old bull terrier,
and a young Labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through
the Canadian wilderness to find their family. |
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Burnford, Sheila |
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J Fic BUR |
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Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland |
| A little girl
falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of
nonsensical and amusing characters. |
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Carroll, Lewis |
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J Fic CAR |
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Pinocchio |
| This book presents
the adventures of Pinocchio, a mischievous wooden puppet,
who wants more than anything else to become a real boy. |
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Collodi, Carlo |
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J Fic COL |
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The Dark is Rising |
| On his eleventh
birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the
Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will
enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the
Dark. |
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Cooper, Susan |
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J Fic COO |
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How to Train Your
Dragon |
| Chronicles the
adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock
the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test
of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by
catching and training a dragon. |
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Cowell, Cressida |
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J Fic COW |
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Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory |
| Each of five
children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr.
Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage
of the situation in his or her own way. |
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Dahl, Roald |
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J Fic DAH |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox |
| Three farmers,
each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get
rid of the fox and his family. |
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Dahl, Roald |
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J Fic DAH |
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James and the Giant
Peach |
| A young boy
escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of
adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant
peach. |
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Dahl, Roald |
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J Fic DAH |
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Matilda |
| Matilda Wormwood
is brilliant and sensitive, but her parents treat her as a
scab, not a daughter-a scab to be endured until the time
comes to flick her away to the next county, or preferably
farther. |
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Dahl, Roald |
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J Fic DAH |
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The Witches |
| A young boy and
his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches,
together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's
children by turning them into mice. |
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Dahl, Roald |
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J Fic DAH |
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Because of
Winn-Dixie |
| Because of Opal's
big, ugly, goofy dog, called Winn-Dixie, Opal makes new
friends in Naomi, Florida. Meet a librarian who fights
off a bear, an ex-con pet-store clerk who plays music to the
animals, and the neighborhood witch. |
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Dicamillo, Kate |
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J Fic DIC |
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Tale of Despereaux |
| The adventures of
Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the
princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a
princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to
ruin. |
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Dicamillo, Kate |
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J Fic DIC |
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The Brave Little
Toaster |
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Feeling abandoned by their beloved
master, a vacuum cleaner, tensor lamp, electric blanket, clock
radio, and toaster undertake a long and arduous journey to find
him in a faraway city. |
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Disch, Thomas |
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J Fic DIS |
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The City of Ember |
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In the year 241,
twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a
Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved
city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions. |
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Duprau, Jeanne |
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J Fic DUP |
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The Black Stallion |
|
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Young Alec Ramsay
is shipwrecked on a desert island with a horse destined to
play an important part in his life. Following their rescue
their adventure continues in America. |
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Farley, Walter |
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J Fic FAR |
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Alias Madame
Doubtfire |
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Miranda's three
children thoroughly enjoy their huge, overdressed baby
sitter/cleaning woman who is actually their father in
disguise, and they dread the day when their mother discovers
Madame Doubtfire is really her ex-husband. |
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Fine, Anne |
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J Fic FIN |
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Harriet the Spy |
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Eleven-year-old
Harriet keeps notes on her classmates and neighbors in a
secret notebook, but when some of the students read the
notebook, they seek revenge. |
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Fitzhugh, Louise |
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J Fic FIT |
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Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang: The Magical Car |
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Two children
persuade their inventor father to purchase and restore an
old car which turns out to have magical powers. |
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Fleming, Ian |
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J Fic FLE |
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Johnny Tremain |
|
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A young apprentice
silversmith growing up in revolutionary Boston becomes
involved with such patriots as Hancock, Otis, and Samuel
Adams. |
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Forbes, Esther |
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J Fic FOR |
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Inkheart |
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Twelve-year-old
Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books
for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when
one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him
into service. |
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Funke, Cornelia |
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J Fic FUN |
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Coraline |
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Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a
mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly
different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity
in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three
others. |
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Gaiman,
Neil |
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J Fic GAI |
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The Wind in the Willows |
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Follows the adventures of the irrepressible Toad as he
goes off in a horse-drawn caravan unwillingly accompanied by Rat and
Mole. |
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Grahame,
Kenneth |
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J Fic GRA |
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Hoot |
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Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes
involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls
from a proposed construction site. |
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Hiaasen,
Carl |
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J Fic HIA |
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A Day with Wilbur Robinson |
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While spending the day in the Robinson household,
Wilbur's best friend joins in the search for Grandfather Robinson's
missing false teeth and meets one wacky relative after another. |
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Joyce,
William |
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J Fic JOY |
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Diary of a Wimpy
Kid |
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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle
school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings
amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but
when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to
save their friendship. |
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Kinney, Jeff |
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J Fic KIN |
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The Jungle Book |
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The adventures of Mowgli, a young boy raised by animals
in the Indian jungle. |
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Kipling, Rudyard |
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J Fic KIP |
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From the Mixed-Up
Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler |
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Having run away with her younger brother to live in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep
things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and
a heroine to herself. |
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Konigsburg,
E.L. |
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J Fic KON |
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Punk Farm |
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At the end of the day, while Farmer Joe gets ready for
bed, his animals tune their instruments to perform in a big concert
as a rock band called Punk Farm. |
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Krosoczka,
Jarrett |
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E KRO |
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A Wrinkle in Time |
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Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly
strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while
engaged in secret work for the government. |
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L'Engle, Madeleine |
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J Fic LEN |
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Ella Enchanted |
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In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella
struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey
any order given to
her. |
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Levine, Gail Carson |
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J Fic LEV |
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The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe |
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Four English
school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe
into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden
lion, to triumph over the White Witch who has cursed the land
with eternal winter. |
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Lewis, C. S. |
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J Fic LEW |
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Prince Caspian |
|
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Four children help
Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts to free Narnia
from evil. |
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Lewis, C. S. |
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J Fic LEW |
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Pippi Longstocking |
|
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Escapades of a
lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey-but
without any parents-at the edge of a Swedish village. |
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Lindgren, Astrid |
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J Fic LIN |
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The Voyages of
Doctor Dolittle |
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Presents the story
of the good doctor who learned the language of animals and
made adventurous voyages. |
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Lofting, Hugh |
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J Fic LOF |
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Anne of Avonlea |
|
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In this sequel to
Anne of Green Gables, teenage Anne Shirley becomes a
schoolteacher in a small village on Prince Edward Island. |
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Montgomery, Lucy |
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J Fic MON |
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Anne of Green
Gables |
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Anne, an
eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a
lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward
Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on
everyone around her. |
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Montgomery, Lucy |
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J Fic MON |
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Bed-Knob and
Broomstick |
|
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With powers they
acquire from a spinster who is studying to be a witch, three
children go on a number of exciting and gruesome trips (a
combined edition of The Magic Bed-Knob and
Bonfires and Broomsticks). |
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Norton, Mary |
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J Fic NOR |
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The Borrowers |
|
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Miniature people
who live in an old country house by borrowing things from
the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the
clock. Includes a letter and a sketch of Homily and Arrietty
by the author. |
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Norton, Mary |
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J Fic NOR |
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Mrs. Frisby and the
Rats of NIMH |
|
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Left alone on a
beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a
young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely
surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance,
but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary
life. |
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O'Brien, Robert C. |
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J Fic OBR |
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Island of the Blue
Dolphins |
|
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Left alone on a
beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a
young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely
surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance,
but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary
life. |
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O'Dell, Scott |
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J Fic ODE |
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My Friend Flicka |
|
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Through his
intense devotion to the colt Flicka, a young boy, living on
a Wyoming ranch, begins to learn about responsibility and
gain a better understanding of his brusque father. |
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O'Hara, Mary |
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J Fic OHA |
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Nim's Island |
|
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Nim loves her
island home and the animals she shares it with even while
her scientist father is away doing research, but trouble is
on the way and a new e-mail friend could be the only one who
can help. |
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Orr, Wendy |
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J Fic ORR |
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Eragon |
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In Alagaesia, a
fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds
a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate
tapestry of destinty, magic, and power, peopled with
dragons, elves, and monsters. |
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Paolini, Christopher |
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J Fic PAO |
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Bridge to
Terabithia |
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The life of a
ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes
friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely
death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a
storm. |
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Patterson, Katherine |
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J Fic PAT |
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Hatchet |
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After a plane
crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the
wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid
of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to
survive his parents' divorce. |
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Paulsen, Gary |
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J Fic PAU |
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The Littles |
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The Littles are a
family of tiny people who live in the Bigg family's house.
Mr. Little is only six inches tall, and he is big for a
Little. They develop a plan to get rid of the mice in
the Bigg's house. |
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Peterson, John |
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J Fic PET |
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The Golden Compass |
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Accompanied by her
daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend
and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of
gruesome experiments in the Far North. |
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Pullman, Philip |
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J Fic PUL |
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The Yearling |
| A young boy living
in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a
fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet. |
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Rawlings, Marjorie |
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J Fic RAW |
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Where the Red Fern
Grows |
| A young boy living
in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes
the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be
champion hunters. |
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Rawls, Wilson |
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J Fic RAW |
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Curious George |
| The curiosity of a
newly-captured monkey gets him into continual trouble. |
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Rey, H.A. |
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J Fic REY |
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The Lightning Thief |
| Annabel thinks her
mom has the best life. If she were a grown-up, she
could do whatever she wanted! Then one morning she wakes up
to find she's turned into her mother...and she soon
discovers it's not as easy as it looks! |
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Riordan, Rick |
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J Fic RIO |
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Freaky Friday |
| Annabel thinks her
mom has the best life. If she were a grown-up, she
could do whatever she wanted! Then one morning she wakes up
to find she's turned into her mother...and she soon
discovers it's not as easy as it looks! |
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Rodgers, Mary |
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J Fic ROD |
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Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets |
| When the Chamber
of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for
Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter
finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more
been released on the school. |
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Rowling, J.K. |
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J Fic ROW |
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Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire |
| Harry Potter, a
fourth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry, longs to escape his hateful relatives, the
Dursleys, and live as a normal fourteen-year-old wizard, but
what Harry does not yet realize is that he is not a normal
wizard, and in his case, different can be deadly. |
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Rowling, J.K. |
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J Fic ROW |
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Harry Potter and
the
Half-Blood Prince |
| Though the war
against Voldemort is not going well, life at Hogwarts goes
on, with the sixth-year students continuing their wizardly
studies and trying to survive teen romantic dramas, while
Harry himself probes ever more deeply into Voldemort's
complex history. |
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Rowling, J.K. |
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J Fic ROW |
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Harry Potter and
the Order of the Phoenix |
| Harry Potter, now
a fifth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry, struggles with a threatening teacher, problematic
house elf, the dread of upcoming final exams, and haunting
dreams that hint toward his mysterious past. |
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Rowling, J.K. |
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J Fic ROW |
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Harry Potter and
the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| During his third
year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry
Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard
responsible for his parents' deaths. |
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Rowling, J.K. |
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J Fic ROW |
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Harry Potter and
the Sorcerer's Stone |
| Rescued from the
outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a
great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts
School for Wizards and Witches. |
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Rowling, J.K. |
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J Fic ROW |
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Holes |
| Stanley Yelnats is
under a curse. He is always in the wrong place at the
wrong time. Now he is stuck in a boys detention camp
digging holes in the hot sun. Will Stanley be able to
dig up the truth behind all of these holes? |
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Sachar, Louis |
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J Fic SAC |
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Bambi: A Life in
the Woods |
| The adventures of
a young deer in the forest as he grows into a beautiful
stag. |
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Salten, Felix |
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J Fic SAL |
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Where the Wild
Things Are |
| A naughty little
boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of
the wild things where he becomes their king. |
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Sendak, Maurice |
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E SEN |
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Black Beauty |
| A horse in
nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with
both good and bad masters. |
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Sewell, Anna |
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J Fic SEW |
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The Cat in the Hat |
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Meet the cat who
turns a dull rainy afternoon into a magical messy afternoon. |
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Dr. Seuss |
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E SEU |
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Horton Hears a Who! |
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Horton, the
lovable elephant, tries to protect tiny creatures on a speck
of dust. An easy reader with delightful verse and
pictures. |
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Dr. Seuss |
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E SEU |
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How the Grinch
Stole Christmas! |
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The Grinch tries
to stop Christmas from arriving by stealing all the presents
and food from the village, but much to his surprise it comes
anyway. Includes commentary and notes about the authro
and the story. |
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Dr. Seuss |
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E SEU |
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The Vampire's
Assistant |
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After traveling with Mr. Crepsley,
the vampire who made him into a half-vampire, Darren returns
to the freak show known as the Cirque du Freak and continues
to fight his need to drink human blood. |
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Shan, Darren |
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J Fic SHA |
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The Rescuers |
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A group of mice befriends
prisoners and helps them to escape, but they encounter an
especially challenging case when they try to rescue a
Norwegian poet being held in a castle. |
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Sharp, Margery |
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J Fic SHA |
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The Hundred and One
Dalmatians |
|
Pongo the Dalmatian and his wife
Missis undertake a daring expedition to rescue their fifteen
puppies from the clutches of vicious Cruella de Vil. |
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Smith, Dodie |
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J Fic SMI |
|
|
Series of Unfortunate Events |
|
This book
is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about three
very unlucky children. Even though they are charming and
clever, the Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery
and woe. From the very first page of this book when the
children are at the beach and receive terrible news,
continuing on through the entire story, disaster lurks at
their heels. One might say they are magnets for misfortune. |
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Snicket, Lemony |
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J Fic SNI |
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Heidi |
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A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when
she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home
in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid
girl in the city. |
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Spyri, Johanna |
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J Fic SPY |
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Shrek! |
|
Horribly hideous Shrek leaves home
and terrifies everyone he encounters in his search for his
equally ugly bride. |
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Steig, William |
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E STE |
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Treasure Island |
|
While going through the
possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the
mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that
leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. |
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Stevenson, Robert Louis |
|
J Fic STE |
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Lord of the Rings |
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| The
three books tells of the great and dangerous quest undertaken
by Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the
wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the dwarf;
Legolas the elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious
stranger called Strider. |
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Tolkein, J.R.R. |
|
J Fic TOL |
|
|
Mary Poppins |
|
|
From the moment
Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane,
everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. |
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Travers, P.L. |
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E TRA |
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Jumanji |
|
|
Left on their own
for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more
excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and
mystical jungle adventure board game. |
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Van Allsburg, Chris |
|
E VAN |
|
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Polar Express |
|
|
A magical train
ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive
a special gift from Santa Claus. |
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Van Allsburg, Chris |
|
E VAN |
|
|
Zathura: A Space
Adventure |
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|
Left on their own
for an evening, two boisterous brothers find more excitement
than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical space
adventure game. |
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Van Allsburg, Chris |
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Charlotte's Web |
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Wilbur, the pig,
is distraught when he discovers that he is destined to be the
farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend,
Charlotte, decides to help him. |
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White, E. B. |
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J Fic WHI |
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Stuart Little |
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The adventures of
the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world
to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird that stayed
for a few days in his family's garden. |
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White, E. B. |
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J Fic WHI |
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Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm |
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Talkative,
ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts,
one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental,
with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years
growing up. |
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Wiggin, Kate |
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J Fic WIG |
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