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Seeds of Hope
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Kristiana Gregory |
Susanna Fairchild and her family are on board a ship sailing from New York to the West, where they plan to start a new life in Oregon. But tragedy strikes when Susanna's mother is lost to the sea. He… |
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King Lear
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Gareth Hinds |
Named one of the 10 best graphic novels of 2008 for youth by Booklist. This adaptation features loose, flowing page layouts, often without panel borders, and the setting is a melange of historical pe… |
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Cowboy José
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Susan Middleton Elya |
A poor cowboy enters a rodeo to win a date from a pretty señorita, but afterwards wonders if he should spend his winnings on the girl, who is only interested in the money, or on his trusty horse, wh… |
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The Way Home
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George P. Pelecanos |
Christopher Flynn is trying to get it right. After years of trouble and rebellion that enraged his father and nearly cost him his life, he has a steady job in his father's company, he's seriously dat… |
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The land of the hungry armadillos
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David, Lawrence. |
Greedy Gus not only refuses to share with his little sister but also trades her to a monster which forces her to bake cupcakes for hungry armadillos. |
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Structures of avarice
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Fedwa Malti-Douglas |
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The dream merchant
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Isabel Hoving |
Having been hired by a mysterious corporation called Gippart, twelve-year-old Josh--along with two friends and the ghost of his dead twin sister--finds himself trapped in "umaya," a place between dre… |
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Speaking of greed
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Lawrence Block |
Summary (From the publisher):
The second volume in the Seven Deadly Sins series, Speaking of Greed is a collection of short stories on the destructive deadly sin known as greed. In addition to being… |
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Fools Die
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Mario Puzo |
Merlyn, a famous writer, is addicted to Las Vegas Casinos and the delights of Hollywood. |
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Longarm And The Night Raiders
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Tabor Evans |
THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT
As a personal favor, Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long arrives in Good Hope, Arizona, to help his boss's old friend, a former Texas Ranger named Don Carter. But Carter i… |
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Even in paradise
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Elizabeth Nunez |
"An epic tale of family betrayal and manipulation couched in superbly engaging prose and peopled with deftly drawn characters. In a story structure as rhythmic as the ebb and flow of the water surrou… |
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Cats get famous
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Ron Barrett |
Disguised as a trash bag, greedy cat-hater Lekvar Smirk kidnaps a trio of singing cats, Hal, Dora, and Geneva, and takes them to try out for the television show, Animal Idol. |
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The prize
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Jill Bialosky |
"Talented, successful, blessed with a loving wife and daughter, Edward Darby has everything a man should hope for. With a rising career as a partner at an esteemed gallery he strives not to let ambit… |
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Mimi and the Magic Pea
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Leo Franz |
A precocious girl makes her share of mistakes while dealing with a neighborhood war, various conspiracies, and the magic of a world where the line between the ordinary and the extraordinary is contin… |
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The biggest and best bone
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Hans Huse |
What happens when a silly dog gets greedy? If you already have something good, should you worry if somebody else has something bigger and better? |
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L'oie d'or
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Barbara Reid |
Barbara Reid brings her signature Plasticine illustrations and a modern twist to this classic Grimm fairy tale. When Rupert does a good deed for a stranger, he is rewarded with a beautiful golden goo… |
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The boy who spoke colors
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David Gifaldi |
When a greedy king kidnaps Felix, a boy who can only speak in colors, and tries to exploit that gift, the king encompasses his own doom. |
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Les babouches d'Abou Kassem
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Myriame El Yamani |
Abou Kassem, un richissime marchand de l'ancienne cité de Bagdad est connu partout en raison de son avarice, qui se voit notamment à ses babouches poussiéreuses et maintes fois rapiécées, qu'il se re… |
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The goose and the golden egg
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Aesop |
Aesop and his troupe teach their audience to appreciate what they have. In retelling the fable of a farmer who finds a golden egg in his goose's nest, Aesop learns that when he is greedy, he ends up … |
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Rumpelstiltskin
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Paul O. Zelinsky |
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child. |
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