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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
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Grace Lin,Grace Lin,Janet Song |
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a fantasy-adventure children's novel inspired by Chinese folklore. It was written and illustrated by Grace Lin and published in 2009. The novel received a 2010 Ne… |
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Bastards
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Mary Anna King |
"'A stirring, vividly told story of a young woman's quest to find the family she lost...an impressive debut'-Peter Balakian; Born into poverty in southern New Jersey and raised in a commune of single… |
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River, my friend
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William Bell |
"Gang-gang, the son of a fisher, tries to find enough silver coins so that his family will never want for anything again. It is not until his search nearly ends in tragedy that Gang-gang learns the n… |
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Fallen angels
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Tara Hyland |
Franny Healey grew up in post-war rural Ireland. Addicted to the glamorous films of the day, she determined to do whatever it took to one day be a film star herself; immortal, adored. When she fell p… |
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Le commencement de la fin (du monde)
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Jean-Marie Firdion |
Un roman sur la vie des adolescents de quartiers pauvres, des jeunes souvent mèlé#x81;s malgré#x81; eux à de petites magouilles et qui ne savent pas trop comment s'en sortir. [SDM].
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Moon Blossom and the Golden Penny
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Louis Slobodkin |
When a little Chinese girl earns a golden penny by carrying a package for a mysterious old woman in Hong Kong, she little realizes what good fortune it will bring. |
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For dear life and selected short stories
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Belinda Dobson Jelliffe |
"Presented here with two previously unpublished short stories, For Dear Life, edited by Virginia Pruitt and Howard Faulkner, will appeal to those interested in women's studies, social history, and Am… |
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A Christmas Carol
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Charles Dickens |
An allegorical novella descibing the rehabilitation of bitter, miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge. The reader is witness to his transformation as Scrooge is shown the error of his ways by the ghost… |
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