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Born to rock
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A queer geography
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Melonhead
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DANNY'S TALL AND skinny. Even though he's not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. A 95 mph fastball, but the boy's not ev… |
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Jerk, California
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Twitch, Jerk, Freak—Sam Carrier has been called them all. Because of his Tourette's syndrome, Sam is in near constant motion with tics and twitches and verbal outbursts. So, of course, high school is… |
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Treasure at the Heart of the Tanglewood
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First, she is Brown Hannah - a healer who lives in the Tanglewood, a drab girl who for reasons unknown to her, unnerves the villagers who come for salves and charms. But when she challenges the magic… |
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Stealing Heaven
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My name is Danielle. I'm eighteen. I've been stealing things for as long as I can remember.Dani has been trained as a thief by the best—her mother. Together, they move from town to town, targeting we… |
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Outrageously Alice
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Alice is in the eighth grade, and while she wants her life to be exciting and outrageous, she also wants to feel protected and safe. |
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The trouble with Mark Hopper
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Mark Hopper is the smartest student in the sixth grade, and he knows it. When another Mark Hopper moves to town (the same age, with similar looks), Mark Hopper makes trouble for Mark Hopper. The Mark… |
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Trial by fire
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J. A. Jance |
In the heat of the Arizona desert, a raging fire pushes temperatures to a deadly degree, and one woman is left to burn. Pulled naked and barely breathing from the fire, the victim has no idea who she… |
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First semester
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Cecil R. Cross |
James “JD” Dawson grew up in the hood, but left a life of violence three thousand miles behind to make something of himself at Clark Atlanta University. But when the freshman got off to a fool’s sta… |
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Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation
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Twelve-year-old Jack, freed from a dismal orphanage, makes his way to the elusive and impossible Imagine Nation, where a mentor saves him from dissection and trains him to use his superpower, despite… |
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Where is Little Reynard?
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My name is Grover
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Grover writes a poem that tells about himself and the things he likes to do on Sesame Street. |
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Sing with me, my name is Ernie
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Tish Rabe |
His friend Bert, his Rubber Duckie, the twiddlebugs, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and the color red are all important parts of Ernie's life on Sesame Street. |
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Dash & Lily's book of dares
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Told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen-year-olds carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmas-time in New York, neither knowing quite what--or who--they will find. |
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Sam I am
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Ilene Cooper |
Twelve-year-old Sam Goodman knows the holidays are going to be difficult when his dog knocks over the Hanukkah bush/Christmas tree. His Jewish father and Christian mother have never quite figured out… |
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Why a disguise?
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Laura Joffe Numeroff |
Relates how a disguise can be used to evade the school bully, Mom's lima beans, and other unpleasant things. |
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What can I be?
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A young girl wonders what she can be as she tries on different costumes from her dress-up box, and finds that being herself is the best choice. |
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Is He a Girl?
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After Casey Happleton tells him that if he kisses his elbow he will turn into a girl, nine-year-old Marvin experiments and finds himself very confused about his identity. |
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Nightshade (Nightshade Series, Book 1)
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Calla Tor has always known her destiny: After graduating from the Mountain School, she'll be the mate of sexy alpha wolf Ren Laroche and fight with him, side by side, ruling their pack and guarding s… |
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