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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series volume 1
Pants1 volume 1
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants volume Book 1
Pants1 volume 1
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants volume Book 1
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Before Carmen, Tibby, Lena, and Bridget part for the summer, Carmen offers her ratty pair of jeans to whomever they fit best. But they fit everyone perfectly! Agreeing to share the pants equally, the girls embark on an unforgettable summer. The movie stars Amber Tamblyn and America Ferrera. BookSense Award winner for 2002. First in the series. "[Goethals'] narration is joyful and alive with nuance." -- AudioFile
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Living in rural Virginia, ten-year-old Jess and Leslie become special friends as they create a magical secret world that they call Terabithia. But when a tragic accident causes Leslie's death during a storm, Jess is forced to face life alone.
"This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling-author Katherine Paterson has been a modern classic about friendship and loss for forty years. Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest...
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"The first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy, outrageous -- and absolutely mesmerizing. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling author Michael Wolff tells the riveting story of how Trump launched a tenure as volatile and fiery as the man himself. In this explosive book, Wolff provides a wealth of new details about the chaos in the Oval Office. Among the revelations : What President Trump's staff really thinks of him...
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2011 Audie Award Winner, Paranormal. Ethan aches to get out of his small town, even as he is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. That changes when Lena arrives. He's never seen anyone like her, and she struggles to conceal her power and a curse. Because Ethan is drawn to her, she can't hide her secret forever. "Listeners will be charmed by the setting and story elements - call it Southern gothic meets contemporary witchcraft -...
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Law is his life, even though he's only 13. But aspiring lawyer Theo finds himself in court sooner than he expected. Because he knows so much - maybe too much - he is suddenly dragged into the middle of a sensational murder trial. A cold-blooded killer is about to go free, and only Theo knows the truth. "Zips along at a quick pace." -- BookPage
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Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft...
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Books of beginning volume 1
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Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the 10 years since their parents disappeared to protect them. Now they learn that they have special powers, a prophesied quest to find a magical book, and a fearsome enemy. First in the Books of Beginning series.
29) Bloody jack
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Bloody Jack adventures volume 1
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2008 Audie Award Winner: Best Children's Title for Ages 12+. Jacky loves his life as a ship's boy. No more fighting for survival in 1700s London. Instead, he and the crew pursue pirates on the high seas. There's only one problem: Jacky is really Mary. And she can't let the crew discover her secret. "Mary's distinctive Cockney dialect is tailor-made for reading aloud... The result is pure magic... Will have listeners on the edge of their seats." --...
30) Inkheart
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From internationally acclaimed storyteller Cornelia Funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback!One cruel night, Meggie's father reads aloud from a book called INKHEART-- and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. Meggie must learn to harness the magic that has conjured this nightmare. For only...
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In 1666, a tainted bolt of cloth from London carries bubonic infection to this isolated settlement of shepherds and lead miners. A visionary young preacher convinces the villagers to seal themselves off in a deadly quarantine to prevent the spread of disease. The story is told through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Anna Frith, the vicar's maid, as she confronts the loss of her family, the disintegration of her community, and the lure of a dangerous...
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Century trilogy volume 2
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This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life...
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"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres and the New York Times best-selling Last Hundred Years Trilogy, a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris Paras is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. At dusk, one afternoon she pushes open the door of her stall--she's a curious filly--and, after traveling through the night, arrives by chance...
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 4
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It's a treasure trove of trouble! Jack and Annie are in for a high-seas adventure when the magic tree house whisks them back to the days of deserted islands, secret maps--and ruthless pirates! Will they discover a buried treasure? Or will they be forced to walk the plank?
The magic treehouse whisks Jack and Annie back to the days of deserted islands, secret maps, hidden gold, and nasty pirates.
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"They call themselves the May Mothers--a group of new moms whose babies were born in the same month. Twice a week, they get together in Brooklyn's Prospect Park for some much-needed adult time. When the women go out for drinks at the hip neighborhood bar, they are looking for a fun break from their daily routine. But on this hot Fourth of July night, something goes terrifyingly wrong: one of the babies is taken from his crib. Winnie, a single mom,...
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Stretching from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail offers some of America's most breathtaking scenery. It also offers an irresistible, amusingly ill-conceived adventure to Bryson & his out-of-shape walking companion, Stephen Katz. Mile by arduous mile, these unlikely pioneers walk the Appalachian Trail, along the way surviving the threat of bear attacks, cravings for hot showers & cream sodas, the loss of key provisions, & everything else this...
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A collection of stories tell of two sisters: one trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love even as she comes to accept her mother's happiness in a foreign country; and the adult Lucy Barton returns to visit her siblings...
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Far from home after escaping slavery in Skandia, Will and Evanlyn's plans to return are spoiled when Evanlyn is taken captive. Will employs his ranger training to locate his friend, but soon finds himself fatally outnumbered - until Halt and Horace make a daring, last-minute rescue. But their reunion is cut short by the discovery that Skandia's borders have been breached by the Temujai army - and Araluen is next in their sights. Only an unlikely union...
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