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Incident at Hawk's Hill

by Allan W. Eckert

A shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger.

An uproariously funny and deeply moving novel about growing up in the South by the acclaimed author of Crazy in Alabama. When Daniel Musgrove's family moves to a small Mississippi town at the beginning of his junior year, he faces all the pain and thrills of adolescence, with extra helpings of hormones and humiliation. But then he meets Tim, a fellow outsider, and the two become fast friends. You only need one... (more)

Brian's Song (Screenplay)

by William Blinn

Two men. One was named Gale Sayers, the other Brian Piccolo. They came from different parts of the country and competed fiercely for the same position on the professional football team the Chicago Bears. One was white, the other was black. One liked to talk, the other was shy. This is the true story of brotherhood on and off the football field. The winner of five Emmy awards.

My Side of the Mountain Trilogy: Book 1

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

Terribly unhappy in his family’s crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the solitude—and danger—of the mountains, where he finds a side of himself he never knew.

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that... (more)

The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume II: The Literature of Renaissance England (Anthology of English Literature Series)

The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume II: The Literature of Renaissance England (Anthology of English Literature Series)

Medieval English Literature is the first volume of the comprehensive Oxford Anthology of English Literature to be published in a second, expanded, and fully revised edition. It provides an authoritative and representative selection from the vast riches of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English literature of the period between AD 700 and AD 1500. The texts are presented either in full or in ample selections, helpfully and... (more)

Lord Peter Wimsey: Book 10

Murder Must Advertise

by Dorothy L. Sayers

When ad man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable London advertising agency, it looks like an accident.Then Lord Peter Wimsey is called in, and he soon discovers there's more to copywriting than meets the eye. A bit of cocaine, a hint of blackmail, and some wanton women can be read between the lines. And then there is the brutal succession of murders -- 5 of them --... (more)

Lord Peter Wimsey: Book 12

Gaudy Night

by Dorothy L. Sayers

When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the "Gaudy," the prim academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obsentities, burnt effigies and poison-pen letters -- including one that says, "Ask your boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup."Some of the notes threaten murder; all are perfectly ghastly; yet in spite of their scurrilous nature, all are perfectly... (more)

Lord Peter Wimsey: Book 11

The Nine Tailors

by Dorothy L. Sayers

Nine tellerstrokes from the belfry of an ancient country church toll the death of an unknown man and call the famous Lord Peter Wimsey to one of his most brilliant cases, set in the atmosphere of a quiet parish in the strange, flat, fen-country of East Anglia.

Ring the Judas BellJames D. Forman

Ring the Judas Bell

by James D. Forman

De wereld moet beter wordenJ. M. A Biesheuvel

De wereld moet beter worden

by J. M. A. Biesheuvel

Text: Dutch

Andy That's My Name

by Tomie dePaola

Scarlet HillsBetty Hale Hyatt

Scarlet Hills

by Betty Hale Hyatt

The Island By Mildred Nelson (Mass Market Paperback 1973)

The Island By Mildred Nelson (Mass Market Paperback 1973)

by Mildred Nelson

Lord of the Rings Box SetJ. R. R Tolkein

Lord of the Rings Box Set

by J. R. R Tolkein

Return to Hawk Hill: (Scholastic Edition)

Return to Hawk Hill: (Scholastic Edition)

by Allan W. Eckert

Seasons Hereafter

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Published in 1954, 1966, and 1973, respectively, all of these volumes are set in Bennett's Island, ME, and all are essentially the love stories of women who come to the island either looking for love or trying to get away from it. Though LJ's reviewer found Strawberries "light reading," the book nonetheless was praised for capturing the "atmosphere of the small island and the character of its people." (LJ 8/73) ... (more)