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  Chicken Soup for the Soul

  Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul

  Real Stories by Real Girls About Real Stuff

  by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen, Irene Dunlap

  From Barbies to your first bra, from holding your teddy bear to slowdancing with your first boyfriend, from knowing everyone in elementary school to trying to make new friends in middle school. . . . When dealing with these changes, it's no wonder preteen girls can freak out from time to time. Consider Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul your survival guide! From reading the true experiences of... (more)
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  Keys to the Kingdom: Book 1

  Mister Monday

  by Garth Nix

  Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins. One mysterious house is the doorway to a very mysterious world -- where one boy is about to venture and unlock a number of fantastical secrets.
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  Football Genius

  by Tim Green

  Troy White has a phenomenal gift. He can predict football plays before they happen. Any position. Any player. Any team. When Troy's single mom gets a job working in public relations for the Atlanta Falcons, Troy figures it's his chance to prove what he can do. But first he has to get to the Falcons — and with tight security and a notoriously mean coach, even his mom's field passes aren't much help. Then Troy and... (more)
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  Being George Washington

  The Indispensable Man, as You've Never Seen Him

  by Glenn Beck

  Glenn Beck revisited Thomas Paine’s famous pre-Revolutionary War call to action in his #1 New York Tim es bestseller Glenn Beck’s Common Sense . Now he brings his historical acumen and political savvy to this fresh, new interpretation of The Federalist Papers , the 18th-century collection of political essays that defined and shaped our Constitution and laid bare the “original argument” between states’ rights... (more)
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  Superintendent Battle: Book 2

  The Seven Dials Mystery

  by Agatha Christie

  Reclusive tycoon, Sir Oswald Coote, and his melancholy wife, Lady Maria, have come upon the ideal plan to spice up their quiet lives. They'll host a lavish weekend party at Chimneys, their isolated estate, and invite only "bright young things". But the festive mood is clouded by doom. A practical joke involving seven clocks and a sleeping guest has ended in accidental death-and cause for alarm. For the guests may... (more)
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  Tommy and Tuppence: Book 2

  Partners in Crime

  by Agatha Christie

  Tommy and Tuppence take over a detective agency and assume the methods of such great fictional detectives as Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot to solve case after case...
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  Miss Marple Mysteries: Book 7

  A Pocket Full of Rye

  by Agatha Christie

  Rex Fortesque, 'king' of a financial empire, was in his counting house; his 'queen' was in the parlour ... There are baffling similarities between the rhyme and the crime and it takes all Miss Marple's ingenuity to find them ...
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  Doctors

  by Erich Segal

  Writing with all the passion of Love Story and power of The Class , Erich Segal sweeps us into the lives of the Harvard Medical School's class of 1962.  His stunning novel reveals the making of doctors--what makes them tick, scheme, hurt . . . and love.  From the crucible of med school's merciless training through the demanding hours of internship and residency to the triumphs--and sometimes tragedies--beyond, ... (more)
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  H.R.H.

  by Danielle Steel

  n a novel where ancient traditions conflict with reality and the pressures of modern life, a young European princess proves that simplicity, courage, and dignity win the day and forever alter her world.In blue jeans and a pullover, Princess Christianna is a young woman of her times: born in Europe, educated in America, worried about the future of the world she lives in, responsible beyond her years.... (more)
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  A Simple Amish Christmas

  by Vannetta Chapman

  Annie Weaver always planned to return home, but the 20-year old RN has lived in Philadelphia for three years now. As her time of rumschpringe is about to come to an abrupt end, bringing for Annie an overwhelming sense of loneliness. She returns home and finds herself face-to-face with a budding romance with an Amish farmer and Annie has several important choices to make.
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  Nancy Drew Girl Detective: Book 7

  The Stolen Relic

  by Carolyn Keene

  My friends and I knew before we got to Arches National Park that it's full of red cliffs arches, and rock formations -- plenty of places for hiking, biking, and getting lost. It's a good thing there are park rangers and guides to help tourist like us find our way. Or at east that's what we thought, until of the guilds left for a second to investigate some noise, and never came back. It seems unlikely that a... (more)
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  Charlotte's Web

  by E. B. White

  A young girl, Fern, saves a runt pig from getting killed. The pig, Wilbur, then befriends Charlotte who creates unique spider webs to show what a wonder pig Wilbur is.
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  Tillerman: Book 2

  Dicey's Song

  by Cynthia Voigt

  Letting Go The four Tillerman children finally have a home at their grandmother's rundown farm on the Maryland shore. It's what Dicey has dreamed of for her three younger siblings, but after watching over the others for so long, it's hard to let go. Who is Dicey, if she's no longer the caretaker for her family? Dicey finds herself in new friends, in a growing relationship with her grandmother, and in the... (more)
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  Robert Langdon: Book 2

  The Da Vinci Code

  by Dan Brown

  Robert Langdon, Harvard Professor of symbology, receives an urgent late-night call while in Paris: the curator of the Louvre has been murdered. Alongside the body is a series of baffling ciphers. Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and further. The curator, part of a secret society named the Priory of Sion, may have sacrificed... (more)
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  The Color of Water

  A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

  by James McBride

  An inspring, moving novel about the 19th century. James McBride shares his childhood and his mother's past juxtaposed, to create a wonderful story. This book
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  Harry Potter: Book 1

  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

  by J. K. Rowling

  Originally published as "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate, you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand, and jellybeans that come in every flavor, including strawberry, curry, grass, and sardine. Not only... (more)
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  Two Old Fools - Olé! (Old Fool Series)

  by Victoria Twead

  Never believe that life in a tiny Spanish mountain village is predictable. Vicky and Joe have finished fixing up their house and look forward to peaceful days enjoying their retirement. Then the fish van arrives, and instead of delivering fresh fish, disgorges the Ufarte family. The peace of El Hoyo is shattered. In this, the second of the ‘Two Old Fools’ series, Vicky and Joe are catapulted (and ‘cat’ is the... (more)
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  Harry Potter: Book 7

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

  by J. K. Rowling

  In the final installment in the series Harry Potter, with his friends Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, continue the seemingly impossible, quest and burden to hunt and destroy the remaining Horcruxes to thwart Lord Voldemort and his dark plans. Along the way, Harry tackles many hurdles such as: hardship, death, exile, overcoming fear, and choosing between what is right and what is easy. Somehow, Harry must find... (more)
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  The Secret Life of Bees

  by Sue Monk Kidd

  Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past.... (more)
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  Malory Towers: Book 2

  Second Form at Malory Towers

  by Enid Blyton

  Darrell, Sally, Gwendoline, Mary Lou and all the girls are now in the Second Form, but they are as lively as ever. Mam'zelle Dupont is still trying to be strict, Alicia plays a trick with invisible chalk and Gwendoline and Daphne get into trouble.