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The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree

The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree

by Bill Brittain

1984 Newbery Honor Book Notable Children's Books of 1983 (ALA) 1983 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book) Best Books of 1983 (SLJ) Notable 1983 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) 1983 Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts (NCTE) Children's Books of 1983 (Library of Congress) Books for Vacation Reading (NYT)

Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story

Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story

by Stephen King

The #1 bestseller that raises the price of greed... A new store has opened in the little town of Castle Rock. It has just what you want. But you won't discover just how high the price is until it's too late.

Five Children and It

by E. Nesbit, Sandra Kemp

A long-time favorite story of five children who discover a magical creature who grants wishes.

Toni and the Tomato SoupMark Haddon

Toni and the Tomato Soup

by Mark Haddon

Toni is delighted when a genie grants her wish for tomato soup but soon finds that a little soup can go a long way.

Switching Well

by Peni R. Griffin

Two twelve-year-old girls in San Antonio, Texas, Ada in 1891 and Amber in 1991, switch places through a magic well and try desperately to return to their own times.

The Nature of Monsters (Five Star Western Series)

The Nature of Monsters (Five Star Western Series)

by Clare Clark

1666: The Great Fire of London sweeps through the streets and a heavily pregnant woman flees the flames. A few months later she gives birth to a child disfigured by a red birthmark. 1718: Sixteen-year-old Eliza Tally sees the gleaming dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral rising above a rebuilt city. She arrives as an apothecary’s maid, a position hastily arranged to shield the father of her unborn child from scandal.... (more)

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