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Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Nancy Drew Complete Series Set, Books 1-64
by Carolyn Keene
The Penguin Nancy Drew Complete Set: Available for the first time in one complete collection only at Amazon.com. Nancy Drew has been solving mysteries, and delighting fans, for over 75 years. Now, for the first time, you can purchase all sixty-four classic Nancy Drew titles in one complete set! #1: The Secret of the Old Clock #2: The Hidden Staircase #3: The Bungalow Mystery #4: The Mystery at... (more)
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The Baby-Sitters Club
The Baby-Sitters Club (Books 1-4)
Kristy's Great Idea / Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls / The Truth About Stacey / Mary Anne Saves the Day
by Ann M. Martin
The Baby-Sitters Club series is about a group of girls that start a club. A baby-sitting club. Duhh. It's about friendship, and how people are different and a lot of other nice things. Good for tween girls. Or guys, I guess.
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The Gold Cadillac
by Mildred D. Taylor
Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the rural South, there are no admiring glances for the shiny new car--only suspicion and anger for the black man behind the wheel. For the first time in their lives, Lois and her sister know what it's like to feel scared because of... (more)
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Behind the Attic Wall
by Sylvia Cassedy
They were watching...and waiting At twelve, Maggie had been thrown out of more boarding schools than she cared to remember. "Impossible to handle," they said -- nasty, mean, disobedient, rebellious, thieving -- anything they could say to explain why she must be removed from the school. Maggie was thin and pale, with shabby clothes and stringy hair, when she arrived at her new home. "It was a mistake to bring... (more)
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The Logans: Book 4
Mississippi Bridge
by Mildred D. Taylor
Jeremy Simms watches from the porch of the general store as the passengers board the weekly bus from Jackson. When several white passengers arrive late, the driver roughly orders the black passengers off to make room. Then, in the driving rain, disaster strikes, and Jeremy witnesses a shocking end to the day's drama. Set in Mississippi in the 1930s, this is a gripping story of racial injustice. "Taylor, a... (more)
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Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia
by Peggy Parish
The Grizzlies are one player short for their big game when who steps in but everyone's favorite house-keeper, Amelia Bedelia. Always cheerful, always literal-minded, Amelia Bedelia brings new meanings to tagging a player out and stealing bases, but her unorthodox plays may just save the day.
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Chain Letter
by Christopher Pike
When Alison first read the chain letter signed "Your Caretaker," she thought it was some terrible sick joke. Someone, somewhere knew about tha tawful night when she and six other friends committed an unthinkable crime in the desolate California desert. And now that person was determined to make them pay for it. One by one, the chain letter was coming to each of them ... demanding dangerous, impossible deeds...... (more)
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Julie
by Catherine Marshall
Inspired, like "Christy", by Catherine Marshall's own life, "Julie" explores the miracle of faith against a background of small-town America coming of age, with a story--and a heroine--unforgettably powerful and alive.
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The Logan Family Saga: Book 4
The Road to Memphis
by Mildred D. Taylor
Cassie Logan, a young black woman in 1940s Mississippi, becomes caught up in a tense confrontation between blacks and whites--three days of turmoil and unrest that will change her life forever. Reprint. Coretta Scott King Award. C. H. SLJ. AB. K.
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The Logans: Book 2
The Friendship
by Mildred D. Taylor
Cassie Logan and her brothers have been warned never to go to the Wallace store, so they know to expect trouble there. What they don't expect is to hear Mr. Tom Bee, an elderly black man, daring to call the white storekeeper by his first name. The year is 1933, the place is Mississippi, and any child knows that some things just aren't done. Black & white illustrations .
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Hatchet: Book 1
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
13 year-old Brian Robeson, is going to visit his dad. But when the pilot that is flying his plane has a heart attack, he has to fly it all on his own! Then, he crash lands in the Canadian wilderness with nothing to survive with but a small hatchet and a wind braker. Can he survive, or will he end up being found dead?True Warrior
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Sweet Valley High Magna Editions: Book 2
The Wakefield Legacy
The Untold Story
by Francine Pascal
Follow the compelling stories of the women and men who came before Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield: Frontiersman Theodore Wakefield thought he'd lost his heart forever; will Dancing Wind make him love again? Turn -of-the-century beauty Sarah Wakefield marries against her father's wishes -- only to become the mother of a fatherless child. Betrayed by his true love, Ted Wakefield must forget his past to find... (more)
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The Berenstain Bears First Time Storybooks: Book 10
The Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room
by Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
"The room shared by Brother and Sister is a mess because the cubs argue over who should neaten up instead of working together. Sure to make toddlers smile while they absorb an implied lesson."-- Publishers Weekly.
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Curious George Film Series Adaptions
Curious George Goes Hiking
by Alan J. Shalleck
Curious George distresses his companions when he loses the picnic food but makes them happy again when he finds their way back to civilization.
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The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mary is an unhappy orphan forced to live in the home of a wealthy guardian — a busy man who has no time at all for her. But when Mary meets her guardian's mysterious son — and discovers a secret garden hidden on the estate-a startling change begins to come over her. And life for everyone is never quite the same.
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Christy
by Catherine Marshall
In the year 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves home to teach school in the Smoky Mountains -- and comes to know and love the resilient people of the region, with their fierce pride, their dark superstitions, their terrible poverty, and their yearning for beauty and truth. But her faith will be severely challenged by trial and tragedy, by the needs and unique strengths of two remarkable young men,... (more)
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Fudge: Book 4
Fudge-a-Mania
by Judy Blume
Peter Hatcher can't get a break. His little brother, Fudge-the five-year-old human hurricane-has big plans to marry Peter's sworn enemy, Sheila Tubman. That alone would be enough to ruin his whole summer, not to metion his little sister who calls him Pee! But now Peter's parents have decided to rent a summer home next door to Sheila the Cootie Queen's house for three whole weeks!
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Fudge: Book 3
Superfudge
by Judy Blume
Fans young and old will laugh out loud at the irrepressible wit of peter Hatcher, the hilarious antics of mischievous Fudge, and the unbreakable confidence of know-it-all sheila tubman in Judy blume’s five Fudge books. brand-new covers adorn these perennial favorites, and will entice a whole new generation of Fudge—and Judy blume—fans.
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The Logan Family Saga: Book 3
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
by Mildred D. Taylor
The year is 1935. The young Logan family watches as their friend is charged with murder and tried by an all-white jury. "A profoundly affecting novel."--Publishers Weekly. Coretta Scott King Award.
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Summer of the Monkeys
by Wilson Rawls
The award-winning story of fourteen-year-old Jay Berry Lee, his dog Rowdy, and their unforgettable summer along an old Ozark river. A heartwarming family story, Summer of the Monkeys recalls a time and place when miracles were really the simplest of things. Hey Fellers!!

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