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  The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  by Victor Hugo

  This extraordinary historical novel, set in Medieval Paris under the twin towers of its greatest structure and supreme symbol, the cathedral of Notre-Dame, is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest tortured by the specter of his own damnation. Shaped by a profound sense of tragic irony, it is a work that gives full play to Victor Hugo's brilliant... (more)
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  The Hunchback Assignments: Book 1

  The Hunchback Assignments

  by Arthur Slade

  A gripping new series combines Steampunk, spying, and a fantastic Victorian London.The mysterious Mr. Socrates rescues Modo, a child in a traveling freak show. Modo is a hunchback with an amazing ability to transform his appearance, and Mr. Socrates raises him in isolation as an agent for the Permanent Association, a spy agency behind Brittania’s efforts to rule the empire. At 14, Modo is left on the... (more)
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  Geek Love

  by Katherine Dunn

  Geek Love is the story of the Binewskis, a carny family whose mater- and paterfamilias set out–with the help of amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes–to breed their own exhibit of human oddities. There’s Arturo the Aquaboy, who has flippers for limbs and a megalomaniac ambition worthy of Genghis Khan . . . Iphy and Elly, the lissome Siamese twins . . . albino hunchback Oly, and the outwardly normal Chick,... (more)
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  The Ballad of the Sad Cafe: and Other Stories

  by Carson McCullers

  A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers’s best stories, including her beloved novella “The Ballad of the Sad Café.” A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formidable southern woman whose café serves as the town’s gathering place. Among other fine works, the collection... (more)
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  Heart of the country

  by Greg Matthews

  A masterful and triumphant epic saga, here is an unforgettable odyssey across the harsh and unforgiving land of the Great Plains, and a uniquely compelling view of its mythic heroes--the cowboys and buffalo hunters, ladies and prostitutes, schemers and adventurers, settlers and Indians. A classic human saga, richly rewarding and always dramatic, this is a masterwork destined to become an enduring addition to the... (more)
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  The Story of Forgetting: A Novel

  by Stefan Merrill Block

  In Stefan Merrill Block’s extraordinary debut, three narratives intertwine to create a story that is by turns funny, smart, introspective, and revelatory. Abel Haggard is an elderly hunchback who haunts the remnants of his family’s farm in the encroaching shadow of the Dallas suburbs, adrift in recollections of those he loved and lost long ago. As a young man, he believed himself to be “the one person too many”;... (more)
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  Reader's Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers: Book 4

  Reader's Digest Best Loved Book for Young Readers Vol. 4: The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes - Abe Lincoln Grows Up - Lost Horizon

  by Victor Hugo, Arthur Conan Doyle, Carl August Sandburg, James Hilton

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  The Wailing Rock Murders

  by Clifford Orr