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  Cheaper By the Dozen: Book 1

  Cheaper by the Dozen

  by Frank B. Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

  No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those suffered loudly by the riotous Gilbreth clan. First there are a dozen red-haired, freckle-faced kids to contend with. Then there's Dad, a famous efficiency expert who believes a family can be run just like a factory. Finally there's Mother, his partner in everything except discipline. How they all survive such escapades, such as forgetting Frank Jr. in a... (more)
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  Shopaholic: Book 1

  Confessions of a Shopaholic

  Original title: The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic

  by Sophie Kinsella

  Rebecca Bloomwood just hit rock bottom. But she's never looked better.... Becky Bloomwood has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it -- not any of it. Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores her to tears, it doesn't pay much at all. And... (more)
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  Percy Jackson and the Olympians

  Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Books 1-3

  The Lightening Thief / The Sea of Monsters / The Titan's Curse

  by Rick Riordan

  The gods of Olympus are alive and well in this 21st century novel! Their ways are still the same and there are many demi gods alive and well today; could you be one of them? Percy Jackson finds out that hes not just some weird boy who always gets kicked out of school. He finds out he's a demi god. Join Percy and his friends as they go on a quest. A quest to save mankind....
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  Oz: Book 1

  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

  by L. Frank Baum, Donald A. Wollheim

  "A talking scarecrow, a cowardly lion, a good fairy and - through it all - sweet honest Dorothy and her loyal Toto. All set in a kingdom full of tiny kingdoms of surprises (china figurines, munchkins)... with one of the most beautiful capital cities in all children's fiction."Dorothy thinks she is lost forever when a terrifying tornado crashes through Kansas and whisks her and her dog, Toto, far away to... (more)
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  Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: Book 1

  Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

  by Ann Brashares

  Carmen buys a pair of jeans at a thrift shop. The jeans were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them, but Tibby says they’re great and she would love to have them. Lena and Bridget also think they’re fabulous. Lena decides they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them. Nobody knows why, but the pants fit... (more)
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  Inkworld Trilogy: Book 1

  Inkheart

  by Cornelia Funke

  One night, Meggie's father reads aloud from Inkheart, and an evil ruler named Capricorn escapes from the pages of the book and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is living in the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. And she must somehow learn to harness the magic that has conjured this nightmare. Only Maggie can rewrite the story that has changed her life forever. This is... (more)
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  Alice

  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass

  by Lewis Carroll

  Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Red Queen and the White Rabbit all make their appearances, and are now familiar figures in writing, conversation and idiom. So too, are Carroll's delightful verses such as The Walrus and the Carpenter and the inspired jargon of that masterly Wordsworthian parody, The Jabberwocky.