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  Theodore Boone: Book 2

  The Abduction

  by John Grisham

  Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes are higher than ever.When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo Boone-who knows April better than anyone-has answers.As fear ripples through his small hometown and the police hit dead ends, it's up to Theo to use his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the... (more)
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  The Buddha of Suburbia

  by Hanif Kureishi

  A love story for at least two generstions, a high-spirited comedy of sexual manners and social turmoil, The Buddha of Suburbia is one of the most enchanting, provocative, and original books to appear in years. "A wickedly funny novel that's at once a traditional comedy of manners and a scathing satire on race relations in Britain."--The New York Times.
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  Lemonade: Book 2

  The Lemonade Crime

  by Jacqueline Davies

  Following the laws of our legal system, Evan and Jessie’s fourth grade class concocts a courtroom on the playground, putting Scott Spencer, alleged thief, on trial. They create a legitimate courtroom—with a judge, witnesses, a jury of their peers—and surprising consequences.  As she explores the difficulties of fairness, Jacqueline Davies once again reveals how good she is at understanding the complex emotions of... (more)
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  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

  by Mark Haddon

  Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the colours yellow and brown. This improbable story of Christopher’s quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating,... (more)
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  Fahrenheit 451

  by Ray Bradbury

  Unlike this day and age, firemen in this book start fires. Fireman Guy Montag loves to rush to a fire and watch books burn up. Then he met a seventeen-year old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid, and a professor who told him of a future where people could think. She would get Montag thinking a bit. Guy Montag never really cared about his job or his wife Mildred. But one day something... (more)
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  Closing Time

  The Sequel to Catch-22

  by Joseph Heller

  More than three decades after Catch-22 captured the conscience and imagination of a generation, Joseph Heller has written the sequel to one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Closing Time revisits Yossarian, Milo Minderbinder, Chaplain Tappman and others -- the characters who made Catch-22 unforgettable, now older, if not wiser, facing not only the end of a century, but the approaching... (more)
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  The Diary of Søren Kierkegaard

  by Søren Kierkegaard

  Soren Kierkegaard, who was born in Denmark and died there at the age of forty-two, is regarded by many as the father of existentialist thinking. During his lifetime the Hegelian theologian he reacted against the Hegelian theologists in Denmark, denounced organized religion and held that the act of choice by an individual was all-important. The Diary covers the important elements in Kierkegaard's life, including... (more)
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  Think on These Things

  by J. Krishnamurti

  ‘The material contained in this volume was originally presented in the form of talks to students, teachers and parents in India, but its keen penetration and lucid simplicity will be deeply meaningful to thoughtful people everywhere, of all ages, and in every walk of life. Krishnamurti examines with characteristic objectivity and insight the expressions of what we are pleased to call our culture, our education,... (more)
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  The Year the Swallows Came Early

  by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

  Eleanor "Groovy" Robinson loves cooking and plans to go to culinary school just as soon as she's old enough. But even Groovy's thoughtfully—planned menus won't fix the things that start to go wrong the year she turns eleven—suddenly, her father is in jail, her best friend's long-absent mother reappears, and the swallows that make their annual migration to her hometown arrive surprisingly early. As Groovy begins to... (more)
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  First and Last Freedom

  by J. Krishnamurti

  Krishnamurti is a leading spiritual teacher of our century. In The First and Last Freedom he cuts away symbols and false associations in the search for pure truth and perfect freedom. Through discussions on suffering, fear, gossip, sex and other topics, Krishnamurti’s quest becomes the readers, an undertaking of tremendous significance.
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  Walking Backward

  by Catherine Austen

  A brief history of grief. (20100301)
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  Boys Without Names

  by Kashmira Sheth

  Boys Without Names is not a heartbreaking story, even if there are moments that break the heart. Instead, it is a story about growing up, about learning and relearning the meaning of family. This is one of the best books I've read this year. (Jacqueline Woodson, author of the Newbery Honor book After Tupac and D Foster ) "Kashmira Sheth gives a name to the pernicious practice of child bondage in her unforgettable... (more)
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  Born to Fly

  by Michael Ferrari

  Born to Fly tells the story of eleven-year-old tomboy Bird McGill. Ever since she can remember, Bird has loved flying in small propeller airplanes with her mechanic dad. When the local airstrip is turned into a military flight school, Bird is in heaven. But when a young Japanese American student named Kenji Fujita joins Bird’s class, the entire school seems to be convinced that he’s a spy, or at the very least,... (more)
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  Sparrow Girl

  by Sara Pennypacker, Yoko Tanaka

  Ming-Li looked up and tried to imagine the sky silent, empty of birds. It was a terrible thought. Her country's leader had called sparrows the enemy of the farmers--they were eating too much grain, he said. He announced a great "Sparrow War" to banish them from China, but Ming-Li did not want to chase the birds away. As the people of her village gathered with firecrackers and gongs to scatter the sparrows,... (more)
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  Anything But Typical

  by Nora Raleigh Baskin

  Jason Blake is an autistic 12-year-old living in a neurotypical world.Most days it's just a matter of time before something goes wrong. But Jason finds a glimmer of understanding when he comes across PhoenixBird, who posts stories to the same online site as he does. Jason can be himself when he writes and he thinks that PhoneixBird-her name is Rebecca-could be his first real friend. But as desperate as Jason is... (more)
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  Hanukkah Moon (Hanukkah)

  by Deborah da Costa

  THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
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  Withershins (Great Plains Teen Fiction)

  by Susan Rocan

  Most people have heard of Withershins- the ritual where one runs around a church three times at midnight. Some claim you will be transported to the Netherworld. What happens to Michelle is quite different. She finds herself trapped in the past, forced to survive without modern conveniences. A native shaman tells her she is the chosen one, but Michelle has no idea why. As she struggles with life in a primitive... (more)
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  The Last Newspaper Boy in America

  by Sue Corbett

  Big Heart + Big Brain = Funny, Feel Good Fiction! WilÂ’s sidearm throw can land a paper on your porch from twenty yards out. But he doesnÂ’t know if heÂ’ll be able to put his unusual talent to use because the big newspaper company has canceled delivery to WilÂ’s small town. Well, that was the paperÂ’s first mistake. Underestimating Wil was the second. With physics, his clueless brother, and a neighbor girl on... (more)
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  The Terrible Plop

  by Ursula Dubosarsky

  In this uproarious update of a favorite story, an unexplained noise leads to pandemonium among the animals. The fox, the elephant, even the big brown bear prove no match for the Terrible Plop. Only the littlest bunny learns not to panic when the sky—or something else up there—is falling. Bright, energetic illustrations and a lively rhyming text combine to make this a perfect read-aloud story for little ones... (more)
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  The Genius Files: Book 1

  Mission Unstoppable

  by Dan Gutman

  In eight days, Coke and Pepsi McDonald are going to turn thirteen. Before then, they'll jump off a cliff, get trapped in the locked basement of their burning school, chased cross-country by murderous lunatics, left for dead in the pit of a sand dune, forced to decipher mysterious coded messages, thrown into a giant vat of SPAM, and visit the world's largest . . . ball of twine! There's more, but if we told... (more)