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  Pretty Tough: Book 1

  PrettyTOUGH

  by Liz Tigelaar

  Bubbly, blond Krista brown is pretty and popular. Her sister, Charlie, is more interested in braving the Malibu waves than the halls of the school that Krista rules. But when Krista and Charlie are both recruited to the school's soccer team, they are forced to face their differences. Can these two sisters become teammates, and friends, in time to make it to the championships? Classic themes of sisterhood... (more)
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  Akiak

  A Tale from the Iditarod

  by Robert J. Blake

  When she hurts her paw on the fourth day of the race, Akiak can no longer compete in the Iditarod—the famed dogsledding race through 1,151 miles of Alaskan terrain. Her musher has no choice but to leave her behind. The rules say once a dog is dropped from the race, it may not rejoin the team. But ten-year-old lead dog Akiak doesn’t know the rules, and nothing will stop her from catching up to her team.... (more)
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  Geronimo Stilton: Book 21

  The Wild, Wild West

  by Geronimo Stilton

  Jumpin' gerbil babies, I was so excited! I was heading to America for the first time ever. Thea, Trap, and Benjamin were all coming with me. And we were going to visit a real ranch and go riding and herding cattle cowboy-style! It was sure to be my most whisker-licking-good adventure yet.***This is the first Geronimo adventure set in the U.S. and written specifically for the U.S. market.***
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  Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do

  by Robert Harold Schuller

  Name your problem, and you name your possibility! That's the message in Robert Schuller's book. He shows you how to build a positive self-image, and how you can turn your negatives into positives. You have the potential to achieve the best of life.
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  V.

  by Thomas Pynchon

  The wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men--one looking for something he has lost, the other with nothing much to lose--and "V.," the unknown woman of the title.
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  Tough Man: Book 1

  Too Tough to Tame

  by Deborah Camp

  Framed and shot for a murder he did not commit, Blackfoot Storm-In-His-Eyes is rescued and nursed by beautiful Tess Summar, whom he resists because of her white heritage, until he hopelessly falls in love.
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  John Cena (Stars of Pro Wrestling)

  by Tim O'Shei

  John Cena combined his love of hip hop music with his wrestling skills to become the rapping star of WWE. Learn all the details of his rise to the top of the wrestling world and his success in music and movies.
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  Gravity's Rainbow

  by Thomas Pynchon

  Novel by Thomas Pynchon, published in 1973. The sprawling narrative comprises numerous threads having to do either directly or tangentially with the secret development and deployment of a rocket by the Nazis near the end of World War II. Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop is an American working for Allied Intelligence in London. Agents of the Firm, a clandestine military organization, are investigating an apparent... (more)
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  Logdog

  by Michael Johnson

  Logdog is about childhood fantasy and a truck with superpowers. A picturebook hard drawn in vibrant graphics and pastel. It’s a story of 2 boys adventure and heroism with a doglike half truck-half tree creature. The truck is brought to life by mother nature to help the planet. Logdog is super strong, lightning fast, extra large and has the super abilities of all things on earth. Logdog is sure to be like having a... (more)
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  Kinsey Millhone: Book 21

  "U" is for Undertow

  by Sue Grafton

  Calling T is for Trespass “taut, terrifying, transfixing and terrific,” USA Today went on to ask, “What does it take to write twenty novels about the same character and manage to create a fresh, genre-bending novel every time?” It’s a question worth pondering. Through twenty excursions into the dark side of the human soul, Sue Grafton has never written the same book twice. And so it is with this, her... (more)
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  A Taste for Red

  by Lewis Harris

  A sixth-grade Goth girl who thinks she’s a vampire encounters her greatest nemesis when she enrolls at Sunny Hill Middle School in this hilarious and entirely original take on the vampire genre for middle graders. Svetlana Grimm has recently discovered she’s a vampire. The clues are all there: she can eat only red foods, has to sleep under the bed because of her heightened sensitivity to light and noise, and can... (more)
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  Skinny Bitch Bun in the Oven

  A Gutsy Guide to Becoming One Hot and Healthy Mother!

  by Kim Barnouin, Rory Freedman

  Skinny Bitch created a movement when it exposed the horrors of the food industry, while inspiring people across the world to stop eating “crap.” Now the “Bitches” are back—this time with a book geared to pregnant women. And just because their audience is in a “delicate condition” doesn’t mean they’ll deliver a gentle message. As they did with Skinny Bitch , Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin expose the truth about... (more)
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  Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom [NARUTO THE MOVIE GUARDIANS OF]

  by Masashi(Author) ; Jump Comics(Editor); Kishimoto, Masashi(Illustrator) Kishimoto

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  Chris Jericho (Stars of Pro Wrestling)

  by Sean Price

  During the past 15 years, Chris Jericho_s skills in the ring and on the microphone have made him a favorite of wrestling fans around the world. Read all about WWE_s first Undisputed Champion and only heavy-metal rock singer.
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  Skinny Bitch

  A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous!

  by Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin

  Not your typical boring diet book, this is a tart-tongued, no-holds-barred wakeup call to all women who want to be thin. With such blunt advice as, "Soda is liquid Satan" and "You are a total moron if you think the Atkins Diet will make you thin," it's a rallying cry for all savvy women to start eating healthy and looking radiant. Unlike standard diet books, it actually makes the reader laugh out loud with its... (more)
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  The Crying of Lot 49

  by Thomas Pynchon

  The highly original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy, meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self knowledge.
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  Vertigo: A Memoir (The Cross-Cultural Memoir Series)

  by Louise DeSalvo

  This widely acclaimed memoir is a vivid account of a young Italian American girl's struggle to transcend the limits imposed on her life and documents the making of a working-class writer and scholar. It has been declared "a brave, heart-wrenchingly honest and utterly un-put-down-able memoir. Young Louise DeSalvo leaps from the pages in all her brightness and brashness." --Robert Cormier author of The Chocolate... (more)
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  Last Exit to Brooklyn

  by Hubert Selby, Jr.

  An unforgettable cast of characters inhabits the housing projects, bars and streets of Brooklyn: Georgette, a hopelessly romantic and tormented transvestite; Vinnie, a disaffected and volatile youth who has never been on the right side of the law; Tralala, who can find no escape from her loveless existence; and, Harry, a power-hungry strike leader with a fatal secret. Living on the edge, always walking on the wild... (more)
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  That Summer

  by Sarah Dessen

  For 15-year-old Haven, her summer is framed by two weddings--her father's and her sister Ashley's. Nothing seems stable except for her memories of the summer that Ashley dated Sumner Lee, who suddenly reappears in Haven's life, giving her a perfect link to that perfect past--and her future.
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  Devotions for the Soul Surfer

  Daily Thoughts to Charge Your Life

  by Bethany Hamilton

  Bethany Hamilton made national headlines on Halloween morning 2003 when she was attacked by a shark off the coast of her favorite Hawaii beach. She maintained her courage, strength, and most importantly, faith, throughout the months that followed and has become a great example to Christian young women everywhere. In this devotional Bethany writes on topics such as Christian witness, regret, identity, beauty, and... (more)