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An Acquaintance with Darknessby Ann RinaldiISBN 0152021973 (0-15-202197-3)
Softcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Acquaintance with Darkness'Book summary:When her mother dies, fourteen-year-old Emily Pigbush is forced to go live with her uncle Valentine. She is immediately suspicious of her uncles unusual late-night activities and fears he may be involved with body-snatching, but every time she resolves to confront him, she is thrown off balance by something good he has done. When she stumbles upon the truth, the betrayal is more than she can bear. But when forced to put her emotions aside, Emily discovers that although her uncle is breaking the law, the risk he takes ultimately benefits mankind.[via]More editions of An Acquaintance with Darkness:
The Answer Is Yesby Sara LewisISBN 0156005646 (0-15-600564-6)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Answer Is Yes'Book summary:Set in suburban San Diego, The Answer Is Yes takes the typical problems of a youngish, married woman--a distracted husband, a lackluster job--and straightforwardly shows the ways in which they undermine a happy life. Better yet, Sara Lewis's third novel manages to get from those problems to a satisfying life, a trip that takes lots of luck and hard work. Lewis's narrator, Jenny, has just moved to Southern California from Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her scientist husband, Todd, who seems more married to his lab than to her. In contrast to Todd's preoccupation with his research, Jenny hates her bank job and when she loses it, cannot motivate to find another. On top of these things, she feels incomplete because she was adopted as a child and has yet to locate her birth mother.
One evening, Jenny stumbles into the Institute of Affirmation, an adult education center whose motto is "The Answer Is Yes, Now What's Your Question?" As the novel unfolds, the school's hokey positivity, embodied in its appealing director Michael--usually dressed in purple bike shorts and pink ballet slippers--seeps into Jenny, despite her resistance, just the way that Southern California sun can eventually warm and win over some New Englanders' hearts. At the school she directs a play and takes miracle-making workshops on the side. All this eventually leads to the reawakening of her marriage and her spirit. In the end, Jenny discovers truths like this one: "If you stay with someone long enough, it's quite possible that you will fall out of love with him. And then if you stay just a little longer, you might just fall back in." Resisting the temptation to wallow in hot-button sensationalism, Lewis instead injects The Answer Is Yes with a happy, albeit sometimes New Age-y, self-awareness, which makes for a novel of hope and comfort. --Katherine Alberg [via]
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The Beans of Egypt, Maineby Carolyn ChuteISBN 0156001888 (0-15-600188-8)
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The Body of Christopher Creedby Carol Plum-UcciISBN 0152023887 (0-15-202388-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Body of Christopher Creed'Book summary:The often-tortured class weirdo has disappeared, leaving an enigmatic note on the school library computer. Is he a runaway, a suicide, a murder victim?
Sixteen-year-old Torey Adams and his friends remember beating up Chris Creed when his gentle but obnoxious ways exasperated them. Now that he is gone, they joke uneasily about him to ease their guilt. The town is full of ugly rumors, as Torey's lawyer mother tells them "See, guys, this is what happens when a kid suffers a personal tragedy. Nobody wants to take responsibility. Nobody wants to admit they had a part in it. So, they spend a lot of time pointing the finger, and things just get worse and worse." Suspicion of murder conveniently falls on big, tough Bo Richardson, an outcast "boon" from the boondocks edge of town. Torey's smug assumptions about people are rattled when he discovers that his childhood friend Ali is secretly romantically involved with Bo, who displays surprising tenderness and maturity in caring for her.
The three try to solve the mystery of Chris's disappearance by attempting to steal his diary, but only succeed in implicating themselves, as the town is consumed with rumors and the revelation of adult secrets. Torey begins to find himself distanced from his other friends by his growing understanding of the importance of compassion toward those who are different. The Body of Christopher Creed challenges teens to think about the damage done when lines of exclusion are drawn between people. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Book of Enchantmentsby Patricia C. WredeISBN 0152055088 (0-15-205508-8)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book of Enchantments'Book summary:This witty and charming collection of ten short fantasies includes a new story set in the Enchanted Forest about Queen Cimorenes Frying Pan of Doom, a zany story about a magical blue chipmunk with a passion for chestnuts, and an eerie tale of a caliph who turns his viziers daughter into a wolf. A well-crafted anthology with several selections suited for reading aloud. --Booklist[via] -
The Borrowersby Mary NortonISBN 0152000860 (0-15-200086-0)
Softcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Borrowers'Book summary:Anyone who has ever entertained the notion of "little people" living furtively among us will adore this artfully spun classic. The Borrowers--a Carnegie Medal winner, a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award book, and an ALA Distinguished Book--has stolen the hearts of thousands of readers since its 1953 publication. Mary Norton (1903-1993) creates a make-believe world in which tiny people live hidden from humankind beneath the floorboards of a quiet country house in England.
Pod, Homily, and daughter Arrietty of the diminutive Clock family outfit their subterranean quarters with the tidbits and trinkets they've "borrowed" from "human beans," employing matchboxes for storage and postage stamps for paintings. Readers will delight in the resourceful way the Borrowers recycle household objects. For example, "Homily had made her a small pair of Turkish bloomers from two glove fingers for 'knocking about in the mornings.'"
The persistent pilfering goes undetected until a boy (with a ferret!) comes to live in the country house. Curiosity drives Arrietty to commit the worst mistake a Borrower can make: she allows herself to be seen. This engaging, sometimes hair-raisingly suspenseful adventure is recounted in the kind, eloquent voice of narrator Mrs. May, whose brother might--just might--have seen an actual Borrower in the country house many years ago. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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- The Borrowers: ISBN 0152047379 (0-15-204737-9)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - The Borrowers: ISBN 0152049282 (0-15-204928-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - The Borrowers: ISBN 0152099875 (0-15-209987-5)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - The Borrowers: ISBN 0152099913 (0-15-209991-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt Children's Books - The Borrowers: ISBN 0152099905 (0-15-209990-5)
Softcover, Harcourt Children's Books - The Borrowers: ISBN 0156136007 (0-15-613600-7)
Softcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich - The Borrowers: ISBN 0152000860 (0-15-200086-0)
Softcover, Harcourt Children's Books
- The Borrowers: ISBN 0152047379 (0-15-204737-9)
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Borrowers Afieldby Mary Norton, Joe Krush, Beth KrushISBN 0152047328 (0-15-204732-8)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Borrowers Afield'Book summary:Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock's huge adventures have been thrilling children young and old for fifty years--and their appeal is as strong as ever in these handsome new paperback packages. While the original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush have been retained, Marla Frazee's striking cover illustrations capture these little people with a larger-than-life appeal.[via]More editions of Borrowers Afield:
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The Borrowers Afloatby Mary Norton, Joe Krush, Beth KrushISBN 0152047336 (0-15-204733-6)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Borrowers Afloat'Book summary:Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock's huge adventures have been thrilling children young and old for fifty years--and their appeal is as strong as ever in these handsome new paperback packages. While the original beloved interior illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush have been retained, Marla Frazee's striking cover illustrations capture these little people with a larger-than-life appeal.[via]More editions of The Borrowers Afloat:
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Calling on Dragonsby Patricia C. WredeISBN 0152046925 (0-15-204692-5)
Softcover, Magic Carpet Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Calling on Dragons'Book summary:Those wicked wizards are back--and they've become very smart. (Sort of.) They intend to take over the Enchanted Forest once and for all . . . unless Cimorene finds a way to stop them. And some people think being queen is easy.[via] -
Changing Planes: Storiesby Ursula K. Le Guin, Eric BeddowsISBN 0151009716 (0-15-100971-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Changing Planes: Stories'Book summary:At first, readers may find Ursula K. Le Guin's collection Changing Planes rather light, if not slight. However, as the reader continues through its sixteen stories (ten of which are original to this volume), the collection achieves considerable weight and power.
A punny conceit links the stories and provides the title of Changing Planes. Conceived before September 11, 2001, this conceit now, unfairly, looks odd. Trapped too many times in the misery of pre-terrorist airports, Sita Dulip discovered how to change planes: not airplanes, but planes of existence. Now the people of Sita's earth travel between alternate universes.
The stories in Changing Planes are strong expressions of Le Guin's considerable anthropological and psychological insight. However, these tales don't follow traditional plot structures or character-development methods. They read more like travelogues, or socio-anthropological articles on foreign nations or tribes. They explore exotic literary planes lying somewhere between Jorge Luis Borges's ficciones and Horace Miner's anthropological satire Body Ritual Among the Nacirema. However, unlike Miner's parody, Le Guin's wise tales are rarely satirical, though "The Royals of Hegn" sharply skewers the absurdity of royalty-worship, and "Great Joy" rightly attacks the boundless corporate criminality familiar to anyone who's read a newspaper since 2001.
One of America's greatest authors, Ursula K. Le Guin has received the National Book Award, the Newberry Award, the PEN/Malamud Award, five Nebula Awards, and five Hugo Awards. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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Civil Disobedience and Readingby Henry David Thoreau, Michael MeyerISBN 0146001958 (0-14-600195-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Civil Disobedience and Reading'Book summary:One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles. [via]
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Collected Stories.by Katherine Anne PorterISBN 0151189927 (0-15-118992-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Stories.'Book summary:495 pages - Including Flowering Judas; Pale Horse, Pale Rider; The Leaning Tower, & Four Additional Stories. [via]
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Collected Poems, 1909-1962by T. S. EliotISBN 0151189781 (0-15-118978-1)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Poems, 1909-1962'Book summary:There is no more authoritative collection of the poetry that Eliot himself wished to preserve than this volume, published two years before his death in 1965.
Poet, dramatist, critic, and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of Collected Poems 1909-1962 includes his verse from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943), and includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. [via]
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The Collected Stories of Eudora Weltyby Eudora WeltyISBN 0151189943 (0-15-118994-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty'Book summary:This complete collection includes all the published stories of Eudora Welty. There are forty-one stories in all, including the earlier collections A Curtain of Green, The Wide Net, The Golden Apples, and The Bride of the Innisfallen, as well as previously uncollected stories. With a Preface written by the Author especially for this edition. [via]
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Consider This, Senoraby Harriet DoerrISBN 0156000024 (0-15-600002-4)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Dealing With Dragonsby Patricia C. WredeISBN 015204566X (0-15-204566-X)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dealing With Dragons'Book summary:Cimorene, princess of Linderwall, is a classic tomboy heroine with classic tomboy strengths--all of which are perceived by those around her as defects: "As for the girl's disposition--well, when people were being polite, they said she was strong-minded. When they were angry or annoyed with her, they said she was as stubborn as a pig." Cimorene, tired of etiquette and embroidery, runs away from home and finds herself in a nest of dragons. Now, in Cimorene's world--a world cleverly built by author Patricia C. Wrede on the shifting sands of myriad fairy tales--princesses are forever being captured by dragons. The difference here is that Cimorene goes willingly. She would rather keep house for the dragon Kazul than be bored in her parents' castle. With her quick wit and her stubborn courage, Cimorene saves the mostly kind dragons from a wicked plot hatched by the local wizards, and worms her way into the hearts of young girls everywhere.
While the characters are sometimes simplistically drawn, adults and children will have fun tracing the sources of the various fairy tales Wrede plunders for her story. Dealing with Dragons is the first book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, and most young readers will want to devour the entire series. (Ages 10 and older) --Claire Dederer [via]
Doctor Sleepby Madison Smartt BellISBN 0151261008 (0-15-126100-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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East of the Mountainsby David GutersonISBN 0151002290 (0-15-100229-0)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'East of the Mountains'Book summary:David Guterson's first novel, Snow Falling on Cedars, was a true ensemble piece, in which even a high-stakes murder trial seemed like a judgment passed on the community at large. In his eloquent second novel, however, the author swings dramatically in the opposite direction. East of the Mountains is the tale of a solitary, 73-year-old Seattle widower. A retired heart surgeon, Ben Givens is an old hand at turning isolation to his advantage, both professionally and personally: "When everything human was erased from existence except that narrow antiseptic window through which another's heart could be manipulated--few were as adroit as Dr. Givens."
Now, however, Ben has been dealt a problem entirely beyond his powers of manipulation: a diagnosis of terminal cancer. With just a few months to live, he sets out across the Cascades for a hunting trip, planning to take his own life once he reaches the high desert. A car crash en route puts an initial crimp in this suicide mission. But the ailing surgeon presses onward--and begins a simultaneous journey into the past. Between present-tense episodes, which demonstrate Ben's cranky commitment to his own extinction, we learn about his boyhood in Washington's apple country, his traumatic war experience in the Italian Alps, and the beginning of his vocation.
Guterson narrates the apple-scented idyll of Ben's childhood in a typically low-key manner--and orchards, of course, are seldom the stuff of melodrama. Still, many of his ambling sentences offer miniature lessons in patience and perception: "They rode back all day to the Columbia, traversed it on the Colockum Ferry, and at dusk came into their orchard tired, on empty stomachs, their hats tipped back, to walk the horses between the rows of trees in a silent kind of processional, and Aidan ran his hands over limbs as he passed them with his horse behind him, the limbs trembling in the wake of his passing, and on, then, to the barn." The wartime episodes, however, are less satisfactory. Clearly Guterson has done his research down to the last stray bullet, but there's a second-hand feeling to the material, which seems less a token of Ben's detachment than the author's.
There is, alas, an additional problem. Begin a story with a planned suicide, and there are exactly two possible outcomes. It would be unfair to reveal Ben's fate. But as the forces of life and death yank him one way, then another, Guterson tends to stack the deck--particularly during a bus ride toward the end of the novel, when Ben's fellow passengers appear to have wandered in from a Frank Capra film. Yet East of the Mountains remains a beautifully imagined work, in which the landscape reflects both Ben's desperation and his intermittent delight. And Guterson knows from the start what his protagonist learns in painful increments: that "a neat, uncomplicated end" doesn't exist on either side of the mountains. --James Marcus [via]
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The Grand Tour: Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Sworby Caroline StevermerISBN 015204616X (0-15-204616-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Grand Tour: Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Swor'Book summary:In this elegant, old-fashioned rambler, a sequel to the historical fantasy Sorcery and Cecilia, a party of five Brits (three of them are wizards)--Kate and Thomas Schofield, Cecy and James Tarleton, and Lady Sylvia--takes a "grand tour" of 19th-century Europe. What promises to be a pleasant exploration of old world antiquities and fancy shops turns out to be an adventure of a lifetime when Cecy receives a mysterious alabaster flask (a coronation treasure) from an agitated Lady in Blue. Before they know it, they are wrapped up in a magical conspiracy to take over Europe.
Written in two voices by two different authors, the novel alternates between Cecy's deposition and excerpts from her dear friend and cousin Kate's diary. Despite the crisp, clever dialogue and wonderful character subtleties in this Jane Austen-style comedy of manners, readers may be confused by the episodic nature of the novel whose mysteries take their sweet time in unfolding. Teens with the patience to savor this slow-as-molasses grand tour, however, will be amply rewarded by the novel's myriad delights. (Ages 14 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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The Grand Tour: Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Sworby Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline StevermerISBN 0152055568 (0-15-205556-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Grand Tour: Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Swor'Book summary:In this elegant, old-fashioned rambler, a sequel to the historical fantasy Sorcery and Cecilia, a party of five Brits (three of them are wizards)--Kate and Thomas Schofield, Cecy and James Tarleton, and Lady Sylvia--takes a "grand tour" of 19th-century Europe. What promises to be a pleasant exploration of old world antiquities and fancy shops turns out to be an adventure of a lifetime when Cecy receives a mysterious alabaster flask (a coronation treasure) from an agitated Lady in Blue. Before they know it, they are wrapped up in a magical conspiracy to take over Europe.
Written in two voices by two different authors, the novel alternates between Cecy's deposition and excerpts from her dear friend and cousin Kate's diary. Despite the crisp, clever dialogue and wonderful character subtleties in this Jane Austen-style comedy of manners, readers may be confused by the episodic nature of the novel whose mysteries take their sweet time in unfolding. Teens with the patience to savor this slow-as-molasses grand tour, however, will be amply rewarded by the novel's myriad delights. (Ages 14 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Ninby Anais NinISBN 0151400032 (0-15-140003-2)
Hardcover, Horizon Book Promotions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin'Book summary:Drawn from journals, this book is an account of a woman's sexual awakening, covering a single momentous year - 1931-32, in Paris, when June fell in love with Henry Miller, undermining her own idealized marriage. The question of the outcome of June Miller's return to Paris dominates her thoughts. [via]
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How to Travel With a Salmon & Other Essaysby Umberto Eco, William Weaver, Diane SterlingISBN 015600125X (0-15-600125-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Travel With a Salmon & Other Essays'Book summary:Once a columnist for an Italian literary magazine, Eco now shares his acute and highly entertaining sense of the absurd in modern life in these essays about militarism, computerese, cowboy and Indian movies, art criticism, librarians, semiotics, and much more--including himself. [via]
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The Huntersby Claire MessudISBN 0156007312 (0-15-600731-2)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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In Love & Troubleby Alice WalkerISBN 0156028638 (0-15-602863-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Love & Trouble'Book summary:[via]Though they come from wildly different backgrounds, the women in these stories all strive for liberation from painful realitiesHere are stories of women traveling with the weight of broken dreams, with kids in tow, with doubt and regret, with memories of lost loves, with lovers who have their own hard pasts and hard edges. Some from the South, some from the North, some rich and some poor, the characters that inhabit In Love & Trouble all seek a measure of self-fulfillment, even as they struggle with difficult circumstances and limiting social conventions.The stories that make up Alice Walkers debut short fiction collection reflect her tenacious commitment to face brutal and sometimes melancholy truths while also illuminating the ways in which the courageous pursuit of love brings hope to even the most harrowing lives.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the authors personal collection. 
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Proseby Alice WalkerISBN 0156028646 (0-15-602864-6)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose'Book summary:As a woman, writer, mother, and feminist, Walker explores the theories and practices of feminism, incorporating what she calls the womanist tradition of African american women.[via]More editions of In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose:
Jennifer Murdley's Toadby Bruce Coville, Gary A. LippincottISBN 0152007458 (0-15-200745-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jennifer Murdley's Toad'Book summary:Now available in a twentieth anniversary edition, this modern classic has been given a new afterword by the author and stunning new jacket art by Tony DiTerlizzi.[via]
Jennifer Murdley would give anything to be beautiful. But then she buys a particularly ugly toad--one who can talk and, in fact, won't shut up--who shows her a thing or two about the meaning of true beauty.
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Little Birdsby Anais NinISBN 0156029049 (0-15-602904-9)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Birds'Book summary:Evocative and superbly erotic, Little Birds is a powerful journey into the mysterious world of sex and sensuality. From the beach towns of Normandy to the streets of New Orleans, these thirteen vignettes introduce us to a covetous French painter, a sleepless wanderer of the night, a guitar-playing gypsy, and a host of others who yearn for and dive into the turbulent depths of romantic experience.[via]
Magic for Beginnersby Kelly Link, Shelley JacksonISBN 0156031876 (0-15-603187-6)
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Major Writers of Americaby Perry MillerISBN 0155546023 (0-15-554602-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Massacre at Fall Creekby Jessamyn WestISBN 0151578206 (0-15-157820-6)
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Meridianby Alice WalkerISBN 0156028344 (0-15-602834-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Meridian'Book summary:The second novel written by Alice Walker, preceding THE COLOUR PURPLE is a heartfelt and moving story about one woman's personal revolution as she joins the Civil Rights Movement. Set in the American South in the 1960s it follows Meridian Hill, a courageous young woman who dedicates herself heart and soul to her civil rights work, touching the lives of those around her even as her own health begins to deteriorate. Hers is a lonely battle, but it is one she will not abandon, whatever the costs. This is classic Alice Walker, beautifully written, intense and passionate. [via]
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The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After: Being the Private Correspondence Between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of theby Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer, R. G. RothISBN 0152055487 (0-15-205548-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After: Being the Private Correspondence Between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of the'Book summary:Ten years have passed since Kate and Cecy married Thomas and James, and England is now being transformed by the first railways. When the Duke of Wellington asks James to look into the sudden disappearance of a German railway engineer, James and Cecy's search reveals a shocking truth: The railway lines are wreaking havoc with ancient underground magic, which could endanger the very unity of England. Meanwhile, Kate has her hands full taking care of all their children, not to mention the mysterious mute girl they rescued from a kidnapper!
Written in letters between Kate and Cecy--and between their husbands--this installment of the cousins' adventures is another satisfying blend of magic, mystery, adventure, humor, and romance.[via]More editions of The Mislaid Magician or Ten Years After: Being the Private Correspondence Between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of the:
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Moonlight on the Avenue of Faithby Gina B. NahaiISBN 0151003882 (0-15-100388-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith'Book summary:The first voice we hear in Gina B. Nahai's second novel is that of Lili, the grown daughter of a miraculous mother. When Lili was 5 and living in the Jewish ghetto of Tehran, her mother, Roxanna, "had grown wings, one night when the darkness was the color of her dreams, and flown into the star-studded night of Iran that claimed her." Thirteen years would pass, Lili informs us, before she would find her mother again. This short introduction serves as a framing device for the story of Roxanna's life, a life begun as a "bad-luck" child. According to her sister, Miriam the Moon, she "had been a runaway before she ever became a wife or a mother, before she came into existence or was even conceived."
There is an unwritten rule that any book featuring such character names as Roxanna the Angel, Miriam the Moon, and Alexandra the Cat must also contain a great deal of magical realism; Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith lives up to expectations. In addition to Roxanna's winged departure from her home and family, there are episodes involving illuminated sunflowers, dreams of flight that result in beds of white feathers, and Roxanna's final illness, a "mysterious fluid that ... started to fill her body like a poisonous presence, that oozed out of the corner of her eyes, swelled her arms and legs till she had no more use of them and turned her once-magical voice into a gurgling whisper." Besides the miraculous, this novel has undeniable sweep, beginning in Tehran, touching down in Turkey, and ending up in Los Angeles many years later with hair-raising adventures punctuating each change of address. Gina B. Nahai has crafted a lyrical novel reminiscent of the work of Isabelle Allende. Readers with a taste for the fantastic will enjoy this tale. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Mrs Dallowayby Virginia Woolf, Bonnie Kime Scott, Mark HusseyISBN 0156030357 (0-15-603035-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mrs Dalloway'Book summary:As Clarissa Dalloway walks through London on a fine June morning, a sky-writing plane captures her attention. Crowds stare upwards to decipher the message while the plane turns and loops, leaving off one letter, picking up another. Like the airplane's swooping path, Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway follows Clarissa and those whose lives brush hers--from Peter Walsh, whom she spurned years ago, to her daughter Elizabeth, the girl's angry teacher, Doris Kilman, and war-shocked Septimus Warren Smith, who is sinking into madness.
As Mrs. Dalloway prepares for the party she is giving that evening, a series of events intrudes on her composure. Her husband is invited, without her, to lunch with Lady Bruton (who, Clarissa notes anxiously, gives the most amusing luncheons). Meanwhile, Peter Walsh appears, recently from India, to criticize and confide in her. His sudden arrival evokes memories of a distant past, the choices she made then, and her wistful friendship with Sally Seton.
Woolf then explores the relationships between women and men, and between women, as Clarissa muses, "It was something central which permeated; something warm which broke up surfaces and rippled the cold contact of man and woman, or of women together.... Her relation in the old days with Sally Seton. Had not that, after all, been love?" While Clarissa is transported to past afternoons with Sally, and as she sits mending her green dress, Warren Smith catapults desperately into his delusions. Although his troubles form a tangent to Clarissa's web, they undeniably touch it, and the strands connecting all these characters draw tighter as evening deepens. As she immerses us in each inner life, Virginia Woolf offers exquisite, painful images of the past bleeding into the present, of desire overwhelmed by society's demands. --Joannie Kervran Stangeland [via]
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- Mrs Dalloway: ISBN 0151009988 (0-15-100998-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt - Mrs Dalloway: ISBN 0156005557 (0-15-600555-7)
Softcover, Harcourt - Mrs Dalloway: ISBN 0151628602 (0-15-162860-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich - Mrs. Dalloway: ISBN 0151628629 (0-15-162862-9)
Hardcover, Harcourt - Mrs Dalloway: ISBN 0156030357 (0-15-603035-7)
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Mrs. Dalloway Readerby Francine ProseISBN 0151010447 (0-15-101044-7)
Hardcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mrs. Dalloway Reader'Book summary:This first volume of its kind contains the complete text of and guide to Virginia Woolf's masterpiece plus Mrs. Dalloway's Party, and numerous journal entries and letters by Virginia Woolf relating to the book's genesis and writing. The distinguished novelist Francine Prose has selected these pieces as well as essays and appreciations, critical views, and commentary by writers famous and unknown. This complete volume illuminates the creation of a beloved book and the genius of its author.[via]More editions of Mrs. Dalloway Reader:
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My Side of the Mountainby Jean Craighead GeorgeISBN 0147744253 (0-14-774425-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Side of the Mountain'Book summary:Every kid thinks about running away at one point or another; few get farther than the end of the block. Young Sam Gribley gets to the end of the block and keeps going--all the way to the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. There he sets up house in a huge hollowed-out tree, with a falcon and a weasel as his companions and his wits as his tool for survival. In a spellbinding, touching, funny account, Sam learns to live off the land, and grows up a little in the process. Blizzards, hunters, loneliness, and fear all battle to drive Sam back to city life. But his desire for freedom, independence, and adventure are stronger. No reader will be immune to the compulsion to go right out and start whittling fishhooks and befriending raccoons.
Jean Craighead George, author of many popular books for children, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves, created another prizewinner with My Side of the Mountain: a Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Notable Book, and a Hans Christian Anderson Award Honor Book. Her rustic natural drawings lend authenticity and interest to the already remarkable story. This gift set includes George's captivating sequel, On the Far Side of the Mountain. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Nineteen Eighty-Fourby George Orwell, Peter DavisonISBN 0151660344 (0-15-166034-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'Book summary:"Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold. Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything except the posters that were plastered everywhere."
The year is 1984; the scene is London, largest population center of Airstrip One.
Airstrip One is part of the vast political entity Oceania, which is eternally at war with one of two other vast entities, Eurasia and Eastasia. At any moment, depending upon current alignments, all existing records show either that Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia and allied with Eastasia, or that it has always been at war with Eastasia and allied with Eurasia. Winston Smith knows this, because his work at the Ministry of Truth involves the constant "correction" of such records. "'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'"
In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. He knows the Party's official image of the world is a fluid fiction. He knows the Party controls the people by feeding them lies and narrowing their imaginations through a process of bewilderment and brutalization that alienates each individual from his fellows and deprives him of every liberating human pursuit from reasoned inquiry to sexual passion. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.
Newspeak, doublethink, thoughtcrime--in 1984, George Orwell created a whole vocabulary of words concerning totalitarian control that have since passed into our common vocabulary. More importantly, he has portrayed a chillingly credible dystopia. In our deeply anxious world, the seeds of unthinking conformity are everywhere in evidence; and Big Brother is always looking for his chance. --Daniel Hintzsche [via]
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridgeby Ambrose BierceISBN 0146002040 (0-14-600204-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticismby Irving HoweISBN 0155658115 (0-15-565811-5)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticism'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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Pinkerton's Sisterby Peter RushforthISBN 0156031868 (0-15-603186-8)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Rip Van Winkle & Other Stories: Library Editionby Washington Irving, Gary KelleyISBN 0152009272 (0-15-200927-2)
Hardcover, Creative Co
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Searching for Dragonsby Patricia C. WredeISBN 0152045651 (0-15-204565-1)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Searching for Dragons'Book summary:Cimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper, meets her match in the not-quite-kingly Mendanbar. With the aid of a broken-down magic carpet and a leaky magical sword, the two tackle a series of dragon-nappings.[via]More editions of Searching for Dragons:
Sheby Carol Plum-UcciISBN 0152054537 (0-15-205453-7)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'She'Book summary:It only took one little tab of LSD to open the mental door 17-year-old Evan Barrett slammed shut the night his parents disappeared beneath the ocean eight years ago. As he unknowingly ingested the drug put into his drink as a prank, the whole horrible evening unfolded again: the violent storm, the frantic mayday from his parents that came through on the familys ship-to-shore radio, the hopelessness of knowing that there was nothing he or his older brother Emmett could do. Now that the demons of his past have been re-awakened, Evan must confront his fear by discovering once and for all what really happened to his parents. Was it a botched attempt to fake their deaths due to an imminent drug-smuggling investigation by the DEA, as pragmatic Emmett believes? Or something more other-worldly? Ever since he was little, Evan has heard stories about a shrieking, ship-eating sea hag who lies in wait for victims off the Jersey shore. Called Ella Diablo Agujero by the locals, Evan simply knows her as The She. Could her scream have been the last thing his parents ever heard? Evan is determined to find out, come hell, high water, or both. While Carol Plum-Uccis writing style is often overly verbose and dialogue-heavy, adolescents nevertheless continue to be drawn to her complex mysteries that, like The She, blend real life with the supernatural. This thought-provoking page turner will leave teens questioning the meaning of intuition, the definition of truth, and the often slim line between superstition and faith. (Ages 14 and older) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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The Sisters Rosensweigby Wendy WassersteinISBN 015600013X (0-15-600013-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sisters Rosensweig'Book summary:Wasserstein, who won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award for The Heidi Chronicles, writes of three Jewish middle-aged sisters-Sara, Gorgeous, and Pfeni-who come together in London to celebrate Saras birthday. Winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award. Photographs.[via]More editions of The Sisters Rosensweig:
The Skull of Truthby Bruce Coville, Gary A. LippincottISBN 0152060847 (0-15-206084-7)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Skull of Truth'Book summary:Now available in a twentieth anniversary edition, this modern classic has been given a new afterword by the author and stunning new jacket art by Tony DiTerlizzi.[via]
Charlie Eggleston is the biggest liar in town. But after he steals The Skull, he finds he can only tell the truth--and now no one believes him!
" Children's Choice Award Nominee (in seven states)
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Snow Falling on Cedarsby David GutersonISBN 0151001006 (0-15-100100-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Snow Falling on Cedars'Book summary:Fighting the distrust and prejudice of his neighbors on a remote island in Puget Sound, a Japanese-American man who spent time in an internment camp during World War II, finds himself on trial for murder. The histories of the accused and the victim, both fishermen and residents of the small town of San Piedro, unfold as newspaperman Ishmael Chambers embarks on a quest for the truth. Lonely and war-scarred, Chambers strives for justice and inner strength, while coming to terms with his ill-fated love for Hatsue Miyamoto, the wife of the accused. Evocative and beautifully written, Snow Falling on Cedars won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. [via]
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Soldier of the Great Warby Mark HelprinISBN 0156031132 (0-15-603113-2)
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Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Potby Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline StevermerISBN 015205300X (0-15-205300-X)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot'Book summary:A great deal is happening in London this season.[via]
For starters, there's the witch who tried to poison Kate at Sir Hilary's induction into the Royal College of Wizards. (Since when does hot chocolate burn a hole straight through one's dress?!)
Then there's Dorothea. Is it a spell that's made her the toast of the town--or could it possibly have something to do with the charm-bag under Oliver's bed?
And speaking of Oliver, just how long can Cecelia and Kate make excuses for him? Ever since he was turned into a tree, he hasn't bothered to tell anyone where he is!
The girls might think it all a magical nightmare . . . if only they weren't having so much fun.More editions of Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot:
Steinbeck Centennialby John SteinbeckISBN 0147716756 (0-14-771675-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Strange Fits of Passionby Anita ShreveISBN 0156031396 (0-15-603139-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Strange Fits of Passion'Book summary:A labyrinthine tale of truth and deception from acclaimed novelist Anita ShreveEveryone believes that Maureen and Harrold English, two successful New York City journalists, have a happy, stable marriage. It's the early '70s and no one discusses or even suspects domestic abuse. But after Maureen suffers another brutal beating, she flees with her infant daughter to a coastal town in Maine. The weeks pass slowly, and just as Maureen begins to settle into her new life and new identity, Harrold reappears, bringing the story to a violent, unforgettable climax.[via] -
Talking to Dragonsby Patricia C. WredeISBN 0152046917 (0-15-204691-7)
Softcover, Magic Carpet Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Talking to Dragons'Book summary:The Enchanted Forest Chronicles conclude as Daystar, unaware of his magical heritage and of the sorcerous power of his sword, is sent by his mother Cimorene to rescue his father Mendanbar, King of the Enchanted Forest, from wicked wizards. [via]
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mindby Ivan DoigISBN 015190054X (0-15-190054-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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To the Lighthouseby Virginia Woolf, Mark HusseyISBN 0156030470 (0-15-603047-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To the Lighthouse'Book summary:Subject of this extraordinary novel is the daily life of an English family in the Hebrides. Radiant as [To the Lighthouse] is in its beauty, there could never be a mistake about it: here is a novel to the last degree severe and uncompromising. I think that beyond being about the very nature of reality, it is itself a vision of reality. -Eudora Welty, from her Introduction.[via] -
Walkingby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0146001087 (0-14-600108-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walking'Book summary:In this thought-provoking book, Thoreau uses wild and religious references to illustrate his own thoughts about the true Nature. Through these citations, Thoreau compares the tainted city culture to that of pure nature. The writing clarifies nature as a place of thought, where people's true feelings emerge. [via]
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What Happened To Lani Garverby Carol Plum-UcciISBN 0152050884 (0-15-205088-4)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Happened To Lani Garver'Book summary:The folks on Hackett Island, near Philadelphia, are not too friendly to newcomers. Anyone the slightest bit different is eyed with suspicion, as Claire found out when she missed a year of junior high due to leukemia. Now she works hard at fitting in, following treacherous but popular Macy's lead, hiding her passion for the guitar, and never talking about her fear that her illness will return. Or her nightmares. Or her eating disorder. The boys of Hackett Island's "in" crowd are members of the "fish frat"--hunky sons of the local fishermen--and their horseplay even among themselves is brutal and edge-of-danger.
And then Lani Garver shows up at school, a tall, thin, strangely androgynous person. "No. Not a girl. Sorry," he says pleasantly when Macy questions him about his gender with vicious curiosity. But Claire, much to Macy's disgust, is drawn to Lani, and his wisdom and kindness begins to heal her. He takes her to Philadelphia to meet his artistic friends, talks sense to her about her eating disorder and her blind devotion to Macy, finds her a therapist. Who is this Lani Garver? He resists "boxes" like "gay." Even his age is a mystery to Claire. Strangest of all, could he be a "floating angel," as his friends at the hospital seem to believe? Meanwhile, the fish frat are closing in for the kill, and when their harassment turns lethal, Lani shows a terrible side of himself Claire has never seen.
Carol Plum-Ucci raises tantalizing questions around a fascinating character in this gut-clenching story that transcends the clichés of the gay-bashing novel. (Ages 14 and older) --Patty Campbell [via]
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The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Storiesby Charlotte Perkins GilmanISBN 0146001702 (0-14-600170-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories'Book summary:One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles. [via]
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