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Abel's Islandby William SteigISBN 0606010874 (0-606-01087-4)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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The Adventures of Captain Underpantsby Dav PilkeyISBN 0590846280 (0-590-84628-0)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Captain Underpants'Book summary:The first book in Dav Pilkey's mega-bestselling Captain Underpants series!
George and Harold have created the greatest superhero in the history of their elementary school and now they're going to bring him to life! Meet Captain Underpants! His true identity is so secret, even HE doesn't know who he is!
Acclaimed author and Caldecott Honor illustrator Dav Pilkey provides young readers with the adventure of a lifetime in this outrageously funny, action-packed, easy-to-read chapter book. With hilarious pictures on every page, The Adventures of Captain Underpants is great for both beginning and chapter-book readers. And like Dav's other best-selling books of humour, it is sure to provide even the most reluctant readers with hours of fun. [via]
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark TwainISBN 0520235754 (0-520-23575-4)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'Book summary:Sparkling with mischief, jumping with youthful adventure, Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer is one of the most splendid re-creations of childhood in all of literature. It is a lighthearted romp, full of humor and warmth. It shares with its sequel, Huckleberry Finn, not only a set of unforgettable characters--Tom, Huck, Aunt Polly and others--but a profound understanding of humanity as well. Through such hilarious scenes as the famous fence-whitewashing incident, Twain gives a portrait--perceptive yet tender--of a humanity rendered foolish by his own aspirations and obsessions. Written as much for adults as for young boys and girls, Tom Sawyer is the work of a master storyteller performing in his shirt sleeves, using his best talents to everyone's delight. [via]
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- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0553211285 (0-553-21128-5)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0582419239 (0-582-41923-9)
Softcover, Prentice Hall - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0520045580 (0-520-04558-0)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0520045599 (0-520-04559-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 058252816X (0-582-52816-X)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0590433520 (0-590-43352-0)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0517688131 (0-517-68813-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0606002987 (0-606-00298-7)
Hardcover, Demco Media - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0520235754 (0-520-23575-4)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0553211285 (0-553-21128-5)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Jean Craighead George, Mark TwainISBN 0531169782 (0-531-16978-2)
Hardcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'Book summary:Few books capture both the simplicity and complexities of American life quite like these enduring "boyhood" classics by Mark Twain.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Take a lighthearted, nostalgic trip to a simpler time, seen through the eyes of a special boy named Tom Sawyer. It is a summertime world of hooky and adventure, pranks and punishment, villains and young love. [via]More editions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:
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The Arkadiansby Lloyd AlexanderISBN 0525454152 (0-525-45415-2)
Hardcover, Dutton Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arkadians'Book summary:Lucian, a young man of ancient Greece's Arkadia, embarks on a classical quest of danger, daring, and romance and encounters a remarkable cast of heroes, poets, seamen, horsemen, wise women, kings, and peasants. [via]
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The Awesome Egyptiansby Terry Deary, Peter HepplewhiteISBN 0590031686 (0-590-03168-6)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Awesome Egyptians'Book summary:Introduces the yucky aspects of everyday life for the ancient Egyptians, explaining the gory details of how mummies were prepared and the basics of Egyptian arithmetic. [via]
Barnby AviISBN 0531068617 (0-531-06861-7)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Beyond the Western Seaby AviISBN 0613073525 (0-613-07352-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond the Western Sea'Book summary:It is 1851. Maura and Patrick are a poverty-stricken brother and sister from Ireland. Their father is in America and invites them to join him to escape starvation. As they begin the arduous journey they become intertwined with the son of a lord who is running away from home. [via]
The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book O Funby Dav PilkeyISBN 0613323696 (0-613-32369-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Coming Homeby Lauren BrookeISBN 0613246608 (0-613-24660-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Elevenby Lauren MyracleISBN 0525471650 (0-525-47165-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Fairy Tales of Charles Perraultby Angela Carter, Charles Perrault, Martin WareISBN 0575022795 (0-575-02279-5)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault'Book summary:The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Charles Perrault is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Charles Perrault then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. [via]
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The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kashaby Lloyd AlexanderISBN 0525297480 (0-525-29748-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Frightful's Mountainby Jean Craighead GeorgeISBN 0525461663 (0-525-46166-3)
Hardcover, Dutton Childrens Books
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Gawgon and the Boyby Lloyd AlexanderISBN 0525466770 (0-525-46677-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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A Girl Named Disasterby Nancy FarmerISBN 0531088898 (0-531-08889-8)
Hardcover, Scholastic, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Girl Named Disaster'Book summary:While journeying to Zimbabwe, eleven-year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits. (Ages 11 and up). [via]
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The Giverby Lois LowryISBN 0553571338 (0-553-57133-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Giver'Book summary:In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price. [via]
A Glory of Unicornsby Alix Berenzy, Bruce CovilleISBN 0590959433 (0-590-95943-3)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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Hatchetby Gary PaulsenISBN 0590389246 (0-590-38924-6)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hatchet'Book summary:A complete guide to teaching Hatchet. Includes an author biography, background information, summaries, thought-provoking discussion questions, as well as creative, cross-curricular activities and reproducibles that motivate students. [via]
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Here's To You, Rachel Robinsonby Judy BlumeISBN 0531068013 (0-531-06801-3)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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The High Kingby Lloyd AlexanderISBN 0606035303 (0-606-03530-3)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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The Iron Giantby Ted HughesISBN 0613217721 (0-613-21772-1)
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Journal of an Adventure Through Time and Space: Journal of an Adventure Through Time and Spaceby D.J. MacHaleISBN 060629905X (0-606-29905-X)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Julie of the Wolvesby Jean Craighead GeorgeISBN 0590134701 (0-590-13470-1)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Julie of the Wolves'Book summary:Winner of the Newbery MedalLost on the TundraTo her small Eskimo village, she is known as Miyax; to her friend in San Francisco, she is Julie. When the village is no longer safe for her, Miyax runs away. But she soon finds herself lost in the Alaskan wilderness, without food, without even a compass to guide her.Slowly she is accepted by a pack of Arctic wolves, and she grows to love them as though they were family. With their help, and drawing on her father's teachings, Miyax struggles day by clay to survive. But the time comes when she must leave the wilderness and choose between the old ways and the new. Which will she choose? For she is not Miyax of the Eskimos - but Julie of the Wolves.Faced with the prospect of a disagreeable arranged marriage or a journey across the barren Alaskan tundra, 13-year-old Miyax chooses the tundra. She finds herself caught between the traditional Eskimo ways and the modern ways of the whites. Miyax, or Julie as her pen pal Amy calls her, sets out alone to visit Amy in San Francisco, a world far away from Eskimo culture and the frozen land of Alaska.During her long and arduous journey, Miyax comes to appreciate the value of her Eskimo heritage, learns about herself, and wins the friendship of a pack of wolves. After learning the language of the wolves and slowly earning their trust, Julie becomes a member of the pack.Since its first publication, Julie of The Wolves, winner of the 1973 Newbery Medal, has found its way into the hearts of millions of readers. [via]
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The Jungle Bookby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0582421152 (0-582-42115-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Book'Book summary:One of the all-time favorite stories from Rudyard Kipling is back, featuring delightful full-color and black-and-white illustrations. [via]
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The Jungle Books and Just So Storiesby Kipling RudyardISBN 0553211994 (0-553-21199-4)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle Books and Just So Stories'Book summary:First published in 1894 and 1895, The Jungle Books remain some of the most beloved tales of all time. Adored by readers of all ages, these classic stories in two volumes spin the unforgettable story of Mowglia boy raised by a pack of wolvesas he learns indelible lessons about the laws of the jungle as well as the needs of the heart. Through Mowglis journey, readers also meet the tiger Shere Khan, who stalks man and beast alike, the rock python Kaa, who dispenses wisdom, and the aging wolf Akela, who struggles as his leadership of the pack is challenged. Set in India, Kiplings great masterpiece is an allegory for Britains imperialism, filled with high adventure and extraordinary characters. The mythic tale of a boy looking for where he truly belongseither with the man-pack of the village or the wolf-pack of the wildThe Jungle Books touch both our intellect and our emotions, while Kiplings dazzling storytelling makes them the timeless archetype for popular tales to come. [via]
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Kidnappedby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0553212605 (0-553-21260-5)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:After his parents die, young David Balfour goes to live with his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour. Ebenezer is an old man but dangerous. He puts David on a ship to America and a difficult time begins. Can the mysterious stranger on the ship help David? Or is life more dangerous with him than without him? [via]
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Little Menby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0590412795 (0-590-41279-5)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Men'Book summary:The sequel to Little Women tells the story of Jo's school at Plumfield and the boys--rich and poor--who come to love the house, barns, fields and orchards there. [via]
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Little Womenby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0534521169 (0-534-52116-9)
Softcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:Little Women is one of the best loved books of all time. Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy: these are hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War. Through their dreams, plays, pranks, letters, illnesses, and courtships, women of all ages have become a part of this remarkable family and have felt the deep sadness when Meg leaves the circle of sisters to be married at the end of Part I. Part II, chronicles Meg's joys and mishaps as a young wife and mother, Jo's struggle to become a writer, Beth's tragedy, and Amy's artistic pursuits and unexpected romance. Based on Louise May Alcott's childhood, this lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life possesses a lasting vitality that has endeared it to generations of readers. [via]
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- Little Women: ISBN 0553212753 (0-553-21275-3)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - Little Women: ISBN 0590437976 (0-590-43797-6)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited - Little Women: ISBN 0590203509 (0-590-20350-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited - Little Women: ISBN 0590225375 (0-590-22537-5)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited - Little Women: ISBN 0517634899 (0-517-63489-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing - Little Women: ISBN 0606009744 (0-606-00974-4)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Little Women: ISBN 0534521169 (0-534-52116-9)
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- Little Women: ISBN 0553212753 (0-553-21275-3)
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Mary Poppins: Three Enchanting Classics Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, and Mary Poppins Opens the Doorby P. L. TraversISBN 0590080350 (0-590-08035-0)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mary Poppins: Three Enchanting Classics Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, and Mary Poppins Opens the Door'Book summary:For all her offended sniffs and humphs, Mary Poppins is likely the most exciting nanny England--and the world--has ever seen. Young Jane and Michael Banks have no idea what's in store for them when Mary Poppins blows in on the east wind one autumn evening. Soon, though, the children are having tea on the ceiling, flying around the world in a minute (visiting polar bears and hyacinth macaws on the way), and secretly watching as their unusual nanny pastes gold paper stars to the sky. Mary's stern and haughty exterior belies the delightful nonsense she harbors; her charges, as well as her literary fans, respect and adore her.
Grownups who have forgotten Mary Poppins's true charms will be tickled pink to rediscover this uniquely unsentimental fantasy. Younger readers will walk into Mary's world without batting an eye--of course the animals in the zoo exchange places with people on the night of the full moon. Certainly a falling star landing on a cow's horn will make her dance ceaselessly. Why wouldn't one be able to enter into a chalk picture? The only disappointing aspect of this classic is that it doesn't go on forever! (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Mary, Bloody Maryby Carolyn MeyerISBN 0613354613 (0-613-35461-3)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mary, Bloody Mary'Book summary:Teen fans of the movie Elizabeth will be fascinated with the pomp and sinister intrigue of Mary, Bloody Mary, an engrossing story about the teen years of Mary Tudor, half sister to Queen Elizabeth and daughter to Henry VIII. As a baby, Mary was adored by her father, who carried her around on his shoulder and displayed her for the court to admire. But as his marriage with her mother, Catherine of Aragon, waned for lack of a male heir, Henry began an affair with the beautiful Anne Boleyn. Mary was convinced that Anne was a witch. Didn't everyone know she had a sixth finger? And wasn't it Anne who persuaded Henry to declare his first marriage invalid (rendering Mary a bastard)? As the king grows ever colder, Mary is banished to a distant house, forbidden from seeing her mother, left to wear rags, and finally--at Anne's bidding--summoned back to court to be a servant to her baby half sister Elizabeth. Once there, Mary lives in constant dread that she will be poisoned or sent to the executioner's block in one of her father's rages. By the time Anne Boleyn herself is beheaded, Henry's first daughter has become the bitter and angry woman who was to be known as Bloody Queen Mary for her savage religious genocide. Carolyn Meyer, long acclaimed for her teen fiction (Drummers of Jericho), accurately captures the glitter and grandeur as well as the brutality of this fascinating period in history. (Ages 10 to 16) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Matildaby Roald DahlISBN 0606104844 (0-606-10484-4)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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The Moorchildby Eloise McGrawISBN 0613083822 (0-613-08382-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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My Side of the Mountainby Jean Craighead GeorgeISBN 0525463461 (0-525-46346-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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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 for 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 is 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 more than 80 children's books, 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 Andersen Award Honor Book. Astonishingly, she wrote its sequel, On the Far Side of the Mountain, 30 years later, and a decade after that penned the final book in the trilogy, Frightful's Mountain, told from the falcon's point of view. George has no doubt shaped generations of young readers with her outdoor adventures of the mind and spirit. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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- My Side of the Mountain: ISBN 0525443959 (0-525-44395-9)
Softcover, Dutton - My Side of the Mountain: ISBN 0525355308 (0-525-35530-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA - My Side of the Mountain: ISBN 0525443924 (0-525-44392-4)
Hardcover, Penguin USA - My Side of the Mountain: ISBN 0525463461 (0-525-46346-1)
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- My Side of the Mountain: ISBN 0525443959 (0-525-44395-9)
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One Man's Horseby Marguerite Henry, Wesley DennisISBN 0528820923 (0-528-82092-3)
Hardcover, Rand McNally
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Otherwise Known As Sheila the Greatby Judy BlumeISBN 0525469281 (0-525-46928-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Poppyby Avi, Brian FlocaISBN 0531094839 (0-531-09483-9)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Poppyby Brian FlocaISBN 0531087832 (0-531-08783-2)
Hardcover, Scholastic, Incorporated
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The Princess and the Goblinby George MacDonaldISBN 059044025X (0-590-44025-X)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Princess and the Goblin'Book summary:As always with George MacDonald, everything here is more than meets the eye: this in fact is MacDonald's grace-filled vision of the world. Said to be one of J.R.R. Tolkien's childhood favorites, The Princess and the Goblin is the story of the young Princess Irene, her good friend Curdie--a minor's son--and Irene's mysterious and beautiful great great grandmother, who lives in a secret room at the top of the castle stairs. Filled with images of dungeons and goblins, mysterious fires, burning roses, and a thread so fine as to be invisible and yet--like prayer--strong enough to lead the Princess back home to her grandmother's arms, this is a story of Curdie's slow realization that sometimes, as the princess tells him, "you must believe without seeing." Simple enough for reading aloud to a child (as I've done myself more than once with my daughter), it's rich enough to repay endless delighted readings for the adult. --Doug Thorpe [via]
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Princess in the Spotlightby Meg CabotISBN 0606274049 (0-606-27404-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Princess in the Spotlight'Book summary:Fifteen-year-old Mia Thermopolis, the witty, lovable star of Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries, has had it with princess lessons, also known as torture sessions: "Do they really think anyone in Genovia cares whether I know how to use a fish fork? Or if I can sit down without getting wrinkles in the back of my skirt? Or if I know how to say 'thank you' in Swahili? Shouldn't my future countrymen be more concerned with my views on the environment? And gun control? And overpopulation?" To make matters worse, she's getting these lessons from Grandmère, a rather judgmental woman who dresses her pet in chinchilla bolero jackets and has eyeliner permanently tattooed on her eyelids. Princess in the Spotlight further records Mia's path to princessdom: her artist mother's relationship with her algebra teacher (how awkward), her forced television interview, broadcast to all of America (how humiliating), and her crush on her best friend Lilly's brother Michael (how excruciating). The result is another thoroughly entertaining diary of a very human, very self-deprecating, very unprincesslike princess. (Ages 12 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Ramona the Pestby Beverly ClearyISBN 0590044931 (0-590-04493-1)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cryby Mildred D. TaylorISBN 0590982079 (0-590-98207-9)
Softcover, Scholastic
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Sea Starby Marguerite HenryISBN 0590415379 (0-590-41537-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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The Secret of Nimhby Robert C. O'BrienISBN 0590325485 (0-590-32548-5)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret of Nimh'Book summary:Mrs. Frisby, a field mouse, asks the rats of NIMH to help move her family's home from the path of the farmer's plow. [via]
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The Secret of Platform 13by Eva Ibbotson, Sue PorterISBN 0525459294 (0-525-45929-4)
Hardcover, Dutton Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret of Platform 13'Book summary:A hilarious fantasy for fans of Carroll, Nesbit, and Barrie! In the British tradition of comic fantasies, here is a wildly witty caper that would make Lewis Carroll laugh and E. Nesbit snicker. A forgotten door on an abandoned railway platform is the entrance to a magical kingdom--an island where humans live happily with feys, mermaids, ogres, and other wonderful creatures. Carefully hidden from the world, the Island is only accessible when the door opens for nine days every nine years. A lot can go wrong in nine days. When the beastly Mrs. Trottle kidnaps the prince of the Island, it's up to a strange band of rescuers to save him. But can an ogre, a hag, a wizard, and a fey really troop around London unnoticed? In a plot thick with mayhem, mix-ups, and magic, there is something to please all. Fantasy lovers in particular will not want to miss this peek through the door of Platform 13 into the imagination of a deliciously clever writer. [via]
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Seven Day Magicby Edward Eager, N. M. BodeckerISBN 0613223632 (0-613-22363-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Shakespeare Stealerby Gary BlackwoodISBN 0525458638 (0-525-45863-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare Stealer'Book summary:High jinks and high adventure fill every page of this exciting, panoramic novel set in Shakespeare's time. Widge, our hero, is a young orphan indentured to a cold, unscrupulous master because the young boy has a special talent--the ability to write a secret shorthand. The master is bent on getting hold of the script of Hamlet at any cost, so it becomes Widge's task to transcribe it--or else. This picaresque tale follows Widge as he hightails his way into the very heart of the Globe Theatre and Shakespeare's company of players. As full of twists as a London alleyway, this entertaining novel is rich in period details, colorful characters, villainy, drama, and chuckles. Swordplay and wordplay share the stage with pure fun, all of which will keep readers rapt to the final scene. [via]
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A Solitary Blueby Cynthia VoigtISBN 0590471570 (0-590-47157-0)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Subtle Knifeby Philip PullmanISBN 0613095049 (0-613-09504-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Subtle Knife'Book summary:With The Golden Compass Philip Pullman garnered every accolade under the sun. Critics lobbed around such superlatives as "elegant," "awe-inspiring," "grand," and "glittering," and used "magnificent" with gay abandon. Each reader had a favorite chapter--or, more likely, several--from the opening tour de force to Lyra's close call at Bolvangar to the great armored-bear battle. And Pullman was no less profligate when it came to intellectual firepower or singular characters. The dæmons alone grant him a place in world literature. Could the second installment of his trilogy keep up this pitch, or had his heroine and her too, too sullied parents consumed him? And what of the belief system that pervaded his alternate universe, not to mention the mystery of Dust? More revelations and an equal number of wonders and new players were definitely in order.
The Subtle Knife offers everything we could have wished for, and more. For a start, there's a young hero--from our world--who is a match for Lyra Silvertongue and whose destiny is every bit as shattering. Like Lyra, Will Parry has spent his childhood playing games. Unlike hers, though, his have been deadly serious. This 12-year-old long ago learned the art of invisibility: if he could erase himself, no one would discover his mother's increasing instability and separate them.
As the novel opens, Will's enemies will do anything for information about his missing father, a soldier and Arctic explorer who has been very much airbrushed from the official picture. Now Will must get his mother into safe seclusion and make his way toward Oxford, which may hold the key to John Parry's disappearance. But en route and on the lam from both the police and his family's tormentors, he comes upon a cat with more than a mouse on her mind: "She reached out a paw to pat something in the air in front of her, something quite invisible to Will." What seems to him a patch of everyday Oxford conceals far more: "The cat stepped forward and vanished." Will, too, scrambles through and into another oddly deserted landscape--one in which children rule and adults (and felines) are very much at risk. Here in this deathly silent city by the sea, he will soon have a dustup with a fierce, flinty little girl: "Her expression was a mixture of the very young--when she first tasted the cola--and a kind of deep, sad wariness." Soon Will and Lyra (and, of course, her dæmon, Pantalaimon) uneasily embark on a great adventure and head into greater tragedy.
As Pullman moves between his young warriors and the witch Serafina Pekkala, the magnetic, ever-manipulative Mrs. Coulter, and Lee Scoresby and his hare dæmon, Hester, there are clear signs of approaching war and earthly chaos. There are new faces as well. The author introduces Oxford dark-matter researcher Mary Malone; the Latvian witch queen Ruta Skadi, who "had trafficked with spirits, and it showed"; Stanislaus Grumman, a shaman in search of a weapon crucial to the cause of Lord Asriel, Lyra's father; and a serpentine old man whom Lyra and Pan can't quite place. Also on hand are the Specters, beings that make cliff-ghasts look like rank amateurs.
Throughout, Pullman is in absolute control of his several worlds, his plot and pace equal to his inspiration. Any number of astonishing scenes--small- and large-scale--will have readers on edge, and many are cause for tears. "You think things have to be possible," Will demands. "Things have to be true!" It is Philip Pullman's gift to turn what quotidian minds would term the impossible into a reality that is both heartbreaking and beautiful. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Summer of My German Soldierby Bette GreeneISBN 0553272470 (0-553-27247-0)
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Tale of Time Cityby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0606244549 (0-606-24454-9)
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The Thiefby Megan Whalen TurnerISBN 0613060326 (0-613-06032-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thief'Book summary:After Gen-s bragging lands him in the King-s prison, the chances of escape look slim. Then the King-s scholar, the magus, needs the thief-s skill for a seemingly impossible task-to steal a hidden treasure from another land. To the magus, Gen is just a tool. But Gen is a trickster and a survivor with a plan of his own. Ages: 10+ [via]
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Thief Lordby Cornelia FunkeISBN 0606292446 (0-606-29244-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thief Lord'Book summary:Imagine a Dickens story with a Venetian setting, and you'll have a good sense of Cornelia Funke's prizewinning novel The Thief Lord, first published in Germany in 2000. This suspenseful tale begins in a detective's office in Venice, as the entirely unpleasant Hartliebs request Victor Getz's services to search for two boys, Prosper and Bo, the sons of Esther Hartlieb's recently deceased sister. Twelve-year-old Prosper and 5-year-old Bo ran away when their aunt decided she wanted to adopt Bo, but not his brother. Refusing to split up, they escaped to Venice, a city their mother had always described reverently, in great detail. Right away they hook up with a long-haired runaway named Hornet and various other ruffians who hole up in an abandoned movie theater and worship the elusive Thief Lord, a young boy named Scipio who steals jewels from fancy Venetian homes so his new friends can get the warm clothes they need. Of course, the plot thickens when the owner of the pawn shop asks if the Thief Lord will carry out a special mission for a wealthy client: to steal a broken wooden wing that is the key to completing an age-old, magical merry-go-round. This winning cast of characters--especially the softhearted detective with his two pet turtles--will win the hearts of readers young and old, and the adventures are as labyrinthine and magical as the streets of Venice itself. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Time Machineby H. G. WellsISBN 0553213512 (0-553-21351-2)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Time Machine'Book summary:When the Time Traveller courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700--and everything has changed. In another, more utopian age, creatures seemed to dwell together in perfect harmony. The Time Traveller thought he could study these marvelous beings--unearth their secret and then retum to his own time--until he discovered that his invention, his only avenue of escape, had been stolen. H.G. Well's famous novel of one man's astonishing journey beyond the conventional limits of the imagination first appeared in 1895. It won him immediate recognition, and has been regarded ever since as one of the great masterpieces in the literature of science fiction. [via]
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Troyby Adele GerasISBN 0606254528 (0-606-25452-8)
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Vulpesby Jean Craighead GeorgeISBN 0525421548 (0-525-42154-8)
Hardcover, Dutton Childrens Books
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The Westing Gameby Ellen RaskinISBN 0525423206 (0-525-42320-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Westing Game'Book summary:For twenty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite and is now being reissued with a brand-new jacket by Kevin Hawkes and an introduction by Ann Durell.[via]
This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, which involves blizzards, burglaries, and bombings. Ellen Raskin has entangled a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense. -
Which Witchby Eva Ibbotson, Annabel LargeISBN 0525461647 (0-525-46164-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Which Witch'Book summary:Arriman the Awful, Loather of Light and Wizard of the North, needs a wife. How else can he have a wizard baby to carry on the family tradition of blighting and smiting, blasting and wuthering? The problem is, wizards can only marry one kind of person--a witch. Arriman dreads the thought. "A great black crone with warts and blisters in unmentionable places from crashing about on her broom! You want me to sit opposite one of those every morning eating my cornflakes?" But a witch it must be, so Arriman holds a contest to decide which witch. The local witches are all atwitter over what spell they'll perform for the contest--all except Belladonna, who is, to her great shame, a white witch. She looks rather like the girl on the Clairol Herbal Essence bottle, with a sweet face and flowing blonde hair. "There was usually something in Belladonna's hair: A fledgling blackbird parked there by its mother while she went to hunt for worms, a baby squirrel wanting somewhere safe to eat its hazel nuts, or a butterfly who thought she was a lily or a rose."
Black spells are cast, enchantments are woven, and even Belladonna manages to do a little damage in this wonderfully clever 1979 book by Eva Ibbotson (of The Secret of Platform 13). Young readers will delight in the way Ibbotson glories in the ghoulish and the gory--and in her engaging characters who are kindly and fiendish all at once. Which Witch (finally reissued in the United States) begs to be read aloud, with before-bed-length chapters and lots of opportunities for funny voices. (Ages 9 and older) --Claire Dederer [via]
Whirligigby Paul FleischmanISBN 0613230523 (0-613-23052-3)
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El Principito / The Little Princeby Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 0606226192 (0-606-22619-2)
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Ramona la Chinche / Ramona the Pestby Beverly ClearyISBN 0613004647 (0-613-00464-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ramona la Chinche / Ramona the Pest'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Ramona meets a lot of interesting people in kindergarten class, including Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled. [via]
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