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Achingly Aliceby Phyllis Reynolds NaylorISBN 0689863969 (0-689-86396-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Alanna: The First Adventureby Tamora PierceISBN 0689878559 (0-689-87855-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alanna: The First Adventure'Book summary:Call it fate, call it intuition, or just call it common sense, but somehow young Alanna knows she isn't meant to become some proper lady cloistered in a convent. Instead, she wants to be a great warrior maiden--a female knight. But in the land of Tortall, women aren't allowed to train as warriors. So Alanna finds a way to switch places with her twin, Thom, and take his place as a knight in training at the palace of King Roald. Disguising herself as a boy, Alanna begins her training as a page in the royal court. Soon, she is garnering the admiration of all around her, including the crown prince, with her strong work ethic and her thirst for knowledge. But all the while, she is haunted by the recurring vision of a black stone city that emanates evil... somehow she knows it is her fate to purge that place of its wickedness. But how will she find it? And can she fulfill her destiny while keeping her gender a secret?
With Alanna: The First Adventure, veteran fantasy author Tamora Pierce has created a lively, engaging heroine who will charm middle-school readers with her tomboyish bravado and have them eagerly searching for the next book in the Song of the Lioness series. Like Brian Jacques's tales of Redwall, this popular quartet is an entertaining fantasy series for younger teens. (Ages 10 to 13) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Alice in the Knowby Phyllis Reynolds NaylorISBN 0689870922 (0-689-87092-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Bear Stays Up: For Christmasby Karma Wilson, Jane ChapmanISBN 0689852789 (0-689-85278-9)
Hardcover, Margaret K McElderry
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snuggled on his floor,
Bear sleeps soundly
with a great big snore...."
Bear's friends are determined to keep Bear awake for Christmas! So they wake Bear up and have him help them find a Christmas tree, bake cakes, hang up stockings, and sing Christmas songs. Bear stays up -- by discovering that giving is one of the best Christmas presents!
How a SURPRISE visit from someone very special gives Bear and his friends a Christmas to remember makes an enchanting holiday story for young readers. With Karma Wilson's memorable text and Jane Chapman's glowing illustrations, Bear Stays Up for Christmas is a book to cherish throughout the year. [via]
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Betsy and Tacy Go Downtownby Maud Hart LovelaceISBN 0690134509 (0-690-13450-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Betsy and the Great Worldby Maud Hart LovelaceISBN 0690135912 (0-690-13591-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Bill and Pete Go Down the Nileby Tomie De PaolaISBN 0698114019 (0-698-11401-9)
Softcover, Puffin
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Bootsie Barker Bitesby Barbara Bottner, Peggy RathmannISBN 0698114272 (0-698-11427-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bootsie Barker Bites'Book summary:It's the worst when Bootsie Barker comes to my house. Bootsie's the one who pulls my hair and tears my books. She hates Charlene, my pet salamander. She says that I'm a turtle and she's a turtle-eating dinosaur.[via]
Uh-oh, I think I hear a car pulling up. That's her now! Eeek!More editions of Bootsie Barker Bites:
Born to Shortby Dan ElishISBN 068986213X (0-689-86213-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Braceletby Yoshiko Uchida, Joanna YardleyISBN 069811390X (0-698-11390-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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A Charlie Brown Christmas: A Book-and-Tree Kitby Charles M. Schulz, Bill Melendez, Ron Fontes, Lee Mendelson, Justine Korman, Paige BraddockISBN 0689853572 (0-689-85357-2)
Hardcover, Little Simon
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Charlie Brown Christmas: A Book-and-Tree Kit'Book summary:Just like It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Valentine, this illustrated read-along seeks to re-create the popular Peanuts TV show of the same name. This edition also includes a four-song sampler CD from jazz-great Vince Guaraldi's brilliant soundtrack.
With illustrator Paige Braddock aping Charles Schulz's style, A Charlie Brown Christmas retells the Emmy Award-winning program blow-by-blow (with a few omissions), from the ice-skating opening scene to preparations for the school pageant to Charlie Brown's ill-fated Christmas tree rescue. Braddock almost perfectly mimics the show's cast and backdrops, but just as no one could be fooled by even expert impersonation of a loved one, Peanuts fans might find the niggling differences distracting (whether it's Schroeder's too-wavy hair or Pig Pen's just-too-small head).
A "novelization" like this probably can't ever hope to completely recapture the charm of the original, even if it had used Schulz's original art. Although the dialogue has been faithfully reproduced, much of the story's subtle appeal and cultural subtext gets lost in the book's simplified exposition--which is too bad, given that these are precisely the qualities which have made the show (and Schulz's timeless strip) so durable and well-loved in the first place. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes [via]
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Charlotte Sometimesby Penelope FarmerISBN 0701103019 (0-7011-0301-9)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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The Children of the Souls: A Tragedy of the First World Warby Jeanne MackenzieISBN 070112847X (0-7011-2847-X)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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Claudiaby Barbara Brooks WallaceISBN 0695814222 (0-695-81422-2)
Hardcover, Follett Pub Co
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The Cloud Chamberby Joyce MaynardISBN 068987152X (0-689-87152-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cloud Chamber'Book summary:In 1966, when his father's attempted suicide causes the ostracism of the family in their small Montana community, fourteen-year-old Nate copes with his sadness and anger by trying to win the school science fair. [via]
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The Color of Absenceby James HoweISBN 0689856679 (0-689-85667-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Color of Absence'Book summary:Virginia Euwer Wolff (Make Lemonade, Bat 6) sums up the essence of the 12 stories in The Color of Absence: "One of the things that interests me most about loss is that often, while we are being swept away by losing something, we are gaining something else that totally surprises us." A dozen young adult authors look at this paradox in all its guises as it touches young lives, in this collection of short fictional pieces edited by James Howe. Two of the stories are extraordinary--Wolff's own "Chair," which dramatizes the heartbreaking descent into Alzheimer's over three visits between an old man and his great-grandson, and Annette Curtis Klause's delicate and astonishingly moving tale of a vampire who rediscovers love through the affection and death of a small cat. Knowledgeable fans of young adult literature will be intrigued by the unlikely collaboration of Jacqueline Woodson and Chris Lynch in "The Rialto," an excerpt from a novel in progress. Walter Dean Myers, Avi, Angela Johnson, Norma Fox Mazer, Naomi Shihab Nye, and other authors explore losses ranging from a stolen bicycle to a father dying of AIDS. Young readers of a variety of ages and temperaments are sure to find at least a couple of stories here to touch their hearts. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Crunch Timeby Mariah Fredericks, Sam BassettISBN 068986938X (0-689-86938-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crunch Time'Book summary:Mariah Fredericks is the author of the bestselling novel The True Meaning of Cleavage. In a starred review Booklist said, "Fredericks, a first-time novelist, writes with amazing truth and perception." Meg Cabot, author of the Princess Diaries series, called it "Laugh-out-loud funny and way twisted!" Of her second book, Head Games, Kirkus Reviews said, "Fredericks has a gift for replicating teen vernacular." Mariah Fredericks lives with her husband in Queens, New York, where she is working on more novels for young people.
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Dawn of Fearby Susan Cooper, Margery GillISBN 0701104848 (0-7011-0484-8)
Hardcover, Chatto and Windus
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Divorce Expressby Paula DanzigerISBN 0698116852 (0-698-11685-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Dragonsingerby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0689860072 (0-689-86007-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragonsinger'Book summary:Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words. Sequel to Dragonsong. [via]
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Dragonsongby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0689860080 (0-689-86008-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragonsong'Book summary:Anne McCaffrey's best-selling Harper Hall Trilogy is a wonder-filled classic of the imagination. Dragonsong, the first volume in the series, is the enchanting tale of how Menolly of Half Circle Hold became Pern's first female Harper, and rediscovered the legendary fire lizards who helped to save her world. [via]
Golden & Grey: A Good Day for Hauntingby Louise ArnoldISBN 0689875851 (0-689-87585-1)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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The Golden Gobletby Eloise Jarvis McGrawISBN 0698305345 (0-698-30534-5)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Green Knightby Iris MurdochISBN 0701160306 (0-7011-6030-6)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Green Knight'Book summary:When distinguished scholar Lucas Graffe kills a mugger in self defence and then disappears immediately after the trial, it sends shock waves through his small circle of friends and family. When he finally returns, he is visited by a disconcerting and mysterious man. [via]
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The Grouchy Ladybugby Eric CarleISBN 069401320X (0-694-01320-X)
Hardcover, Harperfestival
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Gus and Buster Work Things Out.by Andrew BroninISBN 0698305612 (0-698-30561-2)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Homework Machineby Dan Gutman, Dan SantatISBN 0689876785 (0-689-87678-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Hope Was Hereby Joan BauerISBN 0698119517 (0-698-11951-7)
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In the Cards: Loveby Mariah Fredericks, Liselotte WatkinsISBN 0689876556 (0-689-87655-6)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Cards: Love'Book summary:What if, for once, the losers won out against the über-cools? GeekGirl gets GreekGod? It'd turn the school upside down.
But that's what Zoe's World, a website that Eberly's eighth-grade girls check out daily, is suggesting. Only Anna, Eve, and Syd know that the cards -- the mysterious tarot deck elderly Mrs. Rosemont left Anna (along with a psycho cat, Mouli) are responsible. Or may be responsible . . . if you believe in that sort of thing. [via]
Including Aliceby Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Nick VaccaroISBN 0689870744 (0-689-87074-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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It's Not Easy Being Badby Cynthia VoigtISBN 0689851154 (0-689-85115-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Jackson's Dilemmaby Iris MurdochISBN 0701165111 (0-7011-6511-1)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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Jacob Have I Lovedby Katherine PatersonISBN 0690040784 (0-690-04078-4)
Hardcover, Ty Crowell Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jacob Have I Loved'Book summary:"Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated . . ." With her grandmother's taunt, Louise knew that she, like the biblical Esau, was the despised elder twin. Caroline, her selfish younger sister, was the one everyone loved.
Growing up on a tiny Chesapeake Bay island in the early 1940s, angry Louise reveals how Caroline robbed her of everything: her hopes for schooling, her friends, her mother, even her name. While everyone pampered Caroline, Wheeze (her sister's name for her) began to learn the ways of the watermen and the secrets of the island, especially of old Captain Wallace, who had mysteriously returned after fifty years. The war unexpectedly gave this independent girl a chance to fulfill her childish dream to work as a watermen alongside her father. But the dream did not satisfy the woman she was becoming. Alone and unsure, Louise began to fight her way to a place where Caroline could not reach.
Renowned author Katherine Paterson here chooses a little-known area off the Maryland shore as her setting for a fresh telling of the ancient story of an elder twin's lost birthright. [via]
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Journal of a Solitudeby May SartonISBN 0704328674 (0-7043-2867-4)
Hardcover, Women's Press
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Judeby Kate MorgenrothISBN 0689864795 (0-689-86479-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jude'Book summary:When fifteen-year-old Jude's father is brutally murdered, Jude is a witness. But to save his own life, he can't tell the police what he knows. Still, Jude is determined to clear his name and win the approval of his mother -- the district attorney he has not seen since he was an infant.
At the urging of his mother's longtime companion, Jude agrees to a crazy scheme to protect her political future. But what Jude doesn't know is that there are buried secrets that will require him to sacrifice more than he ever dreamed. And his search for approval will turn into one for revenge. [via]
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Leaving Fishersby Margaret Peterson HaddixISBN 068986793X (0-689-86793-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Love and Friendshipby Jane AustenISBN 0704338238 (0-7043-3823-8)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Love and Friendship : And Other Early Worksby Jane AustenISBN 0704346672 (0-7043-4667-2)
Softcover, Women's Press, Limited, The
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Making Friendsby Fred Rogers, Jim JudkisISBN 0698114094 (0-698-11409-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Mrs Dallowayby Virginia Woolf, G. Patton WrightISBN 0701209933 (0-7012-0993-3)
Hardcover, The Hogarth Press
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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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My Cup Runneth Overby Cherry WhytockISBN 0689865465 (0-689-86546-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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A New Aristotle Readerby Aristotle, J. L. AckrillISBN 0691020434 (0-691-02043-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A New Aristotle Reader'Book summary:In a single volume that will be of service to philosophy students of all levels and to their teachers, this reader provides modern, accurate translations of the texts necessary for a careful study of most aspects of Aristotle's philosophy. In selecting the texts Professor J. L. Ackrill has drawn on his broad experience of teaching graduate classes, and his choice reflects issues of current philosophical interest as well as the perennial themes. Only recent translations which achieve a high level of accuracy have been chosen; the aim is to place the Greekless reader, as nearly as possible, in the position of a reader of Greek. As an aid to study, Professor Ackrill supplies a valuable guide to the key topics covered. The guide gives references to the works or passages contained in the reader, and indication of their interrelations, and current bibliography.
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Northanger Abbeyby Jane AustenISBN 0701112344 (0-7011-1234-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Northanger Abbey'Book summary:Though Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's earliest novels, it was not published until after her death--well after she'd established her reputation with works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. Of all her novels, this one is the most explicitly literary in that it is primarily concerned with books and with readers. In it, Austen skewers the novelistic excesses of her day made popular in such 18th-century Gothic potboilers as Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho. Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers all figure into Northanger Abbey, but with a decidedly satirical twist. Consider Austen's introduction of her heroine: we are told on the very first page that "no one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine." The author goes on to explain that Miss Morland's father is a clergyman with "a considerable independence, besides two good livings--and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters." Furthermore, her mother does not die giving birth to her, and Catherine herself, far from engaging in "the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush" vastly prefers playing cricket with her brothers to any girlish pastimes.
Catherine grows up to be a passably pretty girl and is invited to spend a few weeks in Bath with a family friend. While there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to visit their family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Austen amuses herself and us as Catherine, a great reader of Gothic romances, allows her imagination to run wild, finding dreadful portents in the most wonderfully prosaic events. But Austen is after something more than mere parody; she uses her rapier wit to mock not only the essential silliness of "horrid" novels, but to expose the even more horrid workings of polite society, for nothing Catherine imagines could possibly rival the hypocrisy she experiences at the hands of her supposed friends. In many respects Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage, 19th-century British style. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Old Bearby Jane HisseyISBN 0698113845 (0-698-11384-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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An Old-fashioned Girlby Louisa May Alcott, Marc D. FalkoffISBN 0694012874 (0-694-01287-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Patiently Aliceby Phyllis Reynolds NaylorISBN 0689870736 (0-689-87073-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Pillars of Monarchy: An Outline of the Political and Social History of Royal Guards 1400-1984by Philip ManselISBN 0704324245 (0-7043-2424-5)
Hardcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc
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The Playground Problemby Margaret McNamara, Mike GordonISBN 0689858760 (0-689-85876-0)
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Pop Princessby Rachel CohnISBN 0689852053 (0-689-85205-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Raging Quietby Sherryl JordanISBN 0689870043 (0-689-87004-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Raging Quiet'Book summary:New Zealand author Sherryl Jordan has crafted a riveting story, reminiscent of the work of Thomas Hardy, that's shimmering with the romanticism of a fairy tale but told with the vivid detail and suspense of a modern novel. In an ancient time, a newlywed girl is taken to a seaside thatched cottage by her much older husband. His drunken lovemaking repels her, but Marnie must endure because he is the lord's middle son and she has married him to save her family from starvation. When he is killed in a fall, she feels more release than grief, in spite of the village rumors that she caused his death with a witch's curse. Suspicions grow when she befriends an outcast, a "mad" boy called Raver whose rages and yammerings look to villagers like the work of the devil. But Marnie realizes that the boy is deaf, and his bursts of anger come from his inability to communicate. With the help of the kindly and wise village priest, she begins to invent a sign language for him. A tender love grows between them in the cottage, but Marnie still fears the marriage bed. Meanwhile, the scandalized villagers spy on the "witch," and at last force her to endure the bloodcurdling ordeal of trial by hot iron. Readers will gobble up this entrancing story, and may want to move on to Cynthia Voigt's Jackaroo, Michael Cadnum's In a Dark Wood, and perhaps Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. (Ages 12 to 15) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Rainbow Highby Alex SanchezISBN 0689854781 (0-689-85478-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rainbow High'Book summary:NELSON GLASSMAN may have been exposed to the HIV virus and is terrified of testing positive...but what if being positive is the only way to keep the guy of his dreams?
KYLE MEEKS finally has the guy of his dreams and is ready to do anything to stay by his side...but will "anything" include sabotaging his own future?
JASON CARRILLO knows he has to face his future and is prepared to face it out and gay...but is he prepared to let go of the dream that has sustained him all of his life?
As their high school days draw to a close and these three friends move toward one of life's most defining crossroads, each will be compelled to choose his own direction -- and prepare for the consequences.
Bold new voice Alex Sanchez continues the story begun in his critically acclaimed debut "Rainbow Boys" with this captivating and straightforward depiction of living, loving, and losing that goes straight to the heart of what it means to be young and gay.
Rules of the Roadby Joan BauerISBN 0698118286 (0-698-11828-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Sandpiperby Ellen WittlingerISBN 0689868022 (0-689-86802-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sandpiper'Book summary:"You shouldn't expect much of him. He's...he's damaged." Damaged. What a horrible word. Like a car after a wreck...It was how I'd been feeling myself. Slightly ruined, a big mess.
Lately there have been a lot of guys in Sandpiper's life. In the past year, she's gone through eight or nine different boyfriends -- if you can call them that. She knows the boys are only using her for one thing, but she is using them, too.
The Walker is different from the others. He is kind and gentle. Mysterious. And most of all, he is the first guy who doesn't want Sandy for all the usual reasons. In fact, she's not sure if he wants her for any reason.
But she knows she wants to be around him. He makes her feel safe, when all the other parts of her life -- like her family and friends -- just make her feel awful. And when one of Sandy's exes starts harassing her, the Walker may be the only person who can help Sandy confront her uneasy past -- and steady herself for a different future.
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The School Storyby Andrew Clements, Brian SelznickISBN 0689851863 (0-689-85186-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The School Storyby Brian Selznick, Andrew ClementsISBN 0689855958 (0-689-85595-8)
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Sense And Sensibilityby Jane AustenISBN 0701112379 (0-7011-1237-9)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense And Sensibility'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Sense And Sensibility:
Shilohby Phyllis Reynolds NaylorISBN 0689862229 (0-689-86222-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Simply Aliceby Phyllis Reynolds NaylorISBN 0689859651 (0-689-85965-1)
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Sitting Ducksby Michael BedardISBN 0698118979 (0-698-11897-9)
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Snowby Tracy Lynn, Kinuko Y. CraftISBN 0689855567 (0-689-85556-7)
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Squashedby Joan BauerISBN 0698119177 (0-698-11917-7)
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The Stepsby Rachel CohnISBN 0689874146 (0-689-87414-6)
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Sweet-bloodby Brooke WilliamsISBN 0689873247 (0-689-87324-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sweet-blood'Book summary:A Publishers Weekly Bestseller
On the theory that hundreds of years ago, diabetics were the original "vampires." diabetic Lucy Szabo frequents an Internet chat room where so-called vampires gather. As she connects with the goth/vampire subculture, Lucy's life begins to unravel. A disturbing and fascinating story about a cynical teen reinventing herself in the face of a chronic illness.
For ages 12 and up.
Available only in Young Adult 3. [via]
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Tanya and Emily in a Dance for Twoby Patricia Lee Gauch, Satomi IchikawaISBN 0698116356 (0-698-11635-6)
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The Teamby K.M. PeytonISBN 0690010834 (0-690-01083-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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To the Lighthouseby Virginia WoolfISBN 0701202777 (0-7012-0277-7)
Hardcover, Hogarth Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To the Lighthouse'Book summary:Woolf's best known novel records the daily life of a large English family and their guests on holiday in the Hebrides. The surface action is minimal, but Woolf uses the stream of consciousness technique, a progression of internal impressions and thoughts, to capture the characters' moment - by - moment reactions to the passing of time. The underlying tensions between the nurturing Mrs. Ramsay and the coldly rational Mr. Ramsay speak volumes about the conflicts of female and male relationships. But perhaps Woolf's most dazzling accomplishment in To the Lighthouse is her depiction of the painter Lily Briscoe's triumphant creative moment as she struggles to complete a painting and ultimately experiences the transcendence of art. [via]
Too Many Valentinesby Margaret McNamara, Mike GordonISBN 0689855370 (0-689-85537-0)
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True Meaning Of Cleavageby Mariah FredericksISBN 0689869584 (0-689-86958-4)
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Ugly Ducklingby H. C. Andersen, Robert R. Ingpen, Anthea BellISBN 0698400100 (0-698-40010-0)
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The V Clubby Kate BrianISBN 0689867646 (0-689-86764-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The V Club'Book summary:When Victoria A. Treemont, the most revered and reclusive woman in Ardsmore, Pennsylvania, passes away, she leaves behind a $160,000 scholarship fund that rocks the worlds of the students at Ardsmore High School. The successful candidate must "exemplify purity of soul, spirit, and body." Everyone agrees that this caveat can mean only one thing: The recipient of the scholarship must still be holding on to the big V.
Welcome to the V Club -- where members embrace abstinence, get off on civic duties, and heat up their chances to clinch the Treemont scholarship. What better way to prove purity than to pledge allegiance to the virginity flag? Besides, chastity belts are sooo 1300s.
Kai, Mandy, Debbie, and Eva have put their futures on the line. But will their deepest insecurities and darkest secrets ruin their chances at the scholarship, or worse, their relationships? Or will they discover the true meaning behind Mrs. Treemont's famous last words? [via]
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Valiant: A Modern Tale Of Faerieby Holly BlackISBN 0689868235 (0-689-86823-5)
Softcover, Simon Pulse
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Valiant: A Modern Tale Of Faerie'Book summary:When seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends. Impulsive Lolli talks of monsters in the subway tunnels they call home and shoots up a shimmery amber-colored powder that makes the shadows around her dance. Severe Luis claims he can make deals with creatures that no one else can see. And then there's Luis's brother, timid and sensitive Dave, who makes the mistake of letting Val tag along as he makes a delivery to a woman who turns out to have goat hooves instead of feet. When a bewildered Val allows Lolli to talk her into tracking down the hidden lair of the creature for whom Luis and Dave have been dealing, Val finds herself bound into service by a troll named Ravus. He is as hideous as he is honorable. And as Val grows to know him, she finds herself torn between her affection for an honorable monster and her fear of what her new friends are becoming. Bestselling author Holly Black follows her breakout debut, Tithe, with a rich, harrowing, and compulsively readable parable of betrayal, abuse, friendship, and love. [via]
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The Water Mirror: Dark Reflections-book 1by Elizabeth D. Crawford, Kai MeyerISBN 0689877870 (0-689-87787-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Water Mirror: Dark Reflections-book 1'Book summary:Kai Meyer's engaging fantasy portrays Venice as a city alive with wonder--stone lions pad with heavy paws on the canal banks and sometimes fly (as steeds for the Venetian Guard); the canals are full of mermaids with wide shark jaws, and the island city has been under siege by Egypt for 36 years. Only the power of The Flowing Queen, the mysterious spirit of the waters, has kept the city safe. But now the essence of the Queen has been stolen by traitors within the government, and the powers of Hell are offering a blood treaty. Two orphan girls, Merle, 14, and blind Junipa, 13, have become apprentices at the workshop of Arcimboldo, the maker of magic mirrors. He treats them kindly and restores gentle Junipa's sight by replacing her eyes with two round silvery bits of mirror. Merle soon emerges as the more adventurous of the two, and experienced fantasy readers are not surprised when she is given a quest to save the doomed city. American readers of this German bestseller will be reminded of Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord, by the intriguing mix of actual Venetian locations and a fantasy underworld, and also Neil Gaiman's Coraline, by the matter-of-fact acceptance of grotesqueries. In this unusually short (for fantasy) initial volume, Kai Meyer has planted enough backstory, hints, foreshadowings, and unanswered questions to fuel several sequels. (12 and up) --Patty Campbell [via]
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The Water Mirror: Dark Reflections-book 1by Kai Meyer, Elizabeth D. CrawfordISBN 0689877889 (0-689-87788-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Water Mirror: Dark Reflections-book 1'Book summary:Kai Meyer's engaging fantasy portrays Venice as a city alive with wonder--stone lions pad with heavy paws on the canal banks and sometimes fly (as steeds for the Venetian Guard); the canals are full of mermaids with wide shark jaws, and the island city has been under siege by Egypt for 36 years. Only the power of The Flowing Queen, the mysterious spirit of the waters, has kept the city safe. But now the essence of the Queen has been stolen by traitors within the government, and the powers of Hell are offering a blood treaty. Two orphan girls, Merle, 14, and blind Junipa, 13, have become apprentices at the workshop of Arcimboldo, the maker of magic mirrors. He treats them kindly and restores gentle Junipa's sight by replacing her eyes with two round silvery bits of mirror. Merle soon emerges as the more adventurous of the two, and experienced fantasy readers are not surprised when she is given a quest to save the doomed city. American readers of this German bestseller will be reminded of Cornelia Funke's The Thief Lord, by the intriguing mix of actual Venetian locations and a fantasy underworld, and also Neil Gaiman's Coraline, by the matter-of-fact acceptance of grotesqueries. In this unusually short (for fantasy) initial volume, Kai Meyer has planted enough backstory, hints, foreshadowings, and unanswered questions to fuel several sequels. (12 and up) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Weedflowerby Cynthia KadohataISBN 0689865740 (0-689-86574-0)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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What's the Matter With Herbie Jones?by Suzy Kline, Richard WilliamsISBN 0698119428 (0-698-11942-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The White Mountainsby John ChristopherISBN 0689856725 (0-689-85672-5)
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Who Wants a Cheap Rhinocerosby Shel SilversteinISBN 0689851138 (0-689-85113-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Wizard of Ozby L. Frank BaumISBN 0706413180 (0-7064-1318-0)
Hardcover, Octopus Books Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wizard of Oz'Book summary:In spite of the fact that L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) is one of the most popular stories in America, relatively few people have actually read the book. It's well worth the effort! Young readers expecting rainbows, Munchkin songs, and wicked witches with burning brooms will instead find a complex country populated with mocking Hammerhead men, dainty people made out of china, and fierce monsters with heads of tigers and bodies of bears. Through the fantastic land of Oz ramble Dorothy and her trusty companions--Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion--each seeking his or her heart's desire. Although the premise of the book and the 1939 movie is the same, the book--as so often is the case--delivers a far more subtle and intricate plot. A child's imagination will run rampant in these pages as one extraordinary creature after another leads the motley crew into strange and magical adventures. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Wizard of Oz Book and Charmby L. Frank BaumISBN 0694013196 (0-694-01319-6)
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The Woman Who Rides Like A Manby Tamora PierceISBN 0689878583 (0-689-87858-3)
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"She rides like a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man."
Newly knighted, Alanna of Trebond seeks adventure in the vast desert of Tortall. Captured by fierce desert dwellers, she is forced to prove herself in a duel to the death -- either she will be killed or she will be inducted into the tribe. Although she triumphs, dire challenges lie ahead. As her mythic fate would have it, Alanna soon becomes the tribe's first female shaman -- despite the desert dwellers' grave fear of the foreign woman warrior. Alanna must fight to change the ancient tribal customs of the desert tribes -- for their sake and for the sake of all Tortall. [via]More editions of The Woman Who Rides Like A Man:
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The Wonderful Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, Michael McCurdy, Ray BradburyISBN 0700611517 (0-7006-1151-7)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Kansas
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'Book summary:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz remains one of the world's most beloved and widely read books. Throughout a century of remarkable change, the popularity of L. Frank Baum's classic tale has endured and grown, embraced by generation after generation of children and the young at heart. To honor the centennial of its publication in 1900, the University Press of Kansas is pleased to present this special anniversary edition that combines Baum's original text with the contributions of two renowned artists: book illustrator Michael McCurdy and writer Ray Bradbury. Distinguished by McCurdy's beguiling illustrations and Bradbury's provocative meditation on the Land of Oz, our book also embraces and even celebrates the oft-kidded connection between Baum's wondrous story and the state of Kansas. With good humor and appreciation, then, we are very proud to welcome both Dorothy and Toto back home. [via]
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Worthby A. LafayeISBN 0689857306 (0-689-85730-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Wreckedby E. R. FrankISBN 0689873840 (0-689-87384-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wrecked'Book summary:Dear anyone who cared about Cameron, I was the driver of the other car. The police and my mother and my father and plenty of people are saying that I didnt kill her. But I know I did. Thats what her parents must believe. And my brother, Jack. He always sees whats true. I want to tell him how sorry I am about the accident. I want to say a lot of things to him and to everybody like how Cameron was smart and beautiful and kind in a way that isnt all that common in high school. Like how much Jack loved her and how sometimes I can hear him crying through the wall at night. I want to say how bad everything can get. In one split second. Upside down and shattered. Just like that. Wrecked. [via]
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily BronteISBN 0701112417 (0-7011-1241-7)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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