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Absolutely Normal Chaosby Sharon CreechISBN 0330322265 (0-330-32226-5)
Hardcover, Pan Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Absolutely Normal Chaos'Book summary:First, Mary Lou's weirdo country cousin, Carl Ray, comes to stay with the large and chaotic family, then Alex Cheevy asks her out, she stops talking to Beth Ann, her one-time best friend, and she has to cope with a neighbour's death. By the author of "The Recital" and "Nickel Malley". [via]
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Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glassby Lewis Carroll, Kathy MitchellISBN 0307671119 (0-307-67111-9)
Hardcover, Golden Books Publishing Company, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass'Book summary:That Alice. When she's not traipsing after a rabbit into Wonderland, she's gallivanting off into the topsy-turvy world behind the drawing-room looking glass. In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll's masterful and zany sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, she makes more eccentric acquaintances, including Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the White Queen, and a somewhat grumpy Humpty Dumpty. Through a giant and elaborate chess game, Alice explores this odd country, where one must eat dry biscuits to quench thirst, and run like the wind to stay in one place. As in life, Alice must stay on her toes to learn the rules of this game. Through the Looking Glass immediately took its rightful place beside its partner on the shelf of eternal classics. And luckily for generations of enraptured children, Carroll was again able to persuade John Tenniel to create the fantastic woodblock engravings that have become so indelibly associated with the Alice stories. For almost 130 years, Alice's curious adventures have amused, perplexed, and delighted readers, young and old. This gorgeous, deluxe boxed set of both volumes contains engravings from Tenniel's original woodblocks that were discovered in a London bank in 1985, and reproduced for the first time here. "'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures?'" What indeed? (All ages) [via]
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Alice in Wonderland Classic Libraryby Lewis CarrollISBN 0307171116 (0-307-17111-6)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0375761381 (0-375-76138-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland'Book summary:Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis Carroll, Roger Lancelyn Green, John TennielISBN 019283374X (0-19-283374-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There'Book summary:That Alice. When she's not traipsing after a rabbit into Wonderland, she's gallivanting off into the topsy-turvy world behind the drawing-room looking glass. In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll's masterful and zany sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, she makes more eccentric acquaintances, including Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the White Queen, and a somewhat grumpy Humpty Dumpty. Through a giant and elaborate chess game, Alice explores this odd country, where one must eat dry biscuits to quench thirst, and run like the wind to stay in one place. As in life, Alice must stay on her toes to learn the rules of this game. Through the Looking Glass immediately took its rightful place beside its partner on the shelf of eternal classics. And luckily for generations of enraptured children, Carroll was again able to persuade John Tenniel to create the fantastic woodblock engravings that have become so indelibly associated with the Alice stories. For almost 130 years, Alice's curious adventures have amused, perplexed, and delighted readers, young and old. This gorgeous, deluxe boxed set of both volumes contains engravings from Tenniel's original woodblocks that were discovered in a London bank in 1985, and reproduced for the first time here. "'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures?'" What indeed? (All ages) [via]
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- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 0192816209 (0-19-281620-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 019281186X (0-19-281186-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 0333722728 (0-333-72272-8)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square Books - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 019283374X (0-19-283374-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 0192816209 (0-19-281620-9)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland : And, Through the Looking Glassby Lewis Carroll, Jenny ThorneISBN 0361028008 (0-361-02800-8)
Hardcover, Purnell, Alice Kelly
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland : And, Through the Looking Glass'Book summary:That Alice. When she's not traipsing after a rabbit into Wonderland, she's gallivanting off into the topsy-turvy world behind the drawing-room looking glass. In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll's masterful and zany sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, she makes more eccentric acquaintances, including Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the White Queen, and a somewhat grumpy Humpty Dumpty. Through a giant and elaborate chess game, Alice explores this odd country, where one must eat dry biscuits to quench thirst, and run like the wind to stay in one place. As in life, Alice must stay on her toes to learn the rules of this game. Through the Looking Glass immediately took its rightful place beside its partner on the shelf of eternal classics. And luckily for generations of enraptured children, Carroll was again able to persuade John Tenniel to create the fantastic woodblock engravings that have become so indelibly associated with the Alice stories. For almost 130 years, Alice's curious adventures have amused, perplexed, and delighted readers, young and old. This gorgeous, deluxe boxed set of both volumes contains engravings from Tenniel's original woodblocks that were discovered in a London bank in 1985, and reproduced for the first time here. "'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures?'" What indeed? (All ages) [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass, and the Hunting of the Snarkby Lewis CarrollISBN 0370109279 (0-370-10927-9)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass, and the Hunting of the Snark'Book summary:, 292 pages including Prefatory Notes at rear, illustrated throughout with numerous black and white illustrations within the text [via]
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The Annotated Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, David M. ShapardISBN 0307278107 (0-307-27810-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:This first-ever fully annotated edition of one of the most beloved novels in the world is a sheer delight for Jane Austen fans. Here is the complete text of Pride and Prejudice with more than 2,300 annotations on facing pages, including:
" Explanations of historical context
Rules of etiquette, class differences, the position of women, legal and economic realities, leisure activities, and more.
" Citations from Austens life, letters, and other writings
Parallels between the novel and Austens experience are revealed, along with writings that illuminate her beliefs and opinions.
" Definitions and clarifications
Archaic words, words still in use whose meanings have changed, and obscure passages are explained.
" Literary comments and analyses
Insightful notes highlight Austens artistry and point out the subtle ways she develops her characters and themes.
" Maps and illustrations
of places and objects mentioned in the novel.
" An introduction, a bibliography, and a detailed chronology of events
Of course, one can enjoy the novel without knowing the precise definition of a gentleman, or what it signifies that a character drives a coach rather than a hack chaise, or the rules governing social interaction at a ball, but readers of The Annotated Pride and Prejudice will find that these kinds of details add immeasurably to understanding and enjoying the intricate psychological interplay of Austens immortal characters.
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The Bell Jarby Sylvia Plath, Diane W. MiddlebrookISBN 0375404635 (0-375-40463-5)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bell Jar'Book summary:Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown beginning during a summer internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The real Plath committed suicide in 1963 and left behind this scathingly sad, honest and perfectly-written book, which remains one of the best-told tales of a woman's descent into insanity. [via]
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The Bitch Posseby Martha O'ConnorISBN 0312333935 (0-312-33393-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Cheater Pantsby Barbara Park, Denise BrunkusISBN 0375823026 (0-375-82302-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cheater Pants'Book summary:Meet the World's Funniest First GraderJunie B. Jones!
With over 50 million books in print, Barbara Park's New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughingand readingfor over 20 years! In the 21st Junie B. Jones book, Junie B. has all the answers when it comes to cheating. It's just plain wrong! But what about copying someone else's homework? That's not cheating, right? 'Cause homework isn't even a test! And speaking of tests . . . what if a friend shares an answer that you didn't even ask for? Sharing definitely isn't cheating . . . is it? Uh-oh. Maybe this cheating business is more complicated than Junie B. thought. Could she be a cheater pants and not even know it?
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"Junie B. is the darling of the young-reader set."
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"Park convinces beginning readers that Junie B.and readingare lots of fun."
Kirkus Reviews:
"Junie's swarms of young fans will continue to delight in her unique take on the world&.A hilarious, first-rate read-aloud."
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The Creativity Book: It's a God Thing!by Nancy Rue, Lyn BoyerISBN 031070247X (0-310-70247-X)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Creativity Book: It's a God Thing!'Book summary:To be a creative person, you don't have to be a musician, an artist, or even a writer, because everyone has a creative niche. Author Nancy Rue's The Creativity Book helps girls discover their creative self, no matter what it is. Bright, modern, and fun, The Creativity Book is loaded with activities that tweens will love while inspiring them to explore their own creativity and dare to be different. [via]
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Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhoodby Jennifer TraigISBN 031601074X (0-316-01074-X)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood'Book summary:Recalling the agony of growing up as an obsessive-compulsive religious fanatic, Traig fearlessly confesses the most peculiar behaviour - like scrubbing her hands for a full half-hour before meals, feeding her stuffed animals before herself, and washing everything she owned because she thought it was contaminated by pork fumes! [via]
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First Testby Tamora PierceISBN 0375829059 (0-375-82905-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First Test'Book summary:In the medieval and fantastic realm of Tortall, Keladry of Mindelan (known as Kel) is the first girl to take advantage of the decree that permits females to train for knighthood. But Kel is not a girl to underestimate. . . .
Part school story . . . part fantasy . . . part animal story . . . this is a splendidly rousing feast. Booklist [via]More editions of First Test:
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A Girl of the Limberlostby Gene S. Porter, Gene Stratton-Porter, Wladyslaw T. BendaISBN 0253133203 (0-253-13320-3)
Hardcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Girl of the Limberlost'Book summary:Of all the books written by Hoosier writers, Gene Stratton-Porters A Girl of the Limberlost is unquestionably the most cherished: the timeless story of an impoverished young girl, Elnora Comstock, growing up on the edge of the Limberlost swamp. Elnora Comstock has served as a role model for successive generations of independent young readers.
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A Girl of the Limberlostby Gene Stratton-Porter, Wladyslaw T. BendaISBN 0253203317 (0-253-20331-7)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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Girl Walking Backwardsby Bett WilliamsISBN 0312194560 (0-312-19456-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Girl's Guide to Taking over the World: Writings from the Girl Zine Revolutionby Tristan Taormino, Karen Green, Ann MagnusonISBN 0312155352 (0-312-15535-2)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Girls on the Vergeby Vendela VidaISBN 0312263287 (0-312-26328-7)
Softcover, Griffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Girls on the Verge'Book summary:In a fascinating look at how young women are coming of age in America, Vendela Vida explores a variety of rituals that girls have adapted or created in order to leave their childhoods behind. Vida doesn't just observe the rituals, she actively participates in them, going as far as spending a week at UCLA to experience rushshe emerges a Tri-Delt. She also goes to Miami to learn about the "quince" (the Latin American celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday), to Houston to take part in a debutante ball, to Los Angeles and San Francisco to talk to female gang members, to Salem, Massachusetts, to interview a coven of witches, and to Las Vegas to watch young brides take the plungesome of them in drive-through wedding chapels. With humor, insight, and illuminating detail, she explores girls' struggles to forge an identity and secure a sense of belonging through various ritualsrituals that they embrace without necessarily understanding the comforts they seek or the repercussions of their often all-too-adult choices.[via]More editions of Girls on the Verge:
Girls on the Verge : Debutante Dips, Drive-bys, and Other Initiationsby Vendela VidaISBN 0312200447 (0-312-20044-7)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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I Am Charlotte Simmonsby Tom WolfeISBN 0312424442 (0-312-42444-2)
Softcover, Picador USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Am Charlotte Simmons'Book summary:Dupont University--the Olympian halls of learning housing the cream of America's youth, the roseate Gothic spires and manicured lawns suffused with tradition . . . Or so it appears to beautiful, brilliant Charlotte Simmons, a sheltered freshman from North Carolina. But Charlotte soon learns, to her mounting dismay, that for the uppercrust coeds of Dupont, sex, Cool, and kegs trump academic achievement every time.As Charlotte encounters Dupont's privileged elite--her roommate, Beverly, a Groton-educated Brahmin in lusty pursuit of lacrosse players; Jojo Johanssen, the only white starting player on Dupont's godlike basketball team, whose position is threatened by a hotshot black freshman from the projects; the Young Turk of Saint Ray fraternity, Hoyt Thorpe, whose heady sense of entitlement and social domination is clinched by his accidental brawl with a bodyguard for the governor of California; and Adam Geller, one of the Millennial Mutants who run the university's "independent" newspaper and who consider themselves the last bastion of intellectual endeavor on the sex-crazed, jock-obsessed campus--she gains a new, revelatory sense of her own power, that of her difference and of her very innocence, but little does she realize that she will act as a catalyst in all of their lives.With his signature eye for detail, Tom Wolfe draws on extensive observation of campuses across the country to immortalize college life in the '00s. I Am Charlotte Simmons is the much-anticipated triumph of America's master chronicler. [via]
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It Had to Be You: Gossip Girl Prequelby Cecily Von ZiegesarISBN 0316910333 (0-316-91033-3)
Softcover, Poppy
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Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, Susan J. Wolfson, Claudia L. JohnsonISBN 0321105079 (0-321-10507-9)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:From Longman's Cultural Editions series, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice , edited by Claudia Johnson and Susan Wolfson, offers the text of the first edition and is extensively annotated in several contexts, from Austen's views, to cultural issues, to first reviews and critical reception. [via]
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Jean and Johnnyby Beverly ClearyISBN 0380709279 (0-380-70927-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jean and Johnny'Book summary:A timeless tale of how a teenage girl experiences the hazards of one-sided love and matures in the process. Short, bespectacled Jean is stunned when handsome Johnny asks her for a dance. Instantly smitten, Jean soon realizes Johnny doesn't feel the same way. But then Jean meets a much more compatible boy--Johnny's friend. Reissue. [via]
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Julie of the Wolvesby Jean Craighead GeorgeISBN 0241024749 (0-241-02474-9)
Hardcover, Hamilton
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Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocketby Barbara Park, Denise BrunkusISBN 0375800409 (0-375-80040-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket'Book summary:Kindergarten is just about to let out for the summer, and room 9 is going on a field trip to a farm. All the children squeal with joy--all but Junie B. Jones.
'Cause guess what? Farms are not my favorites.
Junie B. Jones, hilarious heroine of more than a dozen well-loved books, is mortally afraid of ponies. An imprudent babysitter once allowed her to watch a cable TV show called When Ponies Attack, so a trip to a farm seems like the ultimate in reckless endangerment. Never mind the roosters, which, according to her classmate, Meanie Jim, can peck your head to a nub. It takes some pretty fast talking by Junie's parents, teacher, and the farmer himself to get Junie to participate in the field trip, where she has a surprisingly good time. Until she bonds with Peep, a fluffy little chick, only to discover, to her horror, that Peep's destiny is to become a rooster.Award-winning author Barbara Park has joined with illustrator Denise Brunkus to create a charmingly outrageous character with a precocious yet childish voice that readers will never forget: "After that my heart got very poundy inside. 'Cause I heard the sound of footprints, that's why." Brunkus's comical drawings of Junie and her friends are the "bestest" ever. Don't miss any of the laugh-out-loud titles in the Junie B. Jones series. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girlby Barbara Park, Denise BrunkusISBN 0375802924 (0-375-80292-4)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl'Book summary:Junie B. Jones and all of Room 9 are getting ready to graduate from kindergarten! Their teacher--known to our heroine as "Mrs."--distributes their fresh white caps and gowns ("Cats and gowns, cats and gowns!" Junie hollers), and makes her students promise to keep them in their boxes until the big day. But Junie B., being Junie B., is sure that just one peek on the way home won't soil her gown. And then she must show off to her stuffed animals with a lot of whirling and skipping, which of course makes her thirsty. But guess what? "Grape juice can go wrong."
The 17th title in Barbara Park's popular Junie B. Jones beginning chapter book series is filled with more messy antics from the irrepressible 6-year-old with the rather unusual speaking style. She may be trouble, but Junie B. Jones has definite six-appeal. Don't miss any of the titles in this lively series, from Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket to Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying to Junie B. Jones Is Captain Field Day. Denise Brunkus's witty drawings deftly capture the tragicomedies of kindergarten life. Although the cute-precocious style may eventually grate on grownups' nerves, kids won't tire of Junie B.'s everyday adventures. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girlby Barbara Park, Denise BrunkusISBN 0375800387 (0-375-80038-7)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl'Book summary:Meet the World's Funniest KindergartnerJunie B. Jones!
Junie B. is a very grown-up little lady. So how come everyone treats her like a baby? With over 50 million books in print, Barbara Park's New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughingand readingfor over 20 years! In the 13th Junie B. Jones book, Junie B.'s aunt Flo is getting married. What a perfect chance for her to show everyone how grown-up she is! Too bad she wasn't picked to be the flower girl in the wedding so she could really show off. But surely Junie B. can still find some way to get everyone's attention.
USA TODAY:
"Junie B. is the darling of the young-reader set."
Publisher's Weekly:
"Park convinces beginning readers that Junie B.and readingare lots of fun."
Kirkus Reviews:
"Junie's swarms of young fans will continue to delight in her unique take on the world&.A hilarious, first-rate read-aloud."
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"Junie B. Jones is a feisty six-year-old with an endearing penchant for honesty." [via]More editions of Junie B. Jones Is (Almost) a Flower Girl:
Lady Knightby Tamora PierceISBN 037581471X (0-375-81471-X)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Knight'Book summary:In the final thrilling installment of Tamora Pierce's Protector of the Small series ( First Test, Page, and Squire), our sturdy young heroine, Keladry of Mindelan (a.k.a. Kel), has finally been knighted. Never one to rest on her laurels, Kel champs at the bit, ready to tackle the horrific magic killing devices she was shown in the Chamber of the Ordeal during her knighthood initiation. The huge, insectlike machines, "made of iron-coated giants' bones, chains, pulleys, dagger-fingers and -toes, and a long whiplike tail," feed on the souls of dead children and are systematically killing off the citizens and warriors of Tortall.
Thoroughly disgusted to discover that not only is she not going to be assigned a combat post, but she has been placed in charge of a refugee camp instead, Kel, in her usual noble, stoic way, swallows her disappointment and sets out being the best refugee camp commander possible. Of course, destiny has a way of sneaking up on a young woman like Kel, and soon she is fulfilling the ordeal the Chamber set out for her... and then some.
Tamora Pierce once again draws her legions of fans into her story, blending humor, pathos, exhilarating battles, and gripping drama with a very real, very appealing protagonist. It's easy to make war appear black and white, a matter of good versus evil. Pierce finds the shades of gray. (Ages 12 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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- Lady Knight: ISBN 0375829083 (0-375-82908-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - Lady Knight: ISBN 0375814655 (0-375-81465-5)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - Lady Knight: ISBN 037591465X (0-375-91465-X)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - Lady Knight: ISBN 037581471X (0-375-81471-X)
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The Last Girlsby Lee SmithISBN 0345464958 (0-345-46495-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Meg and the Treasure Nobody Sawby Holly Beth WalkerISBN 0307615154 (0-307-61515-4)
Hardcover, Goldencraft
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The Mill on the Flossby George Eliot, Gordon S. Haight, Dinah BirchISBN 0192833642 (0-19-283364-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mill on the Floss'Book summary:One of George Eliot's best-loved works, The Mill on the Floss is a brilliant portrait of the bonds of provincial life as seen through the eyes of the free-spirited Maggie Tulliver, who is torn between a code of moral responsibility and her hunger for self-fulfillment. Rebellious by nature, she causes friction both among the townspeople of St. Ogg's and in her own family, particularly with her brother, Tom. Maggie's passionate nature makes her a beloved heroine, but it is also her undoing.
The Mill on the Floss is a luminous exploration of human relationships and of a heroine who critics say closely resembles Eliot herself. [via]More editions of The Mill on the Floss:
- The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 037575783X (0-375-75783-X)
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Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0192824880 (0-19-282488-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0330237101 (0-330-23710-1)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0198125607 (0-19-812560-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Mill on the Floss: ISBN 0192833642 (0-19-283364-2)
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Mists of Avalonby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0345350499 (0-345-35049-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mists of Avalon'Book summary:Even readers who don't normally enjoy Arthurian legends will love this version, a retelling from the point of view of the women behind the throne. Morgaine (more commonly known as Morgan Le Fay) and Gwenhwyfar (a Welsh spelling of Guinevere) struggle for power, using Arthur as a way to score points and promote their respective worldviews. The Mists of Avalon's Camelot politics and intrigue take place at a time when Christianity is taking over the island-nation of Britain; Christianity vs. Faery, and God vs. Goddess are dominant themes.
Young and old alike will enjoy this magical Arthurian reinvention by science fiction and fantasy veteran Marion Zimmer Bradley. --Bonnie Bouman [via]
The Mysterious Visitorby Julie CampbellISBN 0375825789 (0-375-82578-9)
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The Mysterious Visitorby Michael Koelsch, Julie Campbell, Mary StevensISBN 0375925783 (0-375-92578-3)
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Mystery in Arizonaby Julie CampbellISBN 0375927417 (0-375-92741-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mystery in Arizona'Book summary:Di Lynchs Uncle Monty has invited Trixie, Honey, and the rest of the Bob-Whites to his Arizona dude ranch for winter vacation. There will be lots to dohorseback riding, swimming, festivalsbut Trixie is hoping for an activity that isnt on the usual list. She wants another mystery.
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Mystery in Arizonaby Michael Koelsch, Julie Campbell, Mary StevensISBN 0375827412 (0-375-82741-2)
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The Mystery on the Mississippiby Kathryn Kenny, Haris PetieISBN 0375930558 (0-375-93055-8)
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One-man Bandby Barbara Park, Denise BrunkusISBN 0375825363 (0-375-82536-3)
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Pageby Tamora PierceISBN 0375829075 (0-375-82907-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Page'Book summary:As the only female page in history to last beyond the first year of formal training to become a knight, 11-year-old Keladry of Mindelan has an uphill battle to fight. In addition to proving herself worthy of being a page, Kel spends her time defending first-year pages from bullies, staying on top of homework, conquering her paralyzing fear of heights, and keeping up with Lord Wyldon's grueling physical training schedule. Kel's detractors do everything in their power to thwart her progress, from tormenting her friends to sabotaging the Midwinter Festivities to kidnapping her maid and dog on the day of final examinations. The tide of resistance begins to turn slightly during the summer between Kel's second and third years, when she leads a team of pages in defensive maneuvers against renegade bandits--coincidentally on the same day that she gets her first period!
Tamora Pierce revisits the imaginary Kingdom of Tortall in this sequel to First Test: Protector of the Small. Fans of Pierce's exotic fantasy sequences will be hard-pressed to put either book down. Kel is a valuable role model: she's proud of being a girl, and she never wavers in her conviction that she can do anything a boy can--and usually do it better. Some rather bloody battles as well as discussions about Kel's developing body make this book appropriate for more mature readers. (Ages 10 to 14) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Returnby Marjane SatrapiISBN 0375714669 (0-375-71466-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return'Book summary:Picking up the thread where her debut memoir-in-comics concluded, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return details Marjane Satrapi's experiences as a young Iranian woman cast abroad by political turmoil in her native country. Older, if not exactly wiser, Marjane reconciles her upbringing in war-shattered Tehran with new surroundings and friends in Austria. Whether living in the company of nuns or as the sole female in a house of eight gay men, she creates a niche for herself with friends and acquaintances who feel equally uneasy with their place in the world.
After a series of unfortunate choices and events leave her literally living in the street for three months, Marjane decides to return to her native Iran. Here, she is reunited with her family, whose liberalism and emphasis on Marjane's personal worth exert as strong an influence as the eye-popping wonders of Europe. Having grown accustomed to recreational drugs, partying, and dating, Marjane now dons a veil and adjusts to a society officially divided by gender and guided by fundamentalism. Emboldened by the example of her feisty grandmother, she tests the bounds of the morality enforced on the streets and in the classrooms. With a new appreciation for the political and spiritual struggles of her fellow Iranians, she comes to understand that "one person leaving her house while asking herself, 'is my veil in place?' no longer asks herself 'where is my freedom of speech?'"
Satrapi's starkly monochromatic drawing style and the keenly observed facial expressions of her characters provide the ideal graphic environment from which to appeal to our sympathies. Bereft of fine detail, this graphic novel guides the reader's attention instead toward a narrative rich with empathy. Don't be fooled by the glowering self-portrait of the author on the back flap; its nearly impossible to read Persepolis 2 without feeling warmth toward Marjane Satrapi. --Ryan Boudinot [via]
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Pride & Prejudiceby UnkISBN 0194227103 (0-19-422710-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride & Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane AustenISBN 019282760X (0-19-282760-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Ramona and Her Fatherby Beverly ClearyISBN 0380709163 (0-380-70916-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ramona and Her Father'Book summary:Second grade is not turning out the way it should for Ramona Quimby. Her dad has lost his job, her mom has found a full-time job, and her big sister Beezus has "reached a difficult age." In her inimitable way, Ramona decides to take charge. She practices TV commercials in hopes of earning a million dollars, but only ends up insulting her teacher and getting into a prickly mess with some burrs. Then she embarks on a campaign to make her father stop smoking. Mr. Quimby manages to hold up under all these strains, but the challenge is on for the whole family to prove their mettle.
Once again, Beverly Cleary proves her own mettle in this touching and hilarious Newbery Honor Book. Beloved author of over two dozen children's books, and recipient of many awards, including another Newbery Honor for Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and a Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw, Cleary's instinct for children's jumbled emotions is flawless. Alan Tiegreen's adroit line drawings perfectly complement Cleary's style; it's hard to imagine one without the other. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8by Beverly ClearyISBN 0380709562 (0-380-70956-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ramona Quimby, Age 8'Book summary:From the first day of third grade, when Ramona Quimby meets her eventual nemesis Yard Ape, life moves on at its usual wild pace--usual for the boisterous Ramona, that is. Soon she is accidentally squashing a raw egg into her hair at the school cafeteria, being forced to play Uncle Rat with her annoying young neighbor, and, worst of all, throwing up in her classroom. The responsibilities of an 8-year-old are sometimes daunting, especially in a family that is trying to squeak by while the father goes back to school. But Ramona is full of too much vim and vigor to ever be down for long.
In her second Newbery Honor Book about Ramona (the first was Ramona and Her Father), Beverly Cleary presents another slice of the Quimby family life. Author of more than two dozen children's books, Cleary has a true knack for understanding the tangle of thoughts and emotions in a child's mind and heart. Empathic, witty, and astute, she has earned many other awards, including the Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw. Alan Tiegreen's clever line drawings have charmed countless readers of Cleary's books over the years, and his style is now inextricably tied to hers. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Sense And Sensibilityby Jane Austen, David GatesISBN 0375756736 (0-375-75673-6)
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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:
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Squireby Tamora PierceISBN 0375829067 (0-375-82906-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Squire'Book summary:In Book 3 of Tamora Pierce's Protector of the Small sequence, 14-year-old Keladry of Mindelan is ready to begin training as a squire after undergoing four grueling years as the first girl to be officially educated as a page. Disappointed at first that Lady Alanna (whom we first met in the Song of the Lioness Quartet series) does not choose her, Kel is delighted when gruff, good-natured, down-to-earth Lord Raoul takes her on. The next four years prove to be tough but happy, for the most part, as Raoul and most of the others in the King's Own (a corps of 300 men--299 now, plus Kel--that enforces the law and helps local nobles deal with problems such as centaur attacks and forest robberies) treat Kel as an equal. Throughout, Kel is physically and mentally preparing herself for the final test in the Chamber of the Ordeal, in which fourth-year squires must successfully face their greatest fears before becoming knights.
In this sequel to First Test: Protector of the Small and Page: Protector of the Small, Kel continues to be an admirable role model: stoutly loyal, strong, independent, honest, yet very real in her fears and weaknesses. Romance lurks for the budding adolescent as she develops a crush on one fellow and begins a sweet kissing-only relationship with another, after a very frank discussion about sex with her mother. Although the buildup to the Ordeal is watered down a bit by Kel's periodic visits to the Chamber door for a taste of what's to come, overall, this latest in Pierce's series is a rousing tale of chivalry and heroism that any reader will be sorely challenged to put down. (Ages 12 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Visitorby Kathryn KennyISBN 0307215326 (0-307-21532-6)
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Trixie Belden and the Mystery in Arizonaby CampbellISBN 0307615332 (0-307-61533-2)
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Trixie Belden and the Mystery in Arizonaby Kathryn KennyISBN 0307215334 (0-307-21533-4)
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Trixie Belden and the Red Trailer Mysteryby Kathryn KennyISBN 0307615251 (0-307-61525-1)
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Trixie Belden The Mystery on the Mississippiby Kathryn Kenny, Haris PetieISBN 0375830553 (0-375-83055-3)
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Trixie Belden the Red Trailer Mysteryby Julie Campbell, Michael Koelsch, Mary StevensISBN 0375824111 (0-375-82411-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Trixie Belden the Red Trailer Mystery'Book summary:While traveling by trailer in upstate New York to find a runaway, Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler investigate a case of mysterious trailer thefts. [via]
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Twilightby Stephenie MeyerISBN 0316015849 (0-316-01584-9)
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White Oleanderby Janet FitchISBN 0316182540 (0-316-18254-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Oleander'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, May 1999: Astrid Magnussen, the teenage narrator of Janet Fitch's engrossing first novel, White Oleander, has a mother who is as sharp as a new knife. An uncompromising poet, Ingrid despises weakness and self-pity, telling her daughter that they are descendants of Vikings, savages who fought fiercely to survive. And when one of Ingrid's boyfriends abandons her, she illustrates her point, killing the man with the poison of oleander flowers. This leads to a life sentence in prison, leaving Astrid to teach herself the art of survival in a string of Los Angeles foster homes.
As Astrid bumps from trailer park to tract house to Hollywood bungalow, White Oleander uncoils her existential anxieties. "Who was I, really?" she asks. "I was the sole occupant of my mother's totalitarian state, my own personal history rewritten to fit the story she was telling that day. There were so many missing pieces." Fitch adroitly leads Astrid down a path of sorting out her past and identity. In the process, this girl develops a wire-tight inner strength, gains her mother's white-blonde beauty, and achieves some measure of control over their relationship. Even from prison, Ingrid tries to mold her daughter. Foiling her, Astrid learns about tenderness from one foster mother and how to stand up for herself from another. Like the weather in Los Angeles--the winds of the Santa Anas, the scorching heat--Astrid's teenage life is intense. Fitch's novel deftly displays that, and also makes Astrid's life meaningful. --Katherine Anderson [via]
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Within a Budding Groveby Marcel ProustISBN 0375752196 (0-375-75219-6)
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