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After Writing Culture: Epistemology and Praxis in Contemporary Anthropologyby Association of Social Anthropologists Conference, Andrew Dawson, Allison James, Jennifer Lorna HockeyISBN 041515006X (0-415-15006-X)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'After Writing Culture: Epistemology and Praxis in Contemporary Anthropology'Book summary:This collection addresses the theme of representation in anthropology. Its fourteen articles explore some of the directions in which contemporary anthropology is moving, following the questions raised by the "writing culture" debates of the 1980s.
It includes discussion of issues such as:
* the concept of caste in Indian society
* scottish ethnography
* how dreams are culturally conceptualised
* representations of the family
* culture as conservation
* gardens, theme parks and the anthropologist in Japan
* representation in rural Japan
* people's place in the landscape of Northern Australia
* representing identity of the New Zealand Maori. [via]More editions of After Writing Culture: Epistemology and Praxis in Contemporary Anthropology:
All About the Girl: Culture, Power and Identityby Anita Harris, Michelle FineISBN 0415947006 (0-415-94700-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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Amazing Gracieby A. E. CannonISBN 0440215706 (0-440-21570-6)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Among Friendsby Caroline B. CooneyISBN 0440226929 (0-440-22692-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Anastasia's Chosen Careerby Lois LowryISBN 0440401003 (0-440-40100-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anastasia's Chosen Career'Book summary:Anastasia Krupnik has exactly one week to work on her school assignment called "My Chosen Career." Determined to be a bookstore owner, she must first develop poise and self-confidence. So Anastasia takes the plunge and spends her life savings on a modeling course at Studio Charmante. She has one week to interview a bookstore owner, write a report, and complete her modeling course. Luckily her new friend Henry is with her most of the way. Is Anastasia destined to be a successful bookstore owner or a glamorous model? Only Anastasia has the answers! [via]
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Ashes of Rosesby Mary Jane AuchISBN 044023851X (0-440-23851-X)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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Bindi Babesby Narinder DhamiISBN 0440420199 (0-440-42019-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Blubberby Judy BlumeISBN 0440407079 (0-440-40707-9)
Softcover, Yearling Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blubber'Book summary:Blubber is a good name for her, the note from Wendy says about Linda. Jill crumples it up and leaves it on the corner of her desk. She doesn't want to think about Linda or her dumb report on the whale just now. Jill wants to think about Halloween.
But Robby grabs the note, and before Linda stops talking it has gone halfway around the room.
That's where it all starts. There's something about Linda that makes a lot of kids in her fifth-grade class want to see how far they can go -- but nobody, least of all Jill, expects the fun to end where it does.
A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year [via]More editions of Blubber:
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Both Sides of Timeby Caroline B. CooneyISBN 0440219329 (0-440-21932-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Both Sides of Time'Book summary:Imagine changing centuries--and making things worse, not better, on both sides of time.
Imagine being involved in two love triangles in two different centuries. What if, no matter which direction you travel in time, you must abandon someone you love?
Meet 15-year-old Annie Lockwood, a romantic living in the wrong century. When she travels back a hundred years and lands in 1895--a time when privileged young ladies wear magnificent gowns, attend elegant parties, and are courted by handsome gentlemen--Annie at last finds romance. But she is a trespasser in time. Will she choose to stay in the past? Will she be allowed to? [via]More editions of Both Sides of Time:
Bright Minds, Poor Grades: Understanding and Motivating Your Underachieving Childby Michael D. WhitleyISBN 0399527052 (0-399-52705-2)
Softcover, Perigee
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Calico Captiveby Elizabeth G. SpeareISBN 0440411564 (0-440-41156-4)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Calico Captive'Book summary:Early one morning in the year 1754 the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, was shattered by shrill war whoops and the terror of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day which had promised new happiness, found herself instead a captive on a forest trail, caught up in the ebb and flow of the French and Indian War.
It was a horrowing march north. Miriam could only force herself to the next stopping place, the next small portion of food, the next icy stream to be crossed. What waits at the end of the trail--besides an Indian quantlet and a life of slavery? [via]More editions of Calico Captive:
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The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mysteryby Nancy SpringerISBN 0399243046 (0-399-24304-6)
Hardcover, Philomel Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery'Book summary:[via]When Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappearedon her 14th birthday nonethelessshe knows she alone can find her. Disguising herself as a grieving widow, Enola sets out to the heart of London to uncover her mothers whereaboutsbut not even the last name Holmes can prepare her for what awaits. Suddenly involved in the kidnapping of the young Marquess of Basilwether, Enola must escape murderous villains, free the spoiled Marquess, and perhaps hardest of all, elude her shrewd older brotherall while collecting clues to her mothers disappearance!
A remarkable debut of a new mystery series by two-time Edgar Awardwinning author Nancy Springer.
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Chinese Handcuffsby Chris CrutcherISBN 0440208378 (0-440-20837-8)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chinese Handcuffs'Book summary:Still troubled by his older brother's violent suicide, eighteen-year-old Dillon becomes deeply involved in the terrible secret of his friend Jennifer, who feels she can tell no one what her stepfather is doing to her. [via]
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A Corner of the Universeby Ann M. MartinISBN 0439388813 (0-439-38881-3)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Corner of the Universe'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The summer that Hattie turns twelve, she meets the childlike uncle she never knew and becomes friends with a girl who works at the carnival. [via]
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Deadly Deceptionby Betsy HaynesISBN 0440219477 (0-440-21947-7)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Don't Screamby Joan Lowery NixonISBN 0440227100 (0-440-22710-0)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Eight Cousins or Aunt Hillby Louisa May Alcott, Joan AikenISBN 0440422310 (0-440-42231-0)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Enemy Spyby Wendelin Van Draanen, Brian BiggsISBN 0440419158 (0-440-41915-8)
Softcover, Yearling Books
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Eyes of a Strangerby Sharon E. HeiselISBN 0440219930 (0-440-21993-0)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Fifth Life of the Cat Womanby Kathleen DexterISBN 0425186180 (0-425-18618-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Flags of Our Fathersby James Bradley, Ron Powers, Michael FrenchISBN 0440229200 (0-440-22920-0)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flags of Our Fathers'Book summary:In the winter of 1945, on the tiny island of Iwo Jima, a ferocious, epic battle was fought, resulting in the loss of more than 48,000 lives and producing what was to become one of the most recognizable symbols of World War II: a photograph of six soldiers raising an American flag on the peak of Mount Suribachi. One of the six, Navy corpsman John Bradley, came away from this historical moment with a deep and mysterious silence about his role in the flag raising. Even his wife heard him speak of it only once in their 47-year marriage. After Bradley's death, his son James began to piece together the facts of his father's heroism, as well as that of the other five men, all of whom became reluctant heroes because of their presence during that fateful instant when the shutter clicked and created a wartime icon.
Based on James Bradley's Flags of Our Fathers for adults, this abridged version for younger readers retains the somewhat terse drama, intense heartbreak, and bittersweet triumph of the original narrative. Through his research on the event and the soldiers (three of the men were killed in combat within days of the flag raising), Bradley explores the dubious nature of heroism and the devastating effects of war. (Ages 14 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Flour Babiesby Anne FineISBN 0440219418 (0-440-21941-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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For Mikeby Shelley SykesISBN 0440226937 (0-440-22693-7)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0439099390 (0-439-09939-0)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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- Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0440400554 (0-440-40055-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0440477069 (0-440-47706-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0440477093 (0-440-47709-3)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0439099390 (0-439-09939-0)
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- Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0440400554 (0-440-40055-4)
Freedom Beyond the Seaby Elizabeth D. Crawford, Waldtraut LewinISBN 0440228689 (0-440-22868-9)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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The Girl in the Boxby Ouida SebestyenISBN 0440228735 (0-440-22873-5)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Girl in the Box'Book summary:To Anybody Out There
My name is Jackie McGee. I am the girl who disappeared. Listen to the news. See if other pieces of paper are scattered nearby. Maybe if you yell really loud I can hear you and yell back. I am not making this up. Please help!
Left in an underground cement room by an unknown captor, Jackie has food and water but no light or human contact. She does not know when--or if--her abductor will retum.
As her desperation mounts, Jackie touch-types to focus her mind: letters to her family, a story for her English class, and reflections on her life in the past few months. In her isolation and fear, Jackie is forced to test her emotional boundaries, and in doing so she finds new meaning in her past as well as rich reserves of strength and courage within herself. [via]More editions of The Girl in the Box:
Girl, 15, Charming but Insaneby Sue LimbISBN 044023896X (0-440-23896-X)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Giverby Lois LowryISBN 0440237688 (0-440-23768-8)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Giver'Book summary:In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price. [via]
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- The Giver: ISBN 0440219078 (0-440-21907-8)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books - The Giver: ISBN 0440227275 (0-440-22727-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books - The Giver: ISBN 0440228921 (0-440-22892-1)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books - The Giver: ISBN 0440237688 (0-440-23768-8)
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- The Giver: ISBN 0440219078 (0-440-21907-8)
Heatby Mike LupicaISBN 0399243011 (0-399-24301-1)
Hardcover, Philomel Books
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Heavy Metal And Youby Chris KrovatinISBN 0439743990 (0-439-74399-0)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Heavy Metal And Youby Christopher KrovatinISBN 043973648X (0-439-73648-X)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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The Hounds of the Morriganby Pat O'SheaISBN 0440200016 (0-440-20001-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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In the Forests of the Nightby Amelia Atwater-RhodesISBN 0440228166 (0-440-22816-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Johnny Tremainby Esther ForbesISBN 0440442508 (0-440-44250-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Johnny Tremain'Book summary:This story of a tragically injured young silversmith who ends up hip-deep in the American Revolution is inspiring, exciting, and sad. Winner of the prestigious Newbery Award in 1944, Esther Forbes's story has lasted these 50-plus years by including adventure, loss, courage, and history in a wonderfully written, very dramatic package. It's probably not great for little guys but mature 11-year-olds or older will find it a great adventure. [via]
Just Like Jennyby Sandy AsherISBN 0440042992 (0-440-04299-2)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press
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Kiss Me Tomorrowby Susan ShreveISBN 0439680476 (0-439-68047-6)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Kristy Powerby Ann M. MartinISBN 0439147883 (0-439-14788-3)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Kristy's Great Ideaby Ann M. MartinISBN 0439739330 (0-439-73933-0)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kristy's Great Idea'Book summary:Based on Ann M. Martin's bestselling series, America's favorite baby-sitters are back -- this time, in a heart-warming and hilarious graphic novel.[via]
In this new graphic novel edition of the very first BABY-SITTERS CLUB book, Raina Telgemeier captures all the drama of the original in warm, spunky illustrations. Witness Kristy's eureka moment, when she gets the idea for a "baby-sitters club" and enlists her best friends, shy Mary Anne and artistic Claudia, in an exciting new venture. But the baby-sitting business isn't the only thing absorbing their attention: Kristy is having a hard time accepting her stepdad-to-be, and the newest member of the gang, Stacey, seems to be hiding a secret.More editions of Kristy's Great Idea:
Letters from the Insideby John MarsdenISBN 0440219515 (0-440-21951-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Lord of the Nutcracker Menby Iain LawrenceISBN 0440418127 (0-440-41812-7)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Lost and Foundby Anne SchraffISBN 0439898390 (0-439-89839-0)
Softcover, Scholastic, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost and Found'Book summary:Welcome to Bluford High. This widely acclaimed teen series set in an urban high school features engaging, accessible writing and appealing, contemporary storylines.[via]
Darcy Wills is in big trouble. And she does not know where to turn for help. First there was the mysterious stranger who started following her. Then there was the threatening note left on her desk at Bluford High School. And now her sister has disappeared. Forced into a desperate race against time, Darcy must take action to save her sister--and her fragile family--before it is too late.More editions of Lost and Found:
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Notes from the Midnight Driverby Jordan SonnenblickISBN 0439757797 (0-439-75779-7)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Notes from the Midnight Driver'Book summary:From hot new talent Jordan Sonnenblick, a "Tuesdays with Morrie" for teens.[via]
16-year-old Alex decides to get even. His parents are separated, his father is dating his former third-grade teacher, and being 16 isn't easy, especially when it comes to girls. Instead of revenge though, Alex ends up in trouble with the law and is ordered to do community service at a senior center where he is assigned to Solomon Lewis, a "difficult" senior with a lot of gusto, advice for Alex, and a puzzling (yet colorful) Yiddish vocabulary. Eventually, the pair learn to deal with their past and each other in ways that are humorous, entertaining, and life changing.More editions of Notes from the Midnight Driver:
An Old-fashioned Girlby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0440466091 (0-440-46609-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Perfect Little Angelsby Andrew NeidermanISBN 0425117758 (0-425-11775-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Poisonby Chris WoodingISBN 0439755719 (0-439-75571-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poison'Book summary:A brilliant, twisted, spirited anti-fairy tale from the amazing Chris Wooding[via]
Poison has always been a willful, contrary girl, prone to being argumentative and stubborn. So when her sister is snatched by the mean-spirited faeries, she seeks out the Phaerie Lord to get her back.
But finding him isn't easy, and the quest leads Poison into a murderous world of intrigue, danger, and deadly storytelling. With only her wits and her friends to aid her, Poison must survive the attentions of the Phaerie Lord, rescue her sister, and thwart a plot that's beyond anything she (or the reader) can imagine. . . . -
Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, Margaret TarnerISBN 0435272527 (0-435-27252-7)
Softcover, Macmillan Heinemann ELT
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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]
Ransom of Mercy Carterby Caroline B. CooneyISBN 0440227755 (0-440-22775-5)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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The Rapture of Canaanby Sheri ReynoldsISBN 0425162443 (0-425-16244-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rapture of Canaan'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, April 1997: Members of the Church of Fire and Brimstone and God's Almighty Baptizing Wind spend their days and nights serving the Lord and waiting for the Rapture--that moment just before the Second Coming of Christ when the saved will be lifted bodily to heaven and the damned will be left behind to face the thousand years of tribulation on earth. The tribulation, according to Grandpa Herman, founder of Fire and Brimstone, will be an ugly time: "He said that we'd run out of food. That big bugs would chase us around and sting us with their tails . . . He said we'd turn on the faucet in the bathroom and find only blood running out . . . He said evil multitudes would come unto us and cut off our limbs, and that we wouldn't die . . . And then he'd say, 'But you don't have to be left behind. You can go straight to Heaven with all of God's special children if you'll only open your hearts to Jesus . . .'"
Such talk of damnation weighs heavy on the mind of Ninah Huff, the 15-year-old narrator of Sheri Reynolds's second novel, The Rapture of Canaan. To distract her from sinful thoughts about her prayer partner James, Ninah puts pecan shells in her shoes and nettles in her bed. But concentrating on the Passion of Jesus cannot, in the end, deter Ninah and James from their passion for each other, and the consequences prove both tragic and transforming for the entire community.
The Rapture of Canaan is a book about miracles, and in writing it, Reynolds has performed something of a miracle herself. Although the church's beliefs and practices may seem extreme (sleeping in an open grave, mortifying the flesh with barbed wire), its members are complex and profoundly sympathetic as they wrestle with the contradictions of Fire and Brimstone's theology, the temptations of the outside world, and the frailties of the human heart. [via]
Raven of the Wavesby Michael CadnumISBN 0439626617 (0-439-62661-7)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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The Real Truth About Teens & Sexby Sabrina WeillISBN 039953198X (0-399-53198-X)
Hardcover, Perigee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Real Truth About Teens & Sex'Book summary:A top editor at major teen magazines for more than a decade, Sabrina Weill has earned the trust of millions of teens across the country. Through thousands of letters, e-mails, and interviews, and now in an exclusive nationwide survey, teens have confided in her, voicing their questions, fears, and concerns-and providing front-line reports on what really goes on at parties, at school, before parents get home from work, online, and elsewhere.
For the first time, Weill reveals what teens have told her-and offers parents and other concerned adults insights into how to communicate with young people so they'll listen, open up, and think before they act. [via]More editions of The Real Truth About Teens & Sex:
Remembranceby Theresa BreslinISBN 0440237785 (0-440-23778-5)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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Rose in Bloomby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0440475880 (0-440-47588-0)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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Sammy Keyes & the Hollywood Mummyby Wendelin Van DraanenISBN 0440418666 (0-440-41866-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Sammy Keyes & the Moustache Maryby Wendelin Van DraanenISBN 0440416434 (0-440-41643-4)
Softcover, Young Yearling
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Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deceptionby Wendelin Van DraanenISBN 0440419921 (0-440-41992-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Sammy Keyes And the Psycho Kitty Queenby Wendelin Van Draanen, Dan YaccarinoISBN 0440419107 (0-440-41910-7)
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Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyesby Wendelin Van DraanenISBN 044041900X (0-440-41900-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sammy Keyes and the Search for Snake Eyes'Book summary:Not normally a mall rat, young Sammy Keyes somehow finds herself at the video arcade with her best friend one day, blowing off steam before the big junior-high softball tournament. Naturally, fans of this plucky girl detective (Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy, Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy, etc.) will not be at all surprised to learn that this innocent outing winds up putting Sammy in the middle of another big, messy, dangerous mystery. In spite of her best intentions, our sleuth is soon exploring the seamy underbelly of her hometown, confronting gang members, pursuing a man with "hatred for eyes, steel for a mouth," and trying to take care of an abandoned infant--all while remaining undercover at her grandmother's adults-only apartment complex. Newcomers and veterans of the Sammy Keyes mystery series will immediately take to this not-so-hard-boiled seventh-grade detective and her funny yet issue-laden adventures. (Ages 10 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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See You Down The Roadby Kim Ablon WhitneyISBN 0440238099 (0-440-23809-9)
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Welcome to Bridgets world: Her family lives in a trailer, moving every so often; shes engaged and her wedding is sooner than shed like; and her parents want her to quit high school so she can help more with the family business. The problem is Bridgets not sure the Traveler life is for her anymore. She feels guilty about pulling scams, and shes definitely not sure she wants to get married, even though Patricks a good guy. But Bridgets always been the good girl who does what shes told, and theres no way her parents will let her out of the wedding. And if she leaves the life, shes out of the family for good.
Tautly written, with a riveting storyline and sympathetic characters coping with universal themes of family and social pressure, See You Down the Road will captivate readers to the very end.
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Sex Educationby Jenny DavisISBN 0440204836 (0-440-20483-6)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Sophie's Worldby Jostein GaarderISBN 0425152251 (0-425-15225-1)
Softcover, Boulevard
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Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herselfby Judy BlumeISBN 0440482534 (0-440-48253-4)
Softcover, Yearling Books
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Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnesby Chris CrutcherISBN 044021906X (0-440-21906-X)
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Subtle Knifeby Philip PullmanISBN 0440238145 (0-440-23814-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Subtle Knife'Book summary:With The Golden Compass Philip Pullman garnered every accolade under the sun. Critics lobbed around such superlatives as "elegant," "awe-inspiring," "grand," and "glittering," and used "magnificent" with gay abandon. Each reader had a favorite chapter--or, more likely, several--from the opening tour de force to Lyra's close call at Bolvangar to the great armored-bear battle. And Pullman was no less profligate when it came to intellectual firepower or singular characters. The dæmons alone grant him a place in world literature. Could the second installment of his trilogy keep up this pitch, or had his heroine and her too, too sullied parents consumed him? And what of the belief system that pervaded his alternate universe, not to mention the mystery of Dust? More revelations and an equal number of wonders and new players were definitely in order.
The Subtle Knife offers everything we could have wished for, and more. For a start, there's a young hero--from our world--who is a match for Lyra Silvertongue and whose destiny is every bit as shattering. Like Lyra, Will Parry has spent his childhood playing games. Unlike hers, though, his have been deadly serious. This 12-year-old long ago learned the art of invisibility: if he could erase himself, no one would discover his mother's increasing instability and separate them.
As the novel opens, Will's enemies will do anything for information about his missing father, a soldier and Arctic explorer who has been very much airbrushed from the official picture. Now Will must get his mother into safe seclusion and make his way toward Oxford, which may hold the key to John Parry's disappearance. But en route and on the lam from both the police and his family's tormentors, he comes upon a cat with more than a mouse on her mind: "She reached out a paw to pat something in the air in front of her, something quite invisible to Will." What seems to him a patch of everyday Oxford conceals far more: "The cat stepped forward and vanished." Will, too, scrambles through and into another oddly deserted landscape--one in which children rule and adults (and felines) are very much at risk. Here in this deathly silent city by the sea, he will soon have a dustup with a fierce, flinty little girl: "Her expression was a mixture of the very young--when she first tasted the cola--and a kind of deep, sad wariness." Soon Will and Lyra (and, of course, her dæmon, Pantalaimon) uneasily embark on a great adventure and head into greater tragedy.
As Pullman moves between his young warriors and the witch Serafina Pekkala, the magnetic, ever-manipulative Mrs. Coulter, and Lee Scoresby and his hare dæmon, Hester, there are clear signs of approaching war and earthly chaos. There are new faces as well. The author introduces Oxford dark-matter researcher Mary Malone; the Latvian witch queen Ruta Skadi, who "had trafficked with spirits, and it showed"; Stanislaus Grumman, a shaman in search of a weapon crucial to the cause of Lord Asriel, Lyra's father; and a serpentine old man whom Lyra and Pan can't quite place. Also on hand are the Specters, beings that make cliff-ghasts look like rank amateurs.
Throughout, Pullman is in absolute control of his several worlds, his plot and pace equal to his inspiration. Any number of astonishing scenes--small- and large-scale--will have readers on edge, and many are cause for tears. "You think things have to be possible," Will demands. "Things have to be true!" It is Philip Pullman's gift to turn what quotidian minds would term the impossible into a reality that is both heartbreaking and beautiful. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Summer BoysISBN 0439540208 (0-439-54020-8)
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Summer of My German Soldierby Bette GreeneISBN 0440218926 (0-440-21892-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Summer of My German Soldier'Book summary:The summer that Patty Bergen turns twelve is a summer that will haunt her forever. When her small hometown in Arkansas becomes the site of a camp housing German prisoners during World War II, Patty learns what it means to open her heart. Even though she's Jewish, she begins to see a prison escapee, Anton, not as a Nazi, but as a lonely, frightened young man with feelings not unlike her own.
In Anton, Patty finds someone who softens the pain of her own father's rejection and who appreciates her in a way her mother never will. While patriotic feelings run high, Patty risks losing family, friends -- even her freedom -- for this dangerous friendship. It is a risk she has to take and one she will have to pay a price to keep. [via]More editions of Summer of My German Soldier:
Tomorrow, Maybeby Brian JamesISBN 0439490359 (0-439-49035-9)
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Trouble With Tuckby Theodore TaylorISBN 0440416965 (0-440-41696-5)
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Troubling a Starby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0440219507 (0-440-21950-7)
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Tuck Everlastingby Natalie BabbittISBN 0440840953 (0-440-84095-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Welcome To Dead Houseby R. L. StineISBN 0439568471 (0-439-56847-1)
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What Janie Foundby Caroline B. CooneyISBN 0440227720 (0-440-22772-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Janie Found'Book summary:The story began when teenage Janie Johnson recognized her younger self as The Face on the Milk Carton. It continued when she tried to fit in with her birth family, leaving her "real" parents grieving about Whatever Happened to Janie. The complicated saga took a vicious turn when Janie's boyfriend Reeve betrayed her, broadcasting her troubles as The Voice on the Radio. Finally, we are provided with a suspenseful, satisfying conclusion as Caroline B. Cooney reveals What Janie Found.
The discovery that her adoptive father has been secretly supporting Janie's kidnapper, Hannah, fills Janie with anger and loathing. True, Hannah is his daughter, but long ago she abandoned her parents for a cult, coming back only for a few hours to leave a 3-year-old child with them she claimed was their granddaughter. Janie grew up thinking they were her parents--until that day when her own face looked back at her from the milk carton. Now her father lies unconscious in the hospital, and Janie has found an address in his files that will lead her to the woman who decimated two families. With the reluctant help of Reeve and her brother Brian, Janie sets out to find the enigmatic Hannah and face her down with questions, even though she knows the answers may destroy them all.
Caroline Cooney is a master of the psychological page-turner, and here she pulls together all the threads of this emotionally complex story for a rousing finale to her most popular series. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell [via]
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When My Name Was Keokoby Linda Sue ParkISBN 0440419441 (0-440-41944-1)
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Who Killed My Daughter?by Lois DuncanISBN 0440213428 (0-440-21342-8)
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The Will Of The Empressby Tamora PeirceISBN 0439441722 (0-439-44172-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Will of the Empress'Book summary:Sandry, Daja, Briar, and Tris, are older now and back together again, in an exciting and much-awaited, stand-alone novel by everyone's favorite mage, Tamora Pierce.[via]
For many years, Sandry's cousin, the Empress of Namorn, has pressed her to visit. But Sandry prefers to stay with her own family in Emelan. Now, as is her right, the Empress has insisted. Sandry will not travel with a group of warriors -- that would only insult the Empress. She will travel with her friends from Winding Circle: Daja, Briar, and Tris. But the four young mages haven't been together in some time, and their friendship isn't what it used to be. Since they left Winding Circle, each has seen magic manipulated in ways -- both good and bad -- that they could not have imagined (cont'd)More editions of The Will Of The Empress:
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Wormwoodby G. P. TaylorISBN 0399242570 (0-399-24257-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wormwood'Book summary:An epic adventure from a master storyteller.
Panic fills the streets of London on a night in 1756 when the earth suddenly lurches forward and starts spinning out of control. Within moments, eleven days and nights flash through the sky, finally leaving the city in total darkness. Is the end of the world at hand?
Agetta Lamian fears so. She's the young housemaid of Dr. Sabian Blake, a scientist who has recently acquired the Nemorensis, the legendary book said to unlock the secrets of the universe. And what he sees through his telescope confirms what he has read: This disaster is only a sign of things to come. Agetta overhears Dr. Blake's prophecy that a star called Wormwood is headed toward London, where it will fall from the sky and strike a fatal blow.
Dr. Blake believes the comet will either end the world as he knows it or hearken a new age of scientific and spiritual enlightenment. Soon even Agetta seems to have been seduced by the book, and whom she ultimately delivers it to will determine much more than just her fate. [via]More editions of Wormwood:
A Wrinkle in Time: Library Editionby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0440220394 (0-440-22039-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Wrinkle in Time'Book summary:Everyone in town thinks Meg is volatile and dull-witted and that her younger brother Charles Wallace is dumb. People are also saying that their father has run off and left their brilliant scientist mother. Spurred on by these rumors, Meg and Charles Wallace, along with their new friend Calvin, embark on a perilous quest through space to find their father. In doing so they must travel behind the shadow of an evil power that is darkening the cosmos, one planet at a time.
Young people who have trouble finding their place in the world will connect with the "misfit" characters in this provocative story. This is no superhero tale, nor is it science fiction, although it shares elements of both. The travelers must rely on their individual and collective strengths, delving deep into their characters to find answers.
A classic since 1962, Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time is sophisticated in concept yet warm in tone, with mystery and love coursing through its pages. Meg's shattering yet ultimately freeing discovery that her father is not omnipotent provides a satisfying coming-of-age element. Readers will feel a sense of power as they travel with these three children, challenging concepts of time, space, and the power of good over evil. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Softcover, Random House Children's Books - A Wrinkle in Time: Library Edition: ISBN 0440498058 (0-440-49805-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - A Wrinkle in Time: Library Edition: ISBN 0440800544 (0-440-80054-4)
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You Remind Me of Youby Eireann CorriganISBN 0439297710 (0-439-29771-0)
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Your Ten to Fourteen Year Oldby Frances L. Ilg, Louise B. Ames, Sidney M. BakerISBN 0440506786 (0-440-50678-6)
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Bienvenidos a La Casa De La Muerte / Welcome to Dead Houseby R. L. StineISBN 0439626277 (0-439-62627-7)
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