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Across Five Aprilsby Irene HuntISBN 0613953908 (0-613-95390-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Across Five Aprils'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Each succeeding spring brings a young Illinois boy closer to manhood as he faces the harsh realities of the American Civil War. [via]
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The Awakeningby L. J. SmithISBN 061396179X (0-613-96179-X)
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Basic Student Ministry I the Kingdom-Focused Churchby Dwayne C. UlmerISBN 0633090387 (0-633-09038-7)
Hardcover, LifeWay Press
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A Bear Called Paddingtonby Peggy FortnumISBN 0618150714 (0-618-15071-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Bed-Knob and Broomstickby Mary Norton, Erik BlegvadISBN 0613298861 (0-613-29886-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bed-Knob and Broomstick'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. With the powers they acquire from a spinster who is studying to be a witch, three English children have a series of exciting and perilous adventures traveling on a flying bed. [via]
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Betsy Ross: American Patriotby Susan Martins MillerISBN 0613433033 (0-613-43303-3)
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Between the Actsby Virginia Woolf, Susan Dick, Mary MillarISBN 0631178848 (0-631-17884-8)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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A Billion for Borisby a Mary RodgersISBN 0613873270 (0-613-87327-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Billion for Boris'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A television set that predicts the future brings trouble to 14-year-old Annabel Andrews, her younger brother, Ape Face, and her boyfriend, Boris. [via]
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Blood and Chocolateby Annette Curtis KlauseISBN 0613228367 (0-613-22836-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood and Chocolate'Book summary:Characterizing the adolescent experience as monstrous is not exactly a new idea. M.T. Anderson's woefully confused teen vampire in Thirsty and Jean Thesman's reluctant young witch in The Other Ones serve as excellent examples of this metaphor set to fiction. But no one really captures how our hormones make us howl as well as Annette Curtis Klause. Blood and Chocolate chronicles the longings and passions of one Vivian Gandillon, teenage werewolf. Her pack family, recently burned out of their West Virginia home by suspicious neighbors, has resettled in a sleepy Maryland suburb. At her new school, Viv quickly falls for sensitive heartthrob Aiden, a human--or "meat-boy," as her pack calls him. Soon she is trying to tame her undomesticated desires to match his more civilized sensibilities. "He was gentle. She hadn't expected that. Kisses to her were a tight clutch, teeth, and tongue... His eyes were shy beneath his dark lashes, and his lips curved with delight and desire--desire he wouldn't force on her... he was different." But Vivian's animal ardor cannot be stilled, and she must decide if she should keep Aiden in the dark about her true nature or invite him to take a walk on her wild side.
Klause poetically describes the violence and sensuality of the pack lifestyle, creating a hot-blooded heroine who puts the most outrageous riot grrrls to shame. Blood and Chocolate is a masterpiece of adolescent angst wrapped in wolf's clothing, and its lovely, sensuous taste is sure to be sweet on the teenage tongue. (Ages 13 and older) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Bloody Jackby L. A. MeyerISBN 061371640X (0-613-71640-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bloody Jack'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Reduced to begging and stealing in the streets of London, a 13-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high-sea adventure in search of pirates. [via]
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Boyby Roald DahlISBN 0613639227 (0-613-63922-7)
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Broken Sky #2by Chris Wooding, Steve KyteISBN 0613244192 (0-613-24419-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Broken Sky #2'Book summary:Ryushi is a prisoner in the deadly Fane Aracq. His mind is under assault from the Scour¹s gripping powers, and it is only a matter of time before Princess Aurin knows all of Paraka¹s secrets. Ryushi¹s resistance to the Princess is weakening . . . but with each secret he divulges to her, a strategy for defeating his enemy takes shape in his mind. Only one question remains: who is brave enough to carry out Ryushi¹s dangerous plans? [via]
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Brother of the More Famous Jackby Barbara TrapidoISBN 0670192465 (0-670-19246-5)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Calico Captiveby Elizabeth G. Speare, W. T. MarsISBN 0618150765 (0-618-15076-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Calico Captive'Book summary:In the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by the terrifying cries of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day that had promised new happiness, finds herself instead a captive on a forest trail, caught up in the ebb and flow of the French and Indian War.[via]
It is a harrowing march north. Miriam can only force herself to the next stopping place, the next small portion of food, the next icy stream to be crossed. At the end of the trail waits a life of hard work and, perhaps, even a life of slavery. Mingled with her thoughts of Phineas Whitney, her sweetheart on his way to Harvard, is the crying of her sisters baby, Captive, born on the trail.
Miriam and her companions finally reach Montreal, a city of shifting loyalties filled with the intrigue of war, and here, by a sudden twist of fortune, Miriam meets the prominent Du Quesne family, who introduce her to a life she has never imagined. Based on an actual narrative diary published in 1807, Calico Captive skillfully reenacts an absorbing facet of history. -
The Children of Green Knowe: Library Editionby L. M. BostonISBN 0613544579 (0-613-54457-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Children of Green Knowe: Library Edition'Book summary:This is not an easy book, and therein lies its charm. L.M. Boston's classic is a sophisticated mood piece disguised as a children's ghost story. As young Toseland goes to live with his grandmother in the family's ancestral home, the reader is plunged immediately into the world of Green Knowe. Like Toseland, who actually rows up to his new home in the midst of a flood, we have a hard time finding our bearings. Toseland discovers a funny kind of grandmother awaiting him--one who speaks elliptically of the children and animals she keeps around the house: they might be memories, they might be ghosts. It's never quite clear where real life leaves off and magic begins. Toseland admires a deer: "A deer seems more magic than a horse." His grandmother is quick to respond: "Very beautiful fairy-tale magic, but a horse that thinks the same thoughts that you do is like strong magic wine, a love philtre for boys."
With this meshing of the magical and the real, Boston evokes a childlike world of wonder. She compounds the effect by combining gorgeous images and eerily evocative writing. Toseland goes out on a snowy morning: "In front of him, the world was an unbroken dazzling cloud of crystal stars, except for the moat, which looked like a strip of night that had somehow sinned and had no stars in it." The loosely plotted story is given more resonance still through liberal use of biblical imagery and Anglo-Saxon mythology. For those willing to suspend their disbelief and read carefully, the world of Green Knowe offers a wondrous escape. --Claire Dederer [via]
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Christineby Stephen KingISBN 0670220264 (0-670-22026-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Chronicles of Chrestomanciby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0613310705 (0-613-31070-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chronicles of Chrestomanci'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The Chants are a family strong in magic, but neither Christopher nor Cat can work even the simplest of spells. Combines two of the author's previous titles: The Lives of Christopher Chant and Charmed Life. [via]
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Clubcultures Reader: Readings in Popular Cultural Studiesby Steve Redhead, Justin O'Connor, Derek WynneISBN 0631212167 (0-631-21216-7)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Cotton Mather: Author, Clergyman and Scholarby Norma Jean LutzISBN 0613433149 (0-613-43314-9)
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Creating Children's Sermons: 51 Visual Lessonsby Bucky DannISBN 0664243835 (0-664-24383-5)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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Crusade in Jeansby Thea BeckmanISBN 0613670779 (0-613-67077-9)
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D Is For Dahl: A Gloriumptious A-Z Guide To The World Of Roald Dahlby Wendy CoolingISBN 0670060232 (0-670-06023-2)
Hardcover, Viking Childrens Books
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Daja's Book: Library Editionby Tamora PierceISBN 0613284607 (0-613-28460-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daja's Book: Library Edition'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. While at Gold Ridge castle to the north of Winding Circle, Daja and the three other mages-in-training, who have become her friends, develop their unique magical talents as they try to prevent a devastating forest fire from consuming everything in its pat [via]
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Dark Lord of Derkholmby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0613359259 (0-613-35925-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dark Lord of Derkholm'Book summary:If, next door to our ordinary world, there existed a world full of magic, wouldn't you want to visit it? That's the situation that Diana Wynne Jones explores in Dark Lord of Derkholm, and she makes an effective and comical tale of it.
Groups of tourists, called Pilgrim Parties and organized by the cold-hearted profiteer Mr. Chesney, take a portal to the magical realm, where they are shepherded about the countryside by a wizard guide. Mr. Chesney sets the rules, such as that all wizard guides must have long white beards--even 14-year-old Blade--and every Party gets to "slay" the Dark Lord. No wizard wants to be chosen as the year's Dark Lord, because Mr. Chesney demands large battles that cause great devastation in the local villages and farms, and he doesn't pay very well, but he does have a captive demon to enforce his will. This year, things are going especially badly for the chosen Dark Lord, Derk. He can't seem to keep his evil forces on the right track, despite help from his son Blade, his daughter Shona the bard, and his griffin sons and daughters. His chief aide, Barnabas, is drinking heavily and muddling his spells. And the dwarfs are taking their baskets of gold as tribute to the one they say is the real Dark Lord--Mr. Chesney.
Jones spoofs many of the trappings of fantasy epics, while at the same time portraying a family, with its surface squabbles and underlying love, through a rollicking and somewhat unwieldy story. Her messages about exploitation and responsibility come through clearly. Although not as tightly focused as some of her earlier novels, the galloping pace makes Dark Lord of Derkholm a quick, fun read for her numerous fans. --Blaise Selby [via]
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Dark Magicby Cate TiernanISBN 0613640357 (0-613-64035-7)
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Darkness at Sethanonby Raymond E. FeistISBN 0613292200 (0-613-29220-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darkness at Sethanon'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The final battle between order and chaos is about to begin in the city of Sethanon. Pug, the master magician, must undertake a perilous quest to the dawn of time to grapple with an ancient enemy for the fate of a thousand worlds. [via]
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Dicey's Songby Cynthia VoigtISBN 0613734343 (0-613-73434-3)
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Different Seasonsby Stephen KingISBN 0670272663 (0-670-27266-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Different Seasons'Book summary:Different Seasons (1982) is a collection of four novellas, markedly different in tone and subject, each on the theme of a journey. The first is a rich, satisfying, nonhorrific tale about an innocent man who carefully nurtures hope and devises a wily scheme to escape from prison. The second concerns a boy who discards his innocence by enticing an old man to travel with him into a reawakening of long-buried evil. In the third story, a writer looks back on the trek he took with three friends on the brink of adolescence to find another boy's corpse. The trip becomes a character-rich rite of passage from youth to maturity.
These first three novellas have been made into well-received movies: "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" into Frank Darabont's 1994 The Shawshank Redemption (available as a screenplay, a DVD film, and an audiocassette), "Apt Pupil" into Bryan Singer's 1998 film Apt Pupil (also released in 1998 on audiocassette), and "The Body" into Rob Reiner's Stand by Me (1986).
The final novella, "Breathing Lessons," is a horror yarn told by a doctor, about a patient whose indomitable spirit keeps her baby alive under extraordinary circumstances. It's the tightest, most polished tale in the collection. --Fiona Webster [via]
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Dixie And Banditby Gilbert MorrisISBN 0613908872 (0-613-90887-2)
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Does Age Matter: Law and Relationships between Generations Discussion Paperby Law Commission of CanadaISBN 0662677730 (0-662-67773-0)
Hardcover, Law Commission of Canada
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The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Storyby Mary Downing HahnISBN 0618873155 (0-618-87315-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Fairy Talesby H.C. Andersen, Kay Rasmus NielsenISBN 067030557X (0-670-30557-X)
Hardcover, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Viking Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales'Book summary:Sixteen tales including "Little Claus and Big Claus," "Father's Always Right," and "The Goblin and the Grocer." [via]
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Fairy Talesby Tiina Nunnally, Jackie Wullschlager, H.C. AndersenISBN 0670033774 (0-670-03377-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales'Book summary:A gawky, dreamy boy, Hans Christian Andersen grew up to become a profoundly imaginative writer and storyteller who revolutionized literature for children. Andersen gave us the now standard versions of some traditional folk tales as well as original stories that have enchanted generations of readers. To commemorate the bicentennial of his birth, Viking will publish a new translation of thirty of his extraordinary tales, illustrated with Andersens own paper cuts. From the exuberant early stories such as "The Tinderbox" and "The Emperors New Clothes" through poignant masterpieces such as "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling," to darker, more subversive later tales written for adults, the stories here are endlessly experimental, humorous and irreverent, sorrowful and strange. Tiina Nunnallys sparkling new translation capturesfor the first time in Englishthe vibrancy of Andersens voice. Compiled by Andersens biographer Jackie Wullschlager, who also contributes notes and a captivating introduction, this volume will be a major literary event that will dazzle readers young and old. [via]
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Fifteenby Matt ChristopherISBN 0613935519 (0-613-93551-9)
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Food Chain Frenzyby Anne Capeci, John SpeirsISBN 0613875966 (0-613-87596-6)
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Four Fantastic Novelsby Daniel PinkwaterISBN 0613252381 (0-613-25238-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Four Fantastic Novels'Book summary:Whether you know Daniel Pinkwater as a children's book author (and you should, he's written over 40 fabulous books) or as a National Public Radio commentator, you must agree that he is a very, very funny guy. Though his books are perfectly nonsensical and absurd in all the best ways, they leave you feeling strangely serene about the universe. Whether his books introduce us to muffin-eating polar bears (Larry), really old time-traveling men (Uncle Borgel), or 266-pound chickens (Henrietta from The Hoboken Chicken Emergency), they each reflect a polite world where people (and other species) basically respect each other--warts, multiple heads, foul smells (we're thinking of the Bloboform), and all. As luck would have it, four of Pinkwater's previously published novels are now combined in one delicious and aptly named paperback volume, 4 Fantastic Novels. In it you'll find Borgel, Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario, The Worms of Kukumlima, and The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror, none of which will disappoint. Fans will want to pick up 5 Novels as well, a collection which includes Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars, Slaves of Spiegel, The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, The Last Guru, and Young Adult Novel.
What are Pinkwater's novels like? Imagine the wondrous science fiction classic A Wrinkle in Time without the heavy cosmos stuff--and seventy times funnier. (In Borgel, for example, 111-year-old Uncle Borgel compares the concept of time to a map of the state of New Jersey and describes space as "sort of like a bagel, but an elliptical one, with poppy seeds.") His fast-paced and funny adventure stories are philosophical and moral, though undercut with such delightfully irreverent goofiness that they never lose their buoyancy, not for a second. Pinkwater reaches out to the kids all over the planet who feel like "the boy from Mars," and shows them that everything is not only going to be just fine, but that life is pretty darn magical. (Ages 9 to 109) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Girl, Interruptedby Susanna KaysenISBN 0613377176 (0-613-37717-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Girl, Interrupted'Book summary:When reality got "too dense" for 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen, she was hospitalized. It was 1967, and reality was too dense for many people. But few who are labeled mad and locked up for refusing to stick to an agreed-upon reality possess Kaysen's lucidity in sorting out a maelstrom of contrary perceptions. Her observations about hospital life are deftly rendered; often darkly funny. Her clarity about the complex province of brain and mind, of neuro-chemical activity and something more, make this book of brief essays an exquisite challenge to conventional thinking about what is normal and what is deviant. [via]
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The Happy Hocky Family Moves To The Country!by Lane SmithISBN 0670035947 (0-670-03594-7)
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Have Space Suit, Will Travel: Library Editionby Robert HeinleinISBN 0613949072 (0-613-94907-2)
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High Wizardryby Diane DuaneISBN 0613360656 (0-613-36065-6)
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The Hobbit and the Lord of the Ringsby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0618002251 (0-618-00225-1)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings'Book summary:This four volume, deluxe paperback boxed set contains J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterworks THE HOBBIT and the three volumes of THE LORD OF THE RINGS (THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS, and THE RETURN OF THE KING) in their definitive text settings complete with maps and cover illustrations by the celebrated artist Alan Lee. In THE HOBBIT, Bilbo Baggins is whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in Hobbiton by the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves. He finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent. THE LORD OF THE RINGS tells of the great and dangerous quest undertaken by Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship of the Ring: Gandalf the wizard; the hobbits Merry, Pippin, and Sam; Gimli the dwarf; Legolas the elf; Boromir of Gondor; and a tall, mysterious stranger called Strider. J.R.R. Tolkien's three volume masterpiece is at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale -- a story of high and heroic adventure set in the unforgettable landscape of Middle-Earth. [via]
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Homer Priceby Robert McCloskeyISBN 0670377295 (0-670-37729-5)
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Horns & Wrinklesby Joseph Helgerson, Nicoletta CeccoliISBN 0618616799 (0-618-61679-9)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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I Was a Teenage Fairyby Francesca Lia BlockISBN 0613285298 (0-613-28529-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Was a Teenage Fairy'Book summary:Once upon a time, in the bubble-gum-snapping, glitter polish-wearing, lip-gloss-applying San Fernando Valley, a gentle girl named Barbie met a feisty fairy named Mab: "Maybe Mab was real. Maybe there really are girls the size of pinkies with hair the color of the darkest red oleander blossoms and skin like the greenish-white underbellies of calla lilies.... But it doesn't matter if Mab is real or imagined, Barbie thought, as long as I can see her." Mab, with her crabby commentary and no-holds-barred opinions, gives Barbie the strength she needs to face the horrors casting a shadow over her life in sunny, shimmering California. How else could Barbie survive her over-perfumed, over-tanned, overbearing stage mother, dragging her daughter to modeling agencies in the gold-plated hope of reliving her younger days as a beauty queen? Or the "cadaver-pale skin" and "fleshy mouth" of Hamilton Waverly, the "crocodile pedophile" photographer who makes Barbie feel "like the doll she had been named for, without even a hole where her mouth was supposed to be"? Mab glimmers and gabs by Barbie's side throughout her teen years as she becomes a successful fashion model, falls in love, and endures all the troubles that come along for the ride--in addition to facing the black secret of her past.
Francesca Lia Block, author of the magical Weetzie Bat books that are collected in Dangerous Angels, and the empowering, punchy Girl Goddess #9, has once again crafted a mystical tale whose ethereal, original language will wrap readers in its gossamer grip. Block carries us to the weeping heart of despair, but would never be so cruel as to leave us there: Barbie gets a new, skyward-gazing name, Selena Moon, and readers get a glimmersome vision of living happily ever after. (Ages 13 and older) --Brangien Davis [via]
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If Jesus Were a Sophomore: Descipleship for College Studentsby Bruce MainISBN 0664225640 (0-664-22564-0)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Thingsby Jon McGregorISBN 0618344586 (0-618-34458-6)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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In the Forests of the Nightby Amelia Atwater-RhodesISBN 0613285379 (0-613-28537-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Forests of the Night'Book summary:Three-hundred-year-old Risika looks darn good for her age. Thanks to her "blood mother," a vampire named Ather who turned Risika (nee Rachel) into one of the undead back in 1684, she will always look as fresh as a 17-year-old. Now Risika is a world weary night stalker who sleeps in Concord, Massachusetts, by day and prowls New York City by night, in search of fresh blood to slake her inhuman thirst. One of the benefits of living such a long life has been discovering that most of the popular myths about vampires are not true: "Holy water and crosses do not bother me... and silver does not burn me. If someone hammered a stake through my heart, I suppose I would die, but I do not play with humans, stakes or mallets." In fact, there is little in the mortal world that surprises Risika anymore, until she returns from a hunt one night to find a black rose on her pillow--the same flower she was given on the eve of her mortal death. Knowing that the rose is a taunt from Aubrey, a vampire she believes murdered her human brother, Risika decides to confront her nemesis. In a bloody battle with Aubrey, Risika finally unearths her brother's true fate.
While the plot of this vampire tale may not stand out from the fanged masses of the genre, what does stand out is the fact that the author is 14 years old. Teen horror fans of Anne Rice and L.J. Smith will surely want to experience for themselves how In the Forests of the Night stacks up to their favorite adult titles--and will be especially interested in seeing how one of their young peers plies the writing trade. (Ages 12 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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An Introduction to the Parables of Jesusby Robert H. SteinISBN 0664243908 (0-664-24390-8)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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Jackarooby Cynthia VoigtISBN 0613292723 (0-613-29272-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jackaroo'Book summary:Gwyn, a young woman, uncovers the myth of a legendary outlaw, Jackaroo, and becomes inspired to take on persona of her sword-wielding and cape-clad hero. By the Newbery Award-winning author of Dicey's Song. Reissue. [via]
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BronteISBN 0613639510 (0-613-63951-0)
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Kids, Drugs and Crimeby Barry Glassner, Julia Loughlin, Bruce D. Johnson, Cheryl CarpenterISBN 0669140988 (0-669-14098-8)
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A Kindle of Kittensby Rumer Godden, Lynne ByrnesISBN 0670413011 (0-670-41301-1)
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Land of Ozby Lyman Frank BaumISBN 0613950585 (0-613-95058-5)
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Left Behindby Jerry B. JenkinsISBN 0613234723 (0-613-23472-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Left Behind'Book summary:Picking up where The Vanishings left off, Second Chance is just that: at the close of book one, Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan met up at New Hope Village Church and got the Good News from now-humbled pastor Bruce Barnes (who, despite his degree from Bible college, got left behind after the Rapture for failing to receive Christ, just like the kids). Lionel, nixed by the Messiah on a technicality in book one, jumps at the chance to join the winning team, but the other kids are too angry and confused after watching their world get turned upside down. Book two follows their search for truth as they piece together the wreckage of the Rapture in each of their lives, knowing full well that the end of the world isn't far off--just seven years, according to Bruce, once Israel signs a treaty with the Antichrist. By the book's end, two more Left Behind kids wise up, but one holds out, still too scared and mad to sign on.
The Evangelical Christian science fiction series Left Behind: The Kids is a youth-oriented story line based on Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye's bestselling Left Behind. (Ages 9 to 12) --Paul Hughes [via]
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Left Behindby Tim F. Lahaye, Jerry B. JenkinsISBN 0613235428 (0-613-23542-8)
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Letters from Father Christmasby J. R. R. Tolkien, Baillie TolkienISBN 0618512659 (0-618-51265-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters from Father Christmas'Book summary:Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkiens children. Inside would be a letter in a strange, spidery handwriting and a beautiful colored drawing or painting. The letters were from Father Christmas.[via]
They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone North Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmass house into the dining room; how he broke the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back garden; how there were wars with the troublesome horde of goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house, and many more.
No reader, young or old, can fail to be charmed by Tolkiens inventiveness in this classic holiday treat.More editions of Letters from Father Christmas:
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The Little White Horseby Elizabeth GoudgeISBN 0613443993 (0-613-44399-3)
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Magic's Promiseby Mercedes LackeyISBN 0613630556 (0-613-63055-6)
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Mary, Bloody Maryby Carolyn MeyerISBN 0613354613 (0-613-35461-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mary, Bloody Mary'Book summary:Teen fans of the movie Elizabeth will be fascinated with the pomp and sinister intrigue of Mary, Bloody Mary, an engrossing story about the teen years of Mary Tudor, half sister to Queen Elizabeth and daughter to Henry VIII. As a baby, Mary was adored by her father, who carried her around on his shoulder and displayed her for the court to admire. But as his marriage with her mother, Catherine of Aragon, waned for lack of a male heir, Henry began an affair with the beautiful Anne Boleyn. Mary was convinced that Anne was a witch. Didn't everyone know she had a sixth finger? And wasn't it Anne who persuaded Henry to declare his first marriage invalid (rendering Mary a bastard)? As the king grows ever colder, Mary is banished to a distant house, forbidden from seeing her mother, left to wear rags, and finally--at Anne's bidding--summoned back to court to be a servant to her baby half sister Elizabeth. Once there, Mary lives in constant dread that she will be poisoned or sent to the executioner's block in one of her father's rages. By the time Anne Boleyn herself is beheaded, Henry's first daughter has become the bitter and angry woman who was to be known as Bloody Queen Mary for her savage religious genocide. Carolyn Meyer, long acclaimed for her teen fiction (Drummers of Jericho), accurately captures the glitter and grandeur as well as the brutality of this fascinating period in history. (Ages 10 to 16) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Moominvalley In Novemberby T. JannsonISBN 0613718712 (0-613-71871-2)
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More About Paddingtonby Michael Bond, Peggy FortnumISBN 0618150722 (0-618-15072-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'More About Paddington'Book summary:This new revised edition of the second book about Paddington captures all the playfulness of the incorrigible little bear. Living with the Brown family in London, Paddington has a talent for getting into trouble. His intentions are always the best, but he is seldom far from disaster. While his independent spirit and curious nature often get him into sticky situations, Paddington is always loved for the cheer he brings, and his stories have been a source of delight for young readers ever since he first appeared on the scene.[via]More editions of More About Paddington:
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Mrs Dallowayby Virginia WoolfISBN 0613706226 (0-613-70622-6)
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Originsby Cate TiernanISBN 0613640918 (0-613-64091-8)
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Owl in Loveby Patrice KindlISBN 0618439102 (0-618-43910-2)
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Paddington at Workby Michael Bond, Peggy FortnumISBN 061831105X (0-618-31105-X)
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Passionby R. L. StineISBN 061373162X (0-613-73162-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Passion'Book summary:This is the final tale in the bestselling author L.J. Smith's romantic horrortrilogy. Now, Kaitlyn Fairchild and her friends must put the powerful crystalto the test--to stop an experiment that has turned one of them into a psychicvampire. Kaitlyn must choose at last--Rob or Gabriel. [via]
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Pat of Silver Bushby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0613749308 (0-613-74930-8)
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The Pearlby John SteinbeckISBN 0670545759 (0-670-54575-9)
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 0670566829 (0-670-56682-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man'Book summary:Autobiographical novel by James Joyce, published serially in The Egoist in 1914-15 and in book form in 1916; considered by many the greatest bildungsroman in the English language. The novel portrays the early years of Stephen Dedalus, who later reappeared as one of the main characters in Joyce's Ulysses (1922). Each of the novel's five sections is written in a third-person voice that reflects the age and emotional state of its protagonist, from the first childhood memories written in simple, childlike language to Stephen's final decision to leave Dublin for Paris to devote his life to art, written in abstruse, Latin-sprinkled, stream-of-consciousness prose. The novel's rich, symbolic language and brilliant use of stream-of-consciousness foreshadowed Joyce's later work. The work is a drastic revision of an earlier version entitled Stephen Hero and is the second part of Joyce's cycle of works chronicling the spiritual history of humans from Adam's Fall through the Redemption. The cycle began with the short-story collection Dubliners (1914) and continued with Ulysses and Finnegans Wake (1939). [via]
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)by James Joyce, Christopher HansonISBN 0631978100 (0-631-97810-0)
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Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Text and Criticismby James JoyceISBN 0670566489 (0-670-56648-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Text and Criticism'Book summary:Autobiographical novel by James Joyce, published serially in The Egoist in 1914-15 and in book form in 1916; considered by many the greatest bildungsroman in the English language. The novel portrays the early years of Stephen Dedalus, who later reappeared as one of the main characters in Joyce's Ulysses (1922). Each of the novel's five sections is written in a third-person voice that reflects the age and emotional state of its protagonist, from the first childhood memories written in simple, childlike language to Stephen's final decision to leave Dublin for Paris to devote his life to art, written in abstruse, Latin-sprinkled, stream-of-consciousness prose. The novel's rich, symbolic language and brilliant use of stream-of-consciousness foreshadowed Joyce's later work. The work is a drastic revision of an earlier version entitled Stephen Hero and is the second part of Joyce's cycle of works chronicling the spiritual history of humans from Adam's Fall through the Redemption. The cycle began with the short-story collection Dubliners (1914) and continued with Ulysses and Finnegans Wake (1939). [via]
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Project Mulberryby Linda Sue ParkISBN 0618477861 (0-618-47786-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Project Mulberry'Book summary:Julia Song and her friend Patrick would love to win a blue ribbon, maybe even two, at the state fair. Theyve always done projects together, and they work well as a team. This time, though, theyre having trouble coming up with just the right plan. Then Julias mother offers a suggestion: They can raise silkworms, as she did when she was a girl in Korea.[via]
Patrick thinks its a great idea. Of course there are obstaclesfor example, where will they get mulberry leaves, the only thing silkworms eat?but nothing they cant handle.
Julia isnt so sure. The club where kids do their projects is all about traditional American stuff, and raising silkworms just doesnt fit in. Moreover, the author, Ms. Park, seems determined to make Julias life as complicated as possible, no matter how hard Julia tries to talk her out of it.
In her first novel with a contemporary setting, Linda Sue Park delivers a funny, lively story that illuminates both the process of writing a novel and the meaning of growing up American.More editions of Project Mulberry:
The Queen's Progressby Celeste A. Mannis, Bagram IbatoullineISBN 0670036129 (0-670-03612-9)
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Rabbit Hillby Robert LawsonISBN 0670586757 (0-670-58675-7)
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Red Sea Sharksby HergeISBN 0613719484 (0-613-71948-4)
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Return to Witch Mountainby Alexander KeyISBN 0664326307 (0-664-32630-7)
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A Room With a Viewby E. M. ForsterISBN 0613706218 (0-613-70621-8)
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Runnerby Voigt CynthiaISBN 0613376676 (0-613-37667-6)
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Silverthornby Raymond E. FeistISBN 0613293452 (0-613-29345-2)
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Sloppy Firstsby Megan McCaffertyISBN 0613569393 (0-613-56939-3)
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Something Fishy at Macdonald Hallby Gordon KormanISBN 0613286529 (0-613-28652-9)
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Specialby Bella BathurstISBN 0618263276 (0-618-26327-6)
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Squireby Tamora PierceISBN 0613493494 (0-613-49349-4)
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The Stories of Hans Christian Andersenby Diana Frank, Jeffrey Frank, Vilhelm Pedersen, Lorenz FroelichISBN 0618224564 (0-618-22456-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen'Book summary:This new collection -- returning faithfully to the original Danish -- takes Andersen out of the nursery and places him squarely in the literary pantheon.[via]
While Hans Christian Andersen's tales continue to seize the imagination with their singular blend of simplicity, eccentricity, and charm, readers have had to content themselves with inaccurate retellings and inadequate translations. Now Diana Crone Frank, a Danish novelist and linguist, and Jeffrey Frank, a novelist and editor at The New Yorker, offer a much-needed modern translation, brought out by Andersen's original American publisher.
In this collection are twenty-two tales that best represent Andersen's literary legacy. Here are the classics: "The Little Mermaid," "The Ugly Duckling," "Thumbelisa," and "The Princess on the Pea" among them, as well as largely unfamiliar stories like "By the Outermost Sea." Illuminating notes clarify references in the stories. And in an extended introductory essay, the Franks explore the writer and his times, placing the enigmatic and often bizarre figure of Andersen among his literary contemporaries, such as Charles Dickens and Srren Kierkegaard, with whom he crossed paths. Illustrated with the delicate and beautiful drawings that accompanied the original Danish publication, The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen is sure to delight readers of all ages.More editions of The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen:
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The Story of Doctor Dolittleby Hugh LoftingISBN 0613366891 (0-613-36689-1)
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Strifeby Cate TiernanISBN 0613641159 (0-613-64115-9)
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Tangerineby Edward BloorISBN 061336080X (0-613-36080-X)
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Tehanuby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0613495276 (0-613-49527-6)
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Tess of the D'urbervillesby Thomas Hardy, Alan Richardson, Linda M. ShiresISBN 0618333460 (0-618-33346-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tess of the D'urbervilles'Book summary:In addition to presenting the complete text of Hardy's famous novel, this volume provides students with contextualizing historical essays by John Ruskin, Charles Darwin, and Mona Caird and a selection of modern critical essays. Additional works by Hardy include "On the Western Circuit" and the poem "Tess' Lament." [via]
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Time of the Twinsby Margaret WeisISBN 061339450X (0-613-39450-X)
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Tintin Prisoners Of Sunby HergeISBN 0613718259 (0-613-71825-9)
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The Tower of Geburahby John White, Vic Mitchell, Kinuka KraftISBN 0613235274 (0-613-23527-4)
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher StoweISBN 0613632397 (0-613-63239-7)
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When My Name Was Keokoby Linda Sue ParkISBN 0618133356 (0-618-13335-6)
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The Whisper of Glockenby Carol KendallISBN 0613275500 (0-613-27550-0)
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Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life IIby J. M. CoetzeeISBN 067003102X (0-670-03102-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II'Book summary:After the brooding, dark menace of his Booker Prize-winning novel Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee's Youth is a slighter, more restrained work. Written in succinct, almost cold prose, it's a painfully maudlin bildsrungsroman that explores the dreary follies of youth rather than its more celebrated joys. The unprepossessing protagonist John is a South African mathematics graduate with literary aspirations, a dreamer who constantly yearns to meet a girl who will serve as his lover and muse. Having abandoned Cape Town after Sharpeville he finds Swinging '60s London grey, damp, and uninviting. Reluctantly he finds employment as a computer programmer. In between trundling from his grimy Archway bedsit to his soulless job, this autodidactic Pooter dabbles on a study of Ford Maddox Ford, composes an Ezra Pound-inspired poem (ostentatiously entitled "The Portuguese Rock-Lobster Fisherman"), and embarks on "one humiliating affair after another." Despite his artistic and romantic endeavors, John seems only able to cultivate "dull, honest, misery" and, broken by London, flees to a new programming job in Berkshire. Here he practically renounces literature and, for a while at least, concentrates on chess problems and feeding primitive computers magnetic tape. His creative and sexual drives appear to have gone, leaving him to consider the possibility that he might actually have grown up.
Like the halting, self-interrogating consciousness of John's computers, Coetzee renders his character's inner life through a series of rhetorical questions. These lend the book a curiously existentialist air but also contribute to its slightly dilatory gait. (It feels far longer than its 170-odd pages.) Coetzee's tone is so laconic it's hard, on occasions, to be entirely certain if John's poetic ambitions should be pitied or simply laughed at. However, this novel does offer an unflinchingly acute dissection of the adolescent male psyche. --Travis Elborough, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Corre, Perro, Correby P.D. EastmanISBN 061328450X (0-613-28450-X)
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