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The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. Richard Howard's translation of the beloved classic beautifully reflects Saint-Exupry's unique and gifted style. Howard, an acclaimed poet and one of the preeminent translators...
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Flipped

Wendelin Van Draanen - Ember
Format: Hardcover

A classic he-said-she-said romantic comedy! This updated anniversary edition offers story-behind-the-story revelations from author Wendelin Van Draanen. The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh....
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The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. She says: “My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss.” He says: “It’s been six years of strategic avoidance and social...
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The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman - HarperCollins; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place - he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well...
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The graveyard book

Neil Gaiman - HarperCollins eBooks
Format: eBook

Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
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The Shadow Thieves

Anne Ursu - Atheneum Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

See that girl, the one with the bright red hair, overstuffed backpack, and aura of grumpiness? That's Charlotte Mielswetzski. And something extra-ordinary is about to happen to her. Oh, it's not the very cute kitten that appears out of nowhere and demands to go home with her....
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Virals

Kathy Reichs - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

Tory Brennan, niece of acclaimed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan (of the Bones novels and hit TV show) , is the leader of a ragtag band of teenage "sci-philes" who live on a secluded island off the coast of South Carolina. When the group rescues a dog caged for medical...
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Virals

Kathy Reichs; Cristin Milioti; OverDrive Inc. - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook

Tory Brennan, niece of acclaimed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, is the leader of a ragtag band of teenagers who live on a secluded island. When the group rescues a dog caged for medical testing, they are exposed to an experimental strain of canine parvovirus. As the friends...
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The Wednesday wars

Gary D. Schmidt - Scholastic Audio Books; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives...
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The Wednesday Wars

Gary D. Schmidt - Clarion Books; None edition
Format: Hardcover

In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero. THE WEDNESDAY WARS is a wonderfully witty and compelling story about a teenage boy’s mishaps and adventures over the course of the 1967–68 school year.Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader...
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Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland

Sally M Walker - Carolrhoda Books
Format: Print book

How did the colonists of Jamestown and Maryland live and die? Forensic anthropology provides an incredible array of answers. Scientists can look into a grave and determine the skeleton's gender, age at time of death, nationality, and sometimes even economic standing within minutes....
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Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland

Sally M. Walker - Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Lib Ed; Library edition
Format: Audio CD

On a hot summer day in 2005, Dr. Douglas Owsley of the Smithsonian Institution peered into an excavated grave, carefully examining the fragile skeleton that had been buried there for four hundred years. “He was about fifteen years old when he died. And he was European,” Owsley...
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