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Louis Sachar · Listening Library
Pages: 240
Format: Audio CD

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune, which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
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Runner (Jane Whitefield Book 6)

Thomas Perry · Mariner Books; 1 Reprint edition
Format: Kindle Edition

Publishers WeeklyPerry's exciting if relatively formulaic sixth Jane Whitefield novel (after 1999's Blood Money) finds Jane, a Native American "guide" who helps people assume new identities, living quietly under an alias in western New York State, married to a local doctor....
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The Family Meal: Home Cooking with Ferran Adrià

Ferran Adrià · Phaidon Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The Family Meal is the first home cooking cookbook by the worlds greatest chef, Ferran Adria. It features nearly 100 delicious recipes by Ferran Adria that anyone can prepare, inspired by the dishes eaten every day by the staff at his legendary restaurant El Bulli, awarded Worlds Best Restaurant...
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Lily the Rainforest Fairy

Daisy Meadows · Orchard
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

When Lily the Rainforest Fairy whisks Kirsty and Rachel away to a tropical forest, they expect to meet lots of exotic creatures..not a group of rowdy goblins! The girls must show them how to behave responsibly in the rainforest, and how to look after it. But will they listen...?
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The Asperkid's

Jennifer Cook O'Toole · Jessica Kingsley Pub; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Being a teen or tween isn't easy for anyone -- but it's especially tough for Asperkids. I know. I was one, I taught a whole bunch, and I am going to be raising three! That's also why I know that Asperkdis deserve their very own guide to all of the hidden social rules that are awfully...
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Subtraction and addition

Rebecca Wingard-Nelson · Enslow Publishers
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

A guide to understanding subtraction and addition, covering the basic facts and operations, as well as topics such as inverse operations, regrouping, mental math, estimation, word problems, time, money, fractions, and mixed numbers.
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15 Days Without a Head

Dave Cousins · Flux
Format: Print book

Fifteen-year-old Laurence Roach just wants a normal life, but it’s far from easy with his little brother who acts like a dog and their depressed alcoholic mother. If Laurence can win the luxury vacation in a local radio contest, he’s certain his mum will finally be happy again....
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Divergent

Veronica Roth · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 487
Format: Paperback

In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue - Candor (the honest) , Abnegation (the selfless) , Dauntless (the brave) , Amity (the peaceful) , and Erudite (the intelligent) . On an appointed...
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Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie

Maggie Stiefvater · Flux; Original edition
Format: Paperback

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL SHIVER "Ballad is giddy, intoxicating, and threatening all at once. - Tamora Pierce Remember us, so sing the dead, lest we remember you James Morgan has an almost unearthly gift for music. And it has attracted Nuala, a soul-snatching...
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Coco Chanel: Pearls, Perfume, and the Little Black Dress

Susan Goldman Rubin · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin introduces readers to the most well-known fashion designer in the world, Coco Chanel. Beginning with the difficult years Chanel spent in an orphanage, Goldman Rubin traces Coco's development as a designer and demonstrates how her determination to be independent...
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