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On a Clear Day

Walter Dean Myers · Crown Books for Young Readers

Visionary This book should be in every readers hands ndashJACQUELINE WOODSON National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl DreamingYoung heroes decide that they are not too young or too powerless to change their world in this gripping futuristic young adult novel by the New York Times...
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Basketball Legends in the Making

Matt Doeden · Capstone Press

Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan. These basketball legends rule the record books. But who will fans still be talking about years from now? Find out which of your favorite basketball players are legends in the making.   Produced in partnership with Sports Illustrated...
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The Sorceress

Michael Scott · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Book Three in The New York Times bestselling series.Nicholas Flamel's heart almost broke as he watched his beloved Paris crumble before him. The city was destroyed by Dee and Machiavelli, but Flamel played his own role in the destruction. Sophie and Josh Newman show every sign of being...
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The Sunlit Night

Rebecca Dinerstein · Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

A stunning debut novel--which Jonathan Safran Foer calls "lyrical as a poem, psychologically rich as a thriller."In the beautiful, barren landscape of the Far North, under the ever-present midnight sun, Frances and Yasha are surprised to find refuge in each other. Their lives...
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A Cold Legacy

Megan Shepherd · Balzer Bray
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

With inspiration from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - and perfect for fans of Libba Bray - this breathless conclusion to the Madman's Daughter trilogy explores the things we'll sacrifice to save those we love ... even our own humanity.After killing the men who tried to steal her father's...
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Diamonds & Deceit

Leila Rasheed · Hyperion Books for Children
Pages: 424
Format: Hardcover

A house divided... London is a whirl of balls and teas, alliances and rivalries. Rose has never felt more out of place. With the Season in full swing, she can't help but still feel a servant, dressed up in diamonds and silk. Then she meets Alexander Ross, a young Scottish duke. She has heard...
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Half a Man

Michael Morpurgo · Candlewick Press
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Revered author Michael Morpurgo evokes the post-war Britain of his childhood in this unflinching and deeply poignant tale of the physical and mental scars of war.From a young age, Michael was both fascinated by and afraid of his grandfather. Grandpa's ship was torpedoed during the Second...
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The Wide Window

Lemony Snicket · HarperTrophy
Pages: 214
Format: Braille book

Are things getting better for the Baudelaires? Could they possibly get worse? Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are fortunate to have found a new guardian, Aunt Josephine. Even though she is unusually nervous, she seems nice enough. And the children are also fortunate to be living...
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Beliefs, Rituals, and Symbols of India

Dean Miller (Editor) · Cavendish Square Publishing

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Forbidden

Kimberley Griffiths Little · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

A sweeping, epic saga of romance and hardship, set against the dramatic backdrop of Ancient Mesopotamia - for fans of Cleopatra's Moon or the adult bestseller The Red Tent.In the unforgiving Mesopotamian desert where Jayden's tribe lives, betrothal celebrations abound, and tonight...
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