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Knight Errant Volume 2: Aflame

John Jackson Miller · Spotlight
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Jedi Knight Kerra Holt thought she was prepared for anything that could happen on the volunteer mission that took her deep into Sith space. But now, trapped behind enemy lines, Kerra looks toward a life without the support of the Republic . . . and if her headstrong ways continue to lead...
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The Kings of Clonmel: Book 8

John A. Flanagan · Philomel Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The international bestselling series with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone!Mankind puts its faith in many things?gods, kings, money?anything for protection from the world?s many dangers. When a cult springs up in neighboring Clonmel, promising to quell the recent attacks by lawless...
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The Dead-Tossed Waves

Carrie Ryan · Delacorte Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Gabry lives a quiet life in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean, hemmed in by the dead who hunger for the living, but her mother Mary's secrets, a cult of religious zealots who worship the dead, and a stranger from the forest who seems to know Gabry threaten to destroy her world.
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The Hobbit

J. R. R. Tolkien · Mariner Books
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback

Now a major motion pictureA great modern classic and the prelude to THE LORD OF THE RINGS
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Woven

Michael Jensen · Scholastic Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Two unlikely allies must journey across a kingdom in the hopes of thwarting death itself.All his life, Nels has wanted to be a knight of the kingdom of Avërand. Tall and strong, and with a knack for helping those in need, the people of his sleepy little village have even taken to calling...
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Hollow City The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs · Quirk Books

Pub Date 2014-01-14 Pages 400 Language English Publisher Quirk Books Miss Peregrine rsquo s Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011 mdash an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. Publishers Weekly called...
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Fashions of a Decade: The 1940s

Patricia Baker · Chelsea House Publications
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Part of a history of fashion series which looks at the 20th century decade by decade. This volume looks at the style of the 1920s and the social and cultural background to the fashions of the period. The book is illustrated with a mixture of original and source documentation. --This...
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Drop In: Volume One

Donald Lemke · Stone Arch Books

Omar Grebes never slows down. When he’s not shredding concrete at Ocean Beach Skate Park, he’s kicking through surf at Imperial Beach or scarfing down fish tacos from the nearest roadside shop. Soon, his wiry six-foot frame and live-or-die lifestyle catch the attention of big-name...
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Powerless

Tera Lynn Childs · Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

Kenna is tired of being "normal."The only thing special about her is that she isn't special at all. Which is frustrating when you're constantly surrounded by superheroes. Her best friend, her ex-boyfriend, practically everyone she knows has some talent or power. Sure,...
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Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad

Monica Edinger · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by a true account, here is the compelling story of a child who arrives in America on the slave ship Amistad and eventually makes her way home to Africa.When a drought hits her homeland in Sierra Leone, nine-year-old Magulu is sold as a pawn by her father in exchange for rice. But before...
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