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Boys Don't Knit

T. S. Easton · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 265
Format: Print book

After an incident regarding a crossing guard and a bottle of Martini & Rossi (and his friends) , 17-year-old worrier Ben Fletcher must develop his sense of social alignment, take up a hobby, and do some community service to avoid any further probation.He takes a knitting class (it was that...
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The Black Stallion's Steeplechaser

Steven Farley · Random House
Pages: 175
Format: Hardcover

Sired by the champion Black Stallion, Black Storm is everything a race horse should be--strong and fast, brave and proud. But he is also very hard to handle, and his unruly nature makes him a misfit at Hopeful Farm. Young jockey Alec Ramsay continues to believe in the unpredictable colt,...
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The Blackthorn Key

Kevin Sands · Aladdin
Pages: 371
Format: Print book

Following a series of murders, an apothecary's apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the world in this suspenseful debut novel."Tell no one what I've given you." Until he got that cryptic warning, Christopher Rowe was happy,...
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Before We Go Extinct

Karen Rivers · Farrar
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Grief can sometimes feel like being caught in the jaws of a great white shark.J.C., who goes by the nickname Sharky, has been having a hard time ever since his best friend died in front of him in what might or might not have been an accident. Shell-shocked, Sharky spends countless hours...
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Haunted

Joy Preble · Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

Anne Michaelson is trying to forget everything that happened last year. But it's hard to do when her heart aches for Ethan and there's a wild-haired woman stalking her... Ethan Kosinsky is embracing his newfound mortality. But something is drawing him back to the girl he left behind—back...
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The Game of Lives

James Dashner · Delacorte Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From James Dashner, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, comes The Game of Lives, the final book in the Mortality Doctrine series, an edge-of-your-seat cyber-adventure trilogy that includes The Eye of Minds and The Rule of Thoughts. Michael used to live to game,...
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Gemini

Sonya Mukherjee · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

In a small town, as high school graduation approaches, two conjoined sisters must weigh the importance of their dreams as individuals against the risk inherent in the surgery that has the potential to separate them forever.
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Troy: The Myth and Reality Behind the Epic Legend

Nick McCarty · Rosen
Pages: 122
Format: Book

- A high profile movie is currently in production based on the Trojan War myth and Homer's epic The Illiad. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, Troy's star-studded cast includes, Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean. Troy is due to be release in May 2004- A miniseries directed...
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The Fault in Our Stars

Kishan Bagadia · Speak
Pages: 318
Format: Paperback

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about...
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The Essential Calvin and Hobbes

Bill Watterson · Andrews McMeel Publishing; Original edition
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

      Perhaps the most brilliant comic strip ever created, Calvin and Hobbes continues to entertain with dazzling cartooning and tremendous humor.  Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes has been a worldwide favorite since its introduction in 1985....
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