[bookshare-discuss] Re: New Books (80) for June 2
- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:28:40 -0700
Hello John,
This list is an *excellent* resource for Bookshare members. Would there be
any possibility of adding a direct link to each book?
Thanks,
Darrell
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From: "John Immarino" <johni2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:57 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] New Books (80) for June 2
=================FICTION=================
ADVENT OF DYING, BY
CAROL ANNE O'MARIE
In her 70s, Mary Helen is supposedly
retired at Mount St. Mary College. When her timid secretary
Suzanne Barnes is murdered, however, the grieving nun determines
to see justice done.
BOOK SIZE: 278 Pages
CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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BLACKMAIL (BAYOU SERIES 6, LOVE INSPIRED SUSPENSE), BY
ROBIN CAROLL
Back to the Bayou where Vermillion Oil Co. is being targeted
by saboteurs. Numerous twists and turn occur with Sadie going
to juvie and getting her 17-year-old half brother Caleb to come
live with her. Then, John Garrison comes into the picture as
Caleb's probation officer.
BOOK SIZE: 213 Pages
CATEGORIES: Romance, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers,
Religion and Spirituality
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BONEMAN'S DAUGHTERS, BY
TED DEKKER
"A Texas serial killer called BoneMan is on the loose, choosing
young girls as his prey. A high-level military intelligence officer
is captured in Fallujah, and his Iraqi captor is threatening
the life of his wife and daughter at home. And he appears to
have a link with BoneMan."
BOOK SIZE: 403 Pages
CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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EMPIRE, BY
GORE VIDAL
Historical fiction that encompasses the Spanish-American War
of 1898, U.S. takeover of the Philippines, President McKinley's
murder, and the turbulent presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.
BOOK SIZE: 474 Pages
CATEGORIES: History, Literature and Fiction
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HE SLEEPS: A NOVEL, BY
REGINALD MCKNIGHT
Struggling to fit in with his new Senegalese family--Alaine,
his wife Kene, and their young daughter--Bertrand finds himself,
for the first time in his life, haunted by surreal and increasingly
violent dreams.
BOOK SIZE: 212 Pages
CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction
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JEMIMA SHORE'S FIRST CASE AND OTHER STORIES, BY
ANTONIA FRASER
In "Death of An Old Dog," Gavin's decision to have her new husband's
aged spaniel put down leads to a strange deal and a tragic end.
"Doctor Zeit" deals disturbingly with death and intuition. In
"Boots," Emily finds a way of dealing with her mother's suitor.
BOOK SIZE: 209 Pages
CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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LOVER AVENGED (BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD, BOOK 7), BY
J. R. WARD
Rehvenge has always kept his distance from the Brotherhood --
even though his sister is married to a member, for he harbors
a deadly secret that could make him a huge liability in their
war against the lessers.
BOOK SIZE: 527 Pages
CATEGORIES: Romance, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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QUIET AS A NUN, BY
ANTONIA FRASER
A nun is found dead at a ruined tower at Blessed Eleanor's Convent.
Jemima Shore is called in by Reverend Mother Ancilla to investigate.
Blessed Eleanor was Jemima's own convent school, and the dead
nun was going to inherit a fortune...
BOOK SIZE: 176 Pages
CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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STOLEN IN THE NIGHT, BY
PATRICIA MACDONALD
Twenty years ago, her testimony led to the imprisonment of an
innocent man. Now, Tess returns to the place of her sister's
murder, in an attempt to make things right.
BOOK SIZE: 375 Pages
CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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TEMPTED INTO THE TYCOON'S TRAP, BY
EMILY MCKAY
Cece Cassidy was used to writing the story, not being it. Yet
somehow the tabloids had figured out her passionate history with
Jack Hudson...and his connection to the dark-haired little boy
she'd "adopted." Too bad her baby's father was the last to know.
BOOK SIZE: 169 Pages
CATEGORIES: Romance
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THE CAVALIER CASE, BY
ANTONIA FRASER
Jemima starts researching a ghost story involving a murder investigation.
The victims: the 17th Viscount Lackland and his butler. The suspect
is the ghost of the first Viscount Lackland. The next possible
victim is the handsome 18th Viscount Lackland.
BOOK SIZE: 284 Pages
CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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THE DRIFTER, BY
SUSAN WIGGS
He wanted to tell her everything.
About the lost years that had changed him from a desperate young
boy into a man hardened by life.
About the night he'd sold his soul for a woman who wasn't worth
the price. ...
BOOK SIZE: 371 Pages
CATEGORIES: History, Romance
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THE ROOK (THE BOWERS FILES, BOOK 2), BY
STEVEN JAMES
An arsonist has struck a top-secret research facility at a key
US naval base. But it's not just a random terrorist attack. These
people were after something specific.
BOOK SIZE: 488 Pages
CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Religion and
Spirituality
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THE SINS OF THE FATHERS, BY
LAWRENCE BLOCK
The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer--a
minister's son--hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is
closed. But the dead girl's father has come to Matthew Scudder
for answers, sending the unlicensed private investigator in search
of terrible truths about a life that was lived and lost in a
sordid world of perversion and pleasures.
BOOK SIZE: 170 Pages
CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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================NONFICTION=================
ALCHEMY: SCIENCE OF THE COSMOS, SCIENCE OF THE SOUL, BY
TITUS BURCKHARDT
Spiritual attainment has frequently been described as a transformation
whereby a human's leaden, dull nature is returned to its golden
state.
BOOK SIZE: 206 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Science, Religion and Spirituality
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AMERICA'S BEST BASS FISHING, BY
STEVEN D. PRICE
Largemouth, smallmouth or stripers--bass of all varieties are
the number one sport fish across the country, and in America's
Best Bass Fishing veteran angler and outdoor writer Steve Price
points the way to the very best places to catch them.
BOOK SIZE: 229 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Reference, Sports
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ANDY GROVE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN AMERICAN BUSINESS ICON,
BY
RICHARD TEDLOW
During Grove's career, Intel became the model for Silicon Valley.
Silicon Valley became the model for the world. And Grove became
Time's Man of the Year, an icon of the promise of the American
life.
BOOK SIZE: 567 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Computers and Internet,
Business and Finance
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A TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT SPEECHES, BY
HOUSTON PETERSON
A compilation of some of the most memorable speeches of the
centuries.
BOOK SIZE: 857 Pages
CATEGORIES: History, Nonfiction, Reference
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BEST FOOD WRITING 2005, BY
HOLLY D. HUGHES
"Best Food Writing 2005" assembles, for its sixth year, the
most exceptional writing from the past year's books, magazines,
newspapers, newsletters, and Web sites.
BOOK SIZE: 329 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine
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BEYOND ARM’S REACH: ENHANCING DISTANCE VISION, BY
LIZABETH M. O’DONNELL
AND
AUDREY J. SMITH
This book is designed to enhance distance visual efficiency
for children with low vision, and includes 4 chapters, with 64
sequential lessons.
BOOK SIZE: 184 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Professional and Technical
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BUSINESS ALLIANCES GUIDE: THE HIDDEN COMPETITIVE WEAPON, BY
ROBERT PORTER LYNCH
Presents a map of the various options one has on the journey
through business alliance; the principles of design; new insights
into what has been missing in order to understand alliances.
BOOK SIZE: 336 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Business and Finance
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CIXOUS, IRIGARAY, KRISTEVA: THE JOUISSANCE OF FRENCH FEMINISM,
BY
KELLY IVES
Julia Kristeva, Hélène Cixous and Luce Irigaray are among
the provocative, and subtle voices in contemporary culture. Here,
Kelly Ives discusses their major ideas and their relation to
other feminists and to figures such as Marx, Lacan and Freud.
BOOK SIZE: 157 Pages
CATEGORIES: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
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DEFUSING ARMAGEDDON: INSIDE NEST, AMERICA'S SECRET NUCLEAR BOMB
SQUAD, BY
JEFFREY T. RICHELSON
Defusing Armageddon provides a behind-the-scenes look at NEST's
personnel, operations, and detection and disablement equipment
& attempts at nuclear extortion, lost and stolen nuclear material
and al Qaeda's quest for nuclear weapons.
BOOK SIZE: 315 Pages
CATEGORIES: History, Nonfiction
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ESSENTIAL SKIING: A BIBLE FOR BEGINNING SKIERS, BY
HERB GORDON
An introduction to downhill skiing that also includes sections
on snowboards and cross-country.
BOOK SIZE: 192 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Sports
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ETHICAL WRITINGS OF MAIMONIDES, BY
MAIMONIDES
Here are the most significant ethical writings of the 12th-century
philosopher, physician, and master of rabbinical literature--newly
translated from the original sources by noted Maimonides scholars
Raymond L. Weiss and Charles E. Butterworth.
BOOK SIZE: 182 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
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EXPERIMENTAL MAN: WHAT ONE MAN'S BODY REVEALS ABOUT HIS FUTURE,
YOUR HEALTH, AND OUR TOXIC WORLD, BY
DAVID EWING DUNCAN
David Ewing Duncan takes the ultimate high-tech medical exam,
investigating the future impact of what's hidden deep inside
all of us.
BOOK SIZE: 370 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body
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FBI CAREERS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO LANDING A JOB AS ONE OF AMERICA'S
FINEST (2ND EDITION), BY
THOMAS H. ACKERMAN
FBI Careers is the only definitive guide to the organization's
rigorous selection process. Its helpful information reveals what
it takes to succeed in landing a job - for special agents as
well as professional support personnel.
BOOK SIZE: 263 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Professional and Technical
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GROWING UP GREEN! BABY AND CHILD CARE, BY
DEIRDRE IMUS
The essential, parent-friendly guide to raising a healthy child
in our increasingly toxic environment. The second volume in the
New York Times bestselling Green This! series, Growing Up Green:
Baby and Child Care is a complete guide to raising healthy kids.
BOOK SIZE: 292 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and Family
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HORNBLOWER'S SHIPS: THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR MODELS, BY
MARTIN SAVILLE
Hornblower stories was one of the most expensive series ever
made for television. Millions went into the lavish special effects
to recreate the epic sea battles featuring eleven fully working
scale models.
BOOK SIZE: 128 Pages
CATEGORIES: Entertainment, Nonfiction
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LIFE IS A ZOO - NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE CAGE YOU'RE ON, BY
GARY RICHMOND
Gary Richmond tells the comical and hair-raising adventures
of his own journey into manhood.
He tested every law of God and nature, inspired teachers to
retire early, his father to lay down the law, his mother to throw
up her hands, and his friends to risk their lives.
BOOK SIZE: 246 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
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SMALL, STRONG CONGREGATIONS: CREATING STRENGTHS AND HEALTH FOR
YOUR CONGREGATION, BY
KENNON L. CALLAHAN
Create a small, strong congregation is dedicated to advancing
God's mission. The twenty-first century is the century of small,
strong congregations. More people will be drawn to small, strong
congregations than any other kind of congregation.
BOOK SIZE: 352 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED LACROSSE: FUNDAMENTALS FOR WINNING, BY
DAVID URICK
Eight-time national championship coach David Urick shows players
and coaches the pathways to lacrosse success!
BOOK SIZE: 253 Pages
CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Sports
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TERRITORY OF LIES: THE EXCLUSIVE STORY OF JONATHAN JAY POLLARD:
THE AMERICAN WHO SPIED ON HIS COUNTRY FOR ISRAEL AND HOW HE WAS
BETRAYED, BY
WOLF BLITZER
This is a tragic story of Jonathan Jay Pollard, an American
Jew working in Naval Intelligence and spying for Israel. He passed
thousands of top-secret documents to Israel.
BOOK SIZE: 322 Pages
CATEGORIES: History, Military, Nonfiction
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THE CALIFORNIA ELECTRICITY CRISIS, BY
JAMES L. SWEENEY
Sweeney addresses four main topics: the current situation in
California, the history of California's energy, the consequences
of decisions that are being made, and what we should or shouldn't
do about it.
BOOK SIZE: 289 Pages
CATEGORIES: History, Nonfiction
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THE ETHICS OF AMBIGUITY, BY
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
By exploring the meaning of "existence before essence" and the
basic reality of choice, Beauvoir presents the reader with existentialism.
Ethics is both succinct and poetic, maintaining a clearness that
Being and Nothingness lacks.
BOOK SIZE: 160 Pages
CATEGORIES: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
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THE GLOBAL SOCIETY: AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY, BY
WILLIAM C. COCKERHAM
This is an introductory text to sociology which presents sociology
as a way of understanding the world, not just individual societies.
With a comparative focus, it de-emphasizes US society in favour
of global sociology.
BOOK SIZE: 590 Pages
CATEGORIES: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
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THE JEWISH WRITINGS, BY
JEROME KOHN
AND
RON H. FELDMAN
AND
HANNAH ARENDT
Arendt's experience as a Jew was sometimes that of an eyewitness
and sometimes that of an actor and sufferer of events, all of
which run the risk of partiality; but it was also always that
of a judge, which means that she looked at those events and,
insofar as she was in them, at herself from the outside.
BOOK SIZE: 599 Pages
CATEGORIES: History, Nonfiction
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THE ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM, BY
HANNAH ARENDT
This book is a vital component of any study of twentieth-century
political movements. Arendt was one of the first to recognize
that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were two sides of the
same coin rather than opposing beliefs of Right and Left.
BOOK SIZE: 544 Pages
CATEGORIES: History, Nonfiction
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============TEENS AND CHILDREN============
CAMP GIRL-MEETS-BOY, BY
CAROLINE B. COONEY
Marissa loves the amity of summer camp. Violet signs on as a
counselor hoping to meet guys. She proves strangely skillful
at handling the emotional crises of her young charges, while
Marissa finds the opposite sex intriguing.
BOOK SIZE: 186 Pages
CATEGORIES: Teens, Literature and Fiction
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CAMP REUNION, BY
CAROLINE B. COONEY
Alicia and Charles plan a wedding; Vi and Marissa anticipate
seeing each other while Claudia flees to the reunion hoping to
feel right. Heath is trailed by the media regarding his father's
trial. The campers talk about the people they have become since
summer.
BOOK SIZE: 186 Pages
CATEGORIES: Teens, Literature and Fiction
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CRUZANDO EL PACíFICO, BY
GARY SOTO
No disponible
BOOK SIZE: 144 Pages
CATEGORIES: Teens, Literature and Fiction
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FATAL BARGAIN (POINT HORROR #3), BY
CAROLINE B. COONEY
When Lacey and her friends spend the night in a creepy old house,
the resident vampire demands that one of them will have to stay.
BOOK SIZE: 174 Pages
CATEGORIES: Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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LAST DANCE, BY
CAROLINE B. COONEY
As always, the girls seemed to be at one event, and the boys
seemed to be at another one altogether. There's a huge gap between
the girls and the boys, later bridged with a haze of romance.
Then there's nasty troublemaker and unusually heavier problems.
BOOK SIZE: 248 Pages
CATEGORIES: Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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NEW YEAR'S EVE, BY
CAROLINE B. COONEY
Some teens go to New Year's Eve dance at The Hardley's tower.
Some of them do things just to show how bad they are while some
girls fall in love, some with the wrong guy.
BOOK SIZE: 221 Pages
CATEGORIES: Teens, Literature and Fiction
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RUMORS, BY
CAROLINE B. COONEY
Mary Ellen is the Varsity captain of the cheerleading squad.
Rumor has it she's shoplifting. Though innocent of shoplifting,
she's poor. She's also having trouble with guys, given that she's
pretty and popular.
BOOK SIZE: 172 Pages
CATEGORIES: Teens, Literature and Fiction
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THE CHEERLEADER (POINT HORROR #1), BY
CAROLINE B. COONEY
Cheerleaders are beautiful, popular and exciting - girls Althea
longs to be. But she's a nobody. Then one day she meets him,
a vampire who offers to make her a cheerleader in return for
a simple deal.
BOOK SIZE: 182 Pages
CATEGORIES: Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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CAMP RULES!, BY
NANCY KRULIK
Katie is so excited for her two-week stay at sleep away camp!
Friends, activities, Color War, s'mores ... and wild animals????
But Katie can't go anywhere without the magic wind following
here even to camp!
BOOK SIZE: 154 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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CLAUDIA GETS HER GUY (BABY-SITTERS CLUB FRIENDS FOREVER #7),
BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Claudia and Stacey have been fighting over a boy. Now it's Claudia's
chance to finally get him -- and maybe save her friendship with
Stacey.
BOOK SIZE: 131 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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CLAUDIA AND THE PERFECT BOY (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #71), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Claudia is reading a magazine and comes across a Personals column.
It's full of ads from people interested in meeting other people.
This gives Claudia a great idea ... Maybe SHE can start a personals
column!
BOOK SIZE: 176 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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CRóNICAS DE NARNIA: EL LEóN, LA BRUJA Y EL ROPERO, BY
C. S. LEWIS
Abren una puerta y entran en otro mundo.
BOOK SIZE: 201 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science
Fiction and Fantasy
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DAWN'S FAMILY FEUD (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #64), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Dawn's little brother Jeff is visiting the new Schafer-Spier
family. He's miserable because all his old friends have changed,
and Mary Anne's dad is trying too hard to be Jeff's best friend.
BOOK SIZE: 140 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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DAWN'S BIG MOVE (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #67), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Dawn loves Stoneybrook, her stepfamily, the kids she babysits
and her special friends in the Babysitters Club, but she misses
her other life in California. She's decided to move back there
for six months to stay with her dad ...
BOOK SIZE: 153 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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DAWN'S BIG DATE (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #50), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Dawn is finally going to get to meet Logan's cute cousin, Lewis,
and go on a double date.
BOOK SIZE: 172 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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DAWN AND WHITNEY, FRIENDS FOREVER (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #77), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Dawn finds an unanticipated friend in Whitney, a twelve-year-old
girl with Down's syndrome, and worries Whitney won't understand
if she learns Dawn gets paid to be with her.
BOOK SIZE: 156 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Disability-Related, Literature and
Fiction
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DAWN SAVES THE PLANET (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #57), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Worried about the fate of the planet, environmentally conscious
Dawn makes plans to construct a recycling center at Stoneybrook
Middle School, but soon all her hard work begins to keep her
from paying attention to her friends.
BOOK SIZE: 156 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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FAREWELL, DAWN (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #88), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Deciding that she wants to move back to California permanently,
Dawn worries about what she will say to the rest of the baby-sitters,
who do not understand when they hear the news secondhand.
BOOK SIZE: 137 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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GET LOST!, BY
NANCY KRULIK
Katie Carew's third-grade class spends three days at Science
Camp, where Katie magically changes places with the strict Head
Counselor while on a hike and gets her group hopelessly lost.
Includes directions for making all-natural soap.
BOOK SIZE: 76 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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GET WELL SOON, MALLORY! (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #69), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
When Mallory discovers that she has mono, she is crushed that
she must stay in bed for a long time, and the baby-sitters wonder
what they will do without her.
BOOK SIZE: 144 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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GIRLS DON'T HAVE COOTIES, BY
NANCY KRULIK
Katie has plans to go to Suzanne's all-girl sleepover party,
but Jeremy wants her to ride the hot new rollercoaster. Annoyed,
Jeremy and the other boys from Class 3A decide that all girls
have cooties.
BOOK SIZE: 76 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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IT'S SNOW JOKE, BY
NANCY KRULIK
While visiting a movie shoot at a ski lodge during winter break,
Katie is turned into a ski instructor by the magic wind. This
time she lands in a very slippery situation.
BOOK SIZE: 76 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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JACKIE ROBINSON AND THE BIG GAME, BY
DAN GUTMAN
Presents the childhood of the man who would grow up to be the
first African-American player in major league baseball.
BOOK SIZE: 32 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs
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KRISTY AND THE WORST KID EVER (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #62), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
The Papadakis family takes in a foster child, a troubled young
girl named Lou, and Kristy soon discovers that Lou's difficult
behavior makes her a real challenge to baby-sit.
BOOK SIZE: 172 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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LOVE STINKS!, BY
NANCY KRULIK
When the magic wind turns fourth-grader Katie, who dislikes
the "mushy gushy stuff" of Valentine's Day, into a candy store
owner, she decides to write her own "love messages" on the candy
hearts.
BOOK SIZE: 78 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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MAGGIE DIARY TWO (CALIFORNIA DIARIES #8), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Maggie's got an eating disorder, and it's getting worse. This
acclaimed contemporary series has been the subject of articles
in "Publishers Weekly", the "Chicago Tribune", and "New York
Newsday".
BOOK SIZE: 142 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Disability-Related, Literature and
Fiction
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MAGGIE (CALIFORNIA DIARIES #3), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Maggie has always had the perfect house, the perfect grades,
the perfect looks. But now all that is changing.
BOOK SIZE: 152 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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MAGGIE DIARY THREE (CALIFORNIA DIARIES #13), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Maggie's dad is working on a new movie starring teen idol Tyler
Kendall, but Maggie's not interested. Stars are just self-absorbed
and shallow, she thinks -- until she meets Tyler.
BOOK SIZE: 125 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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PARENTS FROM THE 13TH DIMENSION (GHOSTS OF FEAR STREET #27),
BY
R. L. STINE
All Sarah wants is a family that's cooler. One morning she wakes
up to find that her embarrassing parents are different. And not
only different but better. However, there comes a time when she
realises that her "perfect" Mum and Dad are not all they seem
to be.
BOOK SIZE: 149 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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SEPTEMBER SURPRISES (MAIN STREET #6), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
It's September: time for Flora, Nikki, and Olivia to move up
to the Central School from their old elementary school. Flora
and Nikki are excited ... but Olivia isn't. She's always been
the youngest girl in her class -- now she's the youngest girl
in the whole school!
BOOK SIZE: 191 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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SHANNON'S STORY (BABY-SITTER'S CLUB READERS REQUEST #3), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Shannon is a straight-A student hoping to go on a trip to France
with her French class. When she learns her mother plans to supervise
the trip, she decides to do something drastic to stop it from
happening.
BOOK SIZE: 144 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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SILENT NIGHT 2 (FEAR STREET SUPER CHILLERS #5), BY
R. L. STINE
Reva Dalby's father, who owns Dalby Department Stores, lets
cold Reva dole out Christmas jobs to her friends. But Reva only
hires boys -- prospective dates for herself. Soon someone is
stalking her and sending her threatening letters.
BOOK SIZE: 197 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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STACEY MCGILL, SUPER SITTER (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #94), BY
ANN M. MARTIN
Being a super sitter for the Chelpins seems like a dream job.
But it's taking a lot of Stacey's time and energy, forcing her
to bail out on plans with her mom, her boyfriend and her best
friend.
BOOK SIZE: 142 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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TALES FROM THE HOOD (THE SISTERS GRIMM BOOK #6), BY
MICHAEL BUCKLEY
When a kangaroo court of Everafters, led by Judge Mad Hatter,
tries Mr. Canis for his past crimes as the Big Bad Wolf, the
Grimms seek evidence to save their friend, although Sabrina questions
whether he should be saved.
BOOK SIZE: 283 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction
and Fantasy
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THE BEST FRIEND (FEAR STREET #14), BY
R. L. STINE
Honey Perkins just moved to Shadyside. But she's telling everyone
that she is Becka Norwood's best friend from elementary school.
Trouble is, Becka doesn't remember her at all.
BOOK SIZE: 148 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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THE CREATURE FROM CLUB LAGOONA (GHOSTS OF FEAR STREET #21),
BY
GLORIA HATRICK
AND
R. L. STINE
Tad is in over his head when his family takes a vacation to
Club Lagoona, a new resort and water park. His mom, his dad,
and little sister are having fun, but Tad's not, and he shouldn't.
BOOK SIZE: 123 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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THE DARE (FEAR STREET #22), BY
R. L. STINE
Johanna Wise has always longed to be part of Dennis Arthur's
rich, popular crowd, and she can't believe it when he finally
asks her out. She'll do anything to keep Dennis but when he dares
her to kill their teacher she is not so sure. Will she really
kill for love?
BOOK SIZE: 154 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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THE SECRET OF THE MASK (BOXCAR CHILDREN #110), BY
GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER
The Aldens are preparing for a yard sale when they find an old
wooden mask in the trash behind a neighbor's house. Violet notices
that the mask looks like a Native American mask that she had
read about.
BOOK SIZE: 114 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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THE STORY OF JACKIE ROBINSON: THE BRAVEST MAN IN BASEBALL, BY
MARGARET DAVIDSON
One brave black player named Jackie Robinson worked to change
the "rules," so that all races could have the opportunity to
fulfill their dreams on the baseball diamond--or anywhere. This
is Jackie Robinson's story.
BOOK SIZE: 92 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs
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THE WHITE WOLF (A TO Z MYSTERIES), BY
RON ROY
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are thrilled to visit Wallis Wallace
at her new cabin in the Maine wilderness. On their very first
day, they glimpse a white wolf and her babies on a cliff. But
soon after the kids spy the wolf family, the pups are wolf-napped!
Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose sniff out the culprits before the
white wolf starts suspecting them?
BOOK SIZE: 88 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
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THREE SWORDS FOR GRANADA, BY
WALTER DEAN MYERS
In 1410 Spain, three young cat friends join the warrior cats
as they struggle to save their beloved Granada from the vicious
dogs of the Fidorean Guard.
BOOK SIZE: 106 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction
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WHO'S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY GRAVE? (GHOSTS OF FEAR STREET #2),
BY
R. L. STINE
Zack Pepper thinks there is something very wrong with his substitute
teacher. No one will believe him, so he has to get rid of her
all by himself. But how can he destroy someone who is already
dead?
BOOK SIZE: 135 Pages
CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction
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