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In the picaresque series of sketches in Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens wrote one of the masterpieces of comic fiction, and presented readers with some of the most colorful and beloved characters of all time. In Dickens' first novel, initially based on a series of illustrations, members of the eponymous club recount their various experiences and encounters as they travel around England. Without the dark themes that dominated so many of his novels,...
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The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1899) is a children's novel by English writer Edith Nesbit. The first book in Nesbit's beloved Bastable trilogy-which also includes The Wouldbegoods (1901) and The New Treasure Seekers (1904)-The Story of the Treasure Seekers is a story of family, adventure, and mystery for children and adults alike.
The Bastable siblings-Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius-are clever and curious children who...
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National Jewish Book Award Finalist: A "sophisticated and engaging" novel of three innocents drawn into a criminal scheme in modern-day Jerusalem (The Wall Street Journal).
Brokenhearted haberdasher Isaac Markowitz has fled the Lower East Side for Israel, where he now assists a renowned elderly rabbi who tends to the hungry and hopeless in his courtyard. Tamar is an American hipster-turned-observant Jew who has come to Jerusalem to find a devout...
4) Cousins
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Cammy's only trouble in life is a cousin named Patty Ann who overshadows her in every way - until suddenly, Patty Ann is no longer around. Cammy has a happy life and a great family, except for one little problem: a cousin who thinks she's better than everyone else. It's true that Patty Ann is beautiful, talented, and bright, but to Cammy she's also vain, conceited, and mean-spirited. Sometimes Cammy wishes that Patty Ann would disappear, just vanish...
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Junior Brown is a musical prodigy losing touch with reality and everyone around him-except for one important friend Junior Brown is different than the other kids in his eighth-grade class. For one, he weighs three hundred pounds. He's also a talented musician with a serious future as a professional pianist-if he survives middle school. With an overbearing mom, disappointed teachers, and fellow students who tease him mercilessly, Junior starts to...
6) Babyface
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When Toni's luck runs out, real life comes calling Toni and Julie were both born right after their parents moved in next to one another, and the two girls have hardly been separated since. Julie is tall and outspoken and stands up for herself, but really she's just trying to survive until she turns eighteen so she can move out before her parents' constant fighting drives her crazy. Meanwhile, Toni, small and shy, has the perfect family: no financial...
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Benjie and his friend Ezzie have escape plans for every emergency, including lion attacks and quicksand, but no clue what to do about the class bully. So what if Benjie "Mouse" Fawley likes practical jokes? He's a good kid who never meant to harm anyone. The same cannot be said for Marv Hammerman, a boy in Benjie's middle school who is as big as a high-schooler but has the temper of a two-year-old. When Benjie (in a fit of insanity) writes a joke...
8) Bluish
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IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
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All of the kids at school stay away from "Bluish," but when Dreenie and Tuli learn to see beyond her differences, they discover a true friend Ten-year-old Natalie is different from the other kids at her New York City magnet school: She is often absent, wears a knit cap, and uses a wheelchair. Her classmates have nicknamed her "Bluish" because her pale skin is tinted blue from chemotherapy. Dreenie is fascinated by and a bit frightened of Bluish-she...
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Pony tails volume 11
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Wild ponies aren't the only creatures living in the English countryside May and her family are traveling to England for vacation. She's going to miss her friends the Pony Tails and her pony Macaroni, but she can't wait to start exploring. May's big sisters, Ellie and Dottie, have been telling her stories about the pesky piskies of Cornwall-mischievous spirits who cause trouble. But luckily, Cornwall is also home to wild ponies, and May is determined...
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Pony tails volume 4
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The Pony Tails get in the holiday spirit for two Christmas horse shows at Pine Hollow Stables As Christmas draws near, the Pony Tails get excited about two Pony Club holiday events at Pine Hollow Stables: the annual Starlight Ride on Christmas Eve and a special horse show to raise money for the local animal shelter. Both Corey and Jasmine have been practicing hard in hopes of being chosen to perform in a special presentation at the show. But when...
11) The Long Ride
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Pine Hollow volume 1
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School's out, and three horse-crazy best friends promise to have the best summer ever Before Lisa Atwood, Stevie Lake, and Carole Hanson become high school juniors in the fall, the girls have a busy summer ahead. Lisa is spending every waking minute with her boyfriend, Alex-who's also Stevie's twin brother-until she leaves to visit her dad and his new family in California. Stevie just got her driver's license, and when she isn't delivering pizza,...
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Pony tails volume 16
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Jasmine is great at riding ponies, but she's about to learn that jumping can be especially challenging Jasmine and her friends the Pony Tails are crazy about animals-especially ponies. This year, Jasmine and her pony Outlaw are taking their first jumping lesson at Pine Hollow Stables, and she couldn't be more excited. All she can think about is jumping! But during the lesson, Jasmine falls off Outlaw going over the very first jump. She is disappointed,...
13) Ground Training
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Pine Hollow volume 10
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Every action has its consequences-and it's time for Carole to face hers Carole Hanson knew cheating on that test was wrong, but she didn't predict how extreme her punishment would be. Being grounded has been harsh-no phone, no TV, no hanging out with friends, no job, and absolutely no Pine Hollow. It's a huge price for one stupid, thoughtless act that she wishes she could take back. On the other hand, Stevie Lake is an expert at being grounded-freedom...
14) Full Gallop
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Pine Hollow volume 17
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Ready or not, it's time to forge ahead Carole's making great headway with a green horse, Pine Hollow is growing, and her relationship with Ben is blooming. Everything's perfect, right? Stevie is stretching herself to the limit with her eventing, Callie doesn't have to be afraid of George anymore, and Lisa is crushing on a guy who feels the same way about her. Things finally seems to be falling into place for the Pine Hollow riders. But then, a...
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Pony tails volume 3
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Corey's pony has run away, and it's up to the Pony Tails to rescue him Corey's newly divorced parents are still working out which days Corey stays with each of them. Most weekends, Corey can be with her beloved pony, Samurai, and hang out with her best friends and neighbors, May and Jasmine. But this weekend, she is going to her dad's, so she has asked her fellow Pony Tails to keep an eye on Samurai. Corey hates to leave, but she knows that no one...
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Witch twins volume 2
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At camp, the twins must catch a rebel witch
They may be twins, and they may both be witches, but Luna and Claire Bundkin could not have more different personalities. Claire is sporty, brash, and cannot wait for five weeks in the sun at Camp Bliss, where she just knows she’s going to be crowned Camp Bliss Girl. But Luna is shy, awkward, and would rather spend the summer at home with her cats. To improve Luna’s attitude,...
They may be twins, and they may both be witches, but Luna and Claire Bundkin could not have more different personalities. Claire is sporty, brash, and cannot wait for five weeks in the sun at Camp Bliss, where she just knows she’s going to be crowned Camp Bliss Girl. But Luna is shy, awkward, and would rather spend the summer at home with her cats. To improve Luna’s attitude,...
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A lonely boy learns to come to terms with the challenges in his life Eleven-year-old Paul tells himself that it doesn't matter that the kids call him Rabbit, or that he doesn't have any real friends. He's been living with his grandmother, but one day soon, he knows his mother will call and tell him to come live with her, and then his life can really begin. But somehow it looks more and more like that call may never come. When the opportunity arises...
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Question one: How is it possible to fall in love with three girls in one day in a single English class? Bingo Brown is an average sixth grader with an unusually serious approach to the business of being twelve. He's got some "burning questions" - why does he get such wild crushes on girls? How can he avoid the school bully? Why is his favorite teacher acting so strangely? - and he's determined to figure them out. This first entry in Byars's acclaimed...
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It's up to Isabelle, Guy, and Herbie to show Little "Norphan" Frannie why reading is so much fun Meet Frannie, a "norphan." It's what Frannie says you call a kid who lost her daddy and then her mommy (when mom left to go find a new dad). Frannie is staying with her "aunt," a waitress at the local café who brings home leftover pancakes for dinner. When Isabelle the irrepressible itch discovers that Frannie can't read, she gets right to work. Reading...
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Bingo's ultimate guide to finding love might need a few more chapters when his long-distance girlfriend returns home. Bingo Brown is confident that he can write the definitive guidebook for middle-school boys trying to win over girls. With his baby brother, Jamie, in mind, he jots down notes about the lessons he's learned: Should you worry if the girl you like grows taller than you? (No.) What do you do when hauling your family's dirty clothes to...
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