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Oh, the Places You'll Go! 424 Points In this classic Seussian tale, the good doctor prepares his readers against all the little mishaps and misadventures that can befall even the best of us - from bang-ups and hang-ups to lurches and slumps - encouraging them to take life in their stride. EAN:9780679805274ISBN:0679805273Binding:HardcoverPages:56Author:Dr Seuss ... Item View » |
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Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set: Books #1-7 1,588 Points Now for the first time ever, J.K. Rowling\u2019s seven bestselling Harry Potter books are available in a stunning paperback boxed set The Harry Potter series has been hailed as \u201cone for the ages\u201d by Stephen King and \u201ca spellbinding saga\u2019 by USA Today. And most recently, The New York Times called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the \u201cfastest selling book in history.\u201d This is the ultimate Harry Potter collection for Harry Potter fans of all ages ... Item View » |
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 374 Points Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by ... Item View » |
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Walk Two Moons 238 Points In her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud of her country roots and the "Indian-ness in her blood," travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe Winterbo ... Item View » |
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Out of My Mind 272 Points From a multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winning author comes the story of a brilliant girl that no one knows about because she cannot speak or write. "If there is one book teens and parents (and everyone else) should read this year, "Out of My Mind" should be it.O--"Denver Post." EAN:9781416971719ISBN:1416971718Edition:ReprintBinding:Paperback ... Item View » |
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Outliers: The Story of Success 407 Points In this landmark work, the author of "Blink" and "The Tipping Point" asks what makes high-achievers different? Brilliant and entertaining, "Outliers" is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate. EAN:9780316017930ISBN:0316017930Binding:PaperbackPages:309Author:Gladwell, Malcolm ... Item View » |
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The Catcher in the Rye 272 Points Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories ? particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme ? With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is fully of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania ... Item View » |
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Fahrenheit 451 374 Points Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, re ... Item View » |
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The Alchemist 407 Points Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and soul-stirring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried near the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the trea ... Item View » |
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Night 288 Points A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie's wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author's original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate ded ... Item View » |
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Wonder 407 Points The extraordinary #1 "New York Times" bestseller that has captivated over 1 million readers now also includes the bestselling short story "The Julian Chapter." "I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. " August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid--but his new classmates can ... Item View » |
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Behold a Pale Horse 543 Points Cooper, a former U.S. Naval intelligence briefing team member, offers this lucid, rational work that reveals secrets kept guarded by the American government since the 1940s, including the presence of UFOs, the facts behind the J.F.K. assassination, and more. EAN:9780929385228ISBN:0929385225Binding:PaperbackPages:500Author:Cooper, Milt ... Item View » |
