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"Search for fortune on the high seas with this abridged retelling of Treasure Island, part of the bestselling Classic Starts® series that has sold more than 8 million copies! After Jim Hawkins finds the map to a mysterious treasure, he sets sail in search of the fortune. Little does he realize he s boarded a pirate ship, and that surprises and danger await him . . . including a meeting with the unforgettable Long John Silver! This abridged retelling...
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"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a "rich boy." Yet through the novel's humorous escapades-from the famous episode of the whitewashed fence to the trial of Injun Joe-Mark Twain explores the deeper themes of the adult world, one of dishonesty and superstition, murder and revenge,...
5) Hideaway
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After Hatch Harrison is brought back to life in an ambulance, his second chance turns into a nightmarish quest to squelch the evil he brought back from the afterlife.
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Bob Lee Swagger novels volume 1
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The very skill, expertise in killing, causes Bob Lee Swagger to be hired to do one last mission for his country and to be set up as a murderer.
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Genius Files volume 3
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Genius twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald embark on a trip to Graceland and are horrified by the reappearance of their supposedly deceased arch nemesis Dr. Herman Warsaw, who marries their aunt Judy.
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Crown Publishers
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The FBI doesn’t believe it. The Governor wants the problem to disappear. But agent Judy Maddox knows the threat is real: An extreme group of eco-terrorists has the means and the know-how to set off a massive earthquake of epic proportions. For California, time is running out.
Now Maddox is scrambling to hunt down a petty criminal turned cult leader turned homicidal mastermind....
The FBI doesn’t believe it. The Governor wants the problem to disappear. But agent Judy Maddox knows the threat is real: An extreme group of eco-terrorists has the means and the know-how to set off a massive earthquake of epic proportions. For California, time is running out.
Now Maddox is scrambling to hunt down a petty criminal turned cult leader turned homicidal mastermind....
17) Nightmares!
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Nightmares! volume 1
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"Twelve-year-old Charlie and his friends must stop nightmares from taking over their town before it's too late"--
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 5
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Candlewick Press
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"Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door--a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the classroom,...
19) Airframe
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An airliner porpoises over the Pacific--dives and rises--killing a number of passengers. Human or technical error? On the answer depend a big overseas sale to China and company jobs. Vice-president Casey Singleton battles TV hounds, intrigues and a hostile CEO as she tries to determine the cause.
20) Super animals!
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Random House
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Introduces characters from Disney's newest motion picture, Zootopia, in a city of anthropomorphic animals, a fugitive fox con artist and a rookie rabbit cop must work together to uncover a conspiracy.
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