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Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (roughly £1.6 million today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.
2) Sheep
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
After a fire destroys the farm where he was born, a young border collie acquires a series of owners and learns about life as he seeks a home and longs to fulfill his life's purpose of shepherding sheep.
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Quantum prophecy volume 6
Publisher
Philomel Books
Language
English
Description
Recounts the history of the misunderstood villain called Brawn.
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Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 6
Language
English
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Percy Jackson's hope for a normal senior year is shattered as the gods present him with three quests, beginning with the retrieval of Zeus's goblet, in order to get the necessary three letters of recommendation for college.
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Series
A hundred names for magic volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Language
English
Description
An unforgettable alternative history fairytale series from the author of The Bone Witch trilogy about found family, modern day magic, and finding the place you belong.
Many years ago, the magical Kingdom of Avalon was left desolate and encased in ice when the evil Snow Queen waged war on the powerful country. Its former citizens are now refugees in a world mostly devoid of magic. Which is why the crown prince and his protectors are stuck in...Arizona.
Prince...
7) The thief
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Series
Queen's thief volume 01
Language
English
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Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
10) Loop
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Series
Loop volume 1
Language
English
Description
Error-prone Bree Bennis, sixteen, will lose her scholarship if she can't pass Quantum Paradox 101, and things don't look good after she inadvertently brings a twenty-first century boy back with her, then enlists his help in discovering who's attacking time travelers in the twenty-third century.
13) Tunnels
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Series
Tunnels volume 1
Language
English
Description
When Will Burrows and his friend Chester embark on a quest to find Will's archaeologist father, who has inexplicably disappeared, they are led to a labyrinthine world underneath London, full of sinister inhabitants with evil intentions toward "Topsoilers" like Will and his father.
14) Revolution 19
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Series
Publisher
HarperTeen
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after robots designed to fight wars abandoned the battlefields and turned their weapons against humans, siblings Nick, Kevin, and Cass must risk everything when the wilderness community where they have spent their lives in hiding is discovered by the bots.
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Series
Young heroes volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Odysseus, who longs to be a hero, has many opportunities to prove himself during an adventure which involves pirates and satyrs, a trip to Crete's Labyrinth, and the two young girls, Penelope and Helen, who play a major role in his future life.
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Tales of Rowan Hood volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Language
English
Description
In her quest to connect with Robin Hood, the father she has never met, thirteen-year-old Rosemary disguises herself as a boy, befriends a half-wolf, half-dog, a runaway princess, and an overgrown boy whose singing is hypnotic, and makes peace with her elfin heritage.
18) Start here
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Publisher
Simon Pulse
Language
English
Description
Willa and Taylor fulfill the dying wish of Finley, who had held their friendship together, by sailing from Ohio to Key West after high school graduation.
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Series
Geronimo Stilton. Cavemice volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Description
Geronimo Stilton's ancestor, Geronimo Stiltonoot, investigates a witness's claim of a moving mountain of ice.
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A thieves of shadow novel volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Language
English
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"Callan and four other young criminals are recruited to pull off a difficult heist from the city's most powerful sorcerer"--
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