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2) Anthem
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Equality 7-2521 lives in the Dark Ages of the future, where all decisions are made by committee, all people live in collectives, all traces of individualism have been wiped out. But the spark of individual thought and freedom still burns in Equality 7-2521, a passion which he has been taught to call sinful. In a purely egalitarian world, he dares to stand forth from the herd -- to think and choose for himself, to discover electricity, and to love...
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Children of Eden volume 3
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English
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Follows Rowan as she leaves behind the paradise she's always dreamed of to save Eden--and the world--from a terrible fate--
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Children of Eden volume 2
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English
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Elite party girl Yarrow, the daughter of one of the most powerful women in Eden, and Rowan, whose very existence is illegal, discover threads that bind them and could change Eden forever.
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Tommy loves to draw, but art lessons in kindergarten and first grade are very disappointing--the paint literally falls off the paper, and he must use the school crayons. Indignantly he tells his understanding art teacher that real artists just don't copy and is rewarded with free time to improvise. Clearly autobiographical--the last page shows a grown artist at work--this is a pleasant low-keyed story.
10) The moorchild
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Margaret K. McElderry Books
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1st ed.
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English
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Feeling that she is neither fully human nor "Folk," a changeling learns her true identity and attempts to find the human child whose place she had been given.
11) Mouse was mad
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Mouse struggles to find the right way to express his anger, modeling the behavior of Hare, Bear, Hedgehog, and Bobcat, only to discover that his own way may be the best way of all.
12) Tough Ronald
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Picture Window Books
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1st American ed.
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English
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Ronald the lamb is bored by being "cute and cuddly" and goes looking for new adventures, but when he strays from the flock and meets the "Big Bad Wolf" his life changes drastically.
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Orca Book Publishers
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English
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In the not-too-distant future, Max tries to maintain his identity in a world where the only way to survive is to conform and obey.It's the middle of the twenty-first century and the elite children of New Middletown are lined up to receive a treatment that turns them into obedient, well-mannered citizens. Maxwell Connors, a seventeen-year-old prankster, misfit and graffiti artist, observes the changes with growing concern, especially when his younger...
14) Doris's dinosaur
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English
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When Mrs. Jenkins proposes the class paint dinosaurs, Doris's unusual artistic talent is not recognized until the class visits a modern art museum.
15) Star of the sea
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English
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When Miss Octavia Cuttle's class puts on Rainbow Fish's play, Pearl decides that she wants be different from her sister Rosie for a change.
16) Duckie duck
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Make Believe Ideas
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English
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Duckie Duck is very different from all the other ducks around. He would rather whistle than quack, sail than swim, hop than waddle. He is not afraid of foxes, goes out in the dark and likes exploring in his little car. He has fun with the other ducks, but also feels very different and he likes it that way!
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Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother s stories, in the Land-of-Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas, where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal. When Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing...
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