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62) Run, Boy, Run
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"'Srulik, there's no time. I want you to remember what I'm going to tell you. You have to stay alive. You have to! Get someone to teach you how to act like a Christian, how to cross yourself and pray....The most important thing, Srulik,' he said, talking fast, 'is to forget your name. Wipe it from your memory....But even if you forget everything-even if you forget me and Mama-never forget that you're a Jew.'"
And so, at only eight years old, Srulik...
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Chronicles of Narnia volume 4
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English
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Four children help Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts to free Narnia from evil. Troubled times have come to Narnia as it is gripped by civil war. Prince Caspian is forced to blow The Great Horn of Narnia, summoning the help of past hero Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Now they must overthrow Caspian's uncle, King Miraz, to restore peace to Narnia.
64) The breadwinner
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Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
65) My friend Rabbit
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English
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Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.
67) Duck & Goose
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Duck and Goose (Picture books) volume 1
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Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2006
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English
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Duck and Goose learn to work together to take care of a ball that they think is an oversized egg.
70) Kira-kira
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Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill. kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering; shining Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are...
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Matteo Alacran volume 1
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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English
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In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patr�on, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
72) Whittington
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English
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Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story.
73) The ropemaker
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2001
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English
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When the magic that protects their Valley starts to fail, Tilja and her companions journey into the evil Empire to find the ancient magician Faheel, who originally cast those spells.
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c2004
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English
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The 1930s in America will always be remembered for twin disasters-the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Michael L. Cooper takes readers through this tumultuous period, beginning with the 1929 stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression and continuing with the severe drought in the Midwest, known as the Dust Bowl. He chronicles the everyday struggle for survival by those who lost everything, as well as the mass exodus westward to California...
76) Elsewhere
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After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."
78) Girl in a cage
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Stuart quartet volume 2
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English
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As English armies invade Scotland in 1306, eleven-year-old Princess Marjorie, daughter of the newly crowned Scottish king, Robert the Bruce, is captured by England's King Edward Longshanks and held in a cage on public display.
79) Moccasin trail
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A pioneer boy, brought up by Crow Indians, is reunited with his family and attempts to orient himself in the white man's culture.
