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4) Fire star
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David Rain is faced with the most perilous task yet when Gwilanna returns, this time determined to resurrect the dragon Gawain on the ice cap of the Tooth of Ragnar, unless David and her friends can stop her.
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Yearning for life in a cloistered scriptorium, thirteen-year-old Princess Matilda, whose lame foot brings fear of the evil eye, escapes her scheming cousin Ivo and joins her servant Judith and an old friend, Parz, in hunting dragons and writing about them.
6) My hero
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One for the keeper shelf! Enjoy again this charming classic romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.
Would-be romance writer Bailey York was a woman who'd already failed twice at love. As far as she was concerned, men were wonderful to read-and to write-about, but that was as close as she wanted to get. Which was probably why she had such difficulty creating a hero.
She needed a real-life model, she finally decided....
8) Henry works
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2004
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English
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On a misty morning, Henry, a bear modeled after Henry David Thoreau, shows his awareness of nature as he helps neighbors during his walk to work
13) Inkheart
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2003
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English
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Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
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American Historical Fiction (Grade 11 Summer Reading 2023)
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"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'"--
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Wharton, la primera mujer en recibir el prestigioso Premio Pulitzer y, seguramente, la novelista norteamericana más importante de su generación, publicó en la revista Scribner's a mediados de los años veinte una serie de ensayos dedicados a la técnica, la práctica y el oficio de la creación literaria. Escribir ficción es una brillante aproximación a las claves de la ficción moderna, en el que, con sencillez y rigor, desgrana técnicas y...
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Accomplished storytellers Kate Messner and Mark Siegel playfully chronicle the process of becoming a writer in this fun follow-up to How to Read a Story, guiding young storytellers through the joys and challenges of the writing process. From choosing an idea, to creating a problem for their character to resolve, to coming to The End, this empowering picture book breaks down the writing process in a dynamic and accessible way, encouraging kids to explore...
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