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61) I am me
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
After being told how she resembles other members of her family, a young girl states positively and absolutely that she is "NO ONE ELSE BUT ME."
62) Courtney
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
The children bring home an old mongrel named Courtney who cooks, serves meals, juggles, and even saves the baby from a fire, only to disappear mysteriously
63) When I was built
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
An old house describes the way of life of the family that built it many years ago, and that of the one living in it today
64) Hello ((hello))
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A child seeks a way to communicate with parents and a brother who are busy with their electronic devices.
65) Here is the baby
Author
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Follows a day in the life of a baby as he wakes up to the morning sun, has breakfast, goes with his father to the library and the grocery store, plays, has dinner, and finally goes to bed.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From the iconic creator of the "Cathy" comic strip comes a collection of funny, warm, and wise essays in the style of Nora Ephron and Erma Bombeck, centered around the particular challenge of caring for aging parents and growing children, all while trying not to lose oneself in the process. As the creator of the "Cathy" comic strip, Cathy Guisewite found her way into the hearts of readers over 40 years ago, and has been there ever since. Her deeply...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to manage a life that has been complicated by the arrival of new twin siblings, her ongoing feud with an irritating nemesis, and an embarrassing fashion gaffe, eight-year-old Mandy looks forward to a school pageant and is surprised by her teacher's unexpected casting decision.
69) Camp tiger
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Language
English
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A talking tiger approaches a family during their annual end-of-summer camping trip and is befriended by the youngest, a boy who does not feel ready for first grade.
71) Saturday
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Language
English
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"A boy tells us all the amazing things that happen on Saturday"--
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English
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"The greatest writer of his time."-Edmund Wilson
"One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art"-Edgar Johnson
"His characters are marvelous, his insights wonderful…you don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better."-Ruth Rendell
The Old Curiosity Shop was initially published in a weekly serial, "Master Humphrey's Clock", between 1840 and 1841. Charles Dickens' story of the frail and innocent orphan had become such...
73) No Name
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English
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Sisters Magdalen and Norah Vanstone's lives are dismantled when their illegitimacy is made public, causing them to lose access to their family home and income. The women must fight to regain their financial footing, building a new legacy all their own.
Following the deaths of their parents, Magdalen and Norah Vanstone learn they were legally single at the time of their births. This makes both daughters illegitimate and unable to collect their ample...
74) Good enough
Author
Language
English
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Description
In the hospital where she is receiving treatment for anorexia, twelve-year-old Riley records her days in her journal--going to therapy, rediscovering her love of art, dealing with her rule-breaking roommate, and worrying about relapse once she returns home.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Millie Price deals with her lovable but introverted dad, her drama club rival, Oliver, and her "Millie Moods," the feelings of intense emotion that threaten to overwhelm, but when an accidentally left-open browser brings Millie to her dad's embarrassingly moody LiveJournal, Millie knows she must find her mom.
78) The seventh wish
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"Unsure of how to get her family's attention, Charlie comes across the surprise of her life one day while ice-fishing...in the form of a floppy, scaly fish offering to grant her a wish in exchange for its freedom"--
Author
Language
English
Description
One of the most influential authors of the late nineteenth century, and a former editor of the Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine, William Dean Howells wrote more than fifty novels, as well as plays, memoirs, and poetry collections. Opposed to the sentimentalism, contrived heroism, and theatrical endings in fiction, he developed a literary style based on unvarnished realism. This unique genre is brilliantly depicted in A Modern Instance, a novel...
80) My Diwali light
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Devi, her family, and their friends boldly celebrate and proudly share their Diwali traditions.
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