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1) Little women
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The classic story of the March family whose 4 daughters are growing up in New England in the mid-1800s. There are numerous sequels, for example, Little Men and Jo's Boys. Annotation. Little Women is the heartwarming story of the March family that has thrilled generations of readers. It is the story of four sisters--Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth-- and of the courage, humor and ingenuity they display to survive poverty and the absence of their father during...
2) Rules
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Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with an young paraplegic.
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Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
4) Legend
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In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.
5) Cranford
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Presents the classic story by nineteenth-century English author Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell that reflects of lives of a group of spinsters and widows as they struggle to maintain their middle-class standards within an ever-changing society.
7) Long lost
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Eleven-year-old Fiona resents her family's move to Lost Lake, Massachusetts in order to be closer to her sister's skating club. Feeling ignored and alone, Fiona retreats to the local library where she finds a mystery book that tells a creepy tale tied to the town's lore.
11) Witch and wizard
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A sister and brother, along with thousands of young people, have been kidnapped and either thrown in prison or turned up missing after accusations of witchcraft were made against them, and the ruling regime will do anything in order to suppress life and liberty, music and books.
12) Peter's chair
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When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away.
14) Crazy house
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In a future world where teenagers are taken, imprisoned, and forced to fight for their survival, well-behaved Cassie will do whatever it takes to save her rebellious twin sister from Death Row.
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Of all Jane Austen's books, Pride and Prejudice has earned a special place in the hearts of the reading public as her best-loved and most intimately known novel. From its famous opening sentence the story of the Bennet family and of the novel's two protagonists, Elizabeth and Darcy, told with a wit that its author feared might prove 'rather too light and bright, and sparkling', delights its most familiar readers as thoroughly as it does those who...
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Tens of thousands of crows invading Auburn, Pennsylvania, is a problem for everyone in town except seventeen-year-old Leighton Barnes. Residents complain about the nuisance, the strangeness of the birds. But for Leighton, it's no stranger than her house, which inexplicably repairs itself every time her father loses his temper and breaks things. No stranger than growing up in a town full of people who look the other way. Leighton doesn't have time...
17) The Circus rose
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A retelling of Snow White and Rose Red in which teenage twins Ivory and Rosie battle evil religious extremists to save their loves and their circus family.
18) Ish
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Ramon loses confidence in his ability to draw, but his sister gives him a new perspective on things.
19) Hotel Magnifique
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Seventeen-year-old Jani and her little sister Zosa secure jobs at a glamorous magical hotel, but when Jani realizes that their staff contracts are unbreakable, she embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of the magic at the heart of the hotel and free Zosa--and the other staff--from the cruelty of the ruthless maître d'hôtel.
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Perry Firekeeper-Birch is the laidback twin compared to her overachieving sister, Pauline, and that's just fine with Perry. But after she's involved in car accident, her aunt forces her to get an internship at the tribal museum to pay for the repairs. Perry soon learns about the museum's efforts to the repatriate human remains and cultural artifacts of her people, and she joins forces with some of the other interns to set things right. But when more...