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1. Oh no, the aunts are here

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Author:
Rex, Adam
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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A girl experiences a tumultuous and overwhelming visit from her aunts, but when they finally say good-bye she discovers that the uncles are on their way to visit.

2. Jane Eyre

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Author:
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855
Series:
Oxford world's classics
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Lexile measure:
840L
Language:
English
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This is a story of a woman of passion and intelligence who refuses to be satisfied with her "place" in society, and asserts her identity and aspirations with defiance and dignity. In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret.

3. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Author:
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Series:
Works of Mark Twain volume 8
Oxford world's classics
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Lexile measure:
990L
Language:
English
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3.2 stars
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"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished, highlighting the novel's wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignette of...

4. Little women

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Author:
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
Series:
Penguin classics deluxe edition
Simon and Schuster classics
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Lexile measure:
1230L
Language:
English
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3.8 stars
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For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...

5. Sanctuary

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Author:
McKissack, Jennifer
Pub. Date:
2015
Lexile measure:
650L
Language:
English
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After the sudden death of her aunt, Cecilia Cross is forced to return to the old mansion on a remote island off the coast of Maine, ironically named Sanctuary, the place where her father and sister died, and from which her mother was committed to an insane asylum soon after--and it is also a place of dark secrets, haunted by the ghosts of its original owners, and inhabited by her vicious uncle.

6. Black folk could fly: selected writings

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Author:
Kenan, Randall
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date:
©2022
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English
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"A personal, social, and intellectual self-portrait of the beloved and enormously influential late Randall Kenan, a master of both fiction and nonfiction. Virtuosic in his use of literary forms, nurtured and unbounded by his identities as a Black man, a gay man, an intellectual, and a Southerner, Randall Kenan was known for his groundbreaking fiction. Less visible were his extraordinary nonfiction essays, published as introductions to anthologies...

7. Black Folk Could Fly

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Author:
Kenan, Randall
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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A personal, social, and intellectual self-portrait of the beloved and enormously influential late Randall Kenan, a master of both fiction and nonfiction. Virtuosic in his use of literary forms, nurtured and unbounded by his identities as a Black man, a gay man, an intellectual, and a Southerner, Randall Kenan was known for his groundbreaking fiction. Less visible were his extraordinary nonfiction essays, published as introductions to anthologies and...

8. The Autobiography of a Lesser God

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Author:
Tehn, L. J.
Publisher:
BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2020
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English
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Do the crime, do the time. While I'm waiting for that to happen, I sit here and think. It's choice that got me here; first the choices of others and the choices they gave me, and then the choices I made. My name is Selwyn Bergner and I am going to tell you about three other people and their choices, including my own. Oh, and there is also my older brother, Bernie. He is in a rather special category, and tells his story in his own words, as I have...

9. The secret garden

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Author:
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924
Series:
Chartwell classics
Courage classics
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Lexile measure:
760L
Language:
English
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4.7 stars
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Classics. This is an exquisite leatherbound edition of a much-loved children's classic that will be cherished by all ages. It is suitable for children aged 10 to 13 years old. On the grounds of Misselthwaite, her Uncle's estate near the Yorkshire moors, nine-year-old Mary Lennox finds a walled-in garden that has been locked securely for years. She cultivates the garden, an experience that both improves her health and raises her spirits. And it proves...

10. Dead Man Hand

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Author:
Simmons, T. M.
Publisher:
ePublishing Works!
Pub. Date:
2022
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Ghosts With Six-Shooters in Dead Man Hand, a Murder Mystery from T. L. Simmons -Red Dollar, New Mexico- Alice, Twila, Granny, Jack, Trucker, and Miss Molly are smack dab in the middle of another murder investigation, this time in a haunted hotel in Red Dollar, New Mexico. The villain is armed with Black Magic, and there's no escape for anyone during the ice storm. Alice keeps telling herself this is Twila's gig, and she's only here to back up her...

11. Gentle Hills

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Author:
Spalsbury, Marjorie
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BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2007
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English
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These one hundred forty-one poems are the voice of a woman who loved God, life, her children, and the beautiful small town of Logan, Ohio, where she was born and lived. Here are short, lovely poems that will warm your heart, bring a smile to your face, and a nod of appreciation for a point well made. The author saw magic and grace in the events of a seemingly ordinary life. These poems express her appreciation for the extraordinary in every small...

12. Wicked Wonderland

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Author:
Chase, Eva
Series:
Looking-Glass Curse volume 1
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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Dive through the looking-glass into a Wonderland that's lush, exhilarating . . . and deadly. Five steps to getting over a nasty break-up: 1. Inherit a mini-castle from your reclusive grand-aunt. 2. Fall through a mirror into a decadent upside-down world. 3. Get to know the smoking-hot locals. Prickly Hatter. Playful Chess. And the passionate White Knight . . . Wait, what was I talking about? Oh, right. 4. Discover you possess powers that could win...

13. Harley Rushes In

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Brown, Virginia
Publisher:
BelleBooks Inc
Pub. Date:
2012
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English
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Local Tour Guide Breaks Jewelry Theft Ring and Helps Crack Murder Case, read the large headline. The leading sentence in the article said so much less than had really happened: Harley Jean Davidson, 27, tour guide for Memphis Tour Tyme, had a narrow escape from jewelry thieves Friday night that ended with an arrest on charges of grand larceny, attempted murder, and two counts of murder. Ms. Davidson was instrumental in capturing the suspect . . ....

14. E-book Earnings: Capitalizing on Digital Publishing

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Author:
Jensen, Jerry J.
Publisher:
Jerry J. Jensen
Pub. Date:
2023
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Introduction E-books: The Lovechild of Silicon Valley and the Age-Old Library The written word, oh, the written word. Our forefathers used to chisel symbols on cave walls, recounting stories of heroic hunts and cosmic wonders. After a few millennia, mankind began scribbling stories on papyrus and parchment. And now what? We live in the exciting age of the e-book. Who would have guessed? Let us now face the elephant in the room (or, more accurately,...

15. American folk songs for children

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Author:
Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009
Language:
English
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16. Glimpses of heaven: true stories of hope and peace at the end of life's journey

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Author:
Harris, Trudy, 1949-
Publisher:
Revell
Pub. Date:
2008
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English
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17. The Waters of Arcamo

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Author:
Nicholas, A. C.
Publisher:
AuthorHouse
Pub. Date:
2013
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High-school senior Gina Corcoran lived a fairly normal life with her mother, grandmother, and brother. Once, every year or so, she would even get to leave her home in San Antonio, Texas, and spend a few weeks in the summer with her great-aunt Anna, at a small farmhouse just outside of Binghamton, New York. There she would be told stories of her family, of how they came from the Italian island of Sicily to Americafirst to New York, and then, when her...

18. The Christmas Countdown: The Perfect Cosy Feel Good Romance

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Author:
Ashcroft, Donna
Publisher:
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date:
2023
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It's that time of year again, snowflakes are fluttering and the countdown to Christmas has begun! Twenty-seven-year-old Holly Devine has just had her heart well and truly broken. Hurt by the two people she loves the most, she flees to her eccentric Aunt Clara's cosy cottage to hide away over the winter season. But kind, impulsive Aunt Clara has other ideas… She's not about to see her favourite niece wallowing in sadness during the most wonderful...

19. Param Vir: Snatched By The Gods And Broken Strings: Snatched By the Gods and Broken Strings

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Author:
London Sinfonietta
Publisher:
Métier
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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20. Drew's Famous 100 Greatest Kids Songs

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Author:
Hit Crew, The
Publisher:
TUTM Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date:
2017
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English
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