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In this final book in the series, the seventh graders of McQuarrie Middle School and their Star Wars-inspired Origami finger puppets go on a field trip to Washington, D.C., on what proves to be a very long trip full of shifting alliances, betrayals, carsickness, and sugar rushes.
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Winner of the National Book Award, the long-awaited novel from the author of the acclaimed collection, Jenny and the Jaws of Life, is an unusual and wonderful novel that is somehow able to be at once bleak and hilarious, light-hearted and profound.
It's the story of two sisters. Abigail Mather is a woman of enormous appetites, sexual and otherwise. Her fraternal twin Dorcas couldn't be more different: she gave up on sex without
69) Wide open
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Publisher
Ecco Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
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A motorist saves a homeless man about to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. He takes him to his cottage by the sea and the novel chronicles the relationship which forms between them. By the author of Love Your Enemies.
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Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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"Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight is back--and not a moment too soon--as Kellen, Sara, and the gang face a new Menace: the FunTime Educational Program. FunTime is supposed to raise students' standardized test scores. Instead, it's driving everyone crazy. The students turn to Origami Yoda for help"--
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The History Press Ireland
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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The Book Have you heard of the Irish rugby international who played in a monocle? Or the man who walked to Jerusalem and back for a bet? Or the person who tried to convert the Pope? These surreal-yet-true stories will be found within the pages of The Men Who Stare at Hens...
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English
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Lovable everyman Lew Fonesca, the man who makes things work in Sarasota, takes on the cases of seventeen-year-old Ronnie Graeill accused of bludgeoning to death a local curmudgeon who has been campaigning to end state-sponsored school funding and a semi-retired and much beloved singer of children's songs who is being blackmailed.
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English
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Monk's house is being fumigated, and he has nowhere to go. His assistant Natalie and her daughter are kind enough to welcome him into their home. While Monk attempts to arrange his surroundings just so, something else needs to be put straight. The death of a dog at the local firehouse-on the same night as a fatal house fire-has led Monk into a puzzling mystery. And much to his horror, he's going to have to dig through a lot of dirt to find the answer....
77) Forever Rose
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Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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As Christmas approaches, eleven-year-old Rose, the youngest member of the eccentric Casson family, discovers that life is filled with both catastrophic problems and wonderful surprises.
79) Louse
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Publisher
Arcade Pub
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
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A slave colony of gamblers--deprived of their memory in return for payment of their debts--is created by a wealthy recluse. The hero is Herman Q. Louse, manservant of the recluse, and through his eyes is told the story of a revolt. A first novel.
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Zombie problems ; 1
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English
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When August DuPont, eleven, leaves his eccentric Aunt Hydrangea's crumbling mansion for the first time ever, he meets family, makes a friend, and attracts a zombie. --
