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"Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo With an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with the Broiled Face, and find out what happens when someone steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a mountain snores, and they've put a brassiere on the camel."--book jacket.
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"Poor Screamin' Millie is just one of the unforgettable characters in this wondrous new book of poems and drawings by the creator of WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS and A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC. Here you will also meet Allison Beals and her twenty-five eels; Danny O'Dare, the dancin' bear; the Human Balloon; and Headphone Harold. So come, wander through the Nose Garden, ride the Little Hoarse, eat in the Strange Restaurant, and let the magic of Shel Silverstein...
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"Have you ever read a book with everything on it? Well, here it is! You will say Hi-ho for the toilet troll, get tongue-tied with Stick-a-Tongue-Out-Sid, play a highly unusual horn, and experience the joys of growing down. What's that? You have a case of the Lovetobutcants? Impossible! Just come on in and let the magic of Shel Silverstein bend your brain and open your heart."--publisher's website.
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"Have you even seen a Gritchen in your kitchen? Dared to dance with the one-legged Zantz? Declined to dine with the Glub-Toothed Sline? You haven't? Well then, step inside--but only if you are ready to be amazed...by this most unusual bestiary of silly and scary creatures." --book jacket
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Stan bought an open second class ticket to Belgrade, and packed food to reduce expenses. The Yugoslavian landscape was dreary; in winter, the animals were in the barn and the fields were blanketed with snow. Midnight Train to Trieste tells the story of Stan Ivy, an American university student on his first globetrotting experience through Europe. He was unprepared for his struggles with a near rape in his train compartment, local sadistic soldiers,...
17) Dolphin Girl
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DOLPHIN GIRL:
Jane Wants The Life Of A Dolphin.
Wild. Graceful. Free.
But these days her life is nothing like that. Between her mother's strict rules and the cliques at school, she feels strapped in a child-sized life vest. It's not until Jane gets a tattoo and befriends popular Sam Rojas, a star on the school's swim team, that her life feels freer. She begins to wonder: Is there a way to be myself and not be alone?
While she navigates these murky...
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A young man, forbidden by law to even own weapons, dreams of becoming a knight to avenge the murder of his mother and defend his people. When he saves the life of the Baron of York, he abandons his old existence, blending in to learn new customs and maintain a dangerous secret. A conniving abbot learns the truth, threatening to expose the young man if his family does not agree to the abbot's hidden agenda.
While earning the baron's favor and being...
19) Emoto's Promise
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500 years after the Rise...
The last remaining humans have become numans, dangerously enslaved by a virtual world called the BigDry.
Wall Manager Macie is an 'incompatible,' unable to assimilate with numan technology due to a disability. As a lowly human, her job is to patch the cracks in the wall that encircles DarwinTwo, protecting the city from the encroaching sea water.
When numans embark on a dangerous step which will change mankind forever,...
20) ¡Improvisando!
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Ella Solo Quiere Volar.
¿Alguna vez has tomado la decisión de hacer algo que parecía ser una buena idea, quizás incluso una idea brillante, y un segundo antes, cuando ya no hay vuelta atrás pensar, "debía de estar totalmente loca cuando se me ocurrió hacer esto"? Y luego, "en fin, allá voy".
Así es como se sentía el Ángel en Entrenamiento, Grace Lightbourne, justo antes de pedirle al Gran Kahuna que la dejara dirigirse directamente a...