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Grandpa Gordy's Greatest World Series Games
by Steven Falco
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Like all grandfathers Grandpa Gordy loves his grandchildren and he loves to tell them stories. So as a retired sportswriter, when his grandchild asks him about the World Series, Grandpa Gordy is more than willing to share his vast knowledge. When you read this book you'll learn about baseball's great legends like Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, and Reggie Jackson. You'll marvel at the exploits of the game's unsung heroes like Bill Mazeroski, Edgar Renteria and Chad Curtis. You'll journey as far back as ... more info>> (Published: 2000)
Words: 30709 - Reading Time: 87-122 min.
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If I Were...
by C.S. Fuqua
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If I Were... is a collection of connected, playful poems that promote a positive, compassionate message in a time when children are routinely subjected to cynicism and tragedy, encouraging empathy through different and fantastic viewpoints. (Published: 2011)
Words: 9203 - Reading Time: 26-36 min.
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Jeremy and the Dragon
by Anne K. Edwards, Lewie Francisco
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Children's illustrated story book. A delightful tale about a little boy who meets and outsmarts a hungry dragon in order to get home.
Words: 5074 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
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Lightfoot the Deer
by Thornton W. Burgess
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A wonderful, touching story of Lightfoot the Deer as he outsmarts a hunter with help from his friends and finds true love. A wonderfully written tale from the author of Peter Rabbit and other lovable characters. (Published: 1906)
Words: 21453 - Reading Time: 61-85 min.
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Little Skunk Wants a Friend
by Mary Ann Dunn
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All Little Skunk wants is a friend and with his courage and kindness he receives the best birthday present ever.
Words: 1325 - Reading Time: 3-5 min.
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Majix: Notes from a Serious Teen Witch [Secure]
by Douglas Rees
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My name is Kestrel.Kestrel Murphy.Never call me Susan.Who ever heard of a witch named Susan?A year ago, I was on the white-magic side. Lately, I've been leaning toward the black. I blame the universe. What's the point in being a nice little white witch in the universe I've got? If I could choose my own universe, I'd be a white witch in it. But black makes a lot more sense in this universe.Not that I'm complaining. A witch never complains. But if I did, I'd have a lot to complain about. For insta... more info>>
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Mud, Muck and Myer [Merryvale Adventures Book 3]
by Steven Fisher
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Lorelei and Sarah return to Merryvale at the request of Merryvale (Merryvale is both a place and a person) to participate in the Extremely Steeplechase. Join them, Godolphin the magical horse, Mr. Quag Myer the mud-maker and Bark, the dog in the newest adventure in Merrvyale! (Published: 2001)
Words: 6717 - Reading Time: 19-26 min.
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My Soul to Steal [Secure]
by Rachel Vincent
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Trying to work things out with Nash—her maybe boyfriend—is hard enough for Kaylee Cavanaugh. She can't just pretend nothing happened. But "complicated" doesn't even begin to describe their relationship when his ex-girlfriend transfers to their school, determined to take Nash back.See, Sabine isn't just an ordinary girl. She's a mara, the living personification of a nightmare. She can read people's fears—and craft them into nightmares while her victims sleep. Feeding from human fear is how she su... more info>>
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Mystify [Secure]
by Artist Arthur
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Sasha Carrington has grown up feeling like an outsider, and her parents are too concerned with scaling the Lincoln, Connecticut, social ladder to even notice her. They'd be really horrified to know about the supernatural abilities Sasha and her friends Krystal and Jake possess. But as part of the Mystyx, Sasha has found her place.Now her parents have suddenly taken an interest in everything she does, and their timing couldn't be worse. Sasha's father wants her to become BFFs with snooty Alyssa T... more info>>
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Ociee on Her Own
by Milam McGraw Propst
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Ten year old Ociee Nash is back for more adventures, trouble and laughter in the sequel to Milam McGraw Propst's award-winning young adult novel, A FLOWER BLOOMS ON CHARLOTTE STREET. Growing up in turn-of-the-century America, Ociee returns home to her family's Mississippi farm after her exciting time living with Aunt Mamie in the big city of Asheville, North Carolina. But things have changed. (Published: 2009)
Words: 64090 - Reading Time: 183-256 min.
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Odo and the Time Children
by Che Dee
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Children's fantasy. Two Saxon children meet Odo the talking cat, and find themselves careening through time with him in search of an ancient gold coin. (Published: 2007)
Words: 14327 - Reading Time: 40-57 min.
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Oh No, My Brother is Frankenstein's Monster
by Lance Zarimba
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After a car accident, Matthew's brother has a metal halo screwed into his skull. But he doesn't look like an angel. He looks more like Frankenstein's monster, and he's moving into the room next to Matthew. Someone is watching Matthew's house. He's wearing a white lab coat with IGOR on the nametag. A jar with a Big Brain label is found in their backyard. A storm is brewing, the phone is dead, the power is out, and the brothers are all alone in the dark, as a shadow passes by their window. ... more info>>
Words: 12328 - Reading Time: 35-49 min.
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Pollyanna [Glad Series Book 1]
by Eleanor Porter
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11 year old Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her Aunt Polly Harrington after the death of her father a pastor of a small church. Prior to his death, he indicated that Pollyanna should live with her "rich" Aunt Polly in the event that something should happen to him. This classic tale follows Pollyanna trying to stay optimistic while dealing with her pessimistic aunt.Will Aunt Polly ever look at the bright side of life? (Published: 2006)
Words: 55608 - Reading Time: 158-222 min.
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Read Into History: A Roman Tale of 123 BCE
by Julie Laing
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Moving to the city is terrible mistake Paulus knows but what can he do when Father comes back from war and wants to take the whole family to Rome? They have to plan their future (which for us is the ancient past). In Roman Tales you can see what life must have been like.
Words: 8061 - Reading Time: 23-32 min.
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Reaper [Secure]
by Rachel Vincent
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Tod Hudson was a typical teenager. He liked girls, sports, food and tolerated his younger brother, Nash. In fact, he had his whole life in front of him--and due to his bean sidhe heritage, it was going to be a very long life indeed. And then the car accident occurred. Suddenly Tod's future wasn't so sure, and he had to make a choice. Life... Death... or something Between....An ebook exclusive Soul Screamers series novella.
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Return to Painter's Island
by Gary Peterson
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"It is in the 1950's and Jim, who is almost nine years old, helps his mom support the family because his dad is too sick to work. He sometimes is allowed to escape to "Painter's Island", a magical place where he can be a kid again. Follow him as he jumps off sawdust piles, digs up buried treasure, has sword fights with his friends, and tries to fly." (Published: 2011)
Words: 3941 - Reading Time: 11-15 min.
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Return to Treasure Island
by Jack Trammell
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It's still there--the bar silver; the swords and weapons; the jewelry--all of the loot that the Hispaniola couldn't hold some two-hundred years ago is still awaiting someone to claim it from Treasure Island. Jonathan Osbourne, a descendant of Robert Louis Stevenson, observes his parents discover some old papers, then mysteriously leave on a vacation to a deserted Atlantic island. When their plane is lost and Jonathan is forced to move in with a rich uncle, he becomes convinced that the papers ar... more info>> (Published: 1999)
Words: 27781 - Reading Time: 79-111 min.
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Rich and Mad [Secure]
by William Nicholson
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Maddy is a sixteen-year-old who likesa boy in her theater club. Joe is cute and popular and, incredibly,sending signals that he likes her back.Or does he? Isn’t Joe going out with Gemma? Rich has a crush on Grace, and he even sends a letterof recommendation from the pope to gether to pay attention to him. But Gracedoesn’t appreciate that tactic. . . . The problem is, in life’s messymixed signals of friends and liesand sex and status, true love canbe hard to find.... more info>>
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Shadow Hills [Secure]
by Anastasia Hopcus
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After her sister Athena's tragic death, it's obvious that grief-stricken Persephone "Phe" Archer no longer belongs in Los Angeles. Hoping to make sense of her sister's sudden demise and the cryptic dreams following it, Phe abandons her bubbly LA life to attend an uptight East Coast preparatory school in Shadow Hills, MA -- a school which her sister mysteriously mentioned in her last diary entry before she died. Once there, Phe quickly realizes that something is deeply amiss in her new town... more info>>
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Sir Henry, Knight In Space
by Wendy Laing
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Twin boys accidentally beam up the ghost of Sir Henry de Bohun from the 14th century into the their father's spaceship in 3000AD--that's when the fun begins ... They even take a virtual trip back in time and visit Sir Henry's English castle! (Published: 2006)
Words: 17762 - Reading Time: 50-71 min.
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Spencer the Adventurer and the Emerald City
by Stephen S. Keeney
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The city of Seattle is engulfed in horrific weather caused by a maladjusted Romanian Count who is seeking revenge for his unfortunate past. Using a handwritten book given to his late grandfather during World War II, Spencer Herold and the Lake Union Adventurers begin to unravel mysteries from the past and a long history of trickery, betrayal and deceit is revealed. With time running out and the city on the brink of destruction, Spencer and his friends set out on daring adventures to foil the evi... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Words: 56462 - Reading Time: 161-225 min.
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Spin It Like That [Secure]
by Chandra Sparks Taylor
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Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Richardson has a love for music. When she gets on the turntables, her gift for spinning and rhyming earn her admiration and respect. She's also talented academically, but her parents disapprove of their daughter's hobby, hoping it's a phase she's going through. Still, Jasmine finds it hard to deny the joy and freedom she feels when she's playing music that makes people smile and dance. After a local contest, Jasmine attracts the interest of some music-industry honchos. T... more info>>
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Surviving The Storm
by Tasha Jacobson
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Imagine being a child and living through a hurricane and then trying to cope with the aftermath. In Surviving the Storm a Sister helps her little brother cope with the changes in their life by writing him a story about Katie The Kestrel and hoew she survived a catastrophe of her own.
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Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyss
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A faithful reconstruction of what this classic Christian adventure novel started out to be. A mother, father, and their four sons are shipwrecked on an island. Their ship is precariously above water; intended to stock a new colony, it has on board almost everything they could possibly need. (Published: 1811)
Words: 126256 - Reading Time: 360-505 min.
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The Bell, the Book and the Spellbinder
by John Bellairs, Brad Strickland
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One dark, drippy day, when Byron "Fergie" Ferguson gets bored, he wonders what the last book in the library is. What he finds past the last set of shelves is a battered black cover with the Dewey decimal number 99.99S and a title as red as blood--The Book of True Wishes by Jarmyn Thanatos. Even though Fergie is a good kid, he steals the book, setting off a chain of sinister events that threaten not only his life but the lives of his friends Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass as well. Soon,... more info>> (Published: 1997)
Words: 35412 - Reading Time: 101-141 min.
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