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Chew on This Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food
by Eric Schlosser, Charles W. Wilson
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 9 Apr 2007
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Bestselling author Eric Schlosser takes what he learnt and documented in his popular book, Fast Food Nation, and presents it to preteens and adolescents - the fast food industry's biggest market.
Ark Angel Ark Angel
by Anthony Horowitz
Hardcover: Apr 2006
Paperback: 5 Apr 2007
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Alex Rider confounds an evil villain's plans to salvage a doomed project by whatever means necessary.
Seeker Seeker: Book One Of The Noble Warriors
by William Nicholson
Hardcover: May 2006
Paperback: 1 Apr 2007
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A coming-of-age story about courage, friendship, desire, and faith.
Eldest Eldest: Inheritance, Book II
by Christopher Paolini
Hardcover: Aug 2005
Paperback: 13 Mar 2007
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Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns…Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider. Ages 12+.
The Dreamwalker's Child The Dreamwalker's Child
by Steve Voake
Hardcover: Apr 2006
Paperback: 1 Mar 2007
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A young boy, in a coma after an accident, wakes up in a new world full of danger and aventure.
Spirit Walker Spirit Walker: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness #2
by Michelle Paver
Hardcover: Mar 2006
Paperback: 20 Feb 2007
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When a horrifying sickness threatens all the forest clans, 12-year-old orphan Torak must embark on a hero's mission to save them. This stand-alone sequel to Wolf Brother pits a vulnerable boy with special powers against an unseen menace.
Ptolemy's Gate Ptolemy's Gate: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 3
by Jonathan Stroud
Hardcover: Dec 2005
Paperback: 28 Jan 2007
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In this thrilling conclusion of the Bartimaeus trilogy, the destinies of Bartimaeus, Nathaniel, and Kitty are thrown together once more as they face treacherous magicians, unravel a masterfully complex conspiracy, and defeat a formidable faction of demons.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
by Richard (Rick) Yancey
Hardcover: Oct 2005
Paperback: 1 Jan 2007
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With an ancient order of knights in hot cars, thugs on motorcycles, and a mysterious international organization following his every lumbering step, Alfred undertakes a modern-day quest to unravel a thousand-year-old mystery and return Excalibur to its rightful place. Ages 12+.
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The Woman Upstairs
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The riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed, and betrayed by passion and desire for a world beyond her own.
How to Create the Perfect Wife
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Stranger than fiction, blending tragedy and farce, How to Create the Perfect Wife is an engrossing tale of the radicalism, and deep contradictions, at the heart of the Enlightenment.
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