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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+.
Rebel Angels Rebel Angels
by Libba Bray
Hardcover: Aug 2005
Paperback: 1 Jan 2007
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In the sequel to A Great and Terrible Beauty, amidst the distractions of London, Gemma's visions intensify -- visions of three girls dressed in white, to whom something horrific has happened, something only the realms can explain....
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by Walter Mosley
Hardcover: May 2005
Paperback: 28 Nov 2006
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Mosley deftly weaves historical and speculative fiction into a powerful narrative about the nature of freedom.
The End The End: A Series of Unfortunate Events #13
by Lemony Snicket
Hardcover: 13 Oct 2006
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The last volume of the fabulously popular A Series of Unfortunate Events series, in which the history of the Baudelaire orphans is brought to its end.
13 Little Blue Envelopes 13 Little Blue Envelopes
by Maureen Johnson
Hardcover: Sep 2005
Paperback: 1 Oct 2006
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Everything about Ginny will change this summer, and it's all because of the 13 Little Blue Envelopes.
The Fighter The Fighter
by Jean-Jacques Greif
Hardcover: 5 Sep 2006
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When Moshe’s emigrates to Paris in the 1930s, it means a new life: A decent job, a lovely young wife, and a hobby as an amateur boxer. Until the day he is rounded up and sent to Auschwitz. There he is tortured, starved, asked to entertain Nazi soldiers by boxing against dying prisoners. Moshe wants to survive without killing his comrades, but how?
The Water Mirror The Water Mirror
by Kai Meyer
Hardcover: Oct 2005
Paperback: 22 Aug 2006
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A bold, original fantasy that conjures up a land of magic and menace as Merle and Serafin begin a journey to unimagined realms in the extraordinary world of Dark Reflections. Ages 12+.
Girls in Pants Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
by Ann Brashares
Hardcover: Jan 2005
Paperback: 13 Jun 2006
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants are facing their last summer together before they go to college. Or, to be precise, four different colleges. And so they launch the Pants on their third summer voyage.
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The Shelter Cycle
Peter Rock

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An American original, Peter Rock brings our strangest beliefs to vivid and sympathetic life in this haunting novel inspired by true events.
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Khaled Hosseini

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Khaled Hosseini has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations
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The remarkable diary of a young girl who survived the Holocaust—appearing in English for the first time.
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