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The Tale of Despereaux : Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
by Kate DiCamillo , Timothy Ering
Hardcover: Aug 2003
Paperback: 11 Apr 2006
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The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie enlightens us with a tale of adventure, despair, love, and soup.  Ages 8+. Read the first 3 chapters exclusively at BookBrowse.

Magyk : Septimus Heap Book 1
by Angie Sage
Hardcover: Mar 2005
Paperback: 1 Mar 2006
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The first part of an enthralling new series leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters, clever charms, potions and spells. Ages 9+.

Wolf Brother : The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Book 1
by Michelle Paver
Hardcover: Feb 2005
Paperback: 25 Feb 2006
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Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined. Ages 9+.

Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke
Hardcover: Oct 2003
Paperback: 1 Jun 2005
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Characters from books literally leap off the page in this engrossing, action-packed fantasy by the author of The Thief Lord.

The People of Sparks : Sequel to The City of Embers
by Jeanne DuPrau
Hardcover: May 2004
Paperback: 1 Apr 2005
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The People of Sparks picks up where The City of Ember leaves off. Lina and Doon have emerged from the underground city to the exciting new world above, and it isn't long before they are followed by the other inhabitants of Ember.

The Conch Bearer
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Hardcover: Sep 2003
Paperback: 1 Mar 2005
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An exotic and compelling adventure story that is almost impossible to put down (Reading Age 10+)

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Fearless, gripping, at once darkly funny and tender, spanning three continents and numerous lives, Americanah is a richly told story set in today's globalized world.
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Karen Joy Fowler

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The story of an American family, middle class in middle America, ordinary in every way but one. But that exception is the beating heart of this extraordinary novel.
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The most mature work yet from an incomparable storyteller, TransAtlantic is a profound meditation on identity and history in a wide world that grows somehow smaller and more wondrous with...
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