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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.

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+.

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.

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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 : 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.

The Sea of Trolls
by Nancy Farmer
Hardcover: Sep 2004
Paperback: 23 May 2006
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The year is A.D. 793; Jack and his sister have been kidnapped by Vikings and taken to the court of Ivar the Boneless and his terrifying half-troll wife; but things get even worse when Jack finds himself on a dangerous quest to find the magical Mimir's Well in a far-off land, with his sister's life forfeit if he fails.

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