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When David Copperfield's widowed mother remarries, David suffers from his stepfather's abuse. At age 8, David is sent away to a harsh school where the principal routinely beats the students. David's circumstances become even worse when he is removed from school and, at age 10, forced to labor from morning to night in a London warehouse. David then decides to take desperate action. He will run away to his great-aunt, who lives in Dover. Having never...
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In 1910 New York City, four years after her Irish immigrant father dies of tuberculosis, ten-year-old Essie's fear and anxiety continue to grow uncontrollably, so much that when her mother, a brave nurse, remarries and the family moves to North Brother Island, where Essie's new stepfather runs a quarantine hospital for the incurably sick, Essie imagines all manner of horrors, including the ghost of a little girl--which might not be imaginary after...
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Rod Kimble is a stuntman with a fake mustache and a dream. Rod has never landed a jump without wiping out. His family and friends think he's a joke. To top it all off, his stepfather Frank uses him as his own personal punching bag. But he is not going to let a few minor problems keep him from the biggest stunt of his life. Rod defies death to win the money, the girl and, ultimately, win some respect.
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