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1) The prophet
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Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited twelve years in the city of Orphalese for his ship that was to return and bear him back to the isle of his birth.
And in the twelfth year, on the seventh day of Ielool, the month of reaping, he climbed the hill without the city walls and looked seaward, and he beheld his ship coming with the mist.
Then the gates of his heart were flung open, and his joy flew far over...
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • We all have dreams—things we fantasize about doing and generally never get around to. This is the story of Azar Nafisi’s dream and of the nightmare that made it come true.
For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature. They were all former students whom she had...
For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss forbidden works of Western literature. They were all former students whom she had...
13) Squids
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"Emergent readers will dive right into this search-and-find book about squids. Simple text and colorful underwater photos teach new vocabulary and facts about anatomy and habitat"--
14) Secret origins
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Aided by old friends and new, Owen and Bethany try to bring the light back to Jupiter City, a comic book world where they discover a link between the Dark and Bethany's father.
15) The book jumper
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"A teen girl discovers she is a book jumper--she can leap directly into books, meet the characters, and experience the world of the book"--
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Retreat from the constant buzz of the television, the invasion of privacy resulting from the cell phone, and the pestering notion that “men have become the tools of their tools,” with Walden and Other Writings. On July 4, 1845, Thoreau left behind the hustle and bustle of contemporary American life for a solitary existence in a cabin in Massachusetts. Free from societal constraints – though not free from imprisonment, as evidenced by...
18) Bears make dens
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"A mama black bear digs a den for winter and gives birth to cubs in her den in this illustrated narrative nonfiction book. Includes a range map and a "Build Like a Bear" hands-on activity, plus glossary and further resources"--
19) Hamlet
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
20) Free lunch
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"A distinctive new voice: Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program. Grounded in the immediacy of physical hunger and the humiliation of having to announce it every day...
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