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The Golden Compass

February 20, 2008
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The Golden Compass

Lyra Belacqua, the young, high-spirited child who lives at Jordan College soon discovers that there is much more going on in the world than she realizes. Lyra’s uncle has been away exploring the North for most of her childhood. When he arrives back at the college she learns of “Dust.” The only thing that...
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Where the Red Fern Grows

February 16, 2008
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Where the Red Fern Grows

Billy, a boy who at the beginning of the book is 9 years old and at the end 14, has only one dream: to have two coon hounds. Billy dreams of running through the woods and river bottoms with his dream dogs, but he has a problem. The dogs he wants are too much...
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Private

February 16, 2008
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Private

Trying to escape her dreadful life in Pennsylvania, Reed Brennan’s wishes come true as she finds herself being admitted to one of the most civilized schools in the country, Easton High Academy. As she takes on new and difficult courses, she soon finds herself admiring the Billings Girls, or the prettiest, smartest, most popular...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

February 16, 2008
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Return of the King, a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, takes place in the land of middle-earth. Isengard, the domain of Saruman, has fallen to the mighty army of Rohan. Now the men of the west must come to the aid of Gondor, a land that is on the verge of being demolished by...
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The River Between Us

February 16, 2008
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The River Between Us

Experience life during in 1861 in Richard Peck’s, The River Between Us, where a young boy discovers his father’s past, but then the book switches gears to tell the story he is hearing, as if it were happening right then. Tilly Pruitt and her family are in for an unpredictable and life-changing year, When...
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Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident

November 29, 2007
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Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident

Artemis Fowl, “a teenage criminal mastermind,” concocts ingenious plans that take him and his fairy friend or foe; Captain Holly Short on an adventure of a life time. Artemis’ father, also a man of crime, has been missing for two years and may or may not be alive. Until recently there was no evidence...
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It’s Not Easy Being Mean

November 29, 2007
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It’s Not Easy Being Mean

The only thing Massie Block, the glamorous, pretentious alpha, wanted was the chance to gain access to “paradise”. One of the Briarwood boys is holding the key to a secret room under his bed. To remain in control of the Pretty Committee, Massie knows that “her job is to win.” With every girl in...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

November 29, 2007
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter, a 17 year old wizard, is faced with numerous difficult, nearly impossible, challenges in the final book in a seven-book “Potter” series. He starts out, like every book in the series, at his aunt and uncle’s house and almost immediately is thrown into the action. After an encounter with a group of...
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White

November 18, 2007
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White

Bigger and better, Thomas Hunter is trying to get through a week of living in two different worlds. In Ted Decker’s third installment of his well-written trilogy, it had me guessing from the beginning about what was going to happen next. In one world he’s saving his tribe from the unbeatable Horde, and in...
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

November 18, 2007
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

Do you think math is boring and pointless? Do you think sailing is a waste of time? Read Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham and you will surely change your mind. This is an exciting, heart-breaking book about the life of Nathaniel (Nat) Bowditch, an intelligent boy living in Salem in 1776,...
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