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Book cover for "The Bourne identity"
Star rating for The Bourne identity
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Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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A shooting victim, suffering from amnesia, finds himself with a Swiss bank account in the name of Jason Bourne, a professional assassin being manipulated by a top-secret American government organization to kill his arch rival, the dreaded Carlos
Book cover for "The Bourne supremacy"
Star rating for The Bourne supremacy
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Average Rating:
3.8 stars
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Super-diplomat Raymond Havilland sets up the kidnapping of Jason Bourne's wife, in order to draw Bourne out of retirement and into a Taiwanese plot to seize Hong Kong and incite China against the West.
Book cover for "The Bourne ultimatum"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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A mild-mannered professor is forced to assume again the deadly alter ego he created in Vietnam years ago as part of the Medusa Brigade.
Book cover for "Bridge to Terabithia"
Star rating for Bridge to Terabithia
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Jess Aarons gains the strength to cope with unexpected tragedy by going to a secret kingdom in the woods invented by Leslie Burke, a newcomer to his rural Virginia community.
Book cover for "Catching fire"
Star rating for Catching fire
Series:
Hunger Games volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol wants revenge... and President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe! By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they...
Book cover for "Dear John"
Star rating for Dear John
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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John, a high school dropout, enlists in the Army not knowing what else to do with his life. While in the Army he meets Savannah, they fall in love and she awaits his return from the Army. After 9/11 John feels it's his duty to re-enlist. During their long separation Savannah falls in love and marries someone else.
Book cover for "The golden compass"
Star rating for The golden compass
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
Living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College, Lyra hears rumors of a magical dust that supposedly possesses powers that can unite whole universes, and begins a difficult and dangerous journey to find it. Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
Book cover for "Grimm's Fairy Tales"
Star rating for Grimm's Fairy Tales
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Racehorse for Young Reader?s Children?s Classic Collections is a new series that offers readers timeless compilations of children?s literature. Handsomely packaged and affordable, this new series aims to revitalize these enchanting works and continue the tradition of sharing them with the next generation.
Highlighting the work of Golden Age Dutch illustrator Rie Cramer, this beautiful new edition of Grimm?s Fairy Tales is the perfect gift...

9. Hamlet

Book cover for "Hamlet"
Star rating for Hamlet
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
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.
Book cover for "The Hunger Games"
Star rating for The Hunger Games
Series:
Hunger Games volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. "In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol...
Book cover for "The incredible journey"
Star rating for The incredible journey
Average Rating:
5 stars
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A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family.

12. Jumanji

Book cover for "Jumanji"
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Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
Book cover for "Jurassic Park"
Star rating for Jurassic Park
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
An American bioengineering research firm erects a theme park on a Caribbean island, complete with living dinosaurs, and invites a group of scientists to be its first terrified guests
Book cover for "Kiss the girls"
Star rating for Kiss the girls
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Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. In the sequel to Along Came a Spider, Washington D.C.'s Alex Cross is back to solve the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever. Two clever pattern killers are collaborating, cooperating, competing-and they are working coast to coast.
Book cover for "The lost world"
Star rating for The lost world
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
"It has been six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, and the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that something has survived..."-- From back cover.
Book cover for "Mary Poppins"
Star rating for Mary Poppins
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Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
Book cover for "Mockingjay"
Star rating for Mockingjay
Series:
Hunger Games volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Katniss Everdeen's having survived the Hunger games twice makes her a target of the Capitol and President Snow, as well as a hero to the rebels who will succeed only if Katniss is willing to put aside her personal feelings and serve as their pawn.
Book cover for "The outsiders"
Star rating for The outsiders
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
Book cover for "Prince Caspian"
Star rating for Prince Caspian
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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Four children help Prince Caspian and his army of talking beasts to free Narnia from evil.
Book cover for "PS, I love you"
Star rating for PS, I love you
Series:
PS I love you volume 1.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Holly has always depended on her husband's practical advice to keep her going and despairs when she loses him to brain cancer, until a package arrives filled with advice for carrying on with her life without her beloved husband.