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An anthology that offers young readers a wonderful introduction to 11 of the Grimms' most popular stories.
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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...
Highlighting the work of Golden Age Dutch illustrator Rie Cramer, this beautiful new edition of Grimm?s Fairy Tales is the perfect gift...
23. 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.
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Snopes Family volume 1.
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Traces the growing power of Flem Snopes, a white-trash farmer, in the Mississippi town of Frenchman's Bend.
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In fifteenth-century Paris, a disfigured man named Quasimodo, who was abandoned as an infant in the cathedral of Notre-Dame and now lives in its bell tower, must come to the aid of a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda after she repels the advances of the cruel archdeacon Don Claude Frollo.
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Pongo the dalmatian and his wife Missis undertake a daring expedition to rescue their fifteen puppies from the clutches of the vicious Cruella de Vil.
28. The Hunger Games
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Hunger Games volume 1.
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4.8 stars
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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...
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Four teenagers, who have desperately tried to conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run accident, are pursued by a mystery figure seeking revenge.
30. The Iliad
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The centuries old epic about the wrath of Achilles is rendered into modern English verse by a renowned translator and accompanied by an introduction that reassesses the identity of Homer. In Robert Fagles' beautifully rendered text, the Iliad overwhelms us afresh. The huge themes godlike, yet utterly human of savagery and calculation, of destiny defied, of triumph and grief compel our own humanity. Time after time, one pauses and re-reads before continuing....
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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.
32. Jumanji
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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.
33. The jungle book
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Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a young boy raised by the animals in an Indian jungle, as well as other animal stories.
34. Jurassic Park
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Einem Team von ehrgeizigen Wissenschaftlern um den Milliardär John Hammond ist Sensationelles gelungen: Aus konservierter DNA haben sie 15 Saurierarten neu gezüchtet. Die Tiere sollen die Hauptattraktion in einem Freizeitpark auf einer Insel vor Costa Ricas Küste sein. Doch als ein Team von Paläontologen den Park vor der Eröffnung inspiziert, kommt es zur Katastrophe. Die Sicherheitszäune versagen und plötzlich bewegen sich die gefährlichen...
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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
36. Kiss the girls
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Alex Cross novels volume 2.
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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.
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"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.
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Set on the Caribbean coast of South America, this love story brings together Fermina Daza, her distinguished husband, and a man who has secretly loved her for more than fifty years.
40. Mary Poppins
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Mary Poppins series volume 0001
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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.