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Ender Wiggin volume 2.
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4.5 stars
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Ender Wiggin, a young military genius, discovers that a second alien war is inevitable and he must dismiss his fears to make peace with humanity's strange new brothers.
Child-hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive"--
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Time quintet volume 3.
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4.8 stars
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The youngest of the Murry children must travel through time and space in a battle against an evil dictator who would destroy the entire universe.
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Seventeen-year-old Mira lives in a small island beach town off the coast of New Jersey year-round, and when a devastating superstorm strikes she will face the storm's wrath and the destruction it leaves behind alone.
45. Troubling a star
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Austin family books volume 5.
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5 stars
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As she tries to stay alive after being left on an iceberg in the Antarctic, sixteen-year-old Vicky recalls the series of events that brought her to the bottom of the world and involved her in a dangerous mystery.
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5 stars
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Presents the life of the man who escaped slavery in Maryland to become a speaker and writer for abolition and the rights of African Americans and women, focusing on his childhood and youth as a slave.
47. Who was Gandhi?
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4 stars
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An introduction to the life and accomplishments of the champion of an independent India and global icon of peace and freedom.
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5 stars
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Describes the life of Marie Antoinette, including her childhood in Austria, her lavish lifestyle, and the Diamond Necklace Affair.
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Describes the life of the South African president and revolutionary, from his childhood and his work as a peaceful protestor to his twenty-seven-year imprisonment, his election as president, and his work to end apartheid in South Africa.
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"Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his weekly column, Believe It Or Not! After publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst took an interest in the column, it became a syndicated global success. Ripley spent his life traveling to more...
51. Wish
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A story about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers that family doesn't always have to be related--they are simply people who love you for who you are.
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3.1 stars
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Now an orphan, Kit Tyler travels from Barbados, where she grew up, to live with her strict Puritan uncle in Connecticut.
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Traces the history of money and moneylending, looks at some of the items that have been used as currency over time, and explains how today's banking industry came into being.