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Three novels. Two worlds. One Story.
Enter an adrenaline-laced epic where dreams and reality collide.
Black - An incredible story of evil and rescue, betrayal and love, and a terrorist threat unlike anything the human race has ever known. A virulent evil has been unleashed upon the people of Earth. The only man who can stop it is Thomas Hunter, an unlikely hero whose life is stretched between two worlds. Every
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In Fannie Flagg's high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of 1952, where she's "not doing much except sitting around waiting for the sixth grade." When she leaves Shell Beach, Mississippi, in September 1959, she is packed up and ready for the Miss America Pageant, vowing "I won't come back until I'm somebody." But in our hearts she already is. Sassy and irreverent from the get-go, Daisy Fay takes us on a rollicking journey...
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 41
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In his most brilliant and powerful novel, Pat Conroy tells the story of Tom Wingo, his twin sister, Savannah, and the dark and violent past of the family into which they were born. Set in New York City and the low country of South Carolina, the novel opens when Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and career are crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York after learning of his twin sister's suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the...
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Time Circle volume 1
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[1988]
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Two hundred years before Columbus, the cliff-dwelling Anasazi Indians built great stone cities in the American Southwest. Hunters and mystics of many clans roamed the desert. Viking explorers made their way across the territory while, from the vast Toltec kingdom of the south a mysterious trader, acclaimed as a fertility god by the clanswomen he visited, traveled from tribe to tribe. Kwani is driven from her tribe and embarks on a journey through...
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[1989]
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IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
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When eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes.
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Time Circle volume 2
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Kwani, the spiritual guide of the Anasazi tribes, her mate, and her son return to the home of her husband, Tolonqua.
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1995.
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A Southern family's drama as a father witnesses the slow death from aids of his son. He hasn't seen him for years, the son having been forced by his black lover to choose between lover and family. As the parents are estranged the father tries to keep the mother away, wanting the son all to himself even in death.
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Time Circle volume 3
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Antelope is a worthy successor to her mother's magnificent legacy. Antelope's mate is Chomoc, the son of the legendary Kokopelli. When Chomoc's wanderlust leads him away from his tribe to the city of the Hasinai, in what will become the state of Oklahoma, Antelope refuses to be left behind. She breaks the taboos that demand she stay safely at home, and with her blue-eyed baby she prepares to join Chomoc. What she finds at the end of the journey is...
15) Sandry's book
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Circle of magic (Tamora Pierce) volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
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Four young misfits find themselves living in a strictly disciplined temple community where they become friends while also learning to do crafts and to use their powers, especially magic.
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Circle of magic (Tamora Pierce) volume 1
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c1997
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
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17) Daja's Book
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Circle of magic (Tamora Pierce) volume 3
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c1998
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
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While at Gold Ridge castle to the north of Winding Circle, Daja and the three other mages-in-training who have become her friends develop their unique magical talents as they try to prevent a devastating forest fire from consuming everything in its path.
19) Tris's Book
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Circle of magic (Tamora Pierce) volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
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With the defenses of Winding Circle Temple seriously weakened by an earthquake, Tris and her fellow mages-in-training try to join their different magic powers to protect the Winding Circle community from a pirate attack.
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Circle of magic (Tamora Pierce) volume 2
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c1998
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9