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2) East of Eden
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English
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This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
3) The lost man
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English
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Two brothers meet at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback. In an isolated belt of Western Australia, they are each other's nearest neighbor, their homes four hours' drive apart. The third brother lies dead at their feet. Something caused Cam, the middle child who had been in charge of the family homestead, to die alone in the middle of nowhere. So the eldest brother returns with his younger sibling to the family...
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His final and greatest work, Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published serially in The Russian Messenger from January 1879 to November 1880. Set against a modernizing 19th-century Russia, the characters experience moral struggles of faith, judgment, and reason amid a patricidal murder which forms the center of the plot. The novel is full of ethical debates of God, free will, and morality. Dostoyevsky...
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Anne of Green Gables volume 7
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English
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The grown-up Anne of Green Gables, her husband, and their six children live in a special hideaway known as Rainbow Valley.
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Amgash novels volume 2
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English
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A collection of stories tell of two sisters: one trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love even as she comes to accept her mother's happiness in a foreign country; and the adult Lucy Barton returns to visit her siblings...
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English
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Trent never meant to kill Jared Roberts when he hit him with that hockey puck. Guilt ridden despite having been unaware of Jared's heart defect, Trent now pushes people away on principle, turning to his Book of Thoughts to make sense of the anger inside. Only when Fallon Little arrives does Trent realize that, while one small action can end a life, one big choice can reclaim one.
8) Fix it, Sam
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Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Sam is good at fixing things, but his little brother Petey is the one who keeps their tent from falling.
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Longburrow volume 1
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English
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"In a fantasy world of anthropomorphic rabbits, Podkin and his siblings must go on the run when the villainous Gorm invade their home and enslave their clan. Facing pursuit and treachery at every turn, they must find allies and refuge if they are to survive-and fight to reclaim their world from the Gorm scourge"--
10) The nowhere box
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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A little boy tries to get away from his two little brothers because they are always following him around. George, the young boy, discovers an empty box from the new washing machine and hides in it but finds out it is lonlier than he thought.
11) Home
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English
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"The story of a Korean war veteran on a quest to save his younger sister"--
12) Kentucky rich
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Kentucky series (Fern Michaels) volume 1
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English
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First in the Kentucky trilogy from the #1 bestselling author. "Prose so natural that it seems you are witnessing a story rather than reading about it." —Los Angeles Sunday Times
The Colemans and Thorntons, the unforgettable American families of Fern Michaels' Texas and Vegas series, are back in an exciting trilogy that combines the heady thrills of Kentucky horse racing with strong, accomplished women who fight for...
The Colemans and Thorntons, the unforgettable American families of Fern Michaels' Texas and Vegas series, are back in an exciting trilogy that combines the heady thrills of Kentucky horse racing with strong, accomplished women who fight for...
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The Penderwicks volume 5
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English
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Publisher Anno: Now it's summertime, and eleven-year-old Lydia is dancing at the bus stop, waiting for big sister Batty to get home from college. This is a very important dance and a very important wait because the two youngest sisters are about to arrive home to find out that the Penderwicks will all be returning to Arundel this summer, the place where it all began. And better still is the occasion: a good old-fashioned, homemade-by-Penderwicks wedding....
14) The baby sister
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Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1996
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English
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When he learns that his mother is going to have a baby, Tommy is very excited and hopes that the baby will be a sister.
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Boxcar children volume 120
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English
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When the Aldens agree to watch the house of a local author who has written a book about a vampire, they end up investigating activities that are suspiciously similar to those in his book.
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Chick and his baby brother are back in this sequel to Katy Hudson's rollicking barnyard adventure, Runaway Egg! Now that Chick's baby brother is officially hatched (and no longer just a two-legged egg sprinting around the farm), Chick is discovering that the hassle of babysitting was just the tip of the iceberg -- the little guy just won't leave Chick alone! Try as he might, Chick just can't shake his brother, who adoringly waddles wherever he goes....
18) Surprise soup
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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When Kevie's mother has a baby, Kevie, his older brother, and their father make soup for when the new baby comes home.
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Rocket says volume 1
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Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
Description
Aspiring astronaut Rocket draws her community together to see a rare appearance of the Phoenix Meteor Showers, hoping especially that her big brother, Jamal, will look up from his phone.
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