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1) I refuse
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English
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A masterful new novel from Per Petterson, who "provides one of literature's greatest gifts . . . a welcome refuge from our cacophonous world" (NPR) Per Petterson's hotly anticipated new novel, I Refuse, is the work of an internationally acclaimed novelist at the height of his powers. In Norway the book has been a huge bestseller, and rights have already been sold into sixteen countries. In his signature spare style, Petterson weaves a tale of two...
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Waffle hearts volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Trille and Lena live on either side of a hole in the hedge in Mathildewick Cove. The two go on many adventures which end in trouble or injury. Lena has a secret that could ruin their friendship and Trille thinks Lena is his best friend, even though Lena is a girl, but does Lena feel the same?
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Speed and self-confidence, that?s Astrid?s motto. Nicknamed "the little thunderbolt," she loves to spend her days racing down the hillside on her sled, singing loudly as she goes, and visiting Gunnvald, her grumpy, septuagenarian best friend and godfather, who makes hot chocolate from real chocolate bars. She just wishes there were other children to share her hair-raising adventures with. But Astrid?s world is about to be turned upside down by two...
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Series
Garmann books (Stian Hole) volume 2
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010, c2008
Language
English
Description
After succumbing to peer pressure from a bully, an unusual friendship between Garmann and the Stamp Man arises out of a near-disaster.
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Garmann books (Stian Hole) volume 3
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012, c2010
Language
English
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Garmann makes friends with Johanna, the twin sister of the girl who torments him at school, when they discover that they both love adventures and talking about outer space.
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Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Immersing himself in his love for opera in order to cope with a difficult life, shy and bullied Bart embraces an optimistic outlook and bonds with an outgoing girl who encourages him to perform in a school talent show.
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2017.
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English
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""I've planted my feet on Fijian earth and I intend to stay here until the last sunset. Why don't you join me? Leave behind everything that didn't work out!" When Sina, Maya, Ingrid, and Lisbeth each receive a letter in the mail posing the same question, the answer is obvious. Their old high school friend Kat--Kat the adventurer, Kat who ran away to the South Pacific as soon as they graduated--has extended the invitation of a lifetime: Come live with...
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