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THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
by JAMES FENIMORE COOPER |
The Last of the Mohicans is the second and most popular of James Fenimore Cooper's five Leatherstocking Tales. Set in the 1757 during the fierce French and Indian wars. This classic novel of adventure follows an adroit scout and his companion as they weave through the lush and spectacular wilderness of upstate New York, fighting to save the beautiful daughters of a fort commander from a treacherous Huron renegade.
With its death-defying chases and teeth-clenching suspense, this historical romance established many archetypes of American frontier fiction.
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SEALED WITH A DISS
by LISI HARRISON |
Massie Block: Stands at the threshold of the most ah-mazing secret room at OCD. But to prove the Pretty Committee is worthy of the honor, the girls need dates to Skye Hamilton's "famous couples" costume party. On top of all of that, Massie has to convince her old crush, Chris Abeley, to be Skye's date or else they can kiss the room and their popularity goodbye. How will she ever get her girl's suitable dates and melt Chris's heart? She'd need to be a mind reader! Luckily for the PC, alpha status just happens to come with ESP, not the actual superpower, but a secret weapon that shows them exactly how boy's brains work.
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SIX GRADE SECRETS
by LOUIS SACHAR |
When Laura Sibbie starts a secret club at school, she calls it Pig City after the funny hat she always wears. To make sure none of the members tells anyone else about the club, Laura makes them give her something totally embarrassing as "insurance." She promises to keep the insurance secret, unless someone blabs. Gabriel, who never tells on anybody, would be a perfect member of Pig City. He wants to join too. But when Laura asks him, something goes terribly wrong! Now there are two secret clubs in Mr. Doyle's class, and guess who the head of the new one....Gabriel is! Each club is determined to topple the other -and nobody's secret is safe .Watch out Pig City here comes Monkey Town.
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HOLOCAUST
by ANGELA GLUCK WOOD |
Between 1933 and 1945, more than ten million men, women, and children were killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. The pages that follow are replete with statistics and facts, many of them nothing short of horrifying. But these pages also contain the faces and the words of men and women who survived the murderous anti-Semetic world of Nazi-dominated Europe.
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MEDIEVAL LIFE
by ANDREW LANGLEY |
Be an eyewitness to medieval Europe...seeing what life was really like in the royal court, a country manor, and the bustling streets of a developing town. See which musical instruments were played. Find out about medieval arts and crafts and discover what happened during the Inquisition.
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CRYSTAL AND GEM
by DR.R. SYMES AND DR.R. HARDING |
Be an eyewitness to the stunning natural beauty of crystals of every size, shape, and color and their remarkable uses in everything from surgeon's scalpels to silicon chips. See a crystal's hidden layers, find out how to make stones sparkle; discover where to find crystals in your home.
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