David Small
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Thirty-five "years after Imogene woke up with antlers, she's back! ... She woke up the next day and they were gone, but were replaced by something just as curious. Now Imogene has found she has a new curious feature every day. Some are helpful, some are sweet, some are downright strange. But all of them upset her poor mother who just can't handle how improper it all is. Yet even as Imogene discovers something new every day, she always remains Imogene...
8) The library
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English
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Elizabeth Brown loves to read more than anything else, but when her collection of books grows and grows, she must make a change in her life.
10) The underneath
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English
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An old hound that's been chained up at his hateful owner's run-down shack, and two kittens born underneath the house, endure separation, danger, and many other tribulations in their quest to be reunited and free.
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English
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"Marcus turns his literary microscope to the world of comics, which has lately morphed and matured at a furious pace. Powerful influences from manga to the movies to underground comix have influenced the thirteen artists and writers interviewed in these pages to create their own word-and-picture narratives"--
13) Bloom
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When the glass kingdom begins cracking, the king and queen fail in their quest to get help from the fairy Bloom, who can work great magic but was banished because of her muddy boots and messiness, so they send Genevieve, an ordinary girl who will do what it takes to save the day.
14) Elsie's bird
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Young Elsie must find a way to adapt to her new home on the Nebraska prairie after she and her father leave their comfortable city life in Boston.
16) The journey
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Pub. Date
2001.
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English
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A young Amish girl tells her "silent friend," her diary, about all the wonderous experiences she has on her first trip to the city.
17) The friend
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Pub. Date
2004.
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English
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With Mom too busy and Dad away much of the time, Belle finds companionship with a household employee who after each day's work takes Belle "hand in hand" to the beach.
18) The gardener
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Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
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A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.
19) Company's coming
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Pub. Date
2000.
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English
Description
Chaos erupts when Moe and Shirley invite some visitors from outer space to stay for dinner with the relatives.