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Henry James's tragicomic masterpiece pits a headstrong Mississippi lawyer against his feminist cousin in a no-holds-barred fight for the heart of an impressionable young suffragette. When Basil Ransom, a headstrong Mississippi lawyer, comes to Boston to call on his wealthy activist cousin, Olive, an epic battle of wills ensues. Basil is a conservative of the most ardent type while Cousin Olive is steadfast in her radicalism. Perhaps for a laugh, perhaps...
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Mansfield Park is a study of three families-the Bertrams, the Crawfords, and the Prices-with the isolated figure of the heroine, Fanny Price, at its center. Fanny's quiet passivity, her steadfast loyalty and love for the son of the family who regard her as the poor relation, and who have taken her under their roof, are not appreciated until they are tried against the brilliant and witty Mary and Henry Crawford, the unfortunate consequences of whose...
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Twelve-year-old Katie, living with her father, aunt, and five siblings in a small town in the 1870's, constantly makes and breaks resolutions to be a kind and generous person like her invalid Cousin Helen, but when she herself is bedridden after an accident, Katie finds her cousin's example very hard to follow.
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Jenna Chen has spent her life in the shadow of her flawless cousin. Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare at her. Jessica Chen is so perfect she got into Harvard. And Jenna Chen will only ever be a disappointment. So when Jenna makes a desperate wish to become her cousin, the last thing she expects is for it to come true-literally. All of a sudden she gets to...
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Sara Stanley is only fourteen, but she can weave tales that are impossible to resist. In the charming town of Carlisle, children and grown-ups alike flock from miles around to hear her spellbinding tales. And when Bev King and his younger brother Felix arrive for the summer, they, too, are captivated by the Story Girl. Whether she's leading them on exciting misadventure or narrating timeless stories--from the scary "Tale of the Family Ghost" to the...
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Gone-Away Lake volume 2
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Eleven-year-old Portia and her family return with cousin Julian to the site they visited the previous summer, this time to take possession of a large Victorian house, unoccupied for fifty years and full of treasures and secrets.
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Alien agent volume 1
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While at a resort on a vacation trip his uncle won, Zack begins wondering if his cousin has been telling the truth for years that he really is an alien prince sent to Earth for protection, and who is now being chased by enemy aliens disguised as bald, fat men.
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13th Street volume 1
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Cousins Malia, Ivan, and Dante are visiting their aunt Lucy for the summer. On their way to Gulf City's water park, they get lost on 13th Street, a strange world filled with dangerous beasts.
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Storytime @ Home: Lunar New Year
Storytime @ Home: Lunar New Year
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Two very different cousins must come together to plan the best birthday party. How they manage it is a testament to affection being stronger than differences.
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In 1947, during the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. So when Charlie's parents banish her to Europe to have her "little problem" taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to...
16) Mary McScary
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Mary McScary loves to scare people, but nothing she thinks up seems to bother her cousin, Harry McScary--but Mary will not give up trying.
17) Count me in
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After having difficulties at school, Tabitha's parents send her on a hiking trip to a remote British Columbia lake with her aunt and two cousins to spread her uncle's ashes. In order to survive on a hiking trip, Tabitha must face danger, adversity and her cousin Ashley's hatred.
18) Freaky in Fresno
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Two estranged cousins--horror movie fanatic Ricki and online makeup guru Lana--accidentally switch bodies and share a fateful day filled with a mini-road trip and keeping up appearances for Lana's fans and Ricki's crush.
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