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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #07) by J. K. Rowling Staff Pick I couldn't imagine a better ending for this extraordinary series. J. K. Rowling, thank you for staying true to your vision.... (read more) List Price $34.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Blueberries for Sal (Picture Puffins) by Robert Mccloskey Staff Pick This classic is a must for anybody who has a child (or doesn't). Little Bear and Sal have an unexpected adventure when they go out blueberry picking with their mothers.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Eragon (Inheritance Cycle #01) by Christopher Paolini Staff Pick "This first novel is dynamite; it makes a great read for the young adult in you. This is a classic 'sword and sorcery novel' with a boy, a dragon, and a sword. Paolini's book is a little reminiscent of other books you may have read, but his own voice... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Sea of Monsters: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Two (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #02) by Rick Riordan Staff Pick It is really cool when the second book in a series is even better than the first one... In The Sea of Monsters, Percy has to rescue his best friend, Grover, and he has to cross the Sea of Monsters (the Bermuda Triangle) to find the golden fleece. Sound... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #03) by Rick Riordan Staff Pick The Titan's Curse is the third book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, and Riordan is still going strong. The goddess Artemis is missing, and Percy and his friends have little time to rescue her. This time, Annabeth gets a little extra help... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Captain Underpants #01: The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey Staff Pick As parents already know, Beginning Reader books are often very repetitive and boring, and many such books drive adults crazy as their children start learning to read out loud (because, let's face it people... they're our kids and we are not going to... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next #01) by Jasper Fforde Staff Pick The Eyre Affair took me a little time to really get into, but once Thursday Next a literary detective from the future enters Charlotte Bronte's novel and tries to save Jane and the story, the book is thoroughly fun, with all the digs at the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Harold and the Purple Crayon (Purple Crayon Books) by Crockett Johnson Staff Pick A wonderful first book for your baby, this wordless picture book is about a little boy with a purple crayon, and as he draws across the page the illustrations come to life. When I "read" this book to my babies, I saw their eyes following the purple line.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Merchant Princes #01: The Family Trade by Charles Stross Staff Pick I love stories about alternate universes, and this one is just so well done that Charles Stross makes it seem like a fresh idea. On the cover is a young woman with a pistol in hand, approaching a formidable castle how's that for an attention... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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Eldest (Inheritance Cycle #02) by Christopher Paolini Staff Pick In his online newsletter Alagaesia, Christopher Paolini shares, "Writing Eldest was one of the hardest things I've ever done, as was writing Eragon, although in different ways. I pushed myself with Eldest, both in terms of the characters, the story, and... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Warriors: Power of Three #01: The Sight by Erin Hunter Staff Pick You would think that after all this, I would be tired of reading about the Clan cats. No. Not true. Erin Hunter introduces three strong new kits with minds of their own, much to the chagrin of Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw (their parents). I think The... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #07) by J. K. Rowling Staff Pick I couldn't imagine a better ending for this extraordinary series. J. K. Rowling, thank you for staying true to your vision.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Half Magic (Edward Eager's Tales of Magic) by Edward Eager Staff Pick I love this story. Four children (one brother and three sisters) find a magic coin. They don't initially understand the coin's special properties or how to use it without causing unwanted mayhem — since only half of a wish comes true when wished in the... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Raven's Shadow by Patricia Briggs Staff Pick I find that Patricia Briggs writes believable characters that you really care about. Raven's Shadow is peopled with a race called Travelers. Like their name indicates, they are transient, traveling in small clans. Amongst the Travelers, once in a while... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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Brisingr (Inheritance Cycle #3) by Christopher Paolini Staff Pick Brilliant! This, the third book in the Inheritance Cycle, was well worth the wait. There are dragons, thrills, and action aplenty — enough to satisfy any reader.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Something Rotten (Thursday Next Novels) by Jasper Fforde Staff Pick Thursday Next is back and this time she's gone transcontinental! Something Rotten, the fourth book in the series, continues to follow the Goliath Corporation and contains Fforde's usual time-/book-jumping that he so expertly interweaves the story... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Raven's Strike by Patricia Briggs Staff Pick I find myself loving every bit of this series and rereading passages that I've just finished because I like them so much. Seraph, Tier, and family are back in this sequel to Raven's Shadow, trying to stop the Shadowed before disaster strikes. They must... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Inkheart by Cornelia Funke Staff Pick Meggie loves books more than just about anything. Her father, Mo, is a book binder and introduced her to reading at an early age; now she has a shoe box filled with her special books (so that she can grab them at a moment's notice). Meggie soon comes to... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons by Ernest Drake Staff Pick I originally picked up this beautiful book, published by Candlewick Press, just to look at it, thinking I might buy one at a later time. But I soon realized that I needed to have a copy in my possession immediately! Laden with attractive illustrations... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black Staff Pick A dark, twisting faerie adventure in modern-day New Jersey, featuring a dysfunctional teen living an illusion, Tithe is filled with haunting characters, from a beautiful man she can't seem to get rid of (and isn't sure she wants to) to her childhood... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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