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The Dead Lie Down
by Sophie Hannah
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by Susan Cooper
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by Ellen Potter
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Over Sea, Under Stone
by Susan Cooper
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Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising sequence is a classic in children's fantasy, and the entire series is wonderful. But I have a special fondness for the very first in the sequence, Over Sea, Under Stone. While visiting their mysterious "Great Uncle Merry"... (read more)

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Turnaround
by George P Pelecanos
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