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by M. T. Anderson
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If you had your iPod touch, email, bank account, and family business all organized and recorded in an implant at the base of your neck, what would your world look like? Would you even bother talking? Would you care? Take a peek at our future and ask the... (read more)

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)
by Betty Smith
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A book dealer came into Powell's rare book room one day while I was working and bought a beautiful first edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She said it was her favorite book and a birthday present to herself. From the look in her eye and the way she... (read more)

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The Shadow Thieves
The Shadow Thieves
by Anne Ursu
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For a good vacation read, try Shadow Thieves. Anne Ursu's somewhat dark, mythological thriller is the first in the Cronus Chronicles, so if you enjoy it, there's more to look forward to. Ursu's work dances between humor, gothic suspense, and family... (read more)

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Rebecca
Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier
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Having devoured as much Daphne du Maurier as I could get my hands on as a teenager (after my sisters were done, of course), I can confidently recommend Rebecca as the best gothic love story and mystery I have ever read.... (read more)

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Watership Down: A Novel
Watership Down: A Novel
by Richard Adams
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Bunnies, community, fantasy, adventure, danger — a classic pick for anyone who likes Brian Jacques, C. S. Lewis, or Erin Hunter.... (read more)

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Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason
Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason
by Alfie Kohn
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A must read! Parenting has come around to attachment again, and moved far, far away from the punitive cruelties of Victorian caregivers. Alfie Kohn has applied, in academic terms, the reasons to parent unconditionally. We have evolved!... (read more)

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Rabbit Hill (Puffin Newberry Library)
Rabbit Hill (Puffin Newberry Library)
by Robert Lawson
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Written in 1944, this is one of the classics of children's literature. The animals of Rabbit Hill and the folks who live in the big house learn about coexisting, giving us all something to think about in terms of how we interact with the world around us.... (read more)

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A Young People's History of the United States
A Young People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn
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A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. A Young People's History... (read more)

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American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
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For the winter holidays try American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Chang. This quirky book is a fabulous introduction to the new generation of graphic novels, and blends folklore with an exploration of racial stereotyping and the "right stuff" of America... (read more)

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Revenge of the Baby-sat
Revenge of the Baby-sat
by Bill Watterson
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"Calvin and Hobbes provided an exhilarating blend of fantasy, sophistication, pungent humor and superb drawing that was dazzling." --The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio With keen insight, Bill Watterson depicted life through the eyes of a child in Calvin... (read more)

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The Cremation of Sam McGee
The Cremation of Sam McGee
by Robert Service and Ted Harrison
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Gol dang! The Cremation of Sam McGee is one heckuva fine poem! Pull yer boots up to the hot chocolate and take a few extra marshmallows while I tell you how the strangest things happen when you get up North. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to get... (read more)

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Celebrating the Great Mother: A Handbook of Earth-Honoring Activities for Parents and Children
Celebrating the Great Mother: A Handbook of Earth-Honoring Activities for Parents and Children
by Cait Johnson
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This is a book for those people who want a little woo-woo in their lives but don't believe in Santa Claus. My son and I have found solace in our practice of the Silver Cave, when the longest night seems to go on forever and we need to find hope in the... (read more)

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Kids on Strike!
Kids on Strike!
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Bartoletti's triumph! A must read! Now hear this! Newspaper kids on strike? When its youngest citizens spoke up, New York City experienced one of its finest hours.... (read more)

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Haunted Looking Glass (59 Edition)
Haunted Looking Glass (59 Edition)
by Edward Gorey
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Thrill to the haunting tales from such classic masters as Dickens, Stevenson, and Collins. Sizzling, permeating, thoroughly scary. Gorey's illustrations make this a pleasure to read.... (read more)

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Men and Gods: Myths and Legends of the Ancient Greeks (New York Review Books Classics)
Men and Gods: Myths and Legends of the Ancient Greeks (New York Review Books Classics)
by Rex Warner
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Did I say Greek myths were in? When were they ever out? This collection will rock your socks — with outstanding illustrations, to boot. Even the most experienced Greek god or goddess will pore over Men and Gods with abundant enthusiasm.... (read more)

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Tender Morsels
Tender Morsels
by Margo Lanagan
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A young adult novel that appeals to adults, Tender Morsels is a nightmare fairytale story of redemption that will reach across your subconscious much like Jeanette Winterson's work. Lanagan's prose is delightfully crafted, careful, imaginative, and... (read more)

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I Am the Cheese (Laurel-Leaf Library)
I Am the Cheese (Laurel-Leaf Library)
by Robert Cormier
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Part mystery and part drama, this young adult classic from the righteous '70s (it was published right after Jimmy Carter took office) is weird, thrilling, surprising, provocative, and sophisticated. But the bicycling scenes are my favorite — long... (read more)

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I Am the Cheese
I Am the Cheese
by Robert Cormier
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Part mystery and part drama, this young adult classic from the righteous '70s (it was published right after Jimmy Carter took office) is weird, thrilling, surprising, provocative, and sophisticated. But the bicycling scenes are my favorite — long... (read more)

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Book of a Thousand Days
Book of a Thousand Days
by Shannon Hale
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If you haven't heard of Shannon Hale...well, now you have! Try Book of a Thousand Days, which is her newest feminist fairy tale. The very first page will inexorably pull you in with Jungian, gothic images of mad women suffering patriarchal cruelties... (read more)

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Yakitate!! Japan #01
Yakitate!! Japan #01
by Takashi Hashiguchi
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If you're the type to take things too seriously, don't bother with this graphic novel series, Yakitate!! Japan. Instead of killing each other, our characters are competing with rolls, loaves, and pastries. With famous lines like "I was distracted by his... (read more)

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