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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin  
Powells.com Staff Pick Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." Mortenson and Relin's Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time is a powerful contribution to that arsenal. If there...
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Water for Elephants (07 Edition)
by Gruen
Publisher Comments An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of Riding Lessons. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a...
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Suite Francaise: A Novel
by Irene Nemirovsky
Powells.com Staff Pick A literary time capsule, Suite Française is a novel about wartime occupation written during the Nazi occupation of France. Irène Némirovsky's unfinished manuscript has been published more than 60 years after her death to worldwide...
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The Cat in the Hat (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)
by Dr Seuss Publisher Comments Illus. in color. The Cat in the Hat came to play one rainy, nothing-to-do afternoon. His hilarious antics are "recommended for all libraries."--(starred) School Library Journal....
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
by Wilson Rawls Publisher Comments Billy, Old Dan and Little Ann -- a Boy and His Two Dogs... A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains -- and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest...
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The Giver (Readers Circle)
by Lois Lowry
Publisher Comments Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver...
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The Hello, Goodbye Window
by Norton Juster and Chris Raschka
Powells.com Staff Pick Chris Raschka's artwork enlivens this charming tale from Phantom Tollbooth author Norton Juster. The pages are flush with colorful illustrations of a little girl and her grandparents, whose house has a very special window to greet and bid farewell to all...
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
by Jeff Lindsay
Publisher Comments Meet Dexter, a polite wolf in sheep's clothing...a monster who cringes at the site of blood...a serial killer whose one golden rule makes him immensely likable: he only kills bad people. Dexter Morgan isn't exactly the kind of man you'd bring home to...
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
Publisher Comments The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a classic of undercover reportage.Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join...
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Flotsam
by David Wiesner
Powells.com Staff Pick A day at the beach like no other! A boy finds an old camera that has washed ashore and thus begins an incredible story-in-pictures. As beautiful and intriguing as any of his previous books, Flotsam is a Wiesner classic — a treat for kids and adults...
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The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
Publisher Comments Illustrated in black-and-white. This ingenious fantasy centers around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a watchdog named Tock, Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and...
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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
by Mo Willems
Publisher Comments When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place — a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being able to...
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst Publisher Comments Alexander knew it was going to be a terrible day when he woke up with gum in this hair. And it got worse... His best friend deserted him. There was no dessert in his lunch bag. And, on top of all that, there were lima beans for dinner and kissing on TV...
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The Paper Bag Princess (Munsch for Kids)
by Robert N Munsch Synopsis The Princess Elizabeth is slated to marry Prince Ronald when a dragon attacks the castle and kidnaps Ronald. In resourceful and humorous fashion, Elizabeth finds the dragon, outsmarts him, and rescues Ronald --- who is less than pleased at her un...
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Case Histories
by Kate Atkinson
Powells.com Staff Pick Discover one of my favorite writers with this artful detective story. Fans of Atkinson's earlier novels will marvel again at her skill in interweaving several narratives to find one central thread of truth. A real knock-out. Danielle, Powells...
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The Arrival
by Shaun Tan
Powells.com Staff Pick Shaun Tan, one of my favorite children's book illustrators, draws upon hundreds of years worth of immigrant stories to tell this single but universal tale: one of alienation, magic, and bravely bearing the wonderful and frightening strangeness of a new...
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A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin Publisher Comments A Game of Thrones is a contemporary masterpiece of fantasy. The cold is returning to Winterfell, where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime. A time of conflict has arisen in the Stark family, as they are pulled from the...
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I Am the Messenger
by Markus Zusak
Powells.com Staff Pick I've got to hand it to Australian author Markus Zusak: this book single-handedly made me want to be a better person. As a lifelong reader, I feel a book like this, one that can really change people, comes around so rarely that Zusak must be recognized as...
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A Light in the Attic
by Shel Silverstein Publisher Comments Last night while I lay thinking here Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear And pranced and partied all night long And sang their same old Whatif song: Whatif I flunk that test? Whatif green hair grows on my chest? Whatif nobody likes me? Whatif a bolt of...
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The Eyre Affair :Thursday Next #01
by Jasper Fforde
Powells.com 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...
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