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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #07)
by J. K. Rowling  
Powells.com Staff Pick The seeds planted throughout the series bear fruit in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. How did Dumbledore's nose get broken? Or his hand burned to a crisp? You will find all the answers here. This is the finest book in the series; the writing is...
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Captain Underpants #01: The Adventures of Captain Underpants
by Dav Pilkey
Powells.com 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...
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Harold and the Purple Crayon (55 Edition)
by Crockett Johnson
Powells.com 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....
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
Publisher Comments Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers (some willingly, some unwittingly) have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They...
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Winterdance : the Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod (94 Edition)
by Gary Paulsen
Powells.com Staff Pick I read Winterdance while camping in the mountains of eastern Oregon when it was cold, very cold (though I was snug and warm in my sleeping bag), but I was glad to not be experiencing the Arctic climes in the book. Gary Paulsen describes cold and snow the...
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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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Grave Secrets
by Kathy Reichs
Powells.com Staff Pick Kathy Reichs would appear to be one of the busiest authors out there — she's a forensic anthropologist, a teacher, and she writes books, too! And, Reichs's career mirrors the life of her main character, Dr. Temperance Brennan. In Grave Secrets...
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Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
by Holly Black
Powells.com 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...
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Half Magic (Edward Eager's Tales of Magic)
by Edward Eager
Powells.com Staff Pick The four children of Half Magic have been reading E. Nesbit's magical story The Enchanted Castle, when they find something magical of their own — at least, partly magical. The ensuing misadventures are highly entertaining. Half Magic was a childhood...
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (Public Television Storytime Books)
by Mem Fox
Powells.com Staff Pick This beautiful picture book can be enjoyed as much by an adult as a child. It's a sweet story that avoids turning saccharine, created by two favorites: Fox is a wonderful author and Vivas's work in watercolor is both vibrant and whimsical. Read the book...
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Dragon Rider
by Cornelia Funke
Powells.com Staff Pick Since I found Funke's work two years ago, she has become one of my favorite children's fantasy writers. Her award-winning debut novel (in English translation), The Thief Lord, was followed by Inkheart and even a children's picture book, Princess...
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My Family and Other Animals
by Gerald Durrell
Powells.com Staff Pick This autobiographical work takes place on the island of Corfu when Durrell was a boy. He was pretty much a wild English boy who ended up with a lot of time on his hands, a lot of rugged land to explore, and as a result, a lot of critter friends the...
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Eldest (Inheritance Cycle #02)
by Christopher Paolini
Powells.com 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...
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Merchant Princes #01: The Family Trade
by Charles Stross
Powells.com 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...
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Blueberries for Sal (Picture Puffins)
by Robert Mccloskey
Powells.com 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. Recommended by Carla, Powells.com...
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No More Dead Dogs
by Gordon Korman
Powells.com Staff Pick This book is so much fun. Who says middle readers should be read by, oh, you know, 9- to 12-year-olds? I recommend this book to everyone. Find out what happens when the English teacher forces one student to participate in a play that he has no...
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Startide Rising (Bantam Spectra Book)
by David Brin
Powells.com Staff Pick Put a dolphin on the cover of a sci-fi book and I'm all but hooked! Here, the Earth ship Streaker — carrying a crew made up mostly of dolphins — has had to crash land on an aquatic planet to make repairs. Can the crew fix the ship, stave off...
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Ghosts in the Snow
by Tamara Siler Jones Publisher Comments Dubric Bryerly woke to find a ghost next to his bed this morning. It's the fourteenth this year. Thus begins Dubric Bryerly's entrance into the most chilling investigation of his long career as the head of security at Faldorrah's castle keep. Not long...
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Warriors: The New Prophecy #3: Dawn (Warriors: The New Prophecy #03)
by Erin Hunter
Publisher Comments Something terrifying is happening in the world of the Clans. Amid the destruction of the forest, cats are disappearing, including ThunderClan's beloved medicine cat apprentice, Leafpaw. Now the young cats who set off on a quest many moons ago have...
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Trickster's Queen
by Tamora Pierce
Powells.com Staff Pick In Tamora Pierce's continuing saga, we find just how rich and elaborate the fantasy genre can get as Aly herself, now free, does everything in her power to keep the queen safe, spying for the underground rebels. Pierce is a true weaver of magic, mayhem...
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