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"The first movement tells the story of Edie Metzger, a little Jewish girl who bit Hermann Göring's lip so hard it bled at a Nazi book-burning rally in 1933. In the second, in 1956, grown Edie is the passenger clinging to the backseat of the Oldsmobile 88 convertible driven by Jackson Pollock, moments before it plunges off the road. In the third, the narrative embarks into an ever-unspooling universe of Edies that might have lived--Edie's gender,...
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"Fourteen--year--old Bec learned a lesson that day. Be careful whom you rob. A slave on the run from his vicious master, Bec is desperate for money. But when he mugs Tien Nu, he gets more than he bargained for. Tien Nu isn't just a superb acrobat and kung fu wizard. He's also killed his father - or so he thinks. As the paths of the two boys become intertwined with the journey of a mysterious knight, mayhem ensues when they head cross--country toward...
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"Piggy loves to draw and paint. Everyone agrees that he's got talent, so he thinks he has a good chance of winning an art contest. Then...oh NO! Mouse accidentally ruins his beautiful painting! Piggy is devastated, but his friends try their best to help. Maybe he'll win first prize after all?"--Front jacket flap.