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41) Kersplatypus
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"When a strange little creature appears out of nowhere after the big rains, Australian animals wonder what in the world he could possibly be..."--Jacket.
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John dies at the end volume 3
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"While investigating a fairly straightforward case of a shape-shifting inter-dimensional child predator, Dave, John, and Amy realized that there might actually be something weird going on. Together, they navigate a diabolically convoluted maze of illusions, lies, and their own incompetence in an attempt to uncover a terrible truth that they - like you - would be better off not knowing. Your first impulse will be to think that a story this gruesome...
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Two brothers -- Will and Jeff -- and their friend Tom are out one night at their favorite South Beach bar, the Wild Zone, and decide to make a bet on who can be the first to seduce a mysterious-looking young woman drinking by herself. Pretty, dark-haired, blue-eyed Suzy has an innocent, almost ordinary girl-next-door way about her. Little do the friends know that their harmless bet is about to take on a life of its own, a life full of deadly consequences...
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At a boarding school in Pennsylvania, a deathbed request from the school's dean brings three former students back to campus, where secrets and betrayals from the past are brought out into the open - secrets that could have a catastrophic effect on the dean's eighteen-year-old son. Told in alternating points of view and time frames, "Attachments" is the story of best friends Stewart ("Goody") Goodman, Sand ("Pick") Piccolo, and Laura Appleby, the girl...
45) Honor
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Honor Penworthy finds herself wedded through an arranged marriage to a hearing impaired man. As she becomes involved with the Underground Railroad Samuel must decide whether to support Honor in this pursuit.
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It's autumn in Harmony, and Pastor Sam Gardner has vowed to be ready for Christmas. Determined to redeem a dreadful history of gift giving, Sam enrolls in a scrapbooking class to make a Christmas gift his wife will never forget. However, Sam's absence from their home every Wednesday night, coupled with his fishy alibi of attending a men's group, raises her suspicions.
Meanwhile, Sam struggles in the class and must attempt to complete his project...
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John dies at the end volume 1
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This may be the story of John and David, a drug called soy sauce, and other-worldly beings invading the planet. Or, it may be the story of two beer-drinking friends who live in an unnamed Midwestern town and only think something horrific is going on. But the important thing is, according to the narrator, "None of this is my fault." Revised and updated special edition includes all-new commentary from the characters and the author.
49) Best friends!
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The hugely popular Sleepover Club series is back with a brand new story and a gorgeous new look. Meet Frankie, Kenny, Fliss, Rosie and Lyndz – five best friends who just want to have fun! In this new introductory story from series originator Rose Impey the five girls have their first ever sleepover together and become the best of friends. When their school rivals, the horrible M&Ms, steal their club mascot, the girls are determined to get revenge…...
50) Beach bummer
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Poppy and her best friend Millie are at the beach, but Poppy is not having much fun because she finds the water too cold, the wind too strong, and the sand too itchy.
51) Sea, sand, me!
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A young girl enjoys building sandcastles, splashing in the sea, and making a new friend during an afternoon at the beach.
52) Quaker summer
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Heather Curridge has a good life with her family but she still feels unfulfilled. Then she spends a life-changing summer with two Quaker sisters and a nun in a downtown homeless shelter.
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No one is more surprised than Sunny Licht when Noah Whitmore proposes. She's a scarlet woman and an unwed mother, an outcast even in her small Quaker community. But she can't resist Noah's offer of a fresh start in a place where her scandalous past is unknown. In Sunny, the former Union soldier sees a woman whose loneliness matches his own. When they arrive in Wisconsin, he'll see that she and her baby daughter want for nothing, except the love that...
54) TV stars
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The hugely popular Sleepover Club series is back with a gorgeous new look.
Meet Frankie, Kenny, Fliss, Rosie and Lyndz – five best friends who just want to have fun! Fliss persuades the rest of her pals to come along for moral support when she goes to audition for a TV commercial, and the girls are really excited to go along. Maybe Fliss could become a TV star! But when all five girls decide to try out for the same commercial, Fliss is not happy...
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Kendal novels volume 4
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Sequel to "I Take Thee, Serenity," it continues the story of Peter and Serenity as well as following the love match of two people in their seventies.
56) Dawn's big move
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Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 67
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Dawn's moving back to California. But she'll be back, right?
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Wilderness brides volume 3
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"When Quaker Rachel Woolsey nurses a former Civil war soldier back to health, he agrees to help her achieve her dream of having her own bakery and a homestead in Pepin, Wisconsin"--
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Quaker midwife Rose Carroll seeks the true cause of a young mother's death in turn-of-the-century Massachusetts. The winter of 1889 is harsh in Amesbury, Massachusetts, but it doesn't stop Quaker midwife Rose Carroll from making the rounds to her pregnant and postpartum mothers. When Charity Skells dies from an apparent early miscarriage, Rose wonders about the symptoms that don't match the stated cause of death. She learns that Charity's husband...
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It's time for some big Dora 'firsts.' It is the first visit to a barbershop with Boots for a very special haircut, and the twins' first birthday is sure to be twice the fun! The fun continues as Dora, Boots, and Baby Winky take a spaceship trip to the purple planet and then hop on Pegaso, the flying horse constellation, for the ride of their life!