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Miss peregrine's home for peculiar children
After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering disturbing facts about the children who were kept there
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781594746031
- Collation
- 382 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Series Title
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children ; 1
- Call Number
- SS F RIG m
The outsiders
Rivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the kids involved, a sensitive fourteen-year-old writer named Ponyboy
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780142407332
- Collation
- 180, 24 p ; 21 cm.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- SS F HIN o
The kite runner
An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present day. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy Afghan youth and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being de…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781408845820
- Collation
- xiv, 371 p. ; 21 cm.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- SS F HOS k
Ties that bind, ties that break
Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780440415992
- Collation
- 154 p. ; 17 cm.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- SS F NAM t
The hiding place
The amazing story of Corrie ten Boom, a heroine of the Dutch Resistance who helped Jews escape from the Nazis and became one of the most remarkable evangelists of the 20th century, is told in her classic memoir, now repackaged for a new generation
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780800794057
- Collation
- 269 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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- -
- Call Number
- SS 940.534 TEN h
The house on mango street
The story of a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. Capturing her thoughts and emotions in poems and stories, she is able to rise above hopelessness and create a quiet space for herself in the midst of her oppressive surroundings
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780679734772
- Collation
- x, 110 p. ; 21 cm.
- Series Title
- Vintage contemporaries
- Call Number
- SS F CIS h
One and only ivan
Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan think…
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- 570L
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780061992278
- Collation
- 305 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Series Title
- One and Only Ivan
- Call Number
- SS F APP o
Will we ever speak dolphin?: and 130 other science questions answered
Why do birds sing at dawn? What's the slowest a plane can fly without stalling and falling out of the sky? And how long can you keep a tiger cub as a pet? Will We Ever Speak Dolphin?, the eagerly-awaited new 'Last Word' collection, has the answers to these questions and many more. Seven years on from Does Anything Eat Wasps?, the New Scientist series still rides high in the bestseller lists, wi…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781473642713
- Collation
- 225 p. : 22 cm.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- SS 501 OHA w
Amazing inventions
This book is packed with incredible facts! Read about the traibers made of spider silk, wonder at glow-in-the-dark cats and tell your friends about the robot built in 1937. There are inventions created by accident, inventions inspired by the natural world, nano inventions, green inventions, and just plain strange inventions. What will the future hild? Prepare to laugh, marvel and learn.
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781843653738
- Collation
- 79 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Series Title
- Odd Science
- Call Number
- SS 600 OLS a
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