When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging, bewitched river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. Sure enough, Ned grows up weak and...
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Author: Barnhill, KellySummary:Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Author:Summary:The Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have enthralled generations of readers--and writers. Now Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger have assembled a stellar group of contemporary...
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Author: Jaeger, MurielSummary:When Hilda, a beautiful young member of England's cynical postwar generation, meets Michael, a hapless mutant capable of perceiving the molecular composition of objects and the ever-shifting...
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Author: Booth, MichaelSummary:Japan is arguably the preeminent food nation on earth, a Mecca for the world's greatest chefs, with more Michelin stars than any other country. The Japanese go to extraordinary lengths and expense...
Genre: Travel writing, Food and drink -
Author: Rackley, AdamSummary:Fewer people have rowed across the Atlantic Ocean than have climbed Mount Everest. Adam Rackley is among them. For seventy days, he and his rowing partner ate, slept, and rowed in a boat seven...
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Author: Grylls, BearSummary:There's no getting away from it; survival expert Bear Grylls has eaten some pretty extreme things in his time-live tarantulas, raw goat testicles, elephant dung, you name it. In a situation when...
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Author: Skidelsky, WilliamSummary:For much of the past decade, William Skidelsky has had an all-consuming devotion to Roger Federer, whom he considers to be the greatest and most graceful tennis player of all time.In this...
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Author: Shan, DarrenSummary:Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque du Freak. But in the midst of the excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognizes that one of the performers is a...
Genre: Horror fiction, Juvenile fiction -
Author: Shan, DarrenSummary:Darren Shan was just an ordinary schoolboy until his visit to the Cirque du Freak. Now, as he struggles with his new life as a vampire's assistant, he tries desperately to resist the one...
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Author: Shan, DarrenSummary:While visiting the city, Darren, the vampire's assistant, and his friend Evra discover blood-drained corpses and are determined to catch the creature responsible. Meanwhile, evil stalks the two...
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Author: Shan, DarrenSummary:Darren Shan and Mr. Crepsley embark on a dangerous trek to the heart of the vampire world. But they face more than the cold on Vampire Mountain--the vampaneze have been there before them. Will a...
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Author: Shan, DarrenSummary:The trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampire is with you. Darren Shan must pass five of these fearsome trials to prove himself to the vampire clan--or face the stakes of the...
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Author: Shan, DarrenSummary:Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, hunted by the vampire clan--Darren Shan faces certain death. Can he reverse the odds and outwit a vampire prince? Darren's initiation on Vampire Mountain...
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Author: Shan, DarrenSummary:Darren Shan, the Vampire Prince, leaves Vampire Mountain on a life or death mission. As part of an elite force, he searches the world for the Vampaneze Lord. But the road ahead is long and...
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Author: Shan, DarrenSummary:Darren Shan, Vampire Prince and "vampaneze" killer, faces his worst nightmare yet--school. But homework is the least of Darren's problems. Bodies are piling up, time is running out, and the past...
Genre: Horror fiction, Juvenile fiction