Horton, an upstanding kitchen boy in a castle in nineteenth-century England, becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of thefts, which is also connected to the pursuit of a very eligible and wealthy young lady's affections....
Eccentrics and eccentricities
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Author:Angleberger, Tom.Summary: -
Author:Adamson, GilSummary:With her multiple-award-winning, bestselling, and critically acclaimed novel The Outlander, Gil Adamson established herself as one of our preeminent fiction writers. But ten years before The Outlander, when Adamson published another...
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Author:King, A. S.Summary:Glory's mother's suicide has Glory wondering if she will do the same - until a transformative night when she experiences an astonishing new power and encounters a terrifying future. She records everything she sees, hoping her...
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Author:Dussault, SandraSummary:Johan, 15 ans, plus ou moins laissé à lui-même par son père alcoolique, se retrouve parachuté en campagne sur une ferme qui ne sent pas la rose. Dans sa famille d’accueil peu ordinaire, dirigée par une naine et un géant barbu, il...
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Author:Angleberger, TomSummary:Harvey, upset when his Darth Paper finger puppet brings humiliation, gets Dwight suspended, but Origami Yoda asks Tommy and Kellan, now in seventh grade, to make a new casefile to persuade the School Board to reinstate Dwight.
- Author:Goldberg Sloan, HollySummary:
Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
In London's Pimlico neighborhood lies a tenement described in architectural guides as "a building of no interest whatsoever." But the residents of Corduroy Mansions--including a literary agent, a wine merchant, a thoroughly unpleasant...
- Author:Souders, TarynSummary:
Windy Bottom, Georgia, is usually a peaceful place. Coop helps his mom at her café and bookstore, hangs out with his grandpa, and bikes around with his friends Justice and Liberty. The town is full of all kinds of interesting people,...
- Author:McMurtry, LarrySummary:
The Berrybender's party is moving forward across the Great Plains of the West towards Santa Fe. Tasmin's husband scouts ahead and falls in love with Pomp Charbonneau, who dies at the hand of the ruthless commander of the Spanish troops...
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