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Book cover for "The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian"
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4.5 stars
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Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Book cover for "Nineteen eighty-four"
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4.3 stars
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Portrays life in a future time when a totalitarian government watches over all citizens and directs all activities. In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret...
Book cover for "The secret garden"
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4.1 stars
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Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. What secrets lie behind the doors at Misselthwaite manor? Recently arrived at her uncle's estate, orphaned Mary Lennox is spoiled, sickly, and certain she won't enjoy living there. Then she discovers the arched doorway into an overgrown garden, shut up since the death of her aunt ten years earlier. Mary soon...
Book cover for "Shelby's Imagination Station"
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Shelby's Imagination Station is the story of a girl who imagines what it would be like to choose different professions. Ultimately though, she realizes the possibilities are endless and right now, just being a kid is what's important to her! The series also appeals to parents because it encourages children to believe that any profession is within their reach and includes comprehension questions for parents to use as a guide for engaging their children...