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1) Silas Marner
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This classic novel takes place in Lantern Yard, a slum street in an unnamed city in Northern England, during the early 19th century. There, Silas Marner, a weaver and a member of a small Calvinist congregation, is falsely accused of stealing the congregation's funds while watching over their very ill deacon. Two pieces of evidence are against Silas: his possession of a pocket knife and the bag that formerly contained the money. Although there is also...
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287 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Pearl's job is to make people happy. Every day, she provides customers with personalized recommendations for greater contentment. She's good at her job, her office manager tells her, successful. But how does one measure an emotion? Meanwhile, there's Pearl's teenage son, Rhett. A sensitive kid who has forged an unconventional path through adolescence, Rhett seems to find greater satisfaction in being unhappy. The very rejection of joy is his own kind...
7) This joy!
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"A young child tries to measure the size of her joy and the depth of her gratitude as she embraces the beauty of the day.--
10) The red bird
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Anna and Matthew, two poor siblings who have known only hunger, cold, and hard labor since their mother died, follow a bright red bird to a land of happiness.
13) The happy crab
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A boy finds a beautiful shell on the beach and plans to take it home--until he realizes that his souvenir is home to a crab.
16) Final spin
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"Johnny is stuck -- living at home and watching after his brother while working as a stock boy is not what he dreamed about. But when he and his best friend, Goat, see an opportunity to break free of the monotony and take care of Johnny's brother all in one shot, they jump on it. Now they're on the run and about to find out the price for freedom. A moving and fast-paced thriller, Final Spin is a gripping exploration into brotherhood and sacrifice...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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A little boy who has lost his mother and father and now lives with his grandmother brings a lost dog from the animal shelter home with him and learns that when it comes to love, it's quality not quantity that counts.
19) Perfect square
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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A perfect square that is perfectly happy is torn into pieces, punched with holes, crumpled, and otherwise changed but finds in each transformation that it can be something new, and just as happy.
20) Hoy estoy alegre
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 23 cm
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Español
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"A Tuno y a su amigo Benito les ha tocado explicar en clase quées la alegría. Tuno está muy contento, explicar la alegría es muy fácil! Está chupado! Pero Benito parece que no sabe qué es estar alegre. Será cierto? Tal vez, Benito siente la alegría de otra manera..."--
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