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41) Mister Pip
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On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with almost everyone else, only one white man chooses to stay behind: the eccentric Mr. Watts, object of much curiosity and scorn, who sweeps aout the ruined schoolhouse and begins to read to the children each day from Charles Dickens' classic Great Expectations.
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A girl made of stone, forever twelve years old, has outlasted the father who carved her and gave her life, but now the magical marks that animate her are fading and she must leave her mountain home and find help in the valley below if she wants her story -- and those of her family -- to continue.--Provided by Publisher.
45) Look back!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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After his Dominican Grannie tells him of her attempts to catch the mischievous Ti Bolam when she was young, Christopher decides he will go after the strange being himself.
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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In Jamaica, Sareen is concerned about participating in her first sit-up, a celebration of the life of her recently deceased grandmother, but discovers that sharing her stories of Nana's passion for mangoes helps lift the sadness.
48) Hour of the bees
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360 pages ; 22 cm
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At first, twelve-year-old Carol is not happy to be spending the summer helping her parents move her grandfather to an assisted living home, but as the summer wears on, she finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by his amazing stories.
49) Green witch
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A year after her world was nearly destroyed, sixteen-year-old Green has become the one villagers turn to for aid, especially to record their stories, but Green will need the help of other women who, like herself, are believed to be witches if she is to find her best friend and her one true love.
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As a terrible storm rages, ten-year-old Dinah and her brother and sister listen to their cousin Gage's tale of a newly-hatched, orphaned, skibberee, or tooth fairy, called What-the-Dickens, who hopes to find a home among the skibbereen tribe, if only he can stay out of trouble.
51) The storyteller
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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In a time of drought in the Kingdom of Morocco, a storyteller and a boy weave a tale to thwart a Djinn and his sandstorm from destroying their city.
52) Fishbone's song
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"Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he's raised as his own. This sage old man has taught the boy the power of nature and how to live in it, and more importantly, to respect it. In Fishbone's Song, this boy reminisces about the magic of the man who raised him and the tales that he used to tell--all true, but different each time."--
53) Juan Hormiga
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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Inspired by stories of his grandfather's exploits, the laziest ant in the anthill sets out on his own adventure.
54) Toys in space
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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A group of toys, left out at night for the first time, begins to be afraid but the WonderDoll distracts them by weaving a story of lost toys, space travel, and a strange alien.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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A father relates to his son the tale of his encounter--and friendship--with a gigantic trout whose enormous jaw is covered with so many lures and fish hooks that he jangles when he swims, but who has never been caught.
57) Idea jar
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
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What happens when the story ideas -- from a bored Viking to a space robot -- kept in a teacher's special jar escape and get rowdy?
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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When Jake and Jenny say they are bored with all their books and retold tales, their father makes up a new bedtime story about a princess who drives a monster truck and battles aliens aided by a cupcake-baking unicorn.
60) A quieter story
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
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A girl pens an adventure for her pet kitten, but after his fearful reaction she realizes her next story should probably have a little less pizzazz.
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