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|  | The New Boy by C. J. Critt, R. L. Stine
What more could young adult readers ask of Fear Street? Beginning in January, the Fear Street publishing program expands to include a new title every month. The first of 1994 is The New Boy, about a mysterious and gorgeous new guy at Shadyside High. But the first girl to go out with him turns up dead. . . . AUTHOR: C. J. Critt, R. L. Stine
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | The New World of Mr. Tompkins by George Gamow, Michael Edwards, Russell Stannard
Mr. Thompkins is back! the mild-mannered bank clerk with the short attention span and vivid imagination has inspired, charmed and informed young and old alike since MR. TOMPKINS IN PAPERBACK was first published in 1965. Now, this highly affable character returns to embark on a set of adventures that explore the extreme edges of the universe--the smallest, the largest, the fastest, the farthest. Just by following the experiences and dreams of Mr. Tompkins, readers discover and come to know the merry dance of cosmic mysteries, including: Eingstein's theory of relativity, bizarre effects near light-speed, the birth and death of the universe, black holes, quarks, space warps and antimatter, the fuzzyworld of the quantum, and that ultimage cosmic mystery--love. The story of Mr. Tompkins' journey to the frontiers of modern physics will delight and inform young readers. AUTHOR: George Gamow, Michael Edwards, Russell Stannard
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Tiger Math by Ann Whitehead Nagda, Cindy Bickel
The tale of an orphaned baby tiger's first year of life in a zoo is used to introduce readers to the concept of charting graphs. The story of T.J.'s growth from a tiny baby to a 500-pound adult is accompanied by relevant graphs (picture, pie, bar, and line) that depict factual information about tigers in general and T.J. in particular. Illustrated with color photographs. AUTHOR: Ann Whitehead Nagda, Cindy Bickel
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Losers' Club
Description not available.Having had to deal with the extortion and daily harrassment by Jerry, the school bully, Alex decides to form a club of other classmates in the same situation, yet when The Loser's Club becomes too organized for Jerry's liking, a competition is agreed upon by both sides to settle things once and for all. Simultaneous.
PUBLISHER: Annick Press, Limited
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Evening Star by Dana Ivey, Larry McMurtry
Aurora Greenway is in her 70s. She has raised her daughter`s children: Tommie is serving time for killing his girlfriend, Teddy is mentally unstable and married to an unfaithful, bisexual wife, and Melanie is pregnant and doesn`t know who the father is. In the meantime, Aurora is nursing along one doddering, impotent lover while pursuing others. This book is a sequel to McMurtry`s TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. AUTHOR: Dana Ivey, Larry McMurtry
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Bug Garden C by Kurt Cyrus
A collection of poetry about such garden inhabitants as ants, birds, cicadas, frogs, and even a snake. Illustrations accompany the verses. AUTHOR: Kurt Cyrus
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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