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|  | Power Lines by Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Yanaba Maddock's short-lived career as a company spy had ended the moment the planet Petaybee and its people had adopted her as one of their own. Now she was dedicated to keeping Intergal from exploiting and wounding--or even killing--the world she had come to love. For Intergal persisted in denying that Petaybee was sentient, and nothing would stop it from stripping the ore-rich planet--sentient or not. Only solid evidence would convince the company to leave the planet alone, and for all its sentience, Petaybee's communications were highly subjective; indeed, some outsiders seemed entirely immune to its voice. So Yana and her friends would have to find some other way to prove that the planet was worth more to the company alive than dead... AUTHOR: Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Arthur's Birthday by Marc Brown
Arthur is horrified to discover that he and his classmate, Muffy, have scheduled their respective birthday parties for the same day. Will anyone attend Arthur's celebration, or will everyone flock to Muffy's party? Watercolor and ink illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Marc Brown
PUBLISHER: Little Brown Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | South America by Mike Graf
Description not available.Describes the regions, landforms, people, and interesting places of the South American continent. AUTHOR: Mike Graf
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Strike Three! Take Your Base by Freeman Petri, Frosty Wooldridge, Pietri Freeman
Nurtured & coached by their father, teenage brothers Bob & Rex are promising high school baseball players. Their world turns upside down when their father dies suddenly during a baseball game. The brothers shared a special closeness that becomes strained after their dad's death, & as the family struggles to go on with their lives, Bob & Rex are caught up in heated battles against one another as well as a cross-town rival on the baseball field. The boys take their father's lessons onto the ball field to battle their opponents - & learn valuable lessons about their own lives. Each chapter of Wooldridge's poignant story is punctuated by important quotations from famous baseball players of the past. Every teen that has experienced the loss of a parent, either through death or divorce, will relate to this story. The Brookfield Reader was the recipient of the 1999 Small Press Publisher of the Year Award, AUTHOR: Freeman Petri, Frosty Wooldridge, Pietri Freeman
PUBLISHER: Brookfield Reader, Incorporated, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Soccer Convert by Daniel Vasconcellos, Matt Christopher
Kobe Bryant may be one of the youngest basketball players in the NBA, but no one would dare call him inexperienced. The son of former NBA player Joe Jellybean Bryant, Kobe spent his childhood watching professional basketball. From the moment he could handle a ball, he was learning to dribble and shoot. At age eighteen he was given the chance to prove his stuff when he was drafted into the NBA. Fresh out of high school, Kobe showed he had the talent and the heart to make it to the pros. AUTHOR: Daniel Vasconcellos, Matt Christopher
PUBLISHER: Little Brown Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl
Dahl is a master at introducing readers to a new sense of what lurks beneath the ordinary. AUTHOR: Roald Dahl
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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