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Wealthy teenager Heidi finds she has more strength and courage than she imagined when a 747 crashes into the woods of her family's estate. Now Heidi and the other rescue workers must rush to save the lifes of the crash victims. AUTHOR: Caroline B. Cooney
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Lost!
Gil the ant is lost. Can readers decipher the clues to figure out where Gil is? Color illustrations accompany the text.
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Iliad by Augustus Taber Murray, Bernard Knox, Bryan Hainsworth, E. V. Rieu, Emil V. Rieu
Pope spent his formative years as a poet translating Homer, beginning with The Iliad , his translation of which Samuel Johnson called the greatest version of poetry the world has ever seen . This edition makes available for the first time in paperback Pope's notes in their entirety, enabling us to listen in as one poetic genius illuminates the work of another. AUTHOR: Augustus Taber Murray, Bernard Knox, Bryan Hainsworth, E. V. Rieu, Emil V. Rieu
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Family Matters by Martin Jarvis, Rohinton Mistry
In Bombay, a retired professor named Nariman Vakeel looks back on his life, and specifically his failure to marry the woman he really loved and instead submit to an arranged marriage. He lives now with his stepchildren, but when he breaks an ankle he is sent to the home of his own daughter to be cared for. This KING LEAR-derived tale presents a wide-ranging picture of Bombay society as Nariman, of necessity, finds himself more and more dependent on his children. AUTHOR: Martin Jarvis, Rohinton Mistry
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Picture of Dorian Gray by Dan Lazar, Donald L. Lawler, Fern Siegel, Gary Schmidgall, Isobel M. Murray
Oscar Wilde's classic work is about a man who sells his soul for eternal youth: only his portrait ages, while he remains forever handsome and young. Wilde's allegory, first published in 1890, provides an interesting take on the Faust myth and also a probing examination of human values. Wilde himself described it as the story of an idea that is old in the history of literature, but to which I have given new form. He was shocked and angered by the response to it by the English press, which considered the novel decadent, corrupting, and--worst of all--French-influenced. AUTHOR: Dan Lazar, Donald L. Lawler, Fern Siegel, Gary Schmidgall, Isobel M. Murray
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Oliver Twist by Angela Cheyne, Angus Wilson, Charles Dickens, Don Freeman, Ed Parker
Dickens's second novel was a far cry from THE PICKWICK PAPERS, his first. The story of an orphan who flees the workhouse only to fall in with a gang of thieves and prostitutes in London's sleazy underworld, it was a trenchant criticism of England's poor laws. Enacted in the 1830s, these laws provided assistance for the poor only through workhouses, which were deliberately squalid and miserable to encourage the poor--who were considered lazy and immoral--to better themselves and get out. The inequities between rich and poor were one of Dickens's constant themes, and with OLIVER TWIST he established himself as a staunch champion of the downtrodden, particularly children. The novel also, however, has its cheerful moments, and contains some of Dickens's most colorful characters, including Fagin, the Artful Dodger, the evil Bill Sykes, and the unfortunate Nancy. AUTHOR: Angela Cheyne, Angus Wilson, Charles Dickens, Don Freeman, Ed Parker
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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