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|  | M. C. Higgins, the Great by John J. Palencar, Roscoe Lee Browne, Virginia Hamilton
In a 25th anniversary edition, landmark Newbery Award-winning novel, M.C. Higgins, The Great, is reborn in a new package. As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, 15-year-old M.C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love. AUTHOR: John J. Palencar, Roscoe Lee Browne, Virginia Hamilton
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Fiction 
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 | Middlemarch by A. S. Byatt, Bert G. Hornback, David Carroll, E. S. Shaffer, Felicia Bonaparte
George Eliot's masterpiece, portraying every level of society in a provincial English town, tells the story of the romantic idealist Dorothea Brooke, her misguided marriage, and the love affair that ultimately brings meaning to her life. A parallel plot involves the plight of Lydgate, the equally idealistic doctor who arrives in Middlemarch hoping to bring advanced medical techniques to the village poor but becomes infatuated with a spoiled and materialistic young woman. The novel explores the idea that the search for one's true function in life may be warped or frustrated by one's environment--and also how those obstacles may ultimately be overcome or transcended. It is celebrated for its solid Victorian virtues of realism and moral fervor; it is also a grand panorama of personality types, a fascinating and detailed look at English life in 1832, and an intensely readable and gripping story. AUTHOR: A. S. Byatt, Bert G. Hornback, David Carroll, E. S. Shaffer, Felicia Bonaparte
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Vanished by Melinda Metz
Description not available.After being accidentally shipped back to the home planet, alien teenager Alex finds himself in grave danger, while Adam and Liz uncover evidence that someone else in Roswell is hunting aliens as well. Original. AUTHOR: Melinda Metz
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Abuse of Power
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Police officer Rachel Simmons has idealized the role of the police in the community since being rescued from a molester when she was young. Now a part of the force, Rachel has been witnessing some less-than-ideal behavior on the part of her fellow officers. Rachel speaks up against the injustices, and as a result encounters progressively more hostile treatment--to the point that she must fear for her job, her family, and even her life. Will Rachel be able to combat the forces of the corrupt department?
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | Little Men by Anna Quindlen, Flo Gibson, Louisa May Alcott, Robert Blaisdell, Thea Kliros
Jo and her husband Friedrich Bhaer open a boarding school for boys. AUTHOR: Anna Quindlen, Flo Gibson, Louisa May Alcott, Robert Blaisdell, Thea Kliros
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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 | The Professor by Charlotte Bronte, Herbert Rosengarten, Margaret Smith
Charlotte Bronte's early work, on which her later novel,VILLETTE, was based. AUTHOR: Charlotte Bronte, Herbert Rosengarten, Margaret Smith
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Fiction
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