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|  | I, Houdini by Lynne Reid Banks, Terry Riley
The adventures of a hamster named Houdini who, like his namesake, is a great escape artist. Bored with just sitting in a cage, Houdini frequently escapes and has many adventures, including a run-in with a cat and being trapped in a refrigerator. AUTHOR: Lynne Reid Banks, Terry Riley
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Faithful Elephants by Ted Lewin, Tomoko T. Dykes, Yukio Tsuchiya
The true story of three performing elephants at Tokyo's Uneo Zoo who became victims of World War II. AUTHOR: Ted Lewin, Tomoko T. Dykes, Yukio Tsuchiya
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Passing by Patricia J. Bacchus
Like a glass of lemonade that is both sweet and tart, writer Patricia Jones mixes up a refreshing blend of deep emotion and raw truth, tempered by a grounded dose of wisdom. To Lila Giles, the term passing refers to those pale-hued folks who take advantage of their creamy shade by crossing into the white world. Descended from a long line of an elite Baltimore family awash with high-colored skin just right for passing , family lore told Lila that not one of them would have thought to deny their true selves and rich history in such a way. It is this sense of pride that bonds the Giles family together-a bond strongly enforced by Lila's controlling stepmother Eulelie. But the delicate balance of this branch of the family Eulelie has so carefully engineered is threatened when Lila's brother decides to marry a woman from an oh-so-very-wrong family.A proud though severe matriarch, Eulelie Giles has ruled her four grown stepchildren with a heavy self-righteousness that could break the spirit of the most sound opponent, let alone the nearly thirty-year-old Lila. Relentlessly loyal to her privileged world, Eulelie has ingrained upon Lila and her three other stepchildren the importance of distinguishing between acceptable and unacceptable blacks. Despite her strident belief in an unyielding class line, Eulelie has kept a secret about her own past that manages to affect, in more ways than a few, anyone who enters her life. As the wedding day draws closer, Lila begins to look at her reality versus Eulelie's, and what Lila finds leads to a confrontation between stepmother and stepdaughter that could finally shatter Eulelie's reign over Lila and the family, but ultimately, one that will lead Eulelie back to the truth. Filled with multi-dimensional characters and rich with atmosphere, PASSING is a story of tangled family relationships; the secrets, misunderstanding, and deceptions that hold them together; and the truth that may finally let the sp AUTHOR: Patricia J. Bacchus
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz, Stephen Lang
Throughout the 1960s, a serial killer stalks the roadways between California and Oregon, convinced that he will receive punishment at the hands of, well, he`s not quite sure what, though the name Bartholomew is stuck in his head. Meanwhile, two children growing up in California with their single-parent mothers slowly come to terms with their extra-normal abilities. AUTHOR: Dean Koontz, Stephen Lang
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | An Untamed Land by Lauraine Snelling
Lured by the promise of free land, the Bjorklund family emigrates from its beloved home high above the fjords of Norway to the banks of the Red River in Dakota Territory. Will they be strong enough to overcome the hardships of that first cruel winter... AUTHOR: Lauraine Snelling
PUBLISHER: Bethany House Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | 100 Days of Fun at School
Hooray! Hooray! Its the 100th day! Celebrate this event in 100 counting ways -- 100 stickers 100 jumping jacks, 100 days!
CATEGORY: General
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