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|  | Jack & the Beanstalk by Paul Galdone, Golden Books Staff
This picture book tells the familiar story of Jack, who climbs a magic beanstalk and meets a fierce giant. In this version, Jack cuts off the giant's head and takes possession of his kingdom and treasures. Colorful ink illustrations accompany the rhyming text. AUTHOR: Paul Galdone, Golden Books Staff
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Mama, Across the Sea by Alex Godard, George Wen
Cecile lives on an island in the West Indies with her grandparents while her mother looks for work on the mainland. Much as she loves her grandparents, Cecile is lonely, and spends her days waiting for her mother to return from across the sea. As the summer passes, Cecile teaches her grandmother to read and write. She listens to the village storyteller's tales of the sea, and makes a beautiful picture with shells an sand to remind Mama of home. At long last, a letter comes for Cecil, and she crosses the sea to visit the Mama she has missed so much. AUTHOR: Alex Godard, George Wen
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | God Is an Englishman by R. F. Delderfield
A bestselling novel of the ruthless world of Victorian commerce. Adam Swann determines to make his fortune and found his own dynasty. His struggle takes him from the dusty plains of India to the teeming slums of 19th-century London, from the chaos of the great industrial cities of the age to the peaceful certainties of the English countryside. AUTHOR: R. F. Delderfield
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Wild Cards V - Down and Dirty by George R. R. Martin
Description not available.A fifth volume of the alternate universe series takes place in 1986 New York City, where a gang war breaks out between the Shadow Fists and the Mafia, a confrontation that forces the metahuman Aces and Jokers to strike at their underground enemies. Reprint. AUTHOR: George R. R. Martin
PUBLISHER: ibooks, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Divorce Express by Paula Danziger
Fourteen-year-old Phoebe spends her weekends riding the bus from her father's home in Woodstock, NY to her mother's apartment in New York City. Phoebe privately calls the bus The Divorce Express because it is full of children in the same predicament as her: constantly traveling back and forth between the homes of their divorced parents. As Phoebe struggles to find a place in her two very different homes and communities, she finds strength and comfort through her friendship with Rosie--another ride of the divorce express. Will Rosie's friendship, and her new romance with a boy named Dave, help Phoebe cope when her mother announces that she's getting married? AUTHOR: Paula Danziger
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Welcome To Molly's World by Catherine Gourley
As part of The American Girls Collection, the character in this book is fictitious, but her story takes place during an important turning point in American history. The text comes alive as Molly tells her story in letters and diaries. Modern and historical illustrations and photos. AUTHOR: Catherine Gourley
PUBLISHER: Pleasant Company Publications
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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