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|  | Conditions of Faith by Alex Miller
Emily Stanton graduates from Melbourne University in the 1920s and then is faced with the task of discovering who she is. She marries a Scottish engineer and lives with him in Paris, where she feels her true self is stifled by the narrow world of her in-laws. Then she is sent to Tunisia for her health, where she meets an archaeologist who seems to fulfill all her needs, both emotional and intellectual. AUTHOR: Alex Miller
PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Frankenstein Moved in on the Fourth Floor by Elizabeth Levy, Mordicai Gerstein
Sam and Robert think that their new neighbor is Frankenstein. B&w illustrations accompany the text of this beginning chapter book. AUTHOR: Elizabeth Levy, Mordicai Gerstein
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Journal of James Edmond Pease, a Civil War Union Soldier by Jim Murphy
Newbery Honor author Jim Murphy portrays the brave and rigorous army life of a 16-year-old Union soldier who has been ordered by his commanding officer to keep a written record of G Company during the most brutal years of the Civil War. AUTHOR: Jim Murphy
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Buzby by John Himmelman, Julia Hoban
Buzby the kitten sets out to find his first job. He is soon hired as a busboy, and although he is well-loved by the restaurant's customers, his boss becomes angry when Buzby makes a few mistakes. Will Buzby be able to keep his job? Color illustrations accompany the text of this beginning reader book. AUTHOR: John Himmelman, Julia Hoban
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | River Season by Jim Black
Jim Black, a fatherless 13-year-old, is growing up in the 1960s in Archer City, Texas--a small town with a Little League team and not much else. In a retired Negro Leagues pitcher named Sam Washington, even though he is white and Sam is black, Jim finds the father figure he sorely needs. Sam teaches him some valuable lessons that stand him in good stead when tragedy strikes. AUTHOR: Jim Black
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Wild Boy by James Lincoln Collier
Description not available.In a rousing coming-of-age story, twelve-year-old Jesse runs away from home and tries to survive on his own in the nearby mountains after striking his father in a fit of rage. AUTHOR: James Lincoln Collier
PUBLISHER: Cavendish, Marshall Corporation
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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