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The first manned rocked, bound for the Moon, has just launched from the Sprodj Atomic Research Centre in Syldavia. On board are Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, and the engineer Frank Wolff. At the Centre, intense efforts are being made to establish radio contact with the rocket's passengers out in space. Tintin and his friends have fainted from the acceleration on launching. Their recovery is anxiously awaited. The wireless masts stand sentinel in the night sky, but they receive no message... AUTHOR: Herge
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Nez Perce by Linda Schmittroth
Description not available.Discusses the history, people, culture, language, beliefs, government, modern identity, and contemporary experience of the Nez Perce people living in what is now the American Northwest. AUTHOR: Linda Schmittroth
PUBLISHER: Gale Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Following the futuristic storylines of 1984 and Brave New World comes Among the Hidden . Luke is a third child in a family with already two boys. This is breaking a decree established by the government. He's successfully hidden in his parent's home without discovery for 12 years, but a stray glimpse through an air vent reveals his prohibited existence. Does this spell freedom from secrecy? AUTHOR: Margaret Peterson Haddix
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Revenge of the Whale by Nathaniel Philbrick
Description not available.Tells the incredible story of the eight teenage men who, despite watching many of their other shipmates die, survived three months on a lifeboat--with little food or water--after having their whaling boat sunk by an angry sperm whale. AUTHOR: Nathaniel Philbrick
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Trouble River by Betsy C. Byars, Rocco Negri
In this story set on the American prairie, 12-year-old Dewey Martin and his grandmother must escape down a dangerous river on a raft when their settlement is attacked by Indians. Will Dewey and his grandmother survive their trip down the aptly named Trouble River ? AUTHOR: Betsy C. Byars, Rocco Negri
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Diamond Hunters by Wilbur Smith
Description not available.Johnny Lance and Benedict van der Byle like to think of themselves as brothers, but their discovery of a fantastic cache of mineral wealth brings to the surface the smoldering rivalry they share AUTHOR: Wilbur Smith
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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