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|  | The Lost Diaries of Cheng by Mark Slouka
Chang, half of the famous Siamese twins Chang and Eng (1811-74), looks back on his life joined to his brother at the chest--and on his love for a Frenchwoman who was attracted to his abnormality. Destitute, finally, and forced to support themselves by joining a traveling freak show, then as London street beggars, the twins relocate to America, grateful for a job in P.T. Barnum's circus, where the Civil War devastates Chang's life when his son is killed. AUTHOR: Mark Slouka
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Kirby Kelvin & the Not Laughing Lessons by Ivon Cecil, Judith DuFour Love
Kirby Kelvin can`t help it, he keeps cracking up in class. Who wouldn`t, with images of a frog croaking in Ms. Frost`s ear? Who couldn`t, with ideas of Ms. Frost riding a motorcycle at school? Kirby tries his best to keep his giggles inside, but they spill out like root beer foaming out of a bottle. AUTHOR: Ivon Cecil, Judith DuFour Love
PUBLISHER: Charlesbridge Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Mother Tongue by Anna Fields, Demetria Martinez
In this novel a Salvadoran man falls in love with an American woman. AUTHOR: Anna Fields, Demetria Martinez
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Distant Shores by Bernadette Quigley, Kristin Hannah
The marriage is troubled, Jack takes a new job on the other side of the country, and in the midst of the disruption Elizabeth's father dies. When she hides herself away at her parents' summer house on the beach to grieve in solitude, she is inspired by the happiness of her parents' marriage to face, at last, the emptiness of her own. AUTHOR: Bernadette Quigley, Kristin Hannah
PUBLISHER: Brilliance Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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 | Aberration of Starlight by Gilbert Sorrentino
Four people are on vacation in rural new Jersey: a fatherless 10-year-old, his hapless mother Marie, her embittered father, and a salesman who precipitates the conflict between Marie and her father. The story is told by each character in turn with the help of letters, Q & A sections, fantasies, and fragments of dialogue. AUTHOR: Gilbert Sorrentino
PUBLISHER: Dalkey Archive Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney
Max finds two twigs on the street and uses them to create drum music, imitating the sounds of his neighborhood. Playing on such objects as garbage cans and hat boxes, Max drums the sounds of pigeons startled into flight, rain tapping on the windows, and the chiming of church bells. Scratchboard oil paintings illustrate the story. AUTHOR: Brian Pinkney
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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