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|  | Home of the Braves by David Klass
As Joe Brickman heads into the fall of his senior year, he's looking forward to the soccer season, when he will captain the Lawndale team. And surely this will be the year when he and his neighbor Kristine stop teasing each other and begin dating. But scary, unpredictable things start happening at Lawndale High. It's hard to tell what touches off the storm. Is it the arrival of Antonio Silva, a.k.a. the Phenom, a Brazilian soccer star who transforms the Lawndale Braves into a contender, and in doing so clashes with football players? Is it the shake-up of the social order in the school, when the Phenom starts dating Kris, and soccer becomes the in sport? Is it the brutal humiliation of Joe's best friend, Ed the Mouse McBean, and is Ed planning on taking some dark revenge on the entire school? Perhaps it's all of these new twists, and something older. As violence and danger escalate and school officials clamp down with zero tolerance, Joe finds himself searching for the courage to break free from the forces that threaten to take him down with the home of the Braves. AUTHOR: David Klass
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Best Friends by Steven Kellogg
Kathy and Louise are best friends until Louise goes away for the summer. When Kathy receives a postcard from her pal, she feels betrayed that Louise has written that she is having a good time. How can Louise be having a good time when Kathy is not there? Kathy learns the answer to this question when she becomes friendly with Mr. Jode, a new neighbor whose dog will soon be having puppies. Illustrated with watercolor paintings. AUTHOR: Steven Kellogg
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Grasshopper on the Road by Arnold Lobel
The adventures of Grasshopper, who travels wherever the road leads him. AUTHOR: Arnold Lobel
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | This Boat by Paul Collicutt
An introduction to all sorts of boats--from a ship in a bottle to a supertanker. Color illustrations accompany the simple text. AUTHOR: Paul Collicutt
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford
A physiognomist and drug addict named Cley is sent to the mining town of Anamasobia to investigate the theft of a sacred white fruit thought to hold the secret of immortality. A New York Times Notable Book for 1997. AUTHOR: Jeffrey Ford
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Disapparation of James by Anne Ursa
Description not available.When the five-year-old son of the Woodrow family disappears mysteriously during a circus magic trick, the subsequent police investigation is unsuccessful, prompting the boy's seven-year-old sister to set out search of the truth. 40,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Anne Ursa
PUBLISHER: Hyperion Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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