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|  | The Last Dragon by Chris Soentpiet, Chris K. Soentpiet, Susan M. Nunes
Ten-year-old Peter Chang is spending the summer with his great-aunt in Chinatown. The vacation seems dull until he discovers her old 10-man dragon which he is given permission to restore. The local tailor agrees to sew up the holes in the dragon in exchange for errands; the kitemaker fixes the tail; and the great-aunt's mahjongg friends gild the horns of the dragon. Peter's summer ends with a banquet that honors the restoration of the dragon and with Peter fully appreciating the culture of Chinatown. AUTHOR: Chris Soentpiet, Chris K. Soentpiet, Susan M. Nunes
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | American Daughter by Elizabeth Kendall
The author of this memoir was inextricably close to her mother when she was a girl, but when she survived a car accident that killed her mother, she suppressed the grief and guilt she felt for decades. Only when the author's own life started fray did she begin writing this memoir, which seeks to recapture her mother's life by examining her journals, her relationship to the author's father, and her love for her children. AUTHOR: Elizabeth Kendall
PUBLISHER: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Bienvenidos a la Casa de la Muerte by R. L. Stine
When Amanda and Josh's dad inherits an old house in a town called Dark Falls, they sense that something in Dark Falls does not seem quite right. Then they discover that Dark Falls is inhabited by the living dead who need new victims to stay alive. AUTHOR: R. L. Stine
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Simon & Schuster Children's Guide to Insects & Spiders by Jinny Johnson
Features over 100 insects and spiders! Tarantulas can grow up to ten inches across. Monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico each year. Praying mantis females sometimes eat males during mating. Readers will find hundreds of eye-opening facts in this invaluable and accessible introduction to insects and spiders. Every major group of insects and arachnids -- from butterflies to beetles to scorpions -- is included, with full-color pictures, larger-than-life-size photos, and a concise and informative text. A must for libraries and science collections, as well as anyone with an interest in the most numerous and varied species on earth. AUTHOR: Jinny Johnson
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Plant Hunters by Tyler Whittle
Slime pits, bribery, jaguars, murder ... what would drive someone through such risks merely to find new plants? From Queen Hatshepsut`s expedition to the land of Punt in 1482 B.C. in search of frankincense, to more recent botanical expeditions, here are the dramatic adventures of The Plant Hunters . We meet Pliny, Linnaeus, Sir Joseph Banks, Nathaniel Ward, and others and find out what they brought back to their gardens and laboratories and why. A fascinating collection for gardeners interested in how now-familiar plants arrived in their gardens, and for anyone with a thirst for adventure and scientific discovery. AUTHOR: Tyler Whittle
PUBLISHER: Globe Pequot Press, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Young Marian's Adventures in Sherwood Forest by Stephen Mooser
Description not available.Thirteen-year-old Marian and her friend Robin team up to rescue her father whom the Sheriff has wrongly condemned to death. AUTHOR: Stephen Mooser
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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