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Description not available.Three popular African-American authors celebrate the bonds of sisterhood and the love between siblings that triumphs over pain, estrangement, illness, and tragedy in a trio of short novels. Original. AUTHOR: Carmen Green, Donna Hill, Janice Sims
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Arthur's Pen Pal by Lillian Hoban
Arthur the chimpanzee wishes he had a big brother, just like his pen pal Sandy does. Arthur is convinced that Sandy would be a much better sibling than his own little sister, Violet. But is Sandy really everything Arthur imagines his pen pal to be? Color illustrations accompany the text of this beginning reader book. AUTHOR: Lillian Hoban
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Please Be Quiet! by Mary Murphy
Penguin makes a lot of noise while his little sister is sleeping, and his mother tells him to BE QUIET! Since Penguin doesn't know how to play and not make a lot of noise, his mother sends him outside where he can make all the racket he wants. After he's done playing with all of his animal friends, Penguin comes back inside. But will he be able to think of a way to be quiet? AUTHOR: Mary Murphy
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Cut to the Heart by Ava Dianne Day
Description not available.Reinventing the extraordinary nurse as a clever and kind detective, a thrilling novel of suspense set against the turbulent backdrop of the Civil War follows Clara Barton, who, while tending to wounded Colonel John Elwell in an isolated settlement in the South, investigates the mysterious Dr. Matheson--a disgraced physician who is up to no good. Reprint. AUTHOR: Ava Dianne Day
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Gods & Generals by Dick Estell, Jeff M. Shaara, Michael Shaara
Taking over from his Pulitzer-winning father Michael, Jeff Shaara in this prequel to THE KILLER ANGELS (1974) follows the careers of the Civil War generals Lee, Hancock, Jackson, and Chamberlain up to the fateful Battle of Gettysburg. AUTHOR: Dick Estell, Jeff M. Shaara, Michael Shaara
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Small House at Allington (1864) by A. O. J. Cockshut, Anthony Trollope, David Case, Julian F. Thompson
A story of unrequited love set against the backdrop of dramatic social and political change. The novel introduces Trollope's favorite heroine, Lily Dale, as well as Plantagenet Palliser and Lady Glencora. The plot concerns Lily's rejection of her impassioned and persistent suitor, Johnny Eames, in favor of a social-climbing parvenu--who eventually jilts her. When the novel was being serialized in the Cornhill magazine, Trollope was deluged with letters begging him to let Lily Dale marry Johnny Eames. AUTHOR: A. O. J. Cockshut, Anthony Trollope, David Case, Julian F. Thompson
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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