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When he is unceremoniously yanked off of an interstellar conspiracy investigation following patently false accusations, Asahel Frost finds himself the target of two assassination attempts. In order to clear his name, he sets out to find who framed him and who--or what--is trying to kill him. AUTHOR: Julian May
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Dark & Evil World by Daniel Kosharek, Franco Sharon, Teresa Pijoan
Teresa Pijoan`s third bilingual (Spanish/English) book for Red Crane explores ghost stories. In every religion, culture and language, the spirits of the dark side are as real as the spirits of the light. The simple sorrow of everyday life can trigger a visit from an evil spirit. These are stories of the foreboding beings and presences who exist just outside our consciousness. Just as the good spirits come to our aid in time of trouble, these evil ones come to drive us further into the darkness of our despair. AUTHOR: Daniel Kosharek, Franco Sharon, Teresa Pijoan
PUBLISHER: Red Crane Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Hunchback of Notre Dame by Graham Robb, Malvina G. Vogel, Marc A. Cerasini, R. R. Canon, Robin Moore
Victor Hugo's romance is set in the middle ages, largely in the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, where Quasimodo is the hunchbacked bellringer. Quasimodo silently loves a gypsy dancer named Esmeralda. She is accused of witchcraft and seeks refuge in the cathedral, where Quasimodo cares for her. But when she is executed in spite of his efforts, he throws her persecutor, the evil archdeacon Frollo, from the top of the cathedral. AUTHOR: Graham Robb, Malvina G. Vogel, Marc A. Cerasini, R. R. Canon, Robin Moore
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Carolina Moon by Jill McCorkle
Quee Purdy--sixty, widowed, and energentic--deals in love, sex, and mending broken hearts. From teenagers in trouble to adultery and its consequences, Quee solves problems and takes care of people--and savors the scorn of the holier-than-thou townspeople on the other side of the tracks. AUTHOR: Jill McCorkle
PUBLISHER: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Return of the Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
The sixth entry in the Great Brain series of books. Now that Tom (alias The Great Brain ) has promised to reform, life is very dull. After all, what is a person with a mind full of money-making schemes supposed to do with all his great ideas? When there is a train robbery and a murder right in Aldenville itself, how can The Great Brain not get involved--especially when there is a reward involved? AUTHOR: John D. Fitzgerald
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle
A story about creativity in which a toddler drawing a star sets off a chain of artistic events as the star asks him to draw the sun and the sun asks him to draw a tree and so on. At the end of the story, readers will learn how to draw an eight-point star of their own. Collage illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Eric Carle
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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