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|  | Ice-Cold Birthday by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Sweet and simple. . . . A littlr girl who's convinced she always has bad luck has a wonderful birthday. . . . A positive first read all around .--, Booklist. AUTHOR: Maryann Cocca-Leffler
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Other
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Riding Freedom by Brian Selznick, Pam Munoz Ryan
Based on historical fact, this story explores the life of Charlotte Charley Parkhurst, a girl who in the 1860s began disguising herself as a boy and passing herself off as male. This story begins when Charlotte is 12 and living in an orphanage. Aware of the limited opportunities available to women, and fearing that if she is not adopted she will have to stay on and work at the orphanage for her keep, Charlotte disguises herself as a boy and runs away. Now known as Charley, she finds work as a stagecoach driver and lives the rest of her life without anyone knowing her true identity. AUTHOR: Brian Selznick, Pam Munoz Ryan
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | From the Files of Madison Finn by Stephanie Powers, Dower
Description not available.Madison tries to figure out who her real friends are after she is made stage manager of the school musical. AUTHOR: Stephanie Powers, Dower
PUBLISHER: Hyperion Books for Children
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Untitled by Chris Mooney
It seems that every psychopath in the world is after the latest American intelligence technology: an invisibility suit. Secret agent Steve Conway must protect the suit. AUTHOR: Chris Mooney
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Death in Rome by Michael Hofmann, Wolfgang Koeppen
A group of Germans exiled to Rome in the years following World War II is the focus of Wolfgang Koeppen's 1954 novel. The group includes a former Nazi, his SS officer brother, a Catholic priest, and a composer--men who represent the four aspects of the German character: bureaucracy, murder, religion, and music. AUTHOR: Michael Hofmann, Wolfgang Koeppen
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Night of the Living Dummy
Kids find a ventriloquist's dummy which turns out to have a mind of its own.
CATEGORY: General
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