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  The Azure Feather - The...

  Pieter E Haumann

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  It's the holidays and the Darvils have come to visit in the city. With the change of scenery and the cold weather outside, the children have to find something other than their normal adventures on the farm to keep themselves busy. 
  When they discover that pets around the neighbourhood have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances, the children form Drifter's Detective Agency and are soon faced with the disappearance of a pair of the world's most endangered birds, the Spix's Macaw. 
  Who is Robert keeping tabs on in his notebook? What are the Price twins up to and what are they hiding in their shed? Where did Annie get a ninja outfit? Join the children in the third installment of The Adventure Series and find out for yourself.

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  The Castaways of Disappointment...

  Charles Eyre, H. Escott-Inman

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  The Castaways of Disappointment Island is a true story, though lately out of print and in danger of being lost. This audiobook edition revives the survival story of Charles Eyre, who in 1907 was working as apprentice sailor—a dangerous if exciting vocation in those days. 
  Caught in a storm one night, The Dundonald sank after hitting the rocky coastline of a tiny subantarctic island known as Disappointment Island—arguably the dingiest bit of rock in the Auckland Islands archipelago, or Motu Maha (“Many Islands”) in Māori. This volcanic archipelago lies 500 km below Aotearoa New Zealand. 
  Twelve on-board The Dundonald drowned during sinking, 7 March 1907, including the captain and the captain’s son Jimmy, who accompanied his father on a sea voyage for the sake of his health. Jimmy was about to turn sixteen, three days later. 
  But Charles Eyre, alongside another fourteen sailors, were in their prime. These sailors were strong from manual labour. They made it to shore, though barely. The survivors had no choice but to wait for a passing government steamship to rescue them. And for seven long months they eked out a sorry existence, subsisting on mollymawk flesh, seal meat, seaweed and "root". They wintered over while wearing barely any clothes in a subantarctic climate where fog rarely lifts, sun rarely shines and where torrents of rain left them semi-permanently soaked to the skin. 
  After eventually returning to London, Charles Eyre told his tale to children’s author and Reverend Herbert Escott Inman, who crafted it into a children’s adventure novel, retaining much of the conversational style of Charles—a lively and upbeat character. This classic survival story remains a harrowing page-turner.  
  For modern readers, this story offers fascinating insight into a snapshot of maritime history—an era which ended soon after this story did, as the world headed into the first of two World Wars, and the Golden Age of Sail drew to a close.

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  Separation The (Animorphs #32)

  K. A. Applegate

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  Rachel is falling apart.  Literally.  Her newest morph has the ability to regenerate it's limbs, but when Rachel demorphs there's a lot more Rachel than when she started out.  One more Rachel, to be exact.  Rachel is an okay person to have around.  But two could be considered overkill.  Especially two Rachels with completely opposite personalities: one is pathetically weak; one is super strong and super nasty.Now the Animorphs have to figure out a way to put Rachel back together again. Because if it's up to the "twins," Rachel the weak will surrender to Visser Three. Rachel the superbold will try to single-handedly take him down.  And twice the trouble may be twice as much as the other Animorphs and Ax can handle...

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  Mizzi Mozzi And The...

  Alannah Zim

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  Join Mizzi Mozzi and her friends Lekko and Flip-Flop on a whimsical adventure to recover the missing crystal-sparkle gem-jewels of the Scavating-Scoopout Diggly-Digglers. In a world filled with peculiar creatures, they must outwit the greedy Boracious-Bodacious Bling-Bling Birdlies with a clever plan and learn that true beauty shines from within.

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  Lost Sci-Fi Books 101 thru 105

  Paul Ernst, James Blish, John...

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  Lost Sci-Fi Books 101 thru 105 - Five Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1940s, 50s and 60sThe Planetoid of Peril by Paul Ernst - Undaunted by crazy tales of an indestructible presence on Asteroid Z-40, Harley 2Q14N20 sets out alone to face and master it.King of the Hill by James Blish - A madman can be prevented from bomb-throwing—but a mad world?The Man Who Liked Lions by John Bernard Daley - A zoo is a place where some people make sport of lower animals. That included Kemper, but for him people were the lower animals!A Message From Our Sponsor by Henry Slesar - The foot-in-the-door technique would work perfectly for any salesman—if he had an invisible foot!Distress Signal by Ross Rocklynne - Marooned! On the cold satellite of a dying sun, light-years away from home.... For Rex there was only one escape. But Carl called it murder!

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  Jo Jo Makoons: Fancy Pants

  Dawn Quigley

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  Filled with lots of glitter, raised pinkies, and humorous misunderstandings, this second book in the Jo Jo Makoons series—written by Dawn Quigley—is filled with the joy of a young Ojibwe girl discovering her very own special shine from the inside out.  
  First grader Jo Jo Makoons knows how to do a lot of things, like how to play jump rope, how to hide her peas in her milk, and how to be helpful in her classroom. 
  But there’s one thing Jo Jo doesn’t know how to do: be fancy. She has a lot to learn before her Aunt Annie’s wedding! 
  Favorite purple unicorn notebook in hand, Jo Jo starts exploring her Ojibwe community to find ways to be fancy. 
  The Heartdrum imprint centers a wide range of intertribal voices, visions, and stories while welcoming all young readers, with an emphasis on the present and future of Indian Country and on the strength of young Native heroes. In partnership with We Need Diverse Books. 
  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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