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  Bound to Rise - Up the Ladder

  Horatio Alger

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  Inspiring stories of honesty, generosity, industry, thrift, temperance, ambition, bravery, and devotion to family and education. Written by Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), #19 on Wikipedia’s “List of best-selling fiction authors” in world history. Narrated and very slightly edited by Christopher Crennen. 
  Reviews of Alger's work: “causes the sympathetic tear”, “entertaining”, “thrilling episodes”, “bright and lively”, “exciting and interesting”, “spirited adventures”, “stirring”, “pure and simple”, “a delight”, “commendable”, “spirited and inspiring”, “most heartily recommend”, “admirable”, “excellent”, “phenomenal”, “swell”, “rattling good”, “bully”, “full of inspiration to honesty and industry”, “virtue rewarded and evil punished”, “hard work, ambition, and high moral character”, “cheerfulness, honesty, and good deeds”, “self-reliance, self-discipline, decency”, “full of excellent lessons”, “impressive and wholesome”, “good practical advice”. 
  Alger's books:Campaign Series: Frank’s Campaign, Paul Prescott’s Charge, Charlie Codman’s Cruise.Ragged Dick Series: Ragged Dick, Fame and Fortune, Mark the Match Boy, Rough and Ready, Ben the Luggage Boy, Rufus and Rose.Luck and Pluck Series: Luck and Pluck, Sink or Swim, Strong and Steady, Strive and Succeed, Try and Trust, Bound to Rise, Risen from the Ranks, Herbert’s Carter’s Legacy.Tattered Tom Series: Tattered Tom, Paul the Peddler, Phil the Fiddler, Slow and Sure, Julius, The Young Outlaw, Sam’s Chance, The Telegraph Boy.And many more. 
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  The Carrefour Curse

  Dianne K. Salerni

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  Twelve-year-old Garnet doesn’t know her family. Her mother has done her best to keep it that way, living far from the rest of the magical Carrefour clan and their legendary mansion known as Crossroad House. 
   
  But when Garnet finally gets summoned to the estate, it isn’t quite what she hoped for. Her relatives are strange and quarrelsome, each room in Crossroad House is more dilapidated than the last, and she can’t keep straight which dusty hallways and cobwebbed corners are forbidden.  
   
  And then she learns a terrifying secret: the dying Carrefour patriarch fights to retain his life by stealing power from the others. Every household accident that isn’t an accident, every unexpected illness and unexplained disappearance grants him a little more time.  
   
  While the Carrefours squabble over who will inherit his role when (if) he dies, Garnet encounters evidence of an even deeper curse. Was she brought to Crossroad House as part of the curse … or is she meant to break it?

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  The (Not So) Superheroes (The...

  Swapna Haddow

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  The Terrible Trio is a fun series, best described as The Bad Guys meets Madagascar!In a world where all animals have superpowers, Zeb the zebra, Margarine the penguin, and Barry the lemur have the WORST powers of all. Zeb, Margarine, and Barry end up at the back of the line to have the Superpower Supermarket Manager grant them their superpowers and end up getting the short end of the stick. Margarine is granted the special ability to make macaroni and cheese. Barry the Lemur is gifted with the power to write neatly. And Zeb the Zebra can now blend in with a crosswalk... Working at a café and watching everybody else save the world day in and day out, Zeb, Margarine, and Barry wonder if they will ever get to be superheroes for a day themselves.

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  Allie First at Last

  Angela Cervantes

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  Allie Velasco wants to be a trailblazer. 
   
   
   
  A trendsetter. 
   
   
   
  A winner. 
   
   
   
  No better feeling exists in the world than stepping to the top of a winner's podium and hoisting a trophy high in the air. At least, that's what Allie thinks . . . she's never actually won anything before. Everyone in her family is special in some way—her younger sister is a rising TV star; her brother is a soccer prodigy; her great-grandfather is a Congressional Medal of Honor winner. 
   
   
   
  With a family like this, Allie knows she has to make her mark or risk being left behind. She's determined to add a shiny medal, blue ribbon, or beautiful trophy to her family's award shelf. When a prestigious school contest is announced, Allie has the perfect opportunity to take first—at last. There's just one small snag . . . her biggest competition is also her ex-best friend, Sara. Can Allie take top prize and win back a friend—or is she destined to lose it all?

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  The Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer

  Lord Dunsany

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  The Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer by Lord Dunsany - When he discovered something mysterious in his ancient castle he asked a scientist for help. It worked! In fact, it worked too well. 
  Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, we know him as Lord Dunsany the incredibly prolific author who published more than 90 books, and hundreds of short stories, plays and essays. 
  He was born in London in 1878, was raised partly in Kent. Dunsany lived much of his life in what may be Ireland's longest-inhabited house, Dunsany Castle. He was the chess and pistol-shooting champion of Ireland and during the 1910s was considered one of the greatest living writers of the English-speaking word. 
  Writers who were influenced by Dunsany include, Arthur C. Clarke, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Jorge Luis Borges, C. M. Kornbluth, Margaret St. Clair and many more. 
  Published in 1955 The Ghosts of the Heaviside Layer is one of his last, appearing in the April 1955 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine when he was 77.

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  When a Dragon Moves In

  Jodi Moore

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  If you build a perfect sandcastle, a dragon will move in. And that's exactly what happens to one very lucky boy at the beach. Dad is busy sunbathing and Mom is busy with her book, so the boy and dragon roam the beach together, flying a kite, braving the waves, and roasting marshmallows. But no one believes him when he shares the news of his magnificent dragon: Mom only hears the roar of the ocean, Dad thinks the dragon feather is a seagull feather, and know-it-all sis claims there's no such thing as a dragon. That's when the sandwiches mysteriously disappear, claw prints are found in the brownies, and dragon-giggles erupt from the strangest of places. Heh-heh-heh. Is there truly a mischievous dragon running around on the beach or is someone's imagination running wild? Decide for yourself When a Dragon Moves In.

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