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  Jack Brock

  Ali Stearn

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  When she was young, Alma used to love working with horses. But now she is older and suffering with dementia, spending her days unable to communicate with those around her. Until, that is, Jack Brock comes to visit. Creating havoc in his wake Jack brings joy and laughter to the care home residents . . . and a very special memory back to Alma.

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  Nan and Jan's Plan

  Marv Alinas

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  Nan and her friend Jan hatch a plan to cook a meal under the supervision of Nan's father. This simple story for beginning readers teaches the "an" sound through rhyming text and bright, original illustrations. Additional features to aid in comprehension include a word list for review, a note to parents and educators, and an introduction to the author and illustrator.

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  Secrets of Tamarind

  Nadia Aguiar

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  It's been four years since Maya, Simon, and Penny Nelson left the lost island of Tamarind. For Maya, the island is a nearly forgotten part of her childhood; for Penny, it's a secret place she can't remember, but longs to see; and for Simon, it's an adventure waiting to happen. An evil group called the Red Coral Project is lurking around the Nelson's home in Bermuda, and the children discover that the project has moved into Tamarind, and are desiccating it to ruin. Only the Nelson's can save the island.In Tamarind, there is the mystery of the magical mineral ophalla that Red Coral is greedily mining, their old pirate ship, the Pamela Jane, and the secret of their friend Helix's parentage. This time, it is up to Simon to put the clues together, and save his sisters from the island and the nefarious Red Coral Project—and defeat Red Coral before the magnificent island is put to ruin. Nadia Aguiar's sequel to The Lost Island of Tamarind, crafts a vivid story reminiscent of such classics as Peter Pan, full of adventure, magic, and haunting beauty.

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  Debbie's Song

  Ellen Leventhal

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  Debbie Friedman always had music inside her, and she dreamed of using her love of singing to do what no one else had done before—create Jewish music that would welcome, include, and honor the whole Jewish community.

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  The Invisible Girl - She...

  Mary Shelley

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  The Invisible Girl by Mary Shelley 
  Mary Shelley is widely considered the mother of science fiction, and with good reason. 
  Her 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is often cited as the first true science fiction story. It blends science, imagination, and moral inquiry in a way that was unprecedented at the time. 
  Set on the Welsh coast, The Invisible Girl is a Gothic romantic tale framed by a story-within-a-story structure. The narrator recounts a mysterious legend told by a local nobleman about a seemingly haunted tower on the cliffs. According to the tale, a young woman named Rosina, once believed to have disappeared or died, had lived secretly in the tower and become known to locals as “the invisible girl.” 
  Rosina had been in love with Henry, the son of the nobleman, but due to class differences and misunderstandings, she was cast out and presumed lost. Rather than leaving the area, she secretly took refuge in the abandoned tower, living in solitude and becoming a figure of myth. Eventually, her true identity was discovered, and the lovers were joyfully reunited.

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  A World To Die For

  Sam Carson

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  A World To Die For by Sam Carson - Titans respect men who create, and add to the betterment of others. Surely it is brave to be a Titan and muchly in love. 
  They cut the Markab out of hyper space three parsecs from Deneb, on the North Galactic Polar course. Three men were aboard the space yacht. The alien ship they expected to find was a thousand times greater. By standards of the Galactic Service, the Markab was on a suicide mission. 
  Rik Guelf, the Markab's pilot, conned sync parallax tapes, the robot master controls and set the screen charts. In came Captain Rodolph, stout and weary from twenty years of patrol service. Behind was Pere Danold, thin and lithe, with feral eyes and tight lips. 
  "I'm tossing out telar screens. If they're breaking out of hyper, as the outposts charted, we won't wait long." 
  "You hope," Danold's sardonic voice jeered. "Your phantom ship paralyzes five ships of the line beyond Altair, so they send for us to blast it." 
  Captain Rodolph looked the younger man over thoughtfully. "You volunteered back at Fleet Base Eighty." 
  Danold settled to a bench, legs outstretched. "Why not? When the brass installs the newest trinogen gun in this dinky yacht," he laughed mirthlessly, "one that can blast the ears off a cruiser at a thousand miles—well, I wanted a crack. Trouble was," he added, "I thought we were after a Vegan, making a sneak attack." 
  "You were told it was a mission beyond the call of duty," Rodolph said sternly. "None of the ships meeting the alien had a trinogen battery. We can't carry but one. We've got the fast drive. They figure we can get in one shot and duck." 
  "I still say it would make sense to arm a fleet with trinogens," Danold grumbled. "If that alien has a transparent ship five miles long, which I gravely doubt on both counts."

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