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  Homesick

  Lynn Venable

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  Homesick by Lynn Venable - What thrill is there in going out among the stars if coming back means bitter loneliness? 
  Frankston pushed listlessly at a red checker with his right forefinger. He knew the move would cost him a man, but he lacked enough interest in the game to plot out a safe move. His opponent, James, jumped the red disk with a black king and removed it from the board. Gregory, across the room, flicked rapidly through the pages of a magazine, too rapidly to be reading anything, or even looking at the pictures. Ross lay quietly on his bunk, staring out of the viewport. 
  The four were strangely alike in appearance, nearly the same age, the age where gray hairs finally outnumber black, or baldness takes over. The age when the expanding waistline has begun to sag tiredly, when robust middle age begins the slow accelerating decline toward senility. 
  A strange group to find aboard a spaceship, but then The Columbus was a very strange ship. Bolted to its outer hull, just under the viewports, were wooden boxes full of red geraniums, and ivy wound tenuous green fronds over the gleaming hull that had withstood the bombardment of pinpoint meteors and turned away the deadly power of naked cosmic rays. 
  Frankston glanced at his wristchrono. It was one minute to six. 
  "In about a minute," he thought, "Ross will say something about going out to water his geraniums." The wristchrono ticked fifty-nine times. 
  "I think I'll go out and water my geraniums," said Ross.

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  Fancy Nancy: There's No Day Like...

  Jane O'Connor

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  Even a snow day is fancy when Nancy is around! 
  Ooh la la! It's a blizzard. School is cancelled. And Nancy, JoJo, Bree, and Freddy are tres excited to go outside and play. From making snow angels to building snowmen to catching snowflakes . . . everyone has ""snow"" much fun!  
  Celebrate Nancy's winter wonderland with this new fancy story, complete with a fabulous set of stickers!

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  Nanny Tobbins and the Midnight...

  Lucie Stevens

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  The sequel to R.I.P. Nanny Tobbins, the quirky and very funny MG fantasy title that is perfect for fans of A Girl Called Corpse and Nevermoor. 
    
  1851, London 
  Six months have passed since the grand opening of the Great Exhibition -- and Albertine and her family couldn't be happier.  
  But the season of good fortune ends abruptly when a Royal Jewel goes missing and Albertine's friend, dearest Blot, is accused of its theft. Determined to prove Blot's innocence, Papa launches an investigation. Yet despite his best efforts, the true thief cannot be found. 
  With time running short before Blot is imprisoned, Albertine hatches a plan. She will enlist the help of the grown-up with the sharpest eyes she knows: her ghost-governess, Nanny Tobbins.  
  Residing in the graveyard has, however, turned Nanny quite odd and managing her is rather difficult. 
  Will Nanny Tobbins' presence assist Albertine in clearing Blot's name, or will it make matters worse?

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  Hall Of Mirrors

  Fredric Brown

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  Hall Of Mirrors by Fredric Brown - It is a tough decision to make—whether to give up your life so you can live it over again! 
  For an instant you think it is temporary blindness, this sudden dark that comes in the middle of a bright afternoon. 
  It must be blindness, you think; could the sun that was tanning you have gone out instantaneously, leaving you in utter blackness? 
  Then the nerves of your body tell you that you are standing, whereas only a second ago you were sitting comfortably, almost reclining, in a canvas chair. In the patio of a friend's house in Beverly Hills. Talking to Barbara, your fiancée. Looking at Barbara—Barbara in a swim suit—her skin golden tan in the brilliant sunshine, beautiful. 
  You wore swimming trunks. Now you do not feel them on you; the slight pressure of the elastic waistband is no longer there against your waist. You touch your hands to your hips. You are naked. And standing. 
  Whatever has happened to you is more than a change to sudden darkness or to sudden blindness. 
  You raise your hands gropingly before you. They touch a plain smooth surface, a wall. You spread them apart and each hand reaches a corner. You pivot slowly. A second wall, then a third, then a door. You are in a closet about four feet square. 
  Your hand finds the knob of the door. It turns and you push the door open. 
  There is light now. The door has opened to a lighted room ... a room that you have never seen before.

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  Fox and the Cat The: a Ukrainian...

  Robert Nisbet Bain

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  A fox and a cat work together to outsmart a group of big, hungry forest animals. This children’s story is based on a traditional folk tale from Ukraine.

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  I'm a Kid with a Mortgage!

  Robert Coutts

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  Meet Vinita! She's a shy girl who learns how to spend, save, budget, and invest money at school. Why do these activities interest her so much? Because every student in her class has a mortgage! 
  Readers will enjoy following Vinita and her classmates' funny antics and financial ventures. They'll also find out how Vinita discovers and embraces who she is—flaws and all! 
  Introducing kids to financial literacy is known to be important for their success in life. This book presents a range of financial literacy skills that young students, their parents, and their teachers can explore. 
  Without a doubt, I'm a Kid with a Mortgage! is a fun and informative adventure not to be missed!

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