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  X Marks the Pedwalk

  Fritz Leiber

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  X Marks the Pedwalk by Fritz Leiber - This is how it all began—the terrible civil strife that devastates our world! 
  The raggedy little old lady with the big shopping bag was in the exact center of the crosswalk when she became aware of the big black car bearing down on her. 
  Behind the thick bullet-proof glass its seven occupants had a misty look, like men in a diving bell. 
  She saw there was no longer time to beat the car to either curb. Veering remorselessly, it would catch her in the gutter. 
  Useless to attempt a feint and double-back, such as any venturesome child executed a dozen times a day. Her reflexes were too slow. 
  Polite vacuous laughter came from the car's loudspeaker over the engine's mounting roar. 
  From her fellow pedestrians lining the curbs came a sigh of horror. 
  The little old lady dipped into her shopping bag and came up with a big blue-black automatic. She held it in both fists, riding the recoils like a rodeo cowboy on a bucking bronco. 
  Aiming at the base of the windshield, just as a big-game hunter aims at the vulnerable spine of a charging water buffalo over the horny armor of its lowered head, the little old lady squeezed off three shots...

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  Boytown

  Cheng’en Wu

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  The ruler of the Kingdom of Biqiu was deceived by his father-in-law into seeking an immortality elixir containing the blood of over one thousand children's hearts. When Xuanzang heard this cruel news on his journey, the kind-hearted man asked the monkey to save the children. With help from a group of deities, the monkey hid all children outside the kingdom. Then, he went to the palace with Xuanzang to investigate the situation and figured out that the royal father-in-law was a demon. After all the children in the kingdom went missing, the royal father-in-law suggested the king use the Tang monk's heart instead. Disguising himself as his master, the monkey took many hearts out of his own chest to expose the demon's lie. The monkey and Pigsy chased the demon to his den and were about to kill him when the Star of Longevity arrived and showed them the demon's true appearance, a white deer. The demon was previously the deity's mount. The children were then sent back to the kingdom. Delighted, the families expressed their gratitude to the pilgrims.       

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  Karen's Little Sister...

  Ann M. Martin

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  It's fun to be a Baby-sitters Little Sister! Now available in audio!Karen Brewer, Big SisterEverybody used to love Karen. She was cute. She was the littlest sister. But now baby Emily is in their family, and Karen feels left out.Then Emily gets sick and everybody has to take care of her. Even Karen. And that's when Karen finds out that being a big sister is the most fun of all!

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  The Railway Children

  E. Nesbit

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  E. Nesbit’s beautiful story of The Railway Children has faired well in many excellent and faithful adaptations on stage and screen. It is always refreshing however to return to the original book. The story has a charm and a depth which raises it, like all the best children’s literature, to something which can be appreciated by all ages.  
  Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter, through their adventures on the railway begin to come of age as they face thrilling adventures and meet new friends. Nothing is sugar coated by Nesbit; there is real danger, there are real human conflicts to be navigated and over it all hangs the dark cloud of their missing father.  
  Head Stories Audio presents The Railway Children narrated by Simon Hester. With original music.

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  Soldier Dog

  Sam Angus

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  The poignant and powerful young readers' book asks: How can one young boy survive World War I and find his brother with only a dog to help?With his older brother gone to fight in the Great War, and his father prone to sudden rages, fourteen-year-old Stanley devotes himself to taking care of the family's greyhound and puppies. Until the morning Stanley wakes to find the puppies gone.Determined to find his brother, Stanley runs away to join an increasingly desperate army. Assigned to the experimental War Dog School, Stanley is given a problematic Great Dane named Bones to train. Against all odds, the pair excels, and Stanley is sent to France.But in Soldier Dog by Sam Angus, the war in France is larger and more brutal than Stanley ever imagined.“An outstanding book, reminiscent of Michael Morpurgo's War Horse.” ―School Library Journal (starred review)

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  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

  Lewis Carroll

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  One hundred and fifty years after its original publication, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland remains one of the most beloved nonsensical stories of our time.  
   On a sunny afternoon, Alice discovers a bottle that says DRINK ME. Unable to resist, she follows the label’s instructions...and immediately shrinks to tumble down a rabbit hole into an adventure where nothing is as it seems. From The Mad Hatter to the White Rabbit, the grinning Cheshire Cat and the Queen of Hearts, Alice meets a cast of characters who are both eccentric and memorable. 
   But will Alice survive her nonsensical adventure...and can she get back home?

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