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David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend James Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble, yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous,...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Five-year-old Jack has spent his life living in an eleven-by-eleven foot space his mother calls Room and while Jack uses his imagination to create wondrous fantasies to entertain himself, his mother dreads the day her son begins to question why they must remain in Room and tries to find a way to escape.
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English
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The gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry.
"Eva never really wanted to be a mother -- and certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher who tried to befriend him, all two days before his sixteenth birthday. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood, and Kevin's horrific...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
The fate of Bartholomew Lampion, a gifted California child who loses his eyes to cancer at age three and miraculously regains his sight at thirteen, is entwined with the lives of a San Francisco girl born of rape and a man a thousand miles away who learns he has a mortal enemy named Bartholomew.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The television star and neuroscientist draws on scientific information and personal experience as the mother of sons to share advice on growing from a boy into a man, including physical changes, learning problems, and relationships.
Author
Publisher
Applesauce Press, an imprint of Cider Mill Press Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Growing up isn't as easy as it looks. With changing emotions, friends, expectations, and bodies, some days it can seem like life is one big roller coaster ride. [This book is] ... here to help with ... advice, ... tips, fast facts, and answers to ... questions a boy might have"--Amazon.com.
14) Penguin Highway
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A fourth-grader, Aoyama-kun, investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 3
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians.
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Series
Publisher
Future House Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When a strange little man dressed as a Conquistador comes clattering into the barn at the back of the Johnsonville farmhouse one night, Guster is forced to face the truth: he is now the most delicious thing in the whole world, and something terrible is coming to eat him. When Guster runs away from home in an attempt to elude the monster, he is kidnapped and taken to a city in a far corner of the Himalayas where he discovers a city made of pure ice...
19) A lye soap bath
Author
Series
Little stinker volume 3
Publisher
Ozark Pub
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When Dave's mom finds the baby skunks he had hidden under his bed, she grabs the belt and folds it in half. Hard licks follow.
20) The red pony
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Ownership of a red pony teaches ten-year-old Jody about life and death.
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