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The picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
Featuring an introduction by Quentin Crisp, author of The Naked Civil Servant, the author's classic novel about the Faust myth, in which a young dandy trades his soul for eternal youth, first appeared in 1890.
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Moby-Dick
by Herman Melville
The story of Captain Ahab's obssession with the great white whale that crippled him
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Afterschool charisma
by Kumiko Suekane
Shiro Kamiya, the son of a teacher at St. Kleio Academy and the only student who is not a clone of a famous historical figure, wonders what he is doing there and what the real purpose of the school might be
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Loser
by Jerry Spinelli
Zinkoff is unlike other kids in school and so doesn't worry about coming in last place or always having the wrong answers, despite the teasing and comments he gets from those around him, in a tale about maintaining individuality amidst pressures of fitting in with the crowd.
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The merciless
by Danielle Vega
In an effort to make friends at her new school, Sofia gets involved with a group of popular girls who dislike Brooklyn, a loner who they believe to be evil
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Gunnerkrigg Court : orientation
by Tom Siddell
Antimony Carver begins her first year at the gloomy boarding school Gunnerkrigg Court, where she and her new friend Kat try to unravel its many mysteries
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The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
Set in the cruel world in the Capital of the nation of Panem, the annual Hunger Games pits young children against one another in a battle to the death on national t.v., so when Katniss is ordered to represent her district, she knows an important decision between survival and the love of another will have to be made when she is called to enter the ring.
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A Christmas carol
by Charles Dickens
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future
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Every last word
by Tamara Ireland Stone
Hiding the severity of her OCD while second guessing her every move, Samantha pretends to agree with the choices of her clique of popular girls while befriending a less stylish classmate who introduces her to a group of misfits in the poetry club with whom she feels more "normal" than she ever has ... until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear. .
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Ready player one
by Ernest Cline
Immersing himself in a mid-21st-century technological virtual utopia to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty and disease, Wade Watts joins an increasingly violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's super-wealthy creator, who has promised that the winner will be his heir.
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The hobbit, or, There and back again
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Celebrating 75 years of one of the world's most treasured classics with an all new trade paperback edition. Repackaged with new cover art.
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Habibi : Naomi Shihab Nye
by Naomi Shihab Nye
When fourteen-year-old Liyana Abboud moves with her family from St. Louis to Jerusalem, she encounters an entirely new life, exploring Jerusalem, making mischief with her brother, and building a relationship with a Jewish boy.
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3:59
by Gretchen McNeil
Struggling with her parents' divorce and other painful challenges, Josie begins experiencing nightly dreams about a doppelgñger living in a parallel universe who enjoys everything Josie wishes she had and whose life Josie attempts to claim when their worlds overlap, with unexpected consequences.
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The great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A young man newly rich tries to recapture the past and win back his former love, despite the fact that she has married
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Paradise lost
by John Milton
Milton's epic poem about the Creation and the Fall, complete with notes discussing his use of language and blank verse
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The Aeneid
by Virgil
A new edition of Virgil's epic work from the award-winning translator of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey is presented in modern language and endeavors to retain the original work's humanity, as well as its influential blend of poetry and verse, in a volume that is complemented by an extensive notes section and glossary.
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