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Mostly True Ghost Stories: Chronicles of The Paranormal
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Mostly True Ghost Stories: Chronicles of the Paranormal is an intriguing collection of haunted stories written by Charlotte Chaffin. This book contains five short, spooky and thrilling stories. "Ghost Train" is about five college kids who take a midnight... |
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My Sparkling Misfortune
 | Fantasy books have to be pretty good to hold my attention, and I have to say, My Sparkling Misfortune: Book One of The Lakeland Knight Series, is just such a book. From the very first sentence to the last page, this short book held my... |
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Phliberty-Jibbits: Anything Is Possible
 | Ima Jean Snodgrass is from a broken home. She hated her name and wondered how her parents could have stuck a name like that on her. Being from a poor family it only got worse when her parents divorced and her mother move them to... |
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Summer Sanctuary
 | Matthew fears a dull summer with his best friend Kyle away and his mother nearing completion of yet another pregnancy. Matthew decides to spend his summer in the library researching science and physics questions related to the dilation of time.
The first of four sons born... |
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Sunsinger: Sunsinger Chronicles
 | This is the story of Bain, an orphaned young man. He always tells the other orphans that he is a "spacer", which means his family consists of space travelers and space is in his blood. No one believes him, especially the bully of the orphanage.... |
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The Adventures of Little Dog Koko
 | The Adventures of Little Dog Koko by J.R. Hardin is a small reader for early elementary aged children. Little Koko is a Shih Tzu who lived for awhile with a wonderful lady he called Mama. She took ill, and Koko was put into the care... |
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The Golden Pathway
 | The Golden Pathway is a heart-gripping children’s story written by Donna M. McDine with illustrations by K.C. Snider. This story takes place during the dreadful days when people were allowed to own slaves and abuse them. A boy named... |
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The Hellandback Kids: Be Careful What You Wish For
 | In the Hellandback Kids: Be Careful What You Wish For, author L.L. Helland combines features of A Christmas Carol with Alice in Wonderland. This makes for a delightful debut novel for preteens. The four Hellandback children each have... |
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The Orphan of Awkward Falls
 | This is one of the most charming books I have read for a while. It has a Halloween-y feel to it and kids from 7 years old on will love it. It is written in an easy English, lightly witty and flowingly well done. It... |
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The Secret of Bailey's Chase
 | Marlis Day offers a wonderful journey into the imaginative mind of the preteen child. Two cousins are drawn together through the tragic death of Grey Bailey's parents. With assistance from her newly-found friend and cousin Sparky, Grey Bailey is warned of evil forces which will... |
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