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1) The giver
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Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
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Join the mischievous Huck Finn and his runaway slave friend, Jim, on a daring escapade down the Mississippi River. Fleeing their troubled pasts, they encounter a world of danger and excitement, meeting eccentric characters and facing moral dilemmas along the way. This timeless coming-of-age tale explores friendship, freedom, and the complexities of society, with humor and heartwarming moments throughout. Follow Huck's thrilling journey as he learns...
3) 4 3 2 1
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER PRIZE
A Globe and Mail Best Book
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
From the internationally celebrated author of The New York Trilogy comes a sweeping story of birthright and possibility, of love and the fullness of life itself, in which we follow the four parallel lives, loves, and obsessions of one remarkable boy during a time of great change in America.
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A Globe and Mail Best Book
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
From the internationally celebrated author of The New York Trilogy comes a sweeping story of birthright and possibility, of love and the fullness of life itself, in which we follow the four parallel lives, loves, and obsessions of one remarkable boy during a time of great change in America.
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4) The greats
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With the help of a giant prehistoric sloth, ghostly grandfathers return to overcome their own fraught histories and help their suicidal teenage grandson.
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
"It's perfection, every word, every moment. A masterpiece . . . One of the best books I've ever read." —Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author
New York Times bestselling author Gillian McAllister has created a thriller unlike any other in this endlessly clever, twisty story of a mother who must move backward
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Bum trilogy volume 1
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Zack tries to save the earth from butts gone berserk, and also tries to find true happiness with his own butt.
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"An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. An eleven-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective...
9) Kaleidoscope
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An astounding new feat of storytelling from Brian Selznick, the award-winning creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck.
A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and dreams. At the center of their relationship is a mystery about the nature of grief and love, which will look different to each reader. Kaleidoscope...
10) The dark
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Laszlo is afraid of the dark which lives in the same big, creaky house as him, until one night the dark pays him a visit.
11) Bad luck
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"Clay's adventures at a magical camp continue as he befriends a new ally and faces new adversaries in his journey to find his magical talent and solve new mysteries of Price Island"--Provided by publisher.
12) Dear boy
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The book Dear boy gives boys many reminders about how clever, compassionate and cool they are.
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William Golding's classic novel of primitive savagery and survival is one of the most vividly realized and riveting works in modern fiction. The tale begins after a plane wreck deposits a group of English school boys, aged six to twelve on an isolated tropical island. Their struggle to survive and impose order quickly evolves from a battle against nature into a battle against their own primitive instincts. Golding's portrayal of the collapse of social...
15) Good boys
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"Three 6th grade boys ditch school and embark on an epic journey while carrying accidentally stolen drugs, being hunted by teenage girls, and trying to make their way home in time for a long-awaited party"--www.imdb.com.
17) Invisible jerry
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People don't notice Jerry. If someone bumps into him, they don't say sorry. If he makes a joke, no one laughs. He never gets picked last for teams - but that's because he never gets picked at all. It's like he's invisible. Until Molly arrives. This is a picture book with heart for everyone who has ever felt like they're on the outside looking in.
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"Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly re-creates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with...
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