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The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages by McNally Robinson - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 1:47pm

The time is 1943. Dewey Kerrigan, age 11, joins her father to live in... Well, I can't say: it's a secret, as is the project on which Dewey's father is working. He and many scientists are working around the clock on a project they call "the gadget", which is supposed to end the war. Little do they know that it will change their lives profoundly.

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Run by Eric Walters by Wendy Warkentin - Monday, Aug 18, 2008 at 3:25pm

Trouble and unfocused, fourteen-year-old Winston Macdonald Jr. is running away from something, but isn't sure exactly what. Suspended from school, Winston spends time with his father, a reporter who is covering a story about a young man who is running across the country in support of cancer research--a young man named Terry Fox.

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The Seer of Shadows by Avi by Tracy Howard - Sunday, Aug 17, 2008 at 3:17pm

In 1892 New York, young apprentice photographer Horace Carpentine is delighted to finally take his first photographic image. However, Horace is horrified upon developing the image for in it he sees a ghost - the ghost of a girl who died under horrible circumstances....

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Neil Gaiman's Coraline, a Graphic Novel adapted and illustrated by P. Craig Russell by Wendy Warkentin - Wednesday, Aug 06, 2008 at 6:51pm

Imagine this new graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline to be your own private movie; no one will be around to shush you when you shriek unexpectedly.

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No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman by Debbie Fenty - Sunday, Aug 03, 2008 at 4:26pm

Football hero Wallace Wallace is being forced to attend rehearsals of the school play as punishment for refusing to write a favorable report on the book "Old Shep, My Pal". But his suggestions are actually improving the performance! When someone tries to sabotage the production, he becomes the prime suspect.

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