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Give My Love to the Chestnut Trees

by Beverly Varnado

Published: 2011-09-15

Hardcover: 228 pages

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When an accident causes the loss of a treasured vintage pen, Mary Helen Reynolds relives the summer of 1988 ... Fourteen-year-old Mary Helen wants life to stay the same-small, safe, and protected-but her world starts to unravel when cancer strikes her mother. Mary Helen is sent from her ho...

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Give the Lady What She Wants: The Story of Marshall Field & Company. Reprint of 1952 Ed (383p)

by Lloyd Wendt

Published: 1997-02

Paperback: 384 pages

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The Given Day: A Novel (Coughlin Series Book 1)

by Dennis Lehane

Published: 2009-10-06

Kindle Edition: 736 pages

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"Gut-wrenching force...A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Day is a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive." - The New York Times Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of Live by Night—now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck—offers a...

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The Giver (illustrated; gift edition)

by Lois Lowry

Published: 2011-10-25

Hardcover: 208 pages

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The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Rece...

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The Giver

by Lois Lowry

Published: 2002-09-10

Mass Market Paperback: 179 pages

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Lois Lowry’s The Giver is the quintessential dystopian novel, followed by its remarkable companions, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the com...

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The Giver

by Lois Lowry

Published: 1994-09-01

Paperback: 192 pages

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Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure...

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The Giver (Giver Quartet)

by Lois Lowry

Published: 1993-07-01

Paperback: 240 pages

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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 PickThe Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is...

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The Giving Tree

by Shel Silverstein

Published: 2014-02-18

Hardcover: 64 pages

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'Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy.' So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trun...

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Giving Up the Ghost: A Story About Friendship, 80s Rock, a Lost Scrap of Paper, and What It Means to Be Haunted

by Eric Nuzum

Published: 2012-08-07

Paperback: 320 pages

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At once hilarious and incredibly moving, Giving Up the Ghost is a memoir of lost love and second chances, and a ghost story like no other. Eric Nuzum is afraid of the supernatural, and for good reason: As a high school oddball in Canton, Ohio, during the early 1980s, he became convinced t...

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Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World

by Bill Clinton

Published: 2007-09-04

Paperback: 0 pages

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Here, from Bill Clinton, is a call to action. Giving is an inspiring look at how each of us can change the world. First, it reveals the extraordinary and innovative efforts now being made by companies and organizations—and by individuals—to solve problems and save lives both &#...