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* * * * Scary,
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The Taking

by Dean Koontz

Published: 2005-04-26

Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages

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In one of the most dazzling books of his celebrated career, Dean Koontz delivers a masterwork of page-turning suspense that surpasses even his own inimitable reputation as a chronicler of our worst fears—and best dreams. In The Taking he tells the story of a community cut off from a ...

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The Taking: A Novel

by Dean Koontz

Published: 2010-08-31

Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages

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 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROn the morning that marks the end of the world they have known, Molly and Neil Sloan awaken to the drumbeat of rain on their roof. A luminous silvery downpour is drenching their small California mountain town. It has haunted their sleep, invaded their dreams, ...

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A Tale Dark and Grimm

by Adam Gidwitz

Published: 2010-10-28

Hardcover: 192 pages

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In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edib...

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The Tale of Desperaux

by Kate DiCamillo

Published: 2006-01-01

Paperback: 269 pages

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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

by Kate DiCamillo

Published: 2009-08-30

Kindle Edition: 272 pages

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Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who...

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* * * * Insightful,
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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread

by Kate DiCamillo

Published: 2006-04-11

Paperback: 272 pages

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"Forgiveness, light, love, and soup. These essential ingredients combine into a tale that is as soul-stirring as it is delicious." — BOOKLIST (starred review)Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the s...

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The Tale of Genji

by Shikibu Murasaki

Published: 1990-06-16

Paperback: 360 pages

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The Tale of HALCYON CRANE (Chinese Edition)

by wei bo

Published: 2012-04-01

Paperback: 199 pages

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This book a novel of suspense type of reasoning started by a mysterious letter. When Harriet read this letter, her life was completely subverted. She was brought up by her kind father who told her that her mother was died from a fire disaster 30 years ago. But she discovered later that her mother was...

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* * * * Dramatic,
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The Tale of Halcyon Crane: A Novel

by Wendy Webb

Published: 2010-03-30

Paperback: 328 pages

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A young woman travels alone to a remote island to uncover a past she never knew was hers in this thrilling modern ghost storyWhen a mysterious letter lands in Hallie James's mailbox, her life is upended. Hallie was raised by her loving father, having been told her mother died in a fire dec...

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The Tale of Hill Top Farm (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix P)

by Susan Wittig Albert

Published: 2005-10-04

Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages

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The author of Peter Rabbit and other tales, Beatrix Potter is still, after a century, beloved by children and adults worldwide. In this first Cottage Tale, Albert introduces Beatrix, an animal lover and Good Samaritan with a knack for solving mysteries. With help from her entourage of talking animal...