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"Fitting in can be hard, especially when you're as small as Ember, a tiny boy living alone in a city of giants. But Ember's luck changes when he meets Lua, a kindly sea turtle, who escorts him across the ocean to a school for little creatures on a wondrous island...As he struggles to adapt to this new world, Ember finds himself at the heart of an otherworldly mystery, facing a strange monster from the deep that threatens everything he holds dear"--...
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Chronicles the history of the New York Giants professional football team, highlighting notable players, coaches, games, and achievements. Also discusses the team's stadium. Includes color photographs, a list of notable players and team facts, fact boxes, a timeline, a glossary, and additional resources.
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In the first book of the Hector Fox series, Hector Fox and his woodland friends--Mo Marten, Charlie Chipmunk, Jeremiah Rabbit, and Lucy Skunk--head out on an adventure looking to find a real giant. After all, there was a rumor that an enormous, shadowy stranger was living in the Forbidden Marsh beyond the forest. The friends' journey is filled with twists and turns, including a capsized boat, as they roam far from home until they make a surprising--and...
10) New York Giants
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Briefly surveys the history of the New York Giants NFL team, offering statistics on their wins and losses, the reason behind their name and uniform colors, fun facts about the team and their fans' culture, and celebration of important and influential players and coaches from the team's past and present. Includes photographs and a glossary.
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See the Golden Gate Bridge when you travel to watch the San Francisco Giants take on Major League Baseball's best. Meet the top players, read stories of past and present, and check out all the key stats. Root, root, root for the home team as you become a Giants expert!
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"Ever since her dad died, 11-year-old Jerry Blum and her mom have bounced around dead-end towns, staying in a series of rundown motels where her mother picks up housekeeping work and Jerry can get around in her wheelchair. But the Slumbering Giant motel is different. Lights blink on and off in the surrounding trees, a mysterious radio station plays only at midnight, and people disappear into the woods, never to been seen again. Not to mention that...
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"The inside story of the Super Bowl champion 1986 Giants, the extraordinary friendships that resulted--and stunning revelations about the hardships they faced, based on new interviews with Bill Parcells, Phil Simms, Mark Bavaro, and Bill Belichick. The 1986 New York Giants are legendary. A championship team coached by Bill Parcells and his wunderkind assistant Bill Belichick, featuring future Hall of Famers and All-Pros like Phil Simms, Lawrence Taylor,...
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Born in fire. Tempered in blood. Epheria is a land divided by war and mistrust. The High Lords of the south squabble and fight, only kept in check by the Dragonguard, traitors of a time long past, who serve the empire of the North.In the remote villages of southern Epheria, still reeling from the tragic loss of his brother, Calen Bryer prepares for The Proving--a test of courage and skill that not all survive. But when three strangers arrive in the...
18) Of war and ruin
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The city of Kingspass burns, and Calen Bryer's world has been shaken to its core. With Valerys at his side, Calen must battle his demons and push forward. There are people who need him, people who need what he must become, and he will not let them stand alone. In Loria, Ella struggles to understand the ancient power that flows through her veins. The world is changing around her and she is changing with it. Her journey has only just begun. Thousands...
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A former star hurler for John McGraw's brawling Giants, Luther "Dummy" Taylor was also one of Major League Baseball's first deaf players. Havana Heat follows Taylor's life and fortunes when, after a strong season in the bushes in 1911, he comes to believe that he has one last shot at returning to his old dream.