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1) Owl at home
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Relates five stories of Owl and his cozy, warm little house.
4) Of a feather
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A baby great horned owl, Second, so called because his sister, First, is already out of the nest, is reluctant to hunt for himself, but when his mother is injured he is forced out into the forest; Maureen is a human girl pulled out of her grandmother's violent home and placed with an aunt--but her Aunt Beatrice is involved in falconry and runs a mews where injured raptors can heal, and it is here Maureen and Second (now called Rufus) meet and learn...
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Presents A. A. Milne's 1926 classic--complete with Ernest H. Shepard's original illustrations--in which a small boy named Christopher Robin embarks on a series of adventures with Piglet, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Eeyore, Owl, and the roly-poly Winnie-the Pooh in the Hundred Acre wood.
8) Ghost hunter
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To fulfill his destiny, Torak must defy demons and tokoroths, navigate through the Gorge of the Hidden People, and battle the evil Eagle Owl Mage.
9) Skellig
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Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel.
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In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day, then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing younger brother, Ray, as escort until the night racial violence leads to murder. Includes historical note.
11) Dave at night
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When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Julie and her best friend, Ivy, find a baby owl in Golden Gate Park--and it needs help. At a wildlife rescue center, Julie meets Shasta and Sierra, two bald eagles that will be caged for life, unless money is raised to release them back into the wild. For Earth Day, Julie thinks of a unique way to tell the public of the eagles' plight. The "Looking Back" section explores the beginning of the environmental movement.--From publisher's description.
14) The mesmerist
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In Victorian England, thirteen-year-old Jessamine Grace works with her mother to scam wealthy clients into believing they're delivering messages from beyond the grave. Jess couldn't be more surprised to learn she actually does have powers to communicate with the other side. Now, she's joining forces with a secret society of children who possess their own otherworldly powers to defeat a negative force that threatens all of London.
15) The real McCoys
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Elementary school detective Moxie McCoy looks for a missing school mascot and a new best friend, with the help of her annoying little brother.
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As the only members of the Midnight Owl Detective Agency, friends Parker and Lucas have taken it upon themselves to investigate the strange phenomenon in their home town of Wolver Hollow, beginning with using a local book of legends to piece together clues about a mustache purportedly haunting the area each October 19.
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The stakes are higher than ever as super-villains more ambitious and depraved are introduced, and a realignment of alliances shakes up the fight for power in Gotham. Season three of Gotham peels back the curtain on the infamous criminal organization known as the Court of the Owls. With the Indian Hill escapees on the loose, Jim Gordon must take matters into his own hands as a bounty hunter in Gotham. He makes it his mission to find Hugo Strange and...