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Twelve-year-old Jamal has always lived in his twin brother, Malik's, shadow. All he wants in the world is to know, just for one day, what it's like to be his more popular, more talented, and more confident brother. So when a mysterious man named Dr. Facilier appears and offers Jamal the opportunity to do just that, Jamal jumps at the chance. But when he wakes up the next morning to find his dream has come true, he learns it comes at a terrible cost....
2) Chills
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The collection features the first two books in the Disney Chills series, which brings elements of the most popular Disney tales into the present day with contemporary stories, characters, and twists.
Eleven-year-old Shelly Anderson just wants to be popular. Her parents have split and she has to start over at a new school with different classes, a brand new swim team and an unfamiliar social scene. So what if she just wants the cool kids to like her?...
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While in New York City, Batman, Robin, and Batgirl team up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the first order of business is to defeat Poison Ivy's mutant monster Snakeweed. But meanwhile, the Joker, Harley Quinn, and Shredder are plotting something even more monstrous. Written in graphic novel format.
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"On the Other Side of Freedom reveals the mind and motivations of a young man who has risen to the fore of millennial activism through study, discipline, and conviction. His belief in a world that can be made better, one act at a time, powers his narratives and opens up a view on the costs, consequences, and rewards of leading a movement."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr. From the internationally recognized civil rights activist/organizer and host of the podcast...
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The Wilder family struggles to make a success of Rocky Ridge, their little farm in the Ozarks. Young Rose must help her parents as they battle the natural disasters of a cyclone, a drought, and a forest fire. But there are good times as well, when Rose attends her first party in town.
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Lucky and Bongani pretend to be cool and in the know, in the suburbs of Cape Town. They learn lessons early: where to get drugs, where to get money, how to pick up girls and how to get rid of them; they share a bed, food and now even an accusation of murder. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE presents a far-ranging discourse on the future of an Africa ground to pieces between tradition and modernity.
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When Julie Jacky was thirty-eight, she felt shame and heartache as she took money out of her son's savings account to keep the lights on. After she climbed her way out of bankruptcy, she realized she needed to deal with other shameful secrets from her past that were holding her back and preventing her from becoming the person she wanted to be.
In On the Other Side, Julie courageously shares her raw and vulnerable healing and forgiveness journey after...
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Have you ever felt someone's eyes on the back of your
head? Or perhaps you may have known who was on the phone, even before you lifted the receiver. Science calls these moments of knowing anomalies. If an anomaly cannot be measured it does not exist so far as science is concerned. I wonder how science measures a mind.
Whenever I feel someone's eyes boring into the back of my head I ask myself if the brain can transmit information, and given the measurements...