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83) Around the world
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Challenged with circling the world at the end of the nineteenth century, three very different adventurers--avid bicyclist Thomas Stevens, fearless reporter Nellie Bly, and retired sea captain Joshua Slocum--embark on epic journeys.
87) A hubbub
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Ginger the fox learns that, even though life with just her mother was very different, being part of a family can be a good thing, such as when some unwanted cats try to take over the children's clubhouse.
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In Kansas in the year 1937, eleven-year-old Jack Clark faces his share of ordinary challenges: local bullies, his father's failed expectations, a little sister with an eye for trouble. But he also has to deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Certainly a case of "dust dementia" would explain who (or what) Jack has glimpsed in the Talbot's abandoned barn - a sinister...
89) Treasure Island
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Retells in graphic novel format Stevenson's story of how Jim Hawkins and his innkeeper mother find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune while going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money.
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Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharoahs.
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"Before Bloom became part of the Winx Club, she was living a normal teenager's life. All that changed one day when she discovered that she's actually got magical fairy powers, and made four new fairy friends too! Now Bloom's life is anything but ordinary as she uses her magic to fight wicked villains!"--Page [4] of cover.