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62) Mansfield Park
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Mansfield Park is a study of three families-the Bertrams, the Crawfords, and the Prices-with the isolated figure of the heroine, Fanny Price, at its center. Fanny's quiet passivity, her steadfast loyalty and love for the son of the family who regard her as the poor relation, and who have taken her under their roof, are not appreciated until they are tried against the brilliant and witty Mary and Henry Crawford, the unfortunate consequences of whose...
64) Mr. Universe
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"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Michael accidentally finds himself in an alternate universe being chased by scary lizard men in gray suits"--Provided by the publisher.
65) Uncle Bigfoot
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A young boy is convinced that his visiting Uncle Bernie is really a bigfoot monster.
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After her harrowing journey west to California, Lee Westfall has finally found a new home, one rich in gold, thanks to her magical power, a power that seems to be changing every day. But this home is rich in other ways, too: with friends who are searching for a place to be themselves, just as she is, and with love. Jefferson, her longtime best friend, hasn't stopped trying to win her heart. And Lee is more and more tempted to say yes. But her uncle...
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Sixth-grader Theo leaves everything behind to live with his Uncle Chester, a Vietnam War veteran and loner, in Destiny, Florida, but he is drawn to play the piano in Miss Sister's dance school and soon makes friends with the feisty Anabel, a baseball fanatic who invites Theo to help solve a mystery.
70) One red shoe
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In a Middle Eastern war zone, a photojournalist documents an attack on a school bus which injures a young boy. The photojournalist focuses on the one red basketball shoe the boy is still wearing, and thinks of his own nephew back home who has the same shoes.
78) Ivan's fear
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As he is afraid of everything, Ivan doubts he will ever have great adventures as he dreams, but when his uncle shares something he learned during his own travels, Ivan just may discover his courage.
79) The dead student
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Timothy Warner, a PhD student who goes by the nickname "Moth," wakes up on his ninety-ninth day of sobriety with an intense craving for drink. He asks his uncle Ed, a former alcoholic and now successful psychiatrist, to meet him at an AA meeting later that day. When Ed doesn't show up, Moth bikes to his office and discovers a grisly scene -- his uncle lying in a pool of blood, shot through the temple. The police pronounce the death a suicide, but...