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21) Cannonball
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Determined to execute the perfect cannonball dive, a boy tries to follow everyone's advice but finally hears Nan, an expert and former champion, who advises doing it his own way.
24) Happy dreamer
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A "dreamer maximus" describes the many ways one can dream, and the importance of being a happy dreamer.
25) Leo the Lop
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Leo is a lop-eared rabbit in a colony of bunnies whose ears stand up, and he is hurt by the teasing of the other rabbits--until a possum teaches him about individuality.
26) No two alike
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Follows a pair of birds on a snowflake-filled journey through a winter landscape, where everything everywhere, from branches and leaves to forests full of trees, is unique.
30) Anthem
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Hailed by The New York Times as "a compelling dystopian look at paranoia from one of the most unique and perceptive writers of our time," this brief, captivating novel offers a cautionary tale. The story unfolds within a society in which all traces of individualism have been eliminated from every aspect of life — use of the word "I" is a capital offense. The hero, a rebel who discovers that man's greatest moral duty is the pursuit of his own happiness,...
31) Gaston
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A proper bulldog raised in a poodle family and a tough poodle raised in a bulldog family meet one day in the park.
34) Dreamland
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After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous.
35) The moorchild
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Feeling that she is neither fully human nor "Folk," a changeling learns her true identity and attempts to find the human child whose place she had been given.
36) The island
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Fifteen-year-old Wil discovers himself and the wonders of nature when he leaves home to live on an island in northern Wisconsin.
38) Mouse was mad
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Mouse struggles to find the right way to express his anger, modeling the behavior of Hare, Bear, Hedgehog, and Bobcat, only to discover that his own way may be the best way of all.
39) Tex
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The love between two teenage brothers helps to alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to grow up.
40) Spoon
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Spoon's always been a happy little utensil. But lately, he feels like life as a spoon just isn't cutting it. He thinks Fork, Knife, and The Chopsticks all have it so much better than him. But do they? And what do they think about Spoon?