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Shore Books and Art Gallery suggested reading for collage bound 4-11th Grade Students
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4th through 11th Grades
Reading not only will take you to wonderful, unexplored worlds in your imagination, but there are practical reasons as well.
Reading gives you a more well-rounded background. College admissions and future employers pick up on that. And youll be able to answer the questions, "Did you read that book? What did you think of it?"
How many of the books on our list have you read?
4th Grade
Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of Nimh
Zeely
Roll Of Thunder Here My Cry
A Wrinkle In Time
100 Penny Box
Sounder
Black Beauty
The Hobbit
5th Grade
The Story Of Jumping Mouse
From The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweller
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Adventurers Of Tom Sawyer
My Side Of The Mountain
Ajeemah & His Son
The Wind In The Willows
The Midnight Fox
6th Grade
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
The Giver
The Egypt Game
The Golden Goblet
Mississippi Bridge
The Watsons Go To Birmingham
Macbeth
Sarah, Plain & Tall
7thGrade
Animal Farm
The Learning Tree
The Red Badge Of Courage
Girl Named Disaster
Oliver Twist
Black Boy
Romeo And Juliet
The House On Mango Street
8th Grade
Chocolate War
The Pearl
Bless The Beast And The Children
Tale Of Two Cities
Of Mice And Men
I Know Why The Cage Bird Sing
Merchant Of Venice
Go Tell It On The Mountain
9th Grade
Devils Arithmetic
The Street
How Green Was My Valley
Bless Me Ultima
The Haunting Of Hill House
Rites Of Passage
Julius Caesar
Amen Corner
10th Grade
The Great Gatsby
The Bluest Eye
The Catcher In The Rye
The Scarlet Letter
Huckleberry Finn
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Othello
Old Man And The Sea
11th Grade
The Stranger
Like Water For Chocolate
Things Fall Apart
Siddhartha
Of Human Bondage
The Color Purple
Hamlet
The Handmaiden's Tale
Good reading
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
(Aladdin Fantasy)(Trade Paperback)
by
O'Brien, Robert C.
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$6.29
Published: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1986
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
This 1972 Newberry Medal winner has delighted children and adults alike for decades, both as a million-plus copy bestseller and the popular animated film, The Secrets of NIMH. Now, for the millennium, this perennial favorite has an endearing new cover that will enchant both old fans and those with the pleasure of discovering the book for the first time.
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Zeely(Trade Paperback)
by
Hamilton, Virginia,
Shimin, Symeon
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$4.99
Published: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1993
Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability
In this classic novel, a summer at her uncle's farm is made special for Elizabeth because of her friendship with a very tall, composed woman who raises hogs and who closely resembles the magazine photograph of a Watutsi queen. Illustrations.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry(Trade Paperback)
by
Taylor, Mildred D.
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$7.19
Published: Puffin Books, 1991
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
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The Hundred Penny Box
(Puffin Newbery Library)(Trade Paperback)
by
Mathis, Sharon Bell,
Dillon, Leo,
Dillon, Diane
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$5.99
Published: Puffin Books, 1986
Inventory Status: Out of Print
This Newbery Honor Book tells the story of "a boy and his hundred-year-old great-great-aunt in . . . a quietly intense story, illustrated with sepia pictures that make dramatic use of chiaroscuro" ("The Horn Book"). Two-color illustrations.
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Sounder(Trade Paperback)
by
Armstrong, William Howard,
Barkley, James
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$2.99
Published: HarperTrophy, 2004
Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability
"Sounder, a landmark in children's literature, traces the keen sorrow and the abiding faith of a poor African-American boy in the nineteenth-century South. The boy's father is a sharecropper, struggling to feed his family in hard times. Night after night, he and his great coon dog, Sounder, return to the cabin empty-handed. Then, one morning, almost like a miracle, a sweet-smelling ham is cooking in the family's kitchen. At last the family will have a good meal. But that night, an angry sheriff and his deputies come, and the boy's life will never be the same.
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Black Beauty(Trade Paperback)
by
Sewell, Anna
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$4.99
Published: Puffin Books, 1994
Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Black Beauty is handsome and sweet-tempered but strong, spirited, and with fine instincts. His various owners make him do all kinds of tasks, from being a carriage horse on a country estate to a cab horse in town. Black Beauty's tale is one of the best-loved animal stories ever written.
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The Hobbit: The Enchanting Prelude to the Lord of the Rings(Mass Market Paperback)
by
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Price:
$7.99
Published: Del Rey Books, 1986
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIME
Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo-alone and unaided-who had to confront the great dragon Smaug, the terror of an entire countryside . . .
This stirring adventure fantasy begins the tale of the hobbits that was continued by J.R.R. Tolkien in his bestselling epic "The Lord of the Rings."
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The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend(Trade Paperback)
by
Steptoe, John
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$6.29
Published: HarperTrophy, 1989
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
"You will reach the far-off land if you keep hope alive within you." The words of Magic Frog give courage to the young mouse on his long and perilous journey to reach the wonderful land of legend. He faces many obstacles on his quest and sacrifices much to help others in need. But the mouse's compassion and faith in himself prove to be a source of great power...and bring him rewards even beyond his dreams.
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler(Trade Paperback)
by
Konigsburg, E. L.,
Konigsburg, E. L.
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$8.99
Published: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2007
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run "from" somewhere she wants to run "to" somewhere--to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and preferably elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing that her younger brother, Jamie, has money and thus can help her with the serious cash flow problem she invites him along.Once settled into the museum, Claudia and Jamie, find themselves caught up in the mystery of an angel statue that the museum purchased at an auction for a bargain price of $250. The statue is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Is it? Or isn't it? Claudia is determined to find out. This quest leads Claudia to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the remarkable old woman who sold the statue and to some equally remarkable discoveries about herself.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(Trade Paperback)
by
Dahl, Roald,
Blake, Quentin
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$6.99
Published: Puffin Books, 2002
Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability
The gates of Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory are opening at last -- and only five children will be allowed inside.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(Signet Classics (Paperback))(Mass Market Paperback)
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Twain, Mark
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My Side of the Mountain(Trade Paperback)
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George, Jean Craighead
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Ajeemah and His Son
(Willa Perlman Books)(Trade Paperback)
by
Berry, James R.
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The Wind in the Willows(Trade Paperback)
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Grahame, Kenneth,
Shepard, Ernest H.
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The Midnight Fox(Trade Paperback)
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Byars, Betsy Cromer
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(Chronicles of Narnia (HarperCollins Paperback), #2)(Mass Market Paperback)
by
Lewis, C. S.,
Baynes, Pauline
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The Giver
(Readers Circle (Laurel-Leaf))(Mass Market Paperback)
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Lowry, Lois
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The Egypt Game(Trade Paperback)
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Snyder, Zilpha Keatley,
Burns, Margy,
Raible, Alton
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The Golden Goblet
(Puffin Newbery Library)(Trade Paperback)
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McGraw, Eloise
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Macbeth
(Bantam Classics)(Mass Market Paperback)
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Shakespeare, William,
Turner, Robert Kean,
Hammersmith, James
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Mississippi Bridge(Trade Paperback)
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Taylor, Mildred D.,
Ginsburg, Max
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963(Trade Paperback)
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Curtis, Christopher Paul
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Sarah, Plain and Tall
(Sarah, Plain and Tall Saga (Paperback))(Trade Paperback)
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MacLachlan, Patricia
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Animal Farm
(Signet Classics (Paperback))(Mass Market Paperback)
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Orwell, George,
Woodhouse, C. M.,
Baker, Russell
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The Learning Tree(Mass Market Paperback)
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Parks, Gordon, Jr.
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The Red Badge of Courage
(Bantam Classics)(Mass Market Paperback)
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Crane, Stephen,
Kazin, Alfred
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A Girl Named Disaster(Trade Paperback)
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Farmer, Nancy
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The House on Mango Street
(Vintage Contemporaries (Paperback))(Trade Paperback)
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Cisneros, Sandra
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Romeo and Juliet
(Oxford School Shakespeare)(Trade Paperback)
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Shakespeare, William
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Black Boy
(P.S. (Paperback))(Trade Paperback)
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Wright, Richard
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Oliver Twist(Trade Paperback)
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Dickens, Charles
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The Chocolate War
(Readers Circle (Delacorte))(Trade Paperback)
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Cormier, Robert
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Of Mice and Men
(Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)(Trade Paperback)
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Steinbeck, John
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The Merchant of Venice
(Bantam Classics)(Mass Market Paperback)
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Shakespeare, William,
Bevington, David,
Kastan, David Scott
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A Tale of Two Cities
(Bantam Classic)(Mass Market Paperback)
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Dickens, Charles,
Koch, Stephen
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Bless the Beasts and Children(Mass Market Paperback)
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Swarthout, Glendon Fred,
Johnson, Cynthia Brantley
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Go Tell It on the Mountain(Mass Market Paperback)
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Baldwin, James A.
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The Devil's Arithmetic(Trade Paperback)
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Yolen, Jane
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The Street(Trade Paperback)
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Petry, Ann
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Bless Me, Ultima(Mass Market Paperback)
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Anaya, Rudolfo A.
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How Green Was My Valley(Trade Paperback)
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Llewellyn, Richard
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Julius Caesar(Trade Paperback - Large Print)
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Shakespeare, William
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The Great Gatsby(Trade Paperback)
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott
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The Bluest Eye(Trade Paperback)
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Morrison, Toni,
Morrison, Toni
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The Scarlet Letter(Mass Market Paperback)
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(Modern Library Classics (Paperback))(Trade Paperback)
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Twain, Mark,
Saunders, George
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Othello
(Shakespeare Made Easy (Paperback))(Trade Paperback)
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Holste, Gayle,
Shakespeare, William
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The Old Man and the Sea(Trade Paperback)
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Hemingway, Ernest
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The Stranger(Trade Paperback)
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Camus, Albert,
Ward, Matthew
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Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies(Trade Paperback)
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Esquivel, Laura,
Christensen, Thomas,
Christensen, Carol
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Things Fall Apart(Trade Paperback)
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Achebe, Chinua
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Of Human Bondage
(Bantam Classic)(Mass Market Paperback)
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Maugham, W. Somerset
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The Color Purple(Trade Paperback)
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Walker, Alice,
Bernard, Andre
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Hamlet
(Shakespeare Made Easy (Paperback))(Trade Paperback)
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Shakespeare, William,
Durband, Alan
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The Pearl
(Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)(Trade Paperback)
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Steinbeck, John
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings(Trade Paperback)
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Angelou, Maya
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The Haunting of Hill House
(Penguin Classics)(Trade Paperback)
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Jackson, Shirley,
Miller, Laura
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Rite of Passage(Trade Paperback)
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Wright, Richard
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The Amen Corner: A Play(Trade Paperback)
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Baldwin, James A.
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The Catcher in the Rye(Trade Paperback)
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Salinger, J. D.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God(Trade Paperback)
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Hurston, Zora Neale
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Siddhartha(Mass Market Paperback)
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Hesse, Hermann,
Rosner, Hilda
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The Handmaid's Tale(Trade Paperback)
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Atwood, Margaret
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster(Trade Paperback)
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Krakauer, Jon
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Fahrenheit 451: The Temperature at Which Book Paper Catches Fire, and Burns(Mass Market Paperback)
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Bradbury, Ray
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Animal Farm
(Signet Classics (Paperback))(Mass Market Paperback)
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Orwell, George,
Woodhouse, C. M.,
Baker, Russell
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