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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (Unabridged)

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When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library...and figured out how to bring electricity to his village.

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960L
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10:06
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (Unabridged)

All the Weyrs of Pern

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The 11th book in the Dragonriders of Pern series: Led by Masterharper Robinton, F'lar and Lessa, the people of Pern excavate the ancient remains of the planet's original settlement and uncover the colonist's voice-activated artificial intelligence system.

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970L
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19:32
All the Weyrs of Pern

Inside Out and Back Again

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Vietnam-born author Thanhha Lai bursts onto the literary scene with Inside Out & Back Again - her National Book Award-winning debut. Written in rich, free-verse poems, this moving tale follows a young Vietnamese girl as she leaves her war-torn homeland for America in 1975.

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800L
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02:30
Inside Out and Back Again

Agent Q, or the Smell of Danger!: A Pals in Peril Tale (Unabridged)

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It's time for Lily, Katie, and Jasper to head home from their exciting Delaware adventure, but the Awful Autarch's spies and goons are everywhere, and it's clear that *they* have other plans for our three intrepid heroes.

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760L
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05:08
Agent Q, or the Smell of Danger!: A Pals in Peril Tale (Unabridged)

Across Five Aprils (Unabridged)

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This compelling classic of a boy's coming of age during the Civil War is based on stories the author's grandfather told her about his own life.

We also have a Multiple Copy Set of this book.

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1100L
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05:50
Across Five Aprils (Unabridged)

Siddhartha (Unabridged)

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Versatile actor Chris Hendrie breathes life into this poetical and allegorical novel and leads us on a profound spiritual journey to finding enlightenment. With a deep and compelling humanity, its young hero moves through self-discovery into self-knowledge, and finally into pure joy as he encounters the river of life. Published in 1922, this book has inspired millions worldwide.

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1010L
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03:54
Siddhartha (Unabridged)

A Clockwork Orange (Unabridged)

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A vicious 15-year-old "droog" is the central character of this 1963 classic. In Anthony Burgess' nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, who talks in a brutal, invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends' social pathology.

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1310L
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07:46
A Clockwork Orange (Unabridged)

The Order of Odd-Fish (Unabridged)

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Jo Larouche has lived her 13 years in the California desert with her Aunt Lily, ever since she was dropped on Lily's doorstep with this note: "This is Jo. Please take care of her. But beware. This is a dangerous baby. "

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The Order of Odd-Fish (Unabridged)

Leviathan (Unabridged)

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It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. The Leviathan is a living airship, the most formidable airbeast in the skies of Europe.

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Lexile: 
790L
Length: 
08:16
Leviathan (Unabridged)

So Yesterday (Unabridged)

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Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people on the very cusp of cool. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque's job is finding them for the retail market.

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770L
Length: 
06:33
So Yesterday (Unabridged)

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