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"On November 9, 1989, Bernd Zeiger, a Stasi officer in the twilight of his career, is deteriorating from a mysterious illness. Alarmed by the disappearance of Lara, a young waitress at his regular cafe with whom he is obsessed, he chases a series of clues throughout Berlin. The details of Lara's vanishing trigger flashbacks to his entanglement with Johannes Held, a physicist who, twenty-five years earlier, infiltrated an American research institute...
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Eighteen-year-old twins Adina, a viola prodigy, and Tovah, a future surgeon, find their relationship tested when they learn that one of them will develop Huntington's, the degenerative disease ravaging their mother.
Viola prodigy Adina yearns to become a soloist. Overachiever Tovah awaits her acceptance to Johns Hopkins and a career as a surgeon. Huntington's, a rare degenerative disease, has turned their Israeli mother into a near stranger and fractured...
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"On a cold winter's eve, deep in the woods, a mother shrew frets about her sick young son. His head is cold and his feet are hot, and there is only one thing that can cure him: wild honey from the moon. Mother Shrew does not stop to wonder how she will make such an impossible journey. Instead, she grabs her trusty red umbrella, gives her darling son a kiss, and sets out into the unknown. Along the way, Mother Shrew encounters one obstacle after another,...
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When her brother catches a cold, Pinky Dinky Doo, an imaginative young girl, tells him a silly story about the time she and her classmates caught the Polka Dot Pox.
Pinky Dinky Doo is back for another of the funny stories she loves to tell to her little brother, Tyler. This time, Pinky gets a bad case of Polka Dot Pox. Her mom says she needs to stay home. But Pinky really wants to take her pet, Mr. Guinea Pig, to school for pet show-and-tell! How...
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Sunlit Lands volume 1
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When Madeline, a teen with terminal lung disease, accepts healing in exchange for a year of service in the Sunlit Lands, she and her friend Jason enjoy being privileged members of Elenil society, until they learn that magic carries a high price.
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"When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives. The tiger offers Lily a deal- if Lily will open her grandmother's star jars and return what she stole, the tiger will heal her grandmother. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice . . . and the courage to face a tiger. Tae Keller,...
31) The Story King
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Sunlit Lands volume 3
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"The magic of the Sunlit Lands has been reset, but that doesn't mean all is well. Unrest and discord are growing by the day, and Hanali is positioning himself as ruler of the Sunlit Lands. But, in order for Hanali to seize control, there must be a sacrifice, one that very few are willing to make. Jason, Shula, Baileya, and others must work together to save the lives of those Hanali would sacrifice for his own gain"--
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Henry and Mudge books volume 7
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In this seventh book in the Henry and Mudge series, first Henry has a cold, and then Mudge gets sick, too. What can Henry do to help Mudge feel better?
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Amelia Linehan could see a roller derby opponent a mile away-- and that's while crouched down, bent over skates, and zooming around a track at the speed of light. What she couldn't see coming was the flare-up of the rare liver disorder she was born with. With no guarantee of a viable organ transplant, college plans or the possibility of one day falling in love have become a huge question mark. Will, a friend from the past, shows up and makes Amelia...
35) I feel sick!
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Claiming to be too ill to do chores or go to school, the Little Princess makes a miraculous recovery when a party invitation arrives.
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"Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day--'Ah-choo!'--he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests."--Dust jacket.
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Sunlit Lands volume 2
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Madeline's health continues to deteriorate after she returns home, bringing Shula and Yenil along, and she yearns to return to the Sunlit Lands, but the magic fueling that land is failing, threatening its inhabitants.
After destroying the Crescent Stone, Madeline and Shula have returned to Earth, but Darius and Jason have remained behind. As her health continues to deteriorate, Madeline feels the Sunlit Lands calling her back. As the Sunlit Lands...
40) The barn
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In an effort to fulfill their dying father's last request, nine-year-old Ben and his brother and sister construct a barn on their land in the Oregon Territory.
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