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Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life, and death. A prince has a surprising awakening. A beauty fights like a beast. A boy refuses to become prey. A path to happiness is lost, then found again. New York Times bestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh...
3) Surfacing
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Maggie is only a sophomore in high school, but somehow she can draw out people's deepest truths whether they want to share them or not.
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As a project for her "creative non-fiction module" at a school for the arts, Normandy Pale chronicles the work of the Truth Commission, through which she and her two best friends ask classmates and faculty about various open secrets, while Norm's famous sister reveals some very unsettling truths of her own.
8) Truth
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"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, teen reporter Jen investigates the murder of a local resident."--
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"A monk leads a simple life. He studies his books late into the evening and searches for truth in their pages. His cat, Pangur, leads a simple life, too, chasing prey in the darkness. As night turns to dawn, Pangur leads his companion to the truth he has been seeking."--
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Mess Detectives Bob and Larry are on the case, trying to solve the mysteries of the messes at the Asparagus home. When there are many messes in the Asparagus home, Mess Detectives Bob and Larry arrive on the job to solve the mystery. What they find is Junior Asparagus being less than honest about who made all the messes. Read along as Junior and Larry both learn about how important telling the truth can be."--Zondervan.com.
11) Merrow
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Secrets of Carrick volume 1
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Enduring whispers about her absent mother's alleged merrow origins after her father drowns, twelve-year-old Neen questions her identity as she becomes increasingly torn between the worlds of the sea and her island home.
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"Told in a bilingual Chinese and English edition, this is the story of three little pigs whose appetites initially get the better of them. In a shared dream, they met an old man who tells them to deliver sweet rice cakes to him a week before New Year's Eve. The next morning, they see some sweet rice cakes on their kitchen table. The three little pigs completely forget the old man and eat every bit of them. When their mother comes home, she is very...
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"Twins Viktor and Nadya are twelve years old when Hitler's Germany declares war on the Soviet Union. With little notice, the city's children are evacuated on trains that are meant to take them to safety. Shockingly, Viktor and Nadya are separated, and disaster befalls them both. As the terrible confilect rages, each embarks on a desperate race across snow and ice, struggling through the destruction in an effort to be reunited . . ."-- publisher
16) Child of Glass
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A story about difference, exclusion, and ultimately self-acceptance, Child of Glass explores the interplay between inner and outer and the journey we have to go on to become ourselves. Child of Glass is about Gisele, a fragile, strong, transparent girl who denounces the meanness that can mark life in the world. In sparse, poetic language that all of us, however young or old, can understand, Child of Glass reminds us of our birthright to become ourselves....
17) Black Panther
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When the King of Wakanda is lost in a tragic accident, his son, Prince T'Challa, must take his rightful place as King and protector of Wakanda by becoming the Black Panther. But when an outsider arrives in Wakanda claiming to be the late Prince N'Jobu's son, T'Challa must discover the truth of the past and reclaim the throne before the secret of Wakanda is revealed to the rest of the world.
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