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The Decameron (Signet Classics) 9 reviews Giovanni Boccaccio
Signet Classics, 2002
Which Translation?
+ Bawdy tales of love + excellent translation + A suprisingly easy read + If stranded on an island, this is the book to have.
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Little Red Riding Hood 17 reviews Trina Schart (RTL) Hyman
Holiday House, 1987
Still beautiful
+ Good compromise between horrible and cutesy + Beautiful Illustrations + Good retelling of the traditional stories - beware of reviewers who should know better
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A Day No Pigs Would Die 294 reviews Robert Newton Peck
Peter Smith Pub Inc, 1999
dark and humorous, meaningful and beautiful
+ The meat, not the pudding. + WOW! This is such a heartbreaking book.
A coming of age story for a young boy in 1920s rural Vermont, as he learns to run the farm and understand his father and his father's role. The book is a series of humorous tales and Robert's growing understanding of his world. He hunts, delivers calves, goes to the Rutland Fair, takes care of his ...
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Curses, Hexes and Spells (Weird & Horrible Library) 1 review Daniel Cohen
Everyman Ltd, 1977
doesn't work
Tried to turn Pepsi into Coca-Cola with this book and it didn't work.
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A Clockwork Orange 619 reviews Anthony Burgess
W. W. Norton & Company, 1986
Fantastic, yet complicated
+ Fantastic novel + A Clockwork Orange + Good but have to work to get into
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Bridge to Terabithia 24 reviews Katherine Paterson
Harper Collins Publishers, 1996
Bridge to Teribithia
+ Bridge to Terabithia + sad + Bridge to Terabithia + Bridge To Terabithia
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Fallen Angels 285 reviews Walter Dean Myers
Collins, 1990
The awful truth
+ Courtesy of Teens Read Too + Unfallen + Parents of Younger Readers Beware!
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Daddy's Roommate (Alyson Wonderland) 21 reviews Michael Willhoite
Alyson Books, 1994
Perfect!
+ Just sent a copy to Wasilla Public Library + Positive and Family Friendly!
As a child of gay parents, I wish I had this book when I was growing up in the 70's. !!! It is perfect! Thanks soooo Much! Hopefully, we'll soon be able to embrace love and do away with our violence praising culture....
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Annie on My Mind 126 reviews Nancy Garden
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2007
I agree with almost everyone else
+ a rare story which outlines the signs and progression of true love + Superb book + mew
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Blubber 103 reviews Judy Blume
Yearling, 1976
Funny, intriguing, and yet a great moral lesson...
+ The story of Bullies and the Bullied + Great lesson for bullies to read! + Blubber
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Carrie 400 reviews Stephen King
Doubleday, 2007
Excellent Book
+ Everyone isn't bad, Mama! Everything isn't a sin! + Carrie + carrie review + Great First Novel
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Fanny Hill: Memoirs Of A Woman of Pleasure (Wordsworth Classics) (Wadsworth Classics) John Cleland
Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2001
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, better known as Fanny Hill, is one of the most notorious texts in English literature. As recently as 1963 an unexpurgated edition was the subject of a trial, yet in the eighteenth century John Cleland's open celebration of sexual enjoyment was a best selling novel. Fanny's story, as she falls into prostitution and then rises to respectability, takes the form ...
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Brave New World 729 reviews Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Open the book and open your eyes
+ This book is more enjoyable with some soma! + Frighteningly Prophetic + Dystopia, i long for thee + Good Book
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Christine (Signet) 194 reviews Stephen King
Signet, 1983
MY FAVE STEPHEN KING NOVEL
+ Streeb's Class + Character driven story.
Christine is by far my faveorite of all stephen kings novels. The story of a posessed car and the teenager that loves her. I can relate to the character of roland lebay and his spirit of unending vengeance. This is not only a must read for all of us stephen king fans but i would highly recommend ...
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I Have To Go! (Classic Munsch) 13 reviews Robert N. Munsch
Annick Press, 1989
No! No! No!
+ Excellent Service + Another great Munsch
Andrew's parents ask him frequently if he needs to "Pee." He always says, "No!" But, a few minutes later the answer is "Yes, right now!" We liked this book because of it's realism. It is a typical problem for moms and dads of preschoolers. This book has a similar twist to his other books. The ...
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Catch-22: A Novel (Simon & Schuster Classics) 832 reviews Joseph Heller
Simon & Schuster, 1999
Lighthearted and comical, yet dark and meaningful
+ 25 words or less + Incredible + Great Characters Living With Death
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) 5177 reviews J. K. Rowling
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002
Goblet Gives Gryffindor Gang Great Gobs of Guesswork, Goosebumps
+ you should read this book because.... + Enjoyable but over hyped + Glorious + GREAT BOOK
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Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Thrift Edition) 5 reviews Walt Whitman
Dover Publications, 2007
What More Can Be Said?
+ He understood what we all feel about being alive. + A small part of 'Leaves of Grass' + Sigh................... + Loverly
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 307 reviews Maya Angelou
Virago Press Ltd, 1993
The time of book that moves you
+ Quick Read + Well Written Account + South Mill Young Readers Book Club Review (Jr. High Readers)
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East of Eden 218 reviews John Steinbeck
Penguin Books, 2002
East of Eden - A beautifully written classic
+ This IS the Great American Novel + Possibly the Best Fictional Book I've Ever Read... + Good job!
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