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1) The Red Pony
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The moving and beautiful story of a boy, a sorrel colt and the sun-drenched California earth." Junius Maltby: After ten years as a San Francisco accountant, Junius moves to sunny Pastures of Heaven, marries, has a son and becomes poverty stricken through laziness. When he realizes he is hurting his son, he has to make a decision.
2) Being Frank
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
A teenager learns that his overbearing and dictatorial father has another family and decides to use this knowledge to his advantage.
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Imagine growing up among wolves, being friends with a panther and a bear, and hunting the most fearsome animal in the wild-the man-killing tiger Shere Khan. These are the stories of Mowgli ""the frog,"" a man-cub raised by wolves, and his journey to adulthood with the help of Baloo the bear, and Bagheera the black panther. The Jungle Book is collections of short stories. Each story begins with a few lines of poetry. The best known of these jungle...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
When the evil Kin and Gin steal the Yo-kai Watch from Nate Adams one night to help their master Dame Dedtime prevent humans and Yo-kai from being friends, Nate finds help in the Yo-kai Hovernyan who takes Nate, Whisper, and Jibanyan back in time 60 years to when the Yo-kai Watch was first invented by Nate's own grandfather, Nathaniel while he was a kid.
5) Saint ralph
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Ralph, a 14-year-old boy, has lost his father and his grandparents. His mother is also very ill. At school he is forced to join the track team, only to discover he has a talent for running. Soon he sets the goal of winning the 1954 Boston Marathon.
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Pub. Date
1998, c1997
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Two boys find a suitcase full of cash in the attic of their apartment building. They decide to use the money to help some needy neighbors. But the suitcase belongs to a bank robber. Can the young heroes find a way to capture the criminal and return the money while saving their neighbors one last time?
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Loosely based on actual reports of Japanese submarines patrolling the Pacific during WWII, it depicts events that transpire following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In the tradition of "October Sky" and "Stand By Me", drama here follows the life of four ten year old California boys and their perilous journey to self-discovery.
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Pub. Date
c2006
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When three different girls, including the head cheerleader, the class overachiever, and a vegan lover, all learn they are dating the smooth-talking John Tucker, they devise a plan to make him change his habits by recruiting Kate, helping her to become the ideal girlfriend in order to break Tucker's heart.