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YOUNG ADULTS
 | Take Me to Your Leader
Poems by Richard Stevenson Illustrated by Joseph Anderson
Take Me To Your Leader! is rooted in x-file lore and ufology reports. In tongue-in-cheek rhyming verse and song parodies utilizing rock, blues, and jazz rhythms, Richard looks playfully at the various theories of UFO and alien visitation, crop circles, alien abduction, and alternate theories of the evolution of the human race.
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 | The Giant Killer
Written and illustrated by Judd Palmer
A preposterous retelling of the fable Jack and the Beanstock, The Giant Killer, picks up where the fable leaves off and follows Jack's exploits as one of the lands finest and most heroic knights.
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 | The Wolf King
Written and illustrated by Judd Palmer
Shortlisted for the 2004 Governor General's Award
in Children's Literature (Text)
The story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf, the way we?ve heard it, is not quite the way it happened. There were mysterious forces at work that awful night . . .
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 | The Sorcerer's Last Words
Written and illustrated by Judd Palmer
In the aftermath of the notorious event of the enchanted broom, the Sorcerer's Apprentice learns his lesson indeed: "Seek Truth, not Power," is the Sorcerer's dictum . . .
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 | The Maestro
Written and illustrated by Judd Palmer
Shortlisted for the 2003 Governor General's Award
in Children's Literature (Text)
The Maestro is set in the sorrowful town of Hamelin, 30 years after its fateful encounter with the Pied Piper.
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 | The Tooth Fairy
Written and illustrated by Judd Palmer
The Tooth Fairy is the epic adventure of Abigail, the Girl with the Greatest Teeth in the World, who sets out to rid the world of the Tooth Fairy menace.
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 | The Adventures of Alonzo Woodchuck
Robert E. Klein
Massachusetts writer Robert Klein takes a hilarious look at humankind through the eyes of Alonzo and the cat, Andre. A classic tale that has brought joy to countless children and their parents.
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 | Cowboy Memoirs: Postcards and Sketches
Don Brestler
A moving reflection of times gone by and a way of life studded with toughness, grit, and an unfettered spirit of adventure that is fast coming to an end.
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 | The Acts of the Compassionates
Luke Moonwalker
"We'll stay the course...we'll change the world."
The Acts of the Compassionates has it all: mystery, political intrigue, unspeakably dastardly plots hatched in secret, and devastating tidal waves. Dare to look inside the clandestine world of a dedicated band of disciples who draw their religious fervor from the Acts of the Apostles—and their passion for world domination from the legends of Greek gods. It just might begin to sound familiar....
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 | Guru Nanak
Eleanor Nesbitt and Gopinder Kaur
The primary focus for this series lies on the minds of young men and women of high school age. However, the penetrating, unbiased, and compre-hensive nature of this study by two eminent British scholars makes Guru Nanak a pleasure to read, regardless of the reader's age.
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 | Sita's Story
Jacqueline Suthren Hirst
This book may surprise many adults with its balanced, contemporary interpretation from one of the greatest cultural epics of all time, the Ramayana.
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 | Stories of Krishna
Vivienne Baumfield
In this fascinating book, Dr. Baumfield brings to light fascinating aspects of Krishna, the mythic, religious figure of many voices, many guises.
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 | Kipling: A Brief Biography
Alberto Manguel
Born in Bombay, sent to the England of his parents at the age of five and left for years in the hands of a sadistic housekeeper, educated in an English school and later, as a cub reporter, in the vastness of India, Kipling is one of the most sympathetic and wisest observers of the lives of outsiders.
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