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4) White Fang
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In his unforgiving world, White Fang, part dog and part wolf, a wonderful creature, adaptable to every situation and challenge life throws at him, grows and responds and is steady on his feet. He is a survivor, with beauty and strength unlimited. He learns to follow the brutal laws of the North - fight to survive or die. Even his experiences in the wild cannot prepare him for the owner who turns him into an unfeeling killer.
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ATL: Cottagecore
ATL: Rediscover the Childhood Magic
Cozy Fiction (Bedford)
HPL: Cozy Reads for Every Mood
ATL: Rediscover the Childhood Magic
Cozy Fiction (Bedford)
HPL: Cozy Reads for Every Mood
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Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
8) Oliver Twist
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"Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of great adversity. Oliver Twist features some of the author's most enduring characters, such as Oliver himself (who dares to ask for more), the tyrannical...
9) Peter Pan
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Peter Pan, the boy who ran away the day he was born and stubbornly refuses to grow up, meets the Darling children and leads them through merry adventures in Neverland.
10) Moby Dick
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Narrated by the crew member Ishmael, this epic whaling adventure follows the crew of the Pequod as its captain, Ahab, descends deeper and deeper into madness on his quest to find and kill the white whale that maimed him. Beyond the surface of ship life, whaling, and the hunt for the elusive Moby Dick are allegorical references to life - and even the universe - in this masterpiece by Herman Melville. Regarded as the Great American Novel, Moby Dick...
11) Pollyanna
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When orphaned eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.
16) Anne of Avonlea
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Sterling Pub
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c2007
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In this abridged sequel to "Anne of Green Gables," teenage Anne Shirley becomes a schoolteacher in a small village on Prince Edward Island.
17) Heidi
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Sterling Pub
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©2007
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An abridged version of Johanna Spyri's classic story of a Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
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Sterling Pub
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c2008
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An abridged version of the tale of the four Musketeers' final adventure during which they plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.