Lucia's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 30 Aug 2024 01:12:45 -0700 60 Lucia's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1)]]> 11003853 First Grave on the Right is the smashing, award-winning debut novel that introduces Charley Davidson: part-time private investigator and full-time Grim Reaper.

Charley sees dead people. That's right, she sees dead people. And it's her job to convince them to "go into the light." But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e., murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice. Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she's been having about an Entity who has been following her all her life...and it turns out he might not be dead after all. In fact, he might be something else entirely.

This is a thrilling debut novel from Darynda Jones, an exciting newcomer to the world of paranormal romantic suspense.

First Grave on the Right is the winner of the 2012 Rita Award for Best First Book.]]> 350 Darynda Jones 0312360800 Lucia 0 to-read 4.04 2011 First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1)
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> <![CDATA[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]]> 17125 The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

First published in the Soviet journal Novy Mir in 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich stands as a classic of contemporary literature. The story of labor-camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, it graphically describes his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression. An unforgettable portrait of the entire world of Stalin's forced work camps, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is one of the most extraordinary literary documents to have emerged from the Soviet Union and confirms Solzhenitsyn's stature as "a literary genius whose talent matches that of Dosotevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy"--Harrison Salisbury

This unexpurgated 1991 translation by H. T. Willetts is the only authorized edition available, and fully captures the power and beauty of the original Russian.]]> 182 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Lucia 0 3.98 1962 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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average rating: 3.98
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]]> <![CDATA[The Darkness Dwellers (Kiki Strike, #3)]]> 15793537
First they ventured deep under New York to save the city itself.

Then things got personal as the Irregulars ventured into a haunted mansion in Chinatown to uncover an evil twin.

Now, in the third installment of bestselling author Kirsten Miller’s Kiki Strike series, this delightful group of delinquent geniuses jump feet first into a fastpaced international pursuit, going underground in Paris to pursue a pair of treacherous royals who have killed Kiki’s parents.

With a dash of romance, a fresh take on good manners, and loads of buttkicking bravery, Kiki, Betty, Ananka and the other Irregulars sharpen their amazing skills in this highly anticipated new adventure.]]> 403 Kirsten Miller 1599907364 Lucia 0 to-read 4.23 2013 The Darkness Dwellers (Kiki Strike, #3)
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> To Kill a Mockingbird 2657
Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.]]> 323 Harper Lee 0060935464 Lucia 2 4.25 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird
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average rating: 4.25
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rating: 2
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]]> Lord of the Flies 7624 182 William Golding 0140283331 Lucia 0 3.70 1954 Lord of the Flies
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]]> <![CDATA[Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right]]> 34858587 Kill All Normies explores some of the cultural genealogies and past parallels of these styles and subcultures, drawing from transgressive styles of 60s libertinism and conservative movements, to make the case for a rejection of the perpetual cultural turn.]]> 136 Angela Nagle 1785355449 Lucia 0 3.41 2017 Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right
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]]> <![CDATA[Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)]]> 240910
Jackie, however, has other plans. And with the help of Max Cherry - an honest but disgruntled bail bondsman looking to get out - she could even end up with a serious nest egg in the process.]]> 304 Elmore Leonard 0753819732 Lucia 0 3.94 1992 Rum Punch (Ordell Robbie & Louis Gara #2)
author: Elmore Leonard
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average rating: 3.94
book published: 1992
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]]> Sofia Petrovna 499378 Sofia Petrovna is Lydia Chukovskaya's fictional account of the Great Purge. Sofia is a Soviet Everywoman, a doctor's widow who works as a typist in a Leningrad publishing house. When her beloved son is caught up in the maelstrom of the purge, she joins the long lines of women outside the prosecutor's office, hoping against hope for any good news. Confronted with a world that makes no moral sense, Sofia goes mad, a madness which manifests itself in delusions little different from the lies those around her tell every day to protect themselves. Sofia Petrovna offers a rare and vital record of Stalin's Great Purges.]]> 120 Lydia Chukovskaya 0810111500 Lucia 0 4.02 1965 Sofia Petrovna
author: Lydia Chukovskaya
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror]]> 51497 'He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp... his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter'

Published as a 'shilling shocker', Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with 'damnable young man' Edward hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil. The other stories in this volume also testify to Stevenson's inventiveness within the Gothic tradition: 'Olalla', a tale of vampirism and tainted family blood, and 'The Body Snatcher', a gruesome fictionalization of the exploits of the notorious Burke and Hare.

This edition contains a critical introduction by Robert Mighall, which discusses class, criminality and the significance of the story's London setting. It also includes an essay on the scientific contexts of the novel and the development of the idea of the Jekyll-and-Hyde personality.]]> 224 Robert Louis Stevenson 0141439734 Lucia 0 3.92 1886 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
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]]> Heart of a Dog 113205 123 Mikhail Bulgakov 0802150594 Lucia 0 4.15 1925 Heart of a Dog
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 35031085 This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780143131847.

Mary Shelley's seminal novel of the scientist whose creation becomes a monster.

This edition is the original 1818 text, which preserves the hard-hitting and politically charged aspects of Shelley's original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice. This edition also includes a new introduction and suggestions for further reading by author and Shelley expert Charlotte Gordon, literary excerpts and reviews selected by Gordon and a chronology and essay by preeminent Shelley scholar Charles E. Robinson.]]> 260 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 0143131842 Lucia 0 4.02 1818 Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
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]]> Just Kids 341879 Just Kids, Patti Smith's first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to Just Kids as she has to the rest of her formidable body of work--from her influential 1975 album Horses to her visual art and poetry.]]> 304 Patti Smith Lucia 2 4.19 2010 Just Kids
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average rating: 4.19
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?]]> 6763725 81 Mark Fisher 1846943175 Lucia 0 4.20 2009 Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
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]]> Whatever 58372
Houellebecq's debut novel is painfully realistic portrayal of the vanishing freedom of a world governed by science and by the empty rituals of daily life.]]> 160 Michel Houellebecq 1852425849 Lucia 0 3.59 1994 Whatever
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average rating: 3.59
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]]> The Twelve & Other Poems 1243751 "Aleksandr Blok (1880-1921) wrote The Twelve in 1918, after the Russian October Revolution, in four January days during the Civil War. In his diary he says he wrote it 'in harmony with the elements...perhaps all political sentiment is so unclean that a single drop of it poisons and renders worthless all the rest; but perhaps, again, it does not destroy the meaning of the poem; and, who knows, perhaps it will in the end prove a ferment, resurrecting The Twelve for another time than ours.' The poem is a unique work, even for Blok himself. The three shorter poems included here will give at least a faint idea (I hope) of the quiet, Symbolist-Romantic flavor of most of Blok's other work." - Anselm Hollo]]> 181 Alexandr Blok 0413271900 Lucia 0 3.90 1968 The Twelve & Other Poems
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]]> <![CDATA[Little Women (Little Women, #1)]]> 1934 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451529305.

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.

It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman’s work,� including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl’s book� her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.

]]> 449 Louisa May Alcott Lucia 0 4.16 1868 Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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]]> Measure for Measure 91571 Measure for Measure is among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare’s plays. In it, a duke temporarily removes himself from governing his city-state, deputizing a member of his administration, Angelo, to enforce the laws more rigorously. Angelo chooses as his first victim Claudio, condemning him to death because he impregnated Juliet before their marriage.

Claudio’s sister Isabella, who is entering a convent, pleads for her brother’s life. Angelo attempts to extort sex from her, but Isabella preserves her chastity. The duke, in disguise, eavesdrops as she tells her brother about Angelo’s behavior, then offers to ally himself with her against Angelo.]]> 278 William Shakespeare 0743484908 Lucia 0 3.66 1604 Measure for Measure
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #3)]]> 6385622 IF YOU FAIL, ALL IS LOST!

Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that threatens to force them apart from their families, friends, and even each other. When an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown, the foursome must unravel clues relating to a nefarious new plot, while their search for answers brings them closer to danger than ever before.

IS THIS THE END OF THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY?]]> 391 Trenton Lee Stewart 0316045527 Lucia 4 4.11 2009 The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #3)
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> Wonder (Wonder, #1) 23302416
You can't blend in when you were born to stand out.

My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.

August Pullman wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things. He eats ice cream. He plays on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside.

But Auggie is far from ordinary. Ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go.

Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the cruelty of the outside world. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted - but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all?

Narrated by Auggie and the people around him whose lives he touches forever, Wonder is a funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page.]]> 318 R.J. Palacio Lucia 2 overrated 4.41 2012 Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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average rating: 4.41
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]]> Autobiography 18625064
Achieving eleven Top 10 albums (plus nine with the Smiths), his songs have been recorded by David Bowie, Nancy Sinatra, Marianne Faithfull, Chrissie Hynde, Thelma Houston, My Chemical Romance and Christy Moore, amongst others.

An animal protectionist, in 2006 Morrissey was voted the second greatest living British icon by viewers of the BBC, losing out to Sir David Attenborough. In 2007 Morrissey was voted the greatest northern male, past or present, in a nationwide newspaper poll. In 2012, Morrissey was awarded the Keys to the City of Tel-Aviv.

It has been said 'Most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status that Morrissey has reached in his lifetime.'

Autobiography covers Morrissey's life from his birth until the present day.]]> 457 Morrissey Lucia 4 3.62 2013 Autobiography
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average rating: 3.62
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]]> <![CDATA[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)]]> 206161 Encounter characters like the grinning Cheshire Cat who can vanish into thin air, the cryptic Mad Hatter who speaks in riddles and the harrowing Queen of Hearts obsessed with the phrase "Off with their heads " This is a land where rules have no boundaries, eating mushrooms will make you grow or shrink, croquet is played with flamingos and hedgehogs, and exorbitant trials are held for the theft of tarts. Amidst these absurdities, Alice will have to find her own way home.]]> 150 Lewis Carroll 0140620869 Lucia 4 3.83 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
author: Lewis Carroll
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> On the Road 70401 307 Jack Kerouac 0140042598 Lucia 4 classics 3.63 1957 On the Road
author: Jack Kerouac
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.63
book published: 1957
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Between the Spark and the Burn (Between, #2)]]> 18667954 The conclusion to Between the Devil and The Deep Blue Sea, this gothic thriller romance with shades of Stephen King and Daphne du Maurier is a must-read for fans of Beautiful Creatures and Anna Dressed in Blood.

Freddie once told me that the Devil created all the fear in the world.
But then, the Devil once told me that it's easier to forgive someone for scaring you than for making you cry.
The problem with River West Redding was that he'd done both to me.

The crooked-smiling liar River West Redding, who drove into Violet's life one summer day and shook her world to pieces, is gone. Violet and Neely, River's other brother, are left to worry--until they catch a two a.m. radio program about strange events in a distant mountain town. They take off in search of River but are always a step behind, finding instead frenzied towns, witch hunts, and a wind-whipped island with the thrum of something strange and dangerous just under the surface. It isn't long before Violet begins to wonder if Neely, the one Redding brother she thought trustworthy, has been hiding a secret of his own . . .]]> 320 April Genevieve Tucholke 0803740476 Lucia 0 to-read 3.64 2014 Between the Spark and the Burn (Between, #2)
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average rating: 3.64
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]]> <![CDATA[Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?: Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock]]> 33877924 The riveting, untold story of the "Father of Christian Rock" and the conflicts that launched a billion-dollar industry at the dawn of America's culture wars.

In 1969, in Capitol Records' Hollywood studio, a blonde-haired troubadour named Larry Norman laid track for an album that would launch a new genre of music and one of the strangest, most interesting careers in modern rock. Having spent the bulk of the 1960s playing on bills with acts like the Who, Janis Joplin, and the Doors, Norman decided that he wanted to sing about the most countercultural subject of all: Jesus.

Billboard called Norman "the most important songwriter since Paul Simon," and his music would go on to inspire members of bands as diverse as U2, The Pixies, Guns 'N Roses, and more. To a young generation of Christians who wanted a way to be different in the American cultural scene, Larry was a godsend--spinning songs about one's eternal soul as deftly as he did ones critiquing consumerism, middle-class values, and the Vietnam War. To the religious establishment, however, he was a thorn in the side; and to secular music fans, he was an enigma, constantly offering up Jesus to problems they didn't think were problems. Paul McCartney himself once told Larry, "You could be famous if you'd just drop the God stuff," a statement that would foreshadow Norman's ultimate demise.

In Why Should the Devil Have all the Good Music?, Gregory Alan Thornbury draws on unparalleled access to Norman's personal papers and archives to narrate the conflicts that defined the singer's life, as he crisscrossed the developing fault lines between Evangelicals and mainstream American culture--friction that continues to this day. What emerges is a twisting, engrossing story about ambition, art, friendship, betrayal, and the turns one's life can take when you believe God is on your side.]]> 292 Gregory Alan Thornbury 110190707X Lucia 4 music 4.09 2018 Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?: Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock
author: Gregory Alan Thornbury
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average rating: 4.09
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> A Farewell to Arms 10799 A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield - the weary, demoralized men marching in the rain during the German attack on Caporetto; the profound struggle between loyalty and desertion—this gripping, semiautobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep. Ernest Hemingway famously said that he rewrote his ending to A Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times to get the words right.]]> 293 Ernest Hemingway 0099910101 Lucia 4 classics, historical, war 3.83 1929 A Farewell to Arms
author: Ernest Hemingway
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1929
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[All Quiet on the Western Front]]> 355697
In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the â€glorious warâ€�. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young â€unknown soldierâ€� experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.]]> 296 Erich Maria Remarque 0449213943 Lucia 5 classics, historical, war 4.04 1928 All Quiet on the Western Front
author: Erich Maria Remarque
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1928
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)]]> 136251
In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectacular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited.]]> 759 J.K. Rowling Lucia 4 4.61 2007 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling Lucia 4 4.57 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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average rating: 4.57
book published: 2005
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)]]> 2
Harry has had enough. He is beginning to think he must do something, anything, to change his situation, when the summer holidays come to an end in a very dramatic fashion. What Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down...]]> 912 J.K. Rowling Lucia 3 4.50 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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book published: 2003
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 Lucia 4 4.56 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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average rating: 4.56
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 5 435 J.K. Rowling 043965548X Lucia 4 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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average rating: 4.57
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)]]> 862041
All seven eBooks in the multi-award winning, internationally bestselling Harry Potter series, available as one download with stunning cover art by Olly Moss. Enjoy the stories that have captured the imagination of millions worldwide.]]> 4100 J.K. Rowling 0545044251 Lucia 4 4.72 2007 Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)]]> 15881
And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls� bathroom. But then the real trouble begins � someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects� Harry Potter himself!]]> 352 J.K. Rowling Lucia 4 4.42 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 Lucia 4 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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average rating: 4.47
book published: 1997
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]]> Gone with the Wind 18405 1037 Margaret Mitchell 0446365386 Lucia 4 classics, historical, war 4.30 1936 Gone with the Wind
author: Margaret Mitchell
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1936
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Geranium On The Windowsill Just Died But Teacher You Went Right On]]> 756421 32 Albert Cullum 082520500X Lucia 5 4.14 1971 The Geranium On The Windowsill Just Died But Teacher You Went Right On
author: Albert Cullum
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1971
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics]]> 24611866 The #1 New York Times  bestseller about the Greatest Generation freshly adapted for the next generation.

For readers of  Unbroken, out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. With rowers who were the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew was never expected to defeat the elite East Coast teams, yet they did, going on to shock the world by challenging the German boat rowing for Adolf Hitler.

At the center of the tale is Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, whose personal quest captures the spirit of his generation—the generation that would prove in the coming years that the Nazis could not prevail over American determination and optimism.

This deeply emotional yet easily accessible young readers adaptation of the award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller features never-before-seen photographs, highly visual back matter, and an exclusive new introduction.]]> 227 Gregory Mone 0451475925 Lucia 4 4.40 2015 The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics
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average rating: 4.40
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> Post Office 51504 208 Charles Bukowski 0876850867 Lucia 4 4.01 1971 Post Office
author: Charles Bukowski
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1971
rating: 4
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]]> The Picture of Dorian Gray 5297
In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind.]]> 272 Oscar Wilde Lucia 4 4.13 1890 The Picture of Dorian Gray
author: Oscar Wilde
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1890
rating: 4
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]]> The Alchemist 865 197 Paulo Coelho 0061122416 Lucia 1 let-downs 3.85 1988 The Alchemist
author: Paulo Coelho
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1988
rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)]]> 15839976 "I live for the dream that my children will be born free," she says. "That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them."

"I live for you," I say sadly.

Eo kisses my cheek. "Then you must live for more."

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations.

Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.

But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity already reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.

Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity's overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society's ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies... even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.]]> 382 Pierce Brown 0345539788 Lucia 4 science-fiction 4.26 2014 Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
author: Pierce Brown
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 11735983
Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian DIVERGENT series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature.]]> 525 Veronica Roth 0007442912 Lucia 1 let-downs 3.97 2012 Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2012
rating: 1
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]]> Divergent (Divergent, #1) 13335037
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024035 Lucia 1 4.13 2011 Divergent (Divergent, #1)
author: Veronica Roth
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2011
rating: 1
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]]> Hollywood 740497
Henry Chinaski, Bukowski’s alter-ego, is pushed to translate a semi-autobiographical book into a screenplay for John Pinchot. He reluctantly agrees, and is thrust into the otherworld called Hollywood, with its parade of eccentric and maddening characters: producers, artists, actors and actresses, film executives and journalists. In this world, the artistry of books and film is lost to the dollar, and Chinaski struggles to keep his footing in the tangle of cons that comprise movie making.

Hollywood is Dirty Old Man Bukowski at his most lucid. It overflows with curses, sex, and alcohol. And through it all, or from it all, Bukowski finds flashes of truth about the human condition.]]> 239 Charles Bukowski 0876857632 Lucia 4 3.78 1989 Hollywood
author: Charles Bukowski
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> Ham on Rye 38501 288 Charles Bukowski 006117758X Lucia 5 4.17 1982 Ham on Rye
author: Charles Bukowski
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1982
rating: 5
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]]> Dandelion Wine 50033
Woven into the novel are the following short stories: Illumination, Dandelion Wine, Summer in the Air, Season of Sitting, The Happiness Machine, The Night, The Lawns of Summer, Season of Disbelief, The Last--the Very Last, The Green Machine, The Trolley, Statues, The Window, The Swan, The Whole Town's Sleeping, Goodbye Grandma, The Tarot Witch, Hotter Than Summer, Dinner at Dawn, The Magical Kitchen, Green Wine for Dreaming.]]> 239 Ray Bradbury 0671037706 Lucia 2 historical 4.07 1957 Dandelion Wine
author: Ray Bradbury
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1957
rating: 2
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]]> You Will Know Me 25251757 You Will Know Me is a breathless rollercoaster of a novel about the desperate limits of desire, jealousy, and ambition.]]> 345 Megan Abbott 031623107X Lucia 4 mystery, contemporary 3.42 2016 You Will Know Me
author: Megan Abbott
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[What's Welsh for Zen: The Autobiography of John Cale]]> 311658 272 John Cale 1582340684 Lucia 4 nonfiction, memoirs 3.95 1998 What's Welsh for Zen: The Autobiography of John Cale
author: John Cale
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> Lolita 7604 Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141182537.

Humbert Humbert - scholar, aesthete and romantic - has fallen completely and utterly in love with Dolores Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers greatly in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust.]]> 368 Vladimir Nabokov 0679723161 Lucia 0 to-read 3.87 1955 Lolita
author: Vladimir Nabokov
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1955
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)]]> 13497 Crows will fight over a dead man's flesh, and kill each other for his eyes.

Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life.

The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel.

Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.]]> 1060 George R.R. Martin 055358202X Lucia 0 gave-up-on, to-read 4.16 2005 A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
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name: Lucia
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2005
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]]> The Man Who Fell to Earth 396329 209 Walter Tevis 0345431618 Lucia 4 science-fiction 4.01 1963 The Man Who Fell to Earth
author: Walter Tevis
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1963
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Dork Diaries, #1)]]> 19704845 Follow Nikki's life through sketches, doodles and diary entries as she starts her new school, battles with her mum for an iPhone and meets her arch-nemisis, the school's queen bee, Mackenzie.]]> 348 Rachel Renée Russell Lucia 1 4.25 2009 Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (Dork Diaries, #1)
author: Rachel Renée Russell
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2009
rating: 1
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]]> Venus in Furs 427354 Venus in Furs describes the obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman who desires to be enslaved to a woman. Severin finds his ideal of voluptuous cruelty in the merciless Wanda von Dunajew. This is a passionate and powerful portrayal of one man's struggle to enlighten and instruct himself and others in the realm of desire. Published in 1870, the novel gained notoriety and a degree of immortality for its author when the word "masochism"—derived from his name—entered the vocabulary of psychiatry. This remains a classic literary statement on sexual submission and control.]]> 160 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch 0140447814 Lucia 3 classics 3.66 1870 Venus in Furs
author: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.66
book published: 1870
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)]]> 100915
Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first her brothers and sister don't believe her when she tells of her visit to the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund, then Peter and Susan step through the wardrobe themselves. In Narnia they find a country buried under the evil enchantment of the White Witch. When they meet the Lion Aslan, they realize they've been called to a great adventure and bravely join the battle to free Narnia from the Witch's sinister spell.]]> 206 C.S. Lewis Lucia 4 classics 4.24 1950 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1950
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass]]> 24213
When Alice sees a white rabbit take a watch out of its waistcoat pocket she decides to follow it, and a sequence of most unusual events is set in motion. This mini book contains the entire topsy-turvy stories of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, accompanied by practical notes and Martina Pelouso's memorable full-colour illustrations.]]> 239 Lewis Carroll Lucia 4 classics 4.07 1871 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
author: Lewis Carroll
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1871
rating: 4
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]]> The Velveteen Rabbit 144974
Like the Skin Horse, Margery Williams understood how toys—and people—become real through the wisdom and experience of love. This reissue of a favorite classic, with the original story and illustrations as they first appeared in 1922, will work its magic for all who read it.]]> 40 Margery Williams Bianco 0380002558 Lucia 4 classics 4.30 1922 The Velveteen Rabbit
author: Margery Williams Bianco
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1922
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)]]> 8127 Anne of Green Gables is also a wonderful portrait of a time, a place, a family� and, most of all, love.

WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JENNIFER LEE CARELL]]> 320 L.M. Montgomery 0451528824 Lucia 4 classics 4.30 1908 Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
author: L.M. Montgomery
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1908
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]> 2956 327 Mark Twain 0142437174 Lucia 4 classics 3.82 1884 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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average rating: 3.82
book published: 1884
rating: 4
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]]> The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 24583
Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn ­ the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale."

As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.

Excerpt:
"TOM!"
No answer.
"TOM!"
No answer.
"What's gone with that boy,  I wonder? You TOM!"
No answer.
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear:
"Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll�"
She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat.
"I never did see the beat of that boy!"]]> 244 Mark Twain Lucia 4 classics 3.92 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
author: Mark Twain
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]]> Slaughterhouse-Five 4981 Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming “unstuck in time.�

An instant bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five made Kurt Vonnegut a cult hero in American literature, a reputation that only strengthened over time, despite his being banned and censored by some libraries and schools for content and language. But it was precisely those elements of Vonnegut’s writing—the political edginess, the genre-bending inventiveness, the frank violence, the transgressive wit—that have inspired generations of readers not just to look differently at the world around them but to find the confidence to say something about it.

Fifty years after its initial publication at the height of the Vietnam War, Vonnegut's portrayal of political disillusionment, PTSD, and postwar anxiety feels as relevant, darkly humorous, and profoundly affecting as ever, an enduring beacon through our own era’s uncertainties.]]> 275 Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Lucia 4 4.10 1969 Slaughterhouse-Five
author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1969
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk]]> 14595 A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the first oral history of the most nihilist of all pop movements. Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Malcom McLaren, Jim Carroll, and scores of other famous and infamous punk figures lend their voices to this definitive account of that outrageous, explosive era. From its origins in the twilight years of Andy Warhol's New York reign to its last gasps as eighties corporate rock, the phenomenon known as punk is scrutinized, eulogized, and idealized by the people who were there and who made it happen.
]]> 488 Legs McNeil 0802142648 Lucia 4 nonfiction 4.19 1996 Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
author: Legs McNeil
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> Matilda 39988 “The Trunchbull� is no match for Matilda!

Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world...

For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Miss ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will, and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter-pilot, chocolate historian, and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, and many more brilliant stories. He remains the World's No. 1 Storyteller.]]> 240 Roald Dahl 043512398X Lucia 5 4.33 1988 Matilda
author: Roald Dahl
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1988
rating: 5
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]]> The Basketball Diaries 682745
Jim Carroll grew up to become a renowned poet and punk rocker. But in this memoir of the mid-1960's, set during his coming-of-age from 12 to 15, he was a rebellious teenager making a place and a name for himself on the unforgiving streets of New York City. During these years, he chronicled his experiences, and the result is a diary of unparalleled candor that conveys his alternately hilarious and terrifying teenage existence. Here is Carroll prowling New York City--playing basketball, hustling, stealing, getting high, getting hooked, and searching for something pure.]]> 224 Jim Carroll Lucia 4 nonfiction, memoirs 3.99 1978 The Basketball Diaries
author: Jim Carroll
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1978
rating: 4
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]]> The Pigman (The Pigman, #1) 128092 Librarian note: an alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

When sophomores John and Lorraine played a practical joke a few months ago on a stranger named Angelo Pignati, they had no idea what they were starting. Virtually overnight, almost against their will, the two befriended the lonely old man; it wasn't long before they were more comfortable in his house than their own. But now Mr. Pignati is dead. And for John and Lorraine, the only way to find peace is to write down their friend's story - the story of the Pigman.]]> 166 Paul Zindel 0060757353 Lucia 4 3.59 1968 The Pigman (The Pigman, #1)
author: Paul Zindel
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.59
book published: 1968
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead: Compendium Two (The Walking Dead, #9-16)]]> 14744381
This is the perfect collection for any fan of the Emmy Award-winning television series on AMC: over one-thousand pages chronicling the next chapter of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning continuing story of survival horror - beginning with Rick Grimes' struggle to survive after the prison raid, to the group's finding short solace in The Community, and the devastation that follows. In a world ruled by the dead, we are finally forced to finally start living. Collects The Walking Dead #49-96.]]> 1068 Robert Kirkman 1607065967 Lucia 4 4.53 2012 The Walking Dead: Compendium Two (The Walking Dead, #9-16)
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.53
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> Jinx (Jinx, #1) 15818254
Jinx knows that wizards are evil. But Simon’s kitchen is cozy, and he seems cranky rather than wicked. Staying with him appears to be Jinx’s safest, and perhaps only, option. As Jinx’s curiosity about magic grows, he learns to listen to the trees as closely as he does to Simon’s unusual visitors. The more Jinx discovers, the more determined he becomes to explore beyond the security of well-trod paths. But in the Urwald, a little healthy fear is never out of place, for magic—and magicians—can be as dangerous as the forest, and soon Jinx must decide which is the greater threat.

Sage Blackwood introduces a daring new hero for an innovative new world as Jinx is joined by friends, battles enemies, and discovers life beyond—and even within—the forest is more complex than he can imagine, and that the Urwald itself needs him more than he could ever guess.]]> 368 Sage Blackwood 0062129902 Lucia 4 4.04 2013 Jinx (Jinx, #1)
author: Sage Blackwood
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> Endangered (Ape Quartet #1) 13591678
The Congo is a dangerous place, even for people who are trying to do good.

When one girl has to follow her mother to her sanctuary for bonobos, she's not thrilled to be there. It's her mother's passion, and she'd rather have nothing to do with it. But when revolution breaks out and their sanctuary is attacked, she must rescue the bonobos and hide in the jungle. Together, they will fight to keep safe, to eat, and to survive.

Eliot Schrefer asks readers what safety means, how one sacrifices to help others, and what it means to be human in this new compelling adventure.]]> 272 Eliot Schrefer 0545165768 Lucia 4 historical 4.04 2012 Endangered (Ape Quartet #1)
author: Eliot Schrefer
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> Almost Home 13505629
When twelve-year-old Sugar's grandfather dies and her gambling father takes off yet again, Sugar and her mother lose their home in Missouri. They head to Chicago for a fresh start, only to discover that fresh starts aren't so easy to come by for the homeless. Nevertheless, Sugar's mother has taught her to be grateful no matter what, so Sugar does her best. With the help of a rescue dog, Shush; a foster family; a supportive teacher; a love of poetry; and her own grace and good humor, Sugar comes to understand that while she can't control the hand life deals her, she can control how she responds.]]> 240 Joan Bauer 0670012890 Lucia 4 4.23 2012 Almost Home
author: Joan Bauer
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> The Walking Dead, Book Seven 12283733 304 Robert Kirkman 1607064391 Lucia 4 4.46 2011 The Walking Dead, Book Seven
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> Pie 10284324
When Alice's Aunt Polly, the Pie Queen of Ipswitch, passes away, she takes with her the secret to her world-famous pie-crust recipe. Or does she? In her will, Polly leaves the recipe to her extraordinarily fat, remarkably disagreeable cat, Lardo . . . and then leaves Lardo in the care of Alice.

Suddenly, the whole town is wondering how you leave a recipe to a cat. Everyone wants to be the next big pie-contest winner, and it's making them pie-crazy. It's up to Alice and her friend Charlie to put the pieces together and discover the not-so-secret recipe for happiness: Friendship. Family. And the pleasure of doing something for the right reason.

With Pie, acclaimed author Sarah Weeks has baked up a sweet and satisfying delight, as inviting as warm pie on a cold day. You'll enjoy every last bite.]]> 183 Sarah Weeks 0545270111 Lucia 4 4.03 2011 Pie
author: Sarah Weeks
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.03
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]]> The Walking Dead, Book Six 8623688 304 Robert Kirkman 1607063271 Lucia 4 4.40 2010 The Walking Dead, Book Six
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> The Queen of Water 8621850
Born in an Andean village in Ecuador, Virginia lives with her large family in a small, earthen-walled dwelling. In her village of indĂ­genas, it is not uncommon to work in the fields all day, even as a child, or to be called a longa tonta - stupid Indian - by members of the ruling class of mestizos, or Spanish descendants. When seven-year-old Virginia is taken from her village to be a servant to a mestizo couple, she has no idea what the future holds.

In this poignant novel based on a true story, acclaimed author Laura Resau has collaborated with MarĂ­a Virginia Farinango to recount one girl's unforgettable journey to self-discovery.]]> 368 Laura Resau 0385738978 Lucia 4 4.13 2011 The Queen of Water
author: Laura Resau
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> Homeless Bird 243229 192 Gloria Whelan 0064408191 Lucia 4 historical 3.99 2000 Homeless Bird
author: Gloria Whelan
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> The Walking Dead, Book Five 6912600 304 Robert Kirkman 1607061716 Lucia 4 4.37 2009 The Walking Dead, Book Five
author: Robert Kirkman
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average rating: 4.37
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> The Walking Dead, Book Four 4008489 304 Robert Kirkman 1607060000 Lucia 4 4.41 2008 The Walking Dead, Book Four
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> The Walking Dead, Book Two 138399 304 Robert Kirkman 1582406987 Lucia 4 4.34 2005 The Walking Dead, Book Two
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> The Walking Dead, Book Three 763429
Book Details: Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 12/19/2007 Pages: 304 ]]> 304 Robert Kirkman 1582408254 Lucia 4 4.41 2007 The Walking Dead, Book Three
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.41
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead: Compendium One]]> 6465707
In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living. With The Walking Dead #1-48, this compendium features more than one thousand pages chronicling the start of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning story of zombie horror, from Rick Grimes waking up alone in a hospital, his band of survivors seeking refuge on an isolated farm and the controversial introduction of Woodbury despot, The Governor.]]> 1088 Robert Kirkman Lucia 4 4.44 2009 The Walking Dead: Compendium One
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.44
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]]> <![CDATA[Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim]]> 10176 --davidsedarisbooks.com]]> 257 David Sedaris 0965904830 Lucia 4 4.12 2004 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
author: David Sedaris
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> Of Mice and Men 890 “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.�

They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. But George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own.

While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck's work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing Of Mice and Men, creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal: a friendship and a shared dream that makes an individual's existence meaningful.

A unique perspective on life's hardships, this story has achieved the status of timeless classic due to its remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films.]]> 107 John Steinbeck 0142000671 Lucia 5 historical, classics 3.88 1937 Of Mice and Men
author: John Steinbeck
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1937
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)]]> 2159225 Children
You must not come
STOP
Dangerous

The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new mission: to go on a mind-bending international scavenger hunt designed to engage their individual talents. As they search for all the clues and riddles Mr. Benedict has hidden for them, Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance faces an unexpected challenge that will reinforce the reasons they were brought together in the first place and require them to fight for the very namesake that united them.

Join
The Mysterious
Benedict
Society
At your own
Risk]]> 440 Trenton Lee Stewart 0316057800 Lucia 4 4.21 2008 The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)
author: Trenton Lee Stewart
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)]]> 3950967
Additional notes for each story penned by Professor Albus Dumbledore will be enjoyed by Muggles and wizards alike, as the Professor muses on the morals illuminated by the tales, and reveals snippets of information about life at Hogwarts.

A uniquely magical volume, with illustrations by the author, J. K. Rowling, that will be treasured for years to come.]]> 105 J.K. Rowling 0747599874 Lucia 4 4.03 2008 The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library, #3)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.03
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]]> Quidditch Through the Ages 111450
If you have ever asked yourself where the Golden Snitch came from, how the Bludgers came into existence, or why the Wigtown Wanderers have pictures of meat cleavers on their robes, you need QUIDDITCH THROUGH THE AGES. This invaluable volume is consulted by young Quidditch fans on an almost daily basis.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to Comic Relief, who will use your money to continue improving and changing lives -- work that is even more important and astonishing than the three-and-a-half-second capture of the Golden Snitch by Roderick Plumpton in 1921.]]> 105 Kennilworthy Whisp 0439321611 Lucia 4 3.79 2001 Quidditch Through the Ages
author: Kennilworthy Whisp
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]> 41899 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them resides on almost every wizarding household in the country. Now, for a limited period only, Muggles too have the chance to discover where the Quintaped lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why it is best not to leave milk out for a Knarl.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will go to improving and saving the lives of children around the world, which means that the dollars and Galleons you exchange for it will do magic beyond the powers of any wizard. If you feel that this is insufficient reason to part with your money, I can only hope most sincerel that passing wizards feel more charitable if they ever see you being attacked by a Manticore.

-Albus Dumbledore

]]> 128 Newt Scamander 0439321603 Lucia 4 3.95 2001 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
author: Newt Scamander
name: Lucia
average rating: 3.95
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rating: 4
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]]> Umbrella Summer 4881647 240 Lisa Graff 0061431885 Lucia 4 4.05 2000 Umbrella Summer
author: Lisa Graff
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)]]> 13496
Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.]]> 835 George R.R. Martin 0553588486 Lucia 5 4.44 1996 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1996
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)]]> 83369 "ARE YOU A GIFTED CHILD LOOKING FOR SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES?"



When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear reader, can test your wits right alongside them.) But in the end just four very special children will succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and resourceful children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.



As our heroes face physical and mental trials beyond their wildest imaginations, they have no choice but to turn to each other for support. But with their newfound friendship at stake, will they be able to pass the most important test of all? �

WELCOME TO THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY.]]> 486 Trenton Lee Stewart 0316057770 Lucia 4 4.15 2007 The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
author: Trenton Lee Stewart
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 27: The Whisperer War]]> 32473025 The time has come. The forces are aligning. The war has begun! Has Rick brought about the demise of everything he's built? Or will he triumph once again? Know this... there will be a cost.
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #157-162.
]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 153430052X Lucia 4 4.18 2017 The Walking Dead, Vol. 27: The Whisperer War
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 26: Call to Arms]]> 30027126
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #151-156.]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 1632159171 Lucia 4 4.26 2016 The Walking Dead, Vol. 26: Call to Arms
author: Robert Kirkman
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average rating: 4.26
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 25: No Turning Back]]> 27474528 136 Robert Kirkman 1632156598 Lucia 4 4.10 2016 The Walking Dead, Vol. 25: No Turning Back
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 24: Life and Death]]> 25337337 Collects THE WALKING DEAD #139-144.]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 1632154021 Lucia 4 4.28 2015 The Walking Dead, Vol. 24: Life and Death
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams]]> 23704466
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #133-138.]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 1632152584 Lucia 4 4.16 2015 The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams
author: Robert Kirkman
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning]]> 23000709
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #127-132]]> 164 Robert Kirkman 1632150417 Lucia 4 4.24 2014 The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning
author: Robert Kirkman
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average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War]]> 18345615
This volume collects THE WALKING DEAD #109-114, the prelude to ALL OUT WAR-the epic battle that will change the world of THE WALKING DEAD for years to come.]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 1607068184 Lucia 4 4.22 2013 The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out]]> 10822174 The Walking Dead proves again—no one is safe.]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 1607063921 Lucia 4 4.32 2011 The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out
author: Robert Kirkman
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average rating: 4.32
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 13: Too Far Gone]]> 9018370
In this chapter of Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's New York Times Best Seller, life in the community is as near as Rick and his group can ever hope to come to life returning to normal. So why is Rick so on edge? Will his behavior spell doom for everyone else? Will they let it get that far? Collects issues 73-78 of the Eisner Award winning survival horror adventure.]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 1607063298 Lucia 4 4.21 2010 The Walking Dead, Vol. 13: Too Far Gone
author: Robert Kirkman
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them]]> 7469664 148 Robert Kirkman 1607062542 Lucia 4 4.31 2010 The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them
author: Robert Kirkman
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average rating: 4.31
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters]]> 6488483
Collecting issues #61-66.]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 1607061228 Lucia 4 4.32 2010 The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters
author: Robert Kirkman
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average rating: 4.32
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain]]> 4714126 This volume collects The Walking Dead issues #49-54.]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 1607060221 Lucia 4 4.24 2009 The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
author: Robert Kirkman
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average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made To Suffer]]> 1894269
The series that created the zombie movement reaches its most pivotal, series-altering arc yet! They thought they were safe in the prison. They were wrong. A force far more deadly than the walking dead is at their door and when the dust settles, their rank will be reduced by more than half. No one is safe!]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 1582408831 Lucia 4 4.45 2008 The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made To Suffer
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Lucia
average rating: 4.45
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rating: 4
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