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<title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780590353427</link>
<description><![CDATA[This story is filled with dark comedy and crafted with a quality of writing that has garnered J.K. Rowling top awards in her country and ours. Harry Potter spent ten long years living with his aunt and uncle and stupid cousin, Dudley. Fortunately, Harry has a destiny that he was born to fulfill. One that will rocket him out of his dull life and into a unique experience at the Hogworts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. K. Rowling; Mary GrandPre]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Arthur A. Levine Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780590353427]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This story is filled with dark comedy and crafted with a quality of writing that has garnered J.K. Rowling top awards in her country and ours. Harry Potter spent ten long years living with his aunt and uncle and stupid cousin, Dudley. Fortunately, Harry has a destiny that he was born to fulfill. One that will rocket him out of his dull life and into a unique experience at the Hogworts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1999-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780439064873</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.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!]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. K. Rowling]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Scholastic]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780439064873]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike.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!]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2000-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780439136365</link>
<description><![CDATA[During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. K. Rowling]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Scholastic]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780439136365]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2001-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780439139601</link>
<description><![CDATA[A teenager pitching headfirst into the world of near-adulthood, Harry returns to Hogwarts for his fourth year.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. K. Rowling]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Scholastic Paperbacks]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780439139601]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A teenager pitching headfirst into the world of near-adulthood, Harry returns to Hogwarts for his fourth year.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780439358071</link>
<description><![CDATA[In his fifth year at Hogwart's, 15-year-old Harry faces challenges at every turn, from the dark threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named to the rise of Ron Weasley as the keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. Illustrations.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. K. Rowling; Mary GrandPre]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Scholastic]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780439358071]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In his fifth year at Hogwart's, 15-year-old Harry faces challenges at every turn, from the dark threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named to the rise of Ron Weasley as the keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. Illustrations.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780439784542</link>
<description><![CDATA[Harry struggles to uncover the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, the past owner of a potions textbook he now possesses that is filled with ingenious, potentially deadly, spells. But Harry's life is suddenly changed forever when someone close to him is heinously murdered right before his eyes.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. K. Rowling; Mary GrandPre]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Arthur A. Levine Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780439784542]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Harry struggles to uncover the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, the past owner of a potions textbook he now possesses that is filled with ingenious, potentially deadly, spells. But Harry's life is suddenly changed forever when someone close to him is heinously murdered right before his eyes.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780545010221</link>
<description><![CDATA[It all comes down to this - a final faceoff between good and evil. You plan to pull out all the stops, but every time you solve one mystery, three more evolve. Do you stay the course you started, despite your lack of progress? Do you detour and follow a new lead that may not help? Do youlisten to your instincts, or your friends?  Lord Voldemort is preparing for battle and so must Harry. With Ron and Hermione at his side, he's trying to hunt down Voldemort's Horcruxes, escape danger at every turn, and find a way to defeat evil once and for all.  How does it all end?]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. K. Rowling; Mary GrandPre]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Arthur A. Levine Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780545010221]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[It all comes down to this - a final faceoff between good and evil. You plan to pull out all the stops, but every time you solve one mystery, three more evolve. Do you stay the course you started, despite your lack of progress? Do you detour and follow a new lead that may not help? Do youlisten to your instincts, or your friends?  Lord Voldemort is preparing for battle and so must Harry. With Ron and Hermione at his side, he's trying to hunt down Voldemort's Horcruxes, escape danger at every turn, and find a way to defeat evil once and for all.  How does it all end?]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780786838653</link>
<description><![CDATA[Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: Lightning Thief, The]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Riordan]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Disney-Hyperion]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780786838653]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: Lightning Thief, The]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Two]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781423103349</link>
<description><![CDATA[After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson—a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any “normal” friends.But things don’t stay quiet for long. Percy soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: the magical borders which protect Half-Blood Hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. To save the camp, Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner by the Cyclops Polyphemus on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters, the dangerous waters Greek heroes have sailed for millennia—only today, the Sea of Monsters goes by a new name…the Bermuda Triangle.Now Percy and his friends—Grover, Annabeth, and Tyson—must retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Island of the Cyclopes by the end of the summer or Camp Half-Blood will be destroyed. But first, Percy will learn a stunning new secret about his family—one that makes him question whether being claimed as Poseidon’s son is an honor or simply a cruel joke.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Two]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Riordan]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Disney-Hyperion]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781423103349]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson—a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any “normal” friends.But things don’t stay quiet for long. Percy soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: the magical borders which protect Half-Blood Hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. To save the camp, Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner by the Cyclops Polyphemus on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters, the dangerous waters Greek heroes have sailed for millennia—only today, the Sea of Monsters goes by a new name…the Bermuda Triangle.Now Percy and his friends—Grover, Annabeth, and Tyson—must retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Island of the Cyclopes by the end of the summer or Camp Half-Blood will be destroyed. But first, Percy will learn a stunning new secret about his family—one that makes him question whether being claimed as Poseidon’s son is an honor or simply a cruel joke.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781423101451</link>
<description><![CDATA[When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped.And now it's up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess?  They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to solve the mystery of a rare monster that Artemis was hunting when she disappeared -- a monster rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus forever.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Riordan]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Disney-Hyperion]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781423101451]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped.And now it's up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess?  They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to solve the mystery of a rare monster that Artemis was hunting when she disappeared -- a monster rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus forever.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781423101468</link>
<description><![CDATA[As an incoming freshman, Percy isn’t expecting his high school orientation to be any fun.  But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse. In this fourth installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos’s army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop them, Percy and his demigod friends will set out on a quest through the Labyrinth—a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn. Full of humor and heart-pounding action, this fourth book promises to be their most thrilling adventure yet.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Riordan]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Hyperion]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781423101468]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[As an incoming freshman, Percy isn’t expecting his high school orientation to be any fun.  But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse. In this fourth installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos’s army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop them, Percy and his demigod friends will set out on a quest through the Labyrinth—a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn. Full of humor and heart-pounding action, this fourth book promises to be their most thrilling adventure yet.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Five]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781423101475</link>
<description><![CDATA[All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos’s army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan’s power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded.  Now it’s up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time. In this momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy’s sixteenth birthday unfolds. And as the battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan, Percy faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Five]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Riordan]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Hyperion]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781423101475]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos’s army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan’s power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded.  Now it’s up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time. In this momentous final book in the New York Times best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy’s sixteenth birthday unfolds. And as the battle for Western civilization rages on the streets of Manhattan, Percy faces a terrifying suspicion that he may be fighting against his own fate.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-05-05T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Uglies]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780689865381</link>
<description><![CDATA[Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that?Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there. But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Uglies]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Westerfeld; Rodrigo Corral]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Simon Pulse]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780689865381]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that?Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there. But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Pretties]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780689865398</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gorgeous. Popular.  Perfect. Perfectly wrong.  Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted.  But beneath all the fun -- the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom -- is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally's ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold.  Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life -- because the authorities don't intend to let anyone with this information survive.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Pretties]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Westerfeld]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Simon Pulse]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780689865398]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Gorgeous. Popular.  Perfect. Perfectly wrong.  Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted.  But beneath all the fun -- the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom -- is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally's ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold.  Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life -- because the authorities don't intend to let anyone with this information survive.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-11-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Specials]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781416947950</link>
<description><![CDATA["Special Circumstances":The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Specials]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Westerfeld; Rodrigo Corral]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Simon Pulse]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781416947950]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Special Circumstances":The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-09-11T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Extras]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781416951179</link>
<description><![CDATA[FameIt's a few years after rebel Tally Youngblood took down the uglies/pretties/specials regime. Without those strict roles and rules, the world is in a complete cultural renaissance. "Tech-heads" flaunt their latest gadgets, "kickers" spread gossip and trends, and "surge monkeys" are hooked on extreme plastic surgery. And it's all monitored on a bazillion different cameras. The world is like a gigantic game of American Idol. Whoever is getting the most buzz gets the most votes. Popularity rules. As if being fifteen doesn't suck enough, Aya Fuse's rank of 451,369 is so low, she's a total nobody. An extra. But Aya doesn't care; she just wants to lie low with her drone, Moggle. And maybe kick a good story for herself.Then Aya meets a clique of girls who pull crazy tricks, yet are deeply secretive of it. Aya wants desperately to kick their story, to show everyone how intensely cool the Sly Girls are. But doing so would propel her out of extra-land and into the world of fame, celebrity...and extreme danger. A world she's not prepared for.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Extras]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Westerfeld; Rodrigo Corral]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Simon Pulse]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781416951179]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[FameIt's a few years after rebel Tally Youngblood took down the uglies/pretties/specials regime. Without those strict roles and rules, the world is in a complete cultural renaissance. "Tech-heads" flaunt their latest gadgets, "kickers" spread gossip and trends, and "surge monkeys" are hooked on extreme plastic surgery. And it's all monitored on a bazillion different cameras. The world is like a gigantic game of American Idol. Whoever is getting the most buzz gets the most votes. Popularity rules. As if being fifteen doesn't suck enough, Aya Fuse's rank of 451,369 is so low, she's a total nobody. An extra. But Aya doesn't care; she just wants to lie low with her drone, Moggle. And maybe kick a good story for herself.Then Aya meets a clique of girls who pull crazy tricks, yet are deeply secretive of it. Aya wants desperately to kick their story, to show everyone how intensely cool the Sly Girls are. But doing so would propel her out of extra-land and into the world of fame, celebrity...and extreme danger. A world she's not prepared for.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-10-02T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Kite Runner]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594480003</link>
<description><![CDATA[The timely and critically acclaimed debut novel that's becoming a word-of-mouth phenomenon...]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Kite Runner]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Khaled  Hosseini]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Riverhead Trade]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781594480003]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The timely and critically acclaimed debut novel that's becoming a word-of-mouth phenomenon...]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780671027346</link>
<description><![CDATA[Standing on the fringes of life...  offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.  This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being a Wallflower.  This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite.  Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Chbosky]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[MTV]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780671027346]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Standing on the fringes of life...  offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.  This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being a Wallflower.  This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite.  Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1999-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Paper Towns]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142414934</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two-time Printz Medalist John Green's New York Times bestseller, now in paperback! Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life--dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge-- he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues-- and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Paper Towns]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John  Green]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Speak]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780142414934]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Two-time Printz Medalist John Green's New York Times bestseller, now in paperback! Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life--dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge-- he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues-- and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Looking for Alaska]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142402511</link>
<description><![CDATA[Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award An ALA Best Book for Young Adults An ALA Quick Pick A Los Angeles Times 2005 Book Prize Finalist A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age A 2005 Booklist Editor's Choice A 2005 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Before. Miles "Pudge" Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave "the Great Perhaps" even more (François Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . . After. Nothing is ever the same.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Looking for Alaska]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John  Green]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Speak]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780142402511]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award An ALA Best Book for Young Adults An ALA Quick Pick A Los Angeles Times 2005 Book Prize Finalist A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age A 2005 Booklist Editor's Choice A 2005 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Before. Miles "Pudge" Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave "the Great Perhaps" even more (François Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . . After. Nothing is ever the same.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Last Song]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780446547567</link>
<description><![CDATA[#1 bestselling author Nicholas Sparks's new novel is at once a compelling family drama and a heartrending tale of young love.Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church.The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children -- that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts...and heal them.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Last Song]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Sparks]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Grand Central Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780446547567]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[#1 bestselling author Nicholas Sparks's new novel is at once a compelling family drama and a heartrending tale of young love.Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church.The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children -- that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts...and heal them.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-09-08T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780618711659</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history.Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts on an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Safran Foer]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Mariner Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780618711659]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history.Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts on an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Thirteen Reasons Why]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781595141712</link>
<description><![CDATA[Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list. Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Thirteen Reasons Why]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay  Asher]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Razorbill]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781595141712]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list. Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Lock and Key]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142414729</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ruby is used to taking care of herself. But now she's living in a fancy new house with her sister Cora--a sister she hasn't seen in ten years--and her husband Jamie--creator of one of the most popular online networking sites. She's attending private school, wearing new clothes, and for the first time, feels the promise of a future that include college and her family. So why is she so wary? And what is Nate-- the adorable and good-hearted boy next door-- hiding behind his genial nature? As Ruby starts to see, there's a big difference between being given help, and being able to accept it. And sometimes, in order to save yourself, you've got to reach out to someone else.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Lock and Key]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah  Dessen]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Speak]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780142414729]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Ruby is used to taking care of herself. But now she's living in a fancy new house with her sister Cora--a sister she hasn't seen in ten years--and her husband Jamie--creator of one of the most popular online networking sites. She's attending private school, wearing new clothes, and for the first time, feels the promise of a future that include college and her family. So why is she so wary? And what is Nate-- the adorable and good-hearted boy next door-- hiding behind his genial nature? As Ruby starts to see, there's a big difference between being given help, and being able to accept it. And sometimes, in order to save yourself, you've got to reach out to someone else.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Just Listen]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142410974</link>
<description><![CDATA[when Annabel, the youngest of three beautiful sisters, has a bitter falling out with her best friend--the popular and exciting Sophie--she suddenly finds herself isolated and friendless. but then she meets owen--a loner, passionate about music and his weekly radio show, and always determined to tell the truth. And when they develop a friendship, Annabel is not only introduced to new music but is encouraged to listen to her own inner voice. with owen's help, can Annabel find the courage to speak out about what exactly happened the night her friendship with Sophie came to a screeching halt?]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Just Listen]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah  Dessen]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Speak]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780142410974]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[when Annabel, the youngest of three beautiful sisters, has a bitter falling out with her best friend--the popular and exciting Sophie--she suddenly finds herself isolated and friendless. but then she meets owen--a loner, passionate about music and his weekly radio show, and always determined to tell the truth. And when they develop a friendship, Annabel is not only introduced to new music but is encouraged to listen to her own inner voice. with owen's help, can Annabel find the courage to speak out about what exactly happened the night her friendship with Sophie came to a screeching halt?]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[This Lullaby]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142501559</link>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to relationships, Remy doesn't mess around. After all, she's learned all there is to know from her mother, who's currently working on husband number five. But there's something about Dexter that seems to defy all of Remy's rules. He certainly doesn't seem like Mr. Right. For some reason, however, Remy just can't seem to shake him. Could it be that Remy's starting to understand what those love songs are all about? From acclaimed author Sarah Dessen, this is a captivating novel about a tough-as-nails girl and the unexpectedly charming boy who's determined to soften her up.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[This Lullaby]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah  Dessen]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Speak]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780142501559]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[When it comes to relationships, Remy doesn't mess around. After all, she's learned all there is to know from her mother, who's currently working on husband number five. But there's something about Dexter that seems to defy all of Remy's rules. He certainly doesn't seem like Mr. Right. For some reason, however, Remy just can't seem to shake him. Could it be that Remy's starting to understand what those love songs are all about? From acclaimed author Sarah Dessen, this is a captivating novel about a tough-as-nails girl and the unexpectedly charming boy who's determined to soften her up.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Great Gatsby]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743273565</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Great Gatsby]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Scribner]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780743273565]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Exit Here.]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781416917489</link>
<description><![CDATA[Enter apathy.Travis is back from college for the summer, and he's just starting to settle in to the usual pattern at home: drinking, drugging, watching porn, and hooking up. But Travis isn't settling in like he used to; something isn't right. Maybe it's that deadly debauch in Hawaii, the memories of which Travis can't quite shake. Maybe it's Laura, Travis's ex, who reappears on the scene after a messy breakup and seems to want to get together -- or not. Or maybe it's his suddenly sensing how empty and messed up his life is, and wanting out. But once you're at the party, it's tough to leave...]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Exit Here.]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Myers]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Simon Pulse]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781416917489]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Enter apathy.Travis is back from college for the summer, and he's just starting to settle in to the usual pattern at home: drinking, drugging, watching porn, and hooking up. But Travis isn't settling in like he used to; something isn't right. Maybe it's that deadly debauch in Hawaii, the memories of which Travis can't quite shake. Maybe it's Laura, Travis's ex, who reappears on the scene after a messy breakup and seems to want to get together -- or not. Or maybe it's his suddenly sensing how empty and messed up his life is, and wanting out. But once you're at the party, it's tough to leave...]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-05-22T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Things Not Seen:]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142407318</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Things Not Seen:]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew  Clements]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Puffin]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780142407318]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Speak]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142407325</link>
<description><![CDATA[This special anniversary edition of Anderson's National Book Award-winning novel includes an new Introduction and Afterword by the author, resources, a discussion guide, and a special preview of Anderson's newest book, "Wintergirls."]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Speak]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Halse Anderson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Speak]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780142407325]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This special anniversary edition of Anderson's National Book Award-winning novel includes an new Introduction and Afterword by the author, resources, a discussion guide, and a special preview of Anderson's newest book, "Wintergirls."]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Wings]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061668050</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words.   Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings.   Laurel's life is the very definition of normal . . . until the morning when she wakes up to discover a flower blooming from her back. As it turns out, nothing in Laurel's life is what it seems. Now, with the help of an alluring faerie sentry who holds the key to her true past, Laurel must race to save her human family from the centuries-old faerie enemies who walk among them. ]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Wings]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aprilynne Pike]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[HarperTeen]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061668050]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words.   Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings.   Laurel's life is the very definition of normal . . . until the morning when she wakes up to discover a flower blooming from her back. As it turns out, nothing in Laurel's life is what it seems. Now, with the help of an alluring faerie sentry who holds the key to her true past, Laurel must race to save her human family from the centuries-old faerie enemies who walk among them. ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Dear John]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780446567336</link>
<description><![CDATA[An angry rebel, John dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life--until he meets the girl of his dreams, Savannah.  Their mutual attraction quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah waiting for John to finish his tour of duty, and John wanting to settle down with the woman who captured his heart. But 9/11 changes everything.  John feels it is his duty to re-enlist. And sadly, the long separation finds Savannah falling in love with someone else. "Dear John," the letter read...and with those two words, a heart was broken and two lives were changed forever. Returning home, John must come to grips with the fact that Savannah, now married, is still his true love--and face the hardest decision of his life.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Dear John]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Sparks]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Grand Central Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780446567336]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[An angry rebel, John dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life--until he meets the girl of his dreams, Savannah.  Their mutual attraction quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah waiting for John to finish his tour of duty, and John wanting to settle down with the woman who captured his heart. But 9/11 changes everything.  John feels it is his duty to re-enlist. And sadly, the long separation finds Savannah falling in love with someone else. "Dear John," the letter read...and with those two words, a heart was broken and two lives were changed forever. Returning home, John must come to grips with the fact that Savannah, now married, is still his true love--and face the hardest decision of his life.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[A Walk to Remember]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780446693806</link>
<description><![CDATA[There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two, and even once sworn that he'd been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he'd fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister....Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart-and the joy and pain of living. The inspiration for this novel came from Nicholas Sparks's sister: her life and her courage. From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, comes his most moving story yet....]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[A Walk to Remember]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Sparks]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Grand Central Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780446693806]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two, and even once sworn that he'd been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he'd fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister....Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart-and the joy and pain of living. The inspiration for this novel came from Nicholas Sparks's sister: her life and her courage. From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, comes his most moving story yet....]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Twenty Boy Summer]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316051583</link>
<description><![CDATA["Don't worry, Anna. I'll tell her, okay? Just let me think about the best way to do it.""Okay.""Promise me? Promise you won't say anything?""Don't worry." I laughed. "It's our secret, right?"According to her best friend Frankie, twenty days in ZanzibarBay is the perfect opportunity to have a summer fling, and if they meet one boy every day, there's a pretty good chance Anna will find her first summer romance.  Anna lightheartedly agrees to the game, but there's something she hasn't told Frankie---she's already had that kind of romance, and it was with Frankie's older brother, Matt, just before his tragic death one year ago.Beautifully written and emotionally honest, this is a debut novel that explores what it truly means to love someone and what it means to grieve, and ultimately, how to make the most of every single moment this world has to offer.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Twenty Boy Summer]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Ockler]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Little, Brown Books for Young Readers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316051583]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Don't worry, Anna. I'll tell her, okay? Just let me think about the best way to do it.""Okay.""Promise me? Promise you won't say anything?""Don't worry." I laughed. "It's our secret, right?"According to her best friend Frankie, twenty days in ZanzibarBay is the perfect opportunity to have a summer fling, and if they meet one boy every day, there's a pretty good chance Anna will find her first summer romance.  Anna lightheartedly agrees to the game, but there's something she hasn't told Frankie---she's already had that kind of romance, and it was with Frankie's older brother, Matt, just before his tragic death one year ago.Beautifully written and emotionally honest, this is a debut novel that explores what it truly means to love someone and what it means to grieve, and ultimately, how to make the most of every single moment this world has to offer.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Pact]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060858803</link>
<description><![CDATA[From Jodi Picoult, one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction, comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish -- and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence. Until the phone calls came at 3:00 A.M. on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen-year-old Emily has been shot to death by her beloved and devoted Chris as part of an apparent suicide pact -- leaving two devastated families stranded in the dark and dense predawn, desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never really knew.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Pact]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jodi Picoult]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper Perennial]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060858803]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[From Jodi Picoult, one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction, comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish -- and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence. Until the phone calls came at 3:00 A.M. on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen-year-old Emily has been shot to death by her beloved and devoted Chris as part of an apparent suicide pact -- leaving two devastated families stranded in the dark and dense predawn, desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never really knew.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Nineteen Minutes]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743496735</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper and The Tenth Circle, pens her most riveting book yet, with a startling and poignant story about the devastating aftermath of a small-town tragedy.Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens--until the day its complacency is shattered by an act of violence. Josie Cormier, the daughter of the judge sitting on the case, should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes--or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show--destroying the closest of friendships and families. Nineteen Minutes asks what it means to be different in our society, who has the right to judge someone else, and whether anyone is ever really who they seem to be.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Nineteen Minutes]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jodi Picoult]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Washington Square Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780743496735]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper and The Tenth Circle, pens her most riveting book yet, with a startling and poignant story about the devastating aftermath of a small-town tragedy.Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens--until the day its complacency is shattered by an act of violence. Josie Cormier, the daughter of the judge sitting on the case, should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes--or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show--destroying the closest of friendships and families. Nineteen Minutes asks what it means to be different in our society, who has the right to judge someone else, and whether anyone is ever really who they seem to be.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-02-05T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Catcher in the Rye]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316769488</link>
<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories ? particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme ? With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is fully of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, hopelessly impaled on it.  There are many voices in this novel: children's voices, adult voices, underground voices-but Holden's voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle it to keep.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Catcher in the Rye]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J.D. Salinger]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Little, Brown and Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316769488]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories ? particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme ? With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is fully of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, hopelessly impaled on it.  There are many voices in this novel: children's voices, adult voices, underground voices-but Holden's voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle it to keep.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1991-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Slaughterhouse-Five]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780440180296</link>
<description><![CDATA[Slaughterhous-Five is one of  the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the  infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's  odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey  of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning  in what we are afraid to know.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Slaughterhouse-Five]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Vonnegut]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Dell]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780440180296]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Slaughterhous-Five is one of  the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the  infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's  odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey  of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning  in what we are afraid to know.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Mass Market Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780440339069]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>1991-11-03T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[So Yesterday]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781595140005</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people on the very cusp of cool. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque's job is finding them for the retail market. But when a big-money client disappears, Hunter must use all his cool-hunting talents to find her. Along the way he's drawn into a web of brand-name intrigue- a missing cargo of the coolest shoes he's ever seen, ads for products that don't exist, and a shadowy group dedicated to the downfall of consumerism as we know it.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[So Yesterday]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott  Westerfeld]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Razorbill]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781595140005]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people on the very cusp of cool. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque's job is finding them for the retail market. But when a big-money client disappears, Hunter must use all his cool-hunting talents to find her. Along the way he's drawn into a web of brand-name intrigue- a missing cargo of the coolest shoes he's ever seen, ads for products that don't exist, and a shadowy group dedicated to the downfall of consumerism as we know it.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Avalon High]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060755867</link>
<description><![CDATA[This latest stand-alone novel by the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author has all the wit and charm of "The Princess Diaries," but with a supernatural twist on the Arthurian legend. HarperCollins Children's Books]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Avalon High]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meg Cabot]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[HarperCollins Publishers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060755867]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This latest stand-alone novel by the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author has all the wit and charm of "The Princess Diaries," but with a supernatural twist on the Arthurian legend. HarperCollins Children's Books]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Lovely Bones]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316666343</link>
<description><![CDATA[When we first meet 14-year-old Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. This was before milk carton photos and public service announcements, she tells us; back in 1973, when Susie mysteriously disappeared, people still believed these things didn't happen.  In the sweet, untroubled voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and her own adjustment to the strange new place she finds herself. It looks a lot like her school playground, with the good kind of swing sets.  With love, longing, and a growing understanding, Susie watches her family as they cope with their grief, her father embarks on a search for the killer, her sister undertakes a feat of amazing daring, her little brother builds a fort in her honor and begin the difficult process of healing.  In the hands of a brilliant novelist, this story of seemingly unbearable tragedy is transformed into a suspenseful and touching story about family, memory, love, heaven, and living.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Lovely Bones]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alice Sebold]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Little, Brown and Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316666343]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[When we first meet 14-year-old Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. This was before milk carton photos and public service announcements, she tells us; back in 1973, when Susie mysteriously disappeared, people still believed these things didn't happen.  In the sweet, untroubled voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and her own adjustment to the strange new place she finds herself. It looks a lot like her school playground, with the good kind of swing sets.  With love, longing, and a growing understanding, Susie watches her family as they cope with their grief, her father embarks on a search for the killer, her sister undertakes a feat of amazing daring, her little brother builds a fort in her honor and begin the difficult process of healing.  In the hands of a brilliant novelist, this story of seemingly unbearable tragedy is transformed into a suspenseful and touching story about family, memory, love, heaven, and living.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[It's Kind of a Funny Story]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780786851973</link>
<description><![CDATA[Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan’s Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life—which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job—Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does.  That’s when things start to get crazy.At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he’s just average, and maybe not even that. He soon sees his once-perfect future crumbling away. The stress becomes unbearable and Craig stops eating and sleeping—until, one night, he nearly kills himself. Craig’s suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio.  There, isolated from the crushing pressures of school and friends, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness. For a novel about depression, it’s definitely a funny story.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[It's Kind of a Funny Story]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ned Vizzini]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Disney-Hyperion]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780786851973]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan’s Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life—which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job—Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does.  That’s when things start to get crazy.At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he’s just average, and maybe not even that. He soon sees his once-perfect future crumbling away. The stress becomes unbearable and Craig stops eating and sleeping—until, one night, he nearly kills himself. Craig’s suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio.  There, isolated from the crushing pressures of school and friends, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness. For a novel about depression, it’s definitely a funny story.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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