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4: Fantastic Novels by Daniel Pinkwater, Scott Simon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour-fantastic-books-in-one by the popular author of The Hoboken Chicken Emergency: Borgel Yobgorgle The Worms of Kukumlima The Snarkout Boys & the Baconburg...Categorized as:
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The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsBeneath the kitchen floor is the world of the Borrowers -- Pod and Homily Clock and their daughter, Arrietty. In their tiny home, matchboxes double as roomy dressers and postage stamps hang on the walls like paintings. Whatever the Clocks need they simply "borrow" from the "human beans" who live above them. It's a comfortable life, but boring if you're a kid...Categorized as:
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Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsBy P.L. Travers, the author featured in the major motion picture, Saving Mr. Banks. From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. It all starts when Mary Poppins is blown by the east wind onto the doorstep of the Banks house. She becomes a most unusual nanny to Jane, Michael, and the twins...Categorized as:
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![Nostradamus Ate My Hamster by Robert Rankin]()
Nostradamus Ate My Hamster by Robert Rankin
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDO HOLOGRAMS DREAM OF ELECTRIC CINEMA? He wanted Hollywood. He got Brentford. He wanted Spielberg. He got Fudgepacker. He got who?Fudgepacker. Ernest Fudgepacker. Directed all those weird B-movies back in the Fifties. Whatever happened to him? He retired. Opened Fudgepacker's Emporium, a prop house catering to the more bizarre needs of the film industry. Amazing place... -
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![Die Grösste Show Jenseits Der Welt by Robert Rankin]()
Die Grösste Show Jenseits Der Welt by Robert Rankin
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRaymond's had a rough couple of days. Snatched from his allotment by a flying starfish from Uranus and sold as a delicacy in a Venusian food market, it seems like his luck has changed when he is rescued by the travelling circus. But then this isn't an ordinary circus... -
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G.K. Chesterton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn a London of the future, the drudgery of capitalism and bureaucracy have worn the human spirit down to the point where it can barely stand. When a pint-sized clerk named Auberon Quinn is randomly selected as head of state, he decides to turn London into a medieval carnival for his own amusement... -
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Apocalypso by Robert Rankin, Axel Merz
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Ministry of Serendipity at Mornington Crescent runs everything. And that is everything. When the Ministry learns of' a spacecraft that crashed four thousand years ago into the Pacific Ocean, it sends Sir John Rimmer and his elite team of' paranormal investigators to recover it. Amongst Sir John's team is Danbury Collins, and Danbury isn't keen. He's seen the movies...Categorized as:
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![The Garden Of Unearthly Delights by Robert Rankin]()
The Garden Of Unearthly Delights by Robert Rankin
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYOU ARE NOW LEAVING THE AGE OF AQUARIUS PLEASE LOWER YOUR SEAT WHEN RISING FROM YOUR HEAD.It was something to do with the cycles of history. The way great civilizations rise and fall. Golden ages and dark ages. Things of that nature.Few people noticed at first. The changes. They were subtle to begin with... -
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The Demon Headmaster by Gillian Cross
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDinah moves in with the Hunter family and starts going to the same school as her foster-brothers Lloyd and Harvey. It's not easy, as they seem to hate her, and school is really strange. Pupils suddenly talk like robots and do weird things - even Dinah finds herself acting oddly.She's sure the headmaster has some kind of power over them, and is determined to find out more...Categorized as:
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Groosham Grange by Anthony Horowitz
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom Anthony Horowitz, a Groosham . . . make that gruesome . . . new adventure! Sent to Groosham Grange as a last resort by his frustrated parents, thirteen-year-old David Eliot quickly discovers that his new boarding school is very peculiar. New pupils are made to sign their names in blood . . . the French teacher cancels classes on days there�s a full moon . .Categorized as:
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![Never Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Vande Velde]()
Never Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Vande Velde
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSelwyn is brokenhearted when the beautiful Anora chooses to marry the awful,but rich, Farold. It's bad enough when Farold beats Selwyn up in front of the villagers. But nothing prepares Selwyn for Farold's being found murdered. All accusing fingers point to Selwyn, who is promptly sealed in a burial cave with Farold's corpse.But they're not alone in the cave...Categorized as:
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The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsWhat happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the Greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her Magic Finger on them...Categorized as:
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![The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald]()
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAlthough this novella stands out from his body of work in that it’s a playful yet sinister fairy tale, it brilliantly fuses F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ongoing lush fantasies about the extremes of wealth with his much more somber understanding of what underpins it...Categorized as:
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Sailor Moon, #4 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsOne of the most-beloved of all Japanese manga titles, Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon has enthralled millions of readers worldwide since its debut in book form in early 1992. When Usagi Tsukino adopts a stray cat, she gets more than she bargains for The talking cat, Luna, informs Usagi that she is actually Sailor Moon, a magical princess from the future and protector of the Solar System... -
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![Sailor Moon, #2 by Naoko Takeuchi]()
Sailor Moon, #2 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOne of the most-beloved of all Japanese manga titles, Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon has enthralled millions of readers worldwide since its debut in book form in early 1992. When Usagi Tsukino adopts a stray cat, she gets more than she bargains for The talking cat, Luna, informs Usagi that she is actually Sailor Moon, a magical princess from the future and protector of the Solar System...Categorized as:
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![Sailor Moon, #3 by Naoko Takeuchi]()
Sailor Moon, #3 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOne of the most-beloved of all Japanese manga titles, Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon has enthralled millions of readers worldwide since its debut in book form in early 1992. When Usagi Tsukino adopts a stray cat, she gets more than she bargains for The talking cat, Luna, informs Usagi that she is actually Sailor Moon, a magical princess from the future and protector of the Solar System... -
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Ancient History by Garth Ennis, Matt Hollingsworth
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFour distinctive characters whose lives were forever changed by encounters with Preacher's Jesse Custer take center stage in this volume... -
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Johnny the Homicidal Maniac #6 by Jhonen Vásquez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwisted and surreal comic book by the creator of Invader... -
![Wings by Terry Pratchett]()
Wings by Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSomewhere out there, the ship is waiting to take them home . . . Here's what Masklin has to do: Find Grandson Richard Arnold (a human!). Get from England to Florida (possibly steal jet plane for this purpose, as that can't be harder than stealing the truck). Find a way to the launch of a communications satellite (whatever those are)... -
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Diggers by Terry Pratchett
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsIn an abandoned quarry, pampered Store nomes have trouble with farming, no heating, and too much open space. Suddenly with a posted paper, the quarry will be reopened.Masklin ventures with Gruder, while Grimma and Dorcas try to cope at home. Sort of cliffhanger end is line "I'd very much like to know what Masklin has been doing these past few weeks...
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