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Time Travelling with a Hamster
A truly original debut novel from an extraordinarily talented new voice in children�s books. Laugh, cry and wonder at this raceagainsttime story of a boy who travels back to 1984 to prevent a gokart accident, and save his father�s life �My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when he was twelve. The first time had nothing to do with me. The second time definitely did, but I would never even have been there if it hadn�t been for his �time machine� When Al Chaudhury discovers his late dad�s time machine, he finds that going back to the 1980s requires daring and imagination. It also requires lies, theft, burglary, and setting his school on fire. All without losing his pet hamster, Alan Shearer
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Tweenache In The Time Of Hashtags
#Tweenache101: First, there's PMS (it's real and it's painful and can someone please make it stop?). Second, there's #TheBoy. Yes, that's right. The BOY. And third, there's a #NewDad in the picture. Actually, he's an old dad, but if Nina's never met him before, he totally counts as new, right? And worst of all, there's the #NerdWars. There's a new nerd in the classroom - and she might be even nerdier than Nina. This. Can't. Be. Good
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Gay Neck The Story Of A Pigeon
Gay-Neck the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji is literarily a story of a pigeon but much more captivating than a normal realistic fiction book. What makes this story different from other animal stories is that it's so amazingly told that you can't put it down. This story is about a boy in a high caste (Indian social classes) and a beautiful pigeon. At first, it talks about Gay-Neck's birth and training less thrillingly, but when you get to Gay-Neck's first experience against a hawk, you'll want to know what happens next. Soon you experience the battle field tension as Gay-Neck goes to war as a carrier pigeon for the first time. You can almost actually feel Gay-Neck's experience when he was shot and then healed by the lamas (the lamas are Buddhist monks in India). Dhan Mukerji's describes this story in such a great way. Imagine the distress to find out Gay-Neck's dad had perished in a rain storm after all Gay-Neck and his dad has gone through: pain, frustration, stress, and joy. For a few days Gay-Neck and his mother only sat on the tall roof top looking up at the sky through rain, sand, and wind storms waiting and hoping for a miracle that wouldn't come. Read this extraordinary novel. You'll love it. Being a bird lover, I really enjoyed the story. There was adventure, some excitement, and wonderful insights on bird and animal behavior. The author uses English in such an artistic manner that you'd think it was for young adults. He gives a wonderful descriptive story of the war life because he was a boy in India, something you don't get from history books. Sometimes I didn't really like it because it wasn't suspenseful enough and the chapters were too long. But other wise it's a great book!
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The Leaves
Imagine that somewhere on the other side of the planet, in a dusty little Indian village not on any tourist map, resides a palm leaf. And on that palm leaf, printed in an ancient Indian language is the story of your life. From the date and circumstance of your birth to your death and everything in between, it�s all there. Unfathomable? Now imagine that you're Max Marrick, world renowned New York physician on a trip to India, and you are the one person in the world whose leaf is blank. Are you a glitch in the Universe? A hole in the tapestry of time? Or are you a mythic threat to humanity, perceived as the bringer of the apocalypse? If you are Max Marrick, one thing � maybe the only thing � is for sure. You�d better
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The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma Panchatantra
Some old stories never lose their bite�Something�s invading the stories of our childhood, leaving death and oblivion in its wake. Now, a motley crew of animal heroes from ancient Indian fables must unite to survive. But first they must find the boy destined to save them, the chosen guardian of the Panchatantra. Thing is� Vishnu Sharma, would be boy-hero, is too busy playing in online tournaments to care about fighting storybook wars. But when a none-too-fictional talking lion, monkey and bull arrive at his doorstep, Vishnu must choose between protecting the tales of the Panchatantra , or silently standing by as they disappear into storybook history. With naughty boy wizards, cuddly anime-sociopaths, and a not-so-frightful King of the Jungle.
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The Cloud Castle
What is the secret of the clouds? The Thea Sisters have received an urgent message from their friend Will Mystery. The magical Land of Clouds is in danger. The mouselets must find out why the clouds are disappearing!
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Mouse House Hunter
Sally Ratmousen broke some shocking news: The Rodent's Gazette was out of money and in danger of closing. Then Grandfather William broke even worse news to me: I needed to sell my comfy, cozy house in order to save our paper! How terrible! But could I sell it -- and find a new home -- in time to help?
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Dork Diaries-Puppy Love
The brand new installment from the Internationally bestselling Dork Diaries series, now with 13 million copies in print worldwide! Perfect for fans of Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates, Jacqueline Wilson and James Patterson. Nikki's diary is up to the month of May and springtime is sure to bring more adorkable fun for Nikki and her friends Chloe, Zoey and Brandon!
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The Magic Of The Lost Temple
City girl Nooni is surprised at the pace of life in her grandparent's village in Karnataka. But she quickly gets used to the gentle routine there and involves herself in a flurry of activities, including papad making, organizing picnics and learning to ride a cycle, with her new-found friends. Things get exciting when Nooni stumbles upon an ancient fabled stepwell right in the middle of a forest. Join the intrepid Nooni on an adventure of a lifetime in this much-awaited book by Sudha Murty that is heart-warming, charming and absolutely unputdownable.
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Feel the Fear Ruby Redfort
The fourth book in the scarily awesome Ruby Redfort series, by multi million copy bestselling author Lauren Child. This time Ruby must pit her wits against a seemingly invisible foe. How do you set your sights on catching a light-fingered villain if you cant even see him?
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Magnus Chase and The Sword of Summer
Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he's tracked down by an uncle he's never met - a man his mother claimed was dangerous. His uncle tells him an impossible secret. Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, giants and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. To prevent Ragnarok, Magnus must search the Nine Worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years. When an attack by fire giants forces him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents, Magnus makes a fatal decision. Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die.
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Queen of Shadows
Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. Now she returns to the empire - to confront the shadows of her past ... The fourth breathtaking instalment in the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series. Bloodthirsty for revenge on the two men responsible for destroying her life, and desperate to find out if the prince and his captain are safe, Celaena returns to Rifthold, the seat of so much evil. She has accepted her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, there are dark truths to learn and debts to be paid. Aelin must stay hidden beneath her assassin's hood and draw on her mortal strength as Celaena to prevent the King of Adarlan from tearing her world apart. Only then can she fight for her people. Readers will be held rapt as Celaena's story builds to an agonising crescendo, packed with heart-pounding action and swoon-worthy romance.
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Mahabharata for Young Readers
A rigged game of dice brings the 100 kaurava princes, led by the scheming duryodhana, to the battlefield against their cousins, the five pandavas - The noble but gullible yudhisthira, the mighty bheema, master archer arjuna and the twins, nakula and sahadeva. The epic war of kurukshetra, which lasted 18 tragic days, pit brother against brother, uncle against nephew and disciple against teacher. The intense battles between warriors equally fearless and skilled - karna and abhimanyu, arjuna and bheeshma, drona and dhrishtadyumna and karna and arjuna - Were as much conflicts of loyalty and ambition as they were of choices. The side they chose to support, or fight against, led them into a labyrinth of duty and destiny, where both the defeated and the victorious - lost something or someone precious to them. In this classic retelling of the mahabharata, written especially for young readers by the inimitable upendrakishore ray chowdhury and checked and proofed originally by none other than rabindranath tagore, translated for the first time into english by leading children's writer and translator, swapna dutta, this eternal tale is brought to life in all its drama and detail.
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Boredom-Busting Fun Stuff
With this super huge, super fun, write-in activity book, kids will never be bored again! We've compiled our funniest jokes, most mind-boggling and outrageous puzzles, mazes, games, and quizzes into one giant entertaining volume. Full of eye-catching photographs and hours of learning adventures, they'll be laughing and exploring for hours.
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Rishi and the Karmic Cat
Rishi and Karishma are living a routine life in the US with nothing more exciting to deal with than middle school - until their cat starts talking. He reveals that they need to find the Jiva Sutra - the ancient Book of Life-- before it falls into evil hands. Could they really be the chosen ones entrusted centuries ago with the book, born again to restore it for the benefit of all beings? Will the lizard-born Hiramani, an enemy from that past life, seize it before them and use its powerful life force for his own nefarious ends? Teaming up with a host of wild creatures and the world�s oldest trees, Rishi and Karishma set off on a dangerous quest that takes them from America to India and Tibet. From the ruins of an ancient university in Nalanda, to the forests of Gir, and the Temple of the Saffron Cats in Tibet, the brother and sister must battle the evil Hiramani in their bid to save the Jiva Sutra and restore balance to the earth.
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Fangirl
The Simon Snow novels have taken the world by storm. Teenagers the world over have collected memorabilia and more, immortalizing their hero and his adventures in their hearts. Cath and her twin sister are no different, they have loved the Simon Snow books their entire lives. When they go to college, Wren slowly drifts away from the fandom and from Cath. However, Cath cannot let her affections for the fandom disappear, and she has to come to terms with it or her life will be a mix of escapism and reality, with no satisfaction in either medium. Populated with all the characters anyone who has been through college will recognize, this book tells Cath's story and how she finds internet fandom through fan-fiction and how she finds, among other things, love.