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To kill a mockingbird

]]> By Lee, Harper.
New York : HarperCollins, 1960 .
323 p. ; , The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature. 21 cm (paperback).
0060935464 (pbk.)

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Oliver Twist

]]> By Dickens, Charles.
Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2002 .
346 p. ; , Oliver Twist's famous cry of the heart--"Please, sir, I want some more"--has resounded with generations of readers of all ages. The author poured his own youthful experience of Victorian London's unspeakable squalor into this realistic depiction of a spirited young innocent's unwilling but inevitable recruitment into a scabrous gang of thieves. Masterminded by the loathsome Fagin, the underworld crew features some of Dickens' most memorable characters, including the vicious Bill Sikes, gentle Nancy, and the juvenile pickpocket known as the Artful Dodger. 21 cm (paperback).
0486424537 (pbk.)

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Animal farm

]]> By Orwell, George.
New York Signet Classics 1977 .
152 p. 9780451526342

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The boy on the wodden box

]]> By Leyson, Leon.
New York : Atheneum, 2015 .
256 p. , This, the only memoir published by a former Schindler's list child, perfectly captures the innocence of a small boy who goes through the unthinkable. Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance, and grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp outside Krakow. Ultimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, Oskar Schindler, who saved Leon Leyson's life, and the lives of his mother, his father, and two of his four siblings, by adding their names to his list of workers in his factory--a list that became world renowned: Schindler's list. Told with an abundance of dignity and a remarkable lack of rancor and venom, "The Boy on the Wooden Box" is a legacy of hope, a memoir unlike anything you've ever read. 9781442497825 | 9780606360975 (hardcover)

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No one must know

]]> By Wiseman, Eva.
Toronto : Tundra Books, 2004 .
194 p. : , Chosen for inclusion in the reading list for the 2006 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award It is 1957 and Alexandra's immigrant family is living the North American dream. Her father is a respected doctor, and she has a warm circle of good friends from church, from girl guides, and from school. Perhaps her mother is nervous and a bit odd - she seems incapable of leaving the house alone - and there is never any talk of the life they left behind in Hungary, but every family has its quirks. Alexandra's world is turned upside down when she discovers a secret that her parents have kept. They are not Catholic, as Alexandra believes. They are Jewish. Alexandra's view of her parents, of her friends, and of the society in which she lives is turned upside down by her discovery. Who is she and where does she really belong? 20 cm..
0887766803

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Things not seen

]]> By Clements, Andrew.
New York : Puffin Boos, 2002 .
251 p. : , Bobby Phillips is an average fifteen-year-old-boy. Until the morning he wakes up and can't see himself in the mirror. Not blind, not dreaming-Bobby is just plain invisible. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to Bobby's new condition; even his dad the physicist can't figure it out. For Bobby that means no school, no friends, no life. He's a missing person. Then he meets Alicia. She's blind, and Bobby can't resist talking to her, trusting her. But people are starting to wonder where Bobby is. Bobby knows that his invisibility could have dangerous consequences for his family and that time is running out. He has to find out how to be seen again-before it's too late. 19.69 x 12.95 x 1.78 cm.
9780142400760

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Animal farm : a fairy story /

]]> By Orwell, George,.
New York, NY : Signet Classic, 1996 .
140 p. ; , A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of most telling satiric fables ever penned - a -razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. 18 cm..
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Operation Osprey

]]> By Hill, David A..
[s.l.] : Helbling Languages, | Disal Editora 2007 .
75 p. : , Don and Mike are best friends. They both live in the sleepy town of Saltley and both enjoy birdwatching. Their lives suddenly become exciting when Mike notices two eagles in a nearby lake. The boys decide to protect the birds so they can build a nest. But when Mr. Roberts shows interest in the birds the boys become suspicious. ill. ; 5.83 x 0.12 x 8.27 inches (paperback).
9783852720074

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Daisy Miller

]]> By James, Henry.
[s.l.] : Helbling Languages, | Disal Editora 2007 .
80 p. : , When beautiful young American Daisy travels to Europe with her wealthy, non-aristocratic mother, the innocent and friendly girl makes more enemies than friends. ill. ; 5.83 x 0.12 x 8.27 inches (paperback).
9783852720104

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The garden party and Sixpence

]]> By Mansfield, Katherine.
[s.l.] : Helbling Languages, | Disal Editora 2007 .
69 p. : , In The Garden Party, Laura is excited about her mother's annual garden party until she discovers that a man has died close to the family's home. In Sixpence, when Dicky, an active, exuberant young boy, accidentally breaks a plate, is his mother her usual understanding self, or does she give in to interfering Mrs Spears' pressure to punish him? ill. ; 5.83 x 0.12 x 8.27 inches (paperback).
9783852720111

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