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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a young boy living with his Aunt Polly on the banks of the Mississippi River. He seems to most enjoy getting into trouble. After missing school one day and getting into a fight, Tom is punished with the task of whitewashing a fence.

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Treasure Island (Illustrated)

Robert Louis Stevenson

An old sailor named Billy Bones comes to lodge in the rural Admiral Benbow Inn on the West English coast. A former shipmate, Black Dog, confronts Bones and engages in a violent fight with him. After Black Dog is run off, a blind beggar named Pew visits to give Bones "the black spot" as a summons to share a map leading to buried treasure. Shortly thereafter, Bones suffers a stroke and dies. Pew and his accomplices attack the inn, but Jim and his mother save themselves while taking Bones's sea chest. Inside the chest, they find a map of an island on which the infamous pirate Captain Flint hid his treasure. Jim shows the map to the local physician Dr. Livesey and the district squire John Trelawney, and they decide to make an expedition to the island, with Jim serving as a cabin boy. They set sail on Trelawney's schooner, the Hispaniola, under Captain Smollett. Much of the crew, as it is later revealed, are pirates who served under Captain Flint, most notable of which is the ship's one-legged chef "Long John" Silver.

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80AD The Yu Dragon (Bk5)

Aiki Flinthart

This is it. The final Level of the Game. China in 80AD is the stage for the final showdown between Phoenix and Jade and their arch-enemy, Feng Zhudai.  Things don't start off so well. Jade is a prisoner, separated by vast distances from her companions; in the hands of Feng Zhudai himself. Phoenix and the others have to find her before they can even think of freeing her. What have they got to work with? How can they fight Feng Zhudai's incredible magical powers on his own home ground? How can they fulfill their quest to master the Yu Dragon, when they don't even know where to find it or what it looks like - or how to go about mastering a dragon?  To top it all off, they must stop Feng Zhudai from taking control of the Han Empire and the world. If he wins this round, it's all over.  Everything and everyone they know and love will be destroyed - in both worlds. With the fate of this world and their own in the balance, Phoenix and Jade have insurmountable odds stacked against them.

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Victor's War and Odyssey

Lanre Babajide

Victor is a boy that was born in a fictional African Country called Nigola. He was forced into war as a child soldier and as a result, he was forced to commit many atrocities. However, he managed to escape from his captors and then, he discovered he is the promised child that was meant to rescue Nigola and Africa. He discovered that Bob Marley is still alive and he is given some magical powers that help him to rescue his country from poverty and war and at last, he succeeded in liberating Africa. It is a story of adventure, romance, history and contemporary Africa with all its problems.

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Shadows Behind

Ross Richdale

It is 1999 and Kosovo refugee Niana Bolsa is abandoned by the Serbs to fend for herself in the mountains. In freezing temperatures, the distraught woman staggers along an empty road through virgin snow. At the point of near collapse she comes across a tractor and trailer by the roadside with two terrified children hiding there. Their grandparents have been shot and mother taken away. Determined to save the children, Niana takes them and heads for Albania. With all records destroyed, nobody queries her right to the children and they emigrate to New Zealand Matt Coleman is attracted to the new tenant of his New Zealand shop, Niana Bolsa, when she opens a food bar adjacent to his antique and furniture factory. Niana is reluctant to commit herself beyond friendship and says little about her life. Eventually, friendship between Niana and Matt blossoms into passionate love as they and Niana"s foster children become a family. But the terror so prevalent in Niana"s past surfaces again…with a vengeance.

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Out-Dweller

Michael Kingswood

A series of brutal murders puts constables Raedrick Baletier and Julian Hinderbrook on the trail of a killer.With Lydelton's populace growing increasingly uneasy and few leads to follow, they must move quickly to find the culprit and bring his reign of terror to an end. But they are not the only ones who are hunting, and some foes require more than just skill at arms to defeat.Out-Dweller is the second book of the Glimmer Vale Chronicles, a sword and sorcery mystery set in a world of valor and magic.

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Tollard's Peak

Michael Kingswood

A man from Raedrick Baletier and Julian Hinderbrook's past turns up on the outskirts of Lydelton, nearly dead from exposure and telling of an injured comrade on the flanks of Tollard's Peak, the tallest mountain in the region.Despite the harsh winter conditions, the constables form a rescue party and set off to find the injured man.But the elements are not the only danger that waits to strike down the unwary in the mountains surrounding Glimmer Vale.Tollard's Peak is the third book of the Glimmer Vale Chronicles, an action-packed trek through a world of valor and magic.

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The Most Mysterious Gangster

Kazumiella39

This story tells something about a gangster that is full of mysteries about herself, her life, her personality, her family, and her objectives. Violet Mercado is a gangster full of secrets and mysteries, as time goes by all of her secret will be revealed.

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The Widow's Plight

Sunday Omolu

"The Widow's Plight" is an original work of fiction written by Sunday Omolu that tells for the first time about the oppression of windows in Africa. For many years, widows have been oppressed with no one rising up for them. When and how will this oppression ever come to an end? Omolu writes genuinely with deep words.

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Glimmer Vale

Michael Kingswood

On the run from their past, swordsmen Raedrick Baletier and Julian Hinderbrook search for a place of refuge where they can start over.That search sends them through a remote mountain valley called Glimmer Vale, where unbeknownst to them, dark forces threaten the population's lives and fortunes.With their hopes of quiet passage through the Vale dashed, and facing a deadly conflict against overwhelming odds, Raedrick and Julian will need all of their wit, courage, and skill just to survive, let alone prevail. Fans of sword and sorcery will enjoy this fast-paced tale of redemption set in a world of valor and magic.

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