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Pigman
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First published in America in 1968, this is the story of a lonely old man befriended by teenagers John and Lorraine, who have no idea of the effect he will have on their lives. He may be trying to recapture his youth through them, but the wisdom he imparts more than makes up for it. Then he dies.
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Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds
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A contemporary drama which portrays the disillusioned life of a widow and her two teenage daughters.
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Doom Stone
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A deadly predator is stalking Salisbury Plain, leaving a blood-curdling legacy of terror, murder and destruction in its wake. Dr Sarah Cawley, an eminent anthropologist, together with her spunky 15-year-old nephew and a local girl, set out to track down and eliminate the terrifying beast.
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Pardon Me You're Stepping on My Eyeball
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"Marsh" Mellow is 15 and hates almost everything about school. Weirdo Edna Shinglebox is the same age, has never had a boyfriend, and seems destined to end up a teenage old maid. Eventually the misfits meet in the school psychiatrist's room and an unlikely relationship unfolds.
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Pigman and Me
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An autobiography, covering the teenage years of Paul Zindel, Pulitzer Prize Winner, and teenage fiction writer. Through it the reader shares the painful and sometimes comic experiences of his adolescence: his move to Travis, a small Polish town on Staten Island during World War II, the turbulent relationship both he and his sister sustained with ...
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Pigman's Legacy
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A sequel to "The Pigman". Lorraine and John are still not over the shock and guilt of their elderly and eccentric friend's sudden death. Determined to lay his ghost to rest once and for all, they return to his house - only to find a second lonely old man living there.
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My Darling, My Hamburger
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One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this novel won the "Guardian" Children's Fiction award. Maggie is shy and awkward, and feels she'll never get a boyfriend, and only Liz, good-looking and self-assured, ever tries to boost Maggie's confidence. Yet Liz has problems of her own.
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Loch
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On a remote lake in Vermont, an expedition is mounted to stalk a massive water creature, the survivor of prehistoric time. Fifteen-year-old Loch Perkins is with his father aboard the "Revelation" when the first terrifying creature explodes from the deep - and devours the ship's photographer.
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A begonia for Miss Applebaum
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Zelda and Henry write the story of Miss Applebaum, their late-lamented biology teacher, on the word processor during their computer class, telling what happened during the last three fateful months of her life when she taught them so many wonderful things about the secrets of the universe. Paul Zindel is the author of the play "The Effect of Gamma ...
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Undertakers Gone Bananas
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There's something very strange about Bobby and Laurie's new neighbours. When Bobby fears that Mrs Hulka has been murdered, he can't persuade anyone to believe him. The author who is a Pulitzer Prize winner also wrote "The Girl Who Wanted a Boy", "A Begonia for Miss Applebaum" and "The Pigman".
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Surfing Corpse
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Did classmate Timmy Warner plunge to his death over a 300-foot waterfall, or was that Timmy spotted recently, alive and well, at Venice Beach? P.C. and Mackenzie are determined to find out.
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Reef of Death
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PC McPhee and his trusty laptop computer, Ratboy, are summoned to the Great Barrier Reef by crazy Uncle Cliff, to help solve a mystery. A young Aboriginal boy has disappeared while on a diving trip with his sister. The tale turns into one of chilling underwater horror.
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Scream Museum
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P.C. Hawke and his partner investigate the murder of the chief biologist at the Museum of Natural History. As they dig into the strange story, they discover a stolen world-famous necklace, an anthropologist trained in Indonesian medicine and hypnosis, and a fat, hairy tarantula named Aristotle.
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Raptor
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Out in the mountains, Zack and his friend, Uta, discover what they think is a large fossilized dinosaur egg. This could make their fortune! Zack takes it home to keep it safe. Only the egg isn't fossilized - it's hatching! And there's an angry mother dinosaur out there, who wants her baby back.
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Gadget
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A fictional story about the creation of the atomic bomb as seen through the eyes of 13-year-old Stephen, the son of one of the scientists working with Robert Oppenheimer. When Stephen learns of the potential dangers associated with the project his father is working on, he and a friend set out to learn all they can about the mysterious "gadget" his ...
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Night of the Bat
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When Indian workers begin to disappear from an expedition into the Amazon, fifteen-year-old Jake fears that his father, a bat biologist, is in great danger. Against his dad's wishes, Jake flies to Brazil and joins his father's research team, working high in the canopy of a remote stretch of the rain forest. Unfortunately, Jake's first climb up the ...
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Rats
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Sarah McGraw lives with her father and brother on the edge of town, beside a garbage dump. Her father manages the dump, but it's a job that's growing out of control, and the rats at the dump are mutating and attacking the workers. Sarah's father needs to work fast.
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Harry and Hortense at Hormone High
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Jason Rohr calls himself Icarus and is either a seer or schizophrenic, Harry and Hortense can't work out which. Jason says everyone is a hero but then, like his adopted namesake, he flies too near the sun - and into disaster.
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When a Darkness Falls
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Confessions of a Teenage Baboon
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A story of the traumatic experiences of teenage life, by the author of "The Pigman". Chris's mother has been employed to care for the dying mother of a drunken 34-year-old tough-guy, who takes an instant dislike to Chris and gives him a hard time.
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Fright party
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The Freaky Facts Club - Action Dave, Popcorn Liz, Johnny, Jennifer and Nervy Max - is a group of serious collectors of weird and wonderful information. At Hallowe'en the five brains come up with ideas for a foul and freaky party to scare nasty Nat Bronski.
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David & Della
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David is a would-be playwright who has been struggling with writer's block ever since his girlfriend, Kim, tried to jump out of a window. He answers an advertisement for writing lessons and meets Della, a talented but troubled actress, who is convinced that she can become David's inspiration.
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I Never Loved Your Mind
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A story of teenage angst, by the author of "The Pigman". When Dewey Daniels first meets fellow drop-out Yvette Goethals, it seems that they'll never hit it off - she's a weird vegetarian living in a commune. But, in spite of himself, Dewey finds that he's falling in love with her.
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Amazing and Death Defying Diary of Eugene Dingman
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Eugene Dingman begins writing his diary on his 15th birthday--the day he learns he will be spending his summer working as a waiter at a hotel/restaurant in the Adirondack Mountains. The story of Eugene's summer, including his helpless crush on a waitress named Della, is told via his diary entries.
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The Girl Who Wanted a Boy
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All Sybella wants is a boy to fall in love with her, but she knows more about stripping and rebuilding bikes and quantum mechanics than about the art of attracting the opposite sex. The author who is a Pulitzer Prize winner also wrote "Pigman" and "A Begonia for Miss Applebaum".
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