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An air force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back to life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. These four, and...
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"Californian family dog Buck is happy spending his days eating and sleeping. That is until he is kidnapped, and is forced to work in the frozen north of Alaska as a sledge dog. Passed from owner to owner, Buck sets out on a remarkable journey to ensure his own survival. Will he make it? And, when tested, how hard will he struggle against returning to the wild? Packed with tension and excitement, Jack London's atmospheric story of adventure and endurance...
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Acorn is the first one to jump off the tree, longing for adventure and new experiences (though maybe not being eaten), but when a squirrel buries Acorn, he is forced to stay still in the dark. But after a while, exciting changes begin, and he grows into a mighty oak--though at heart he is still a little wild.
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Greenwillow Books, an imprint HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Vivi volunteers to help with the clean-up efforts at the beach after a big storm hits her town. But why does the beach look so different than before? Vivi and her friends will have to ask a lot of questions, learn about erosion, and conduct experiments to find out"--