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Demon Copperhead

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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The Prison Healer

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Anne of Green Gables

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The Snail and the Whale

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Oh, The Places You'll Go!

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Room on the Broom

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The Travelling Bookshop #1: Mim and the Baffling Bully

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The Tomorrow Series #1: Tomorrow, When the War Began

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We Could Be Something

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Wimpy Kid #1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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Kissed by the Moon

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Thelma the Unicorn

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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1)

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Charlotte's Web

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Keeper of the Lost Cities #1: Keeper of the Lost Cities

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Koalas Stole My Undies

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