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41) Don Quixote
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Don Quixote is a middle-aged gentleman from the region of La Mancha in central Spain. Obsessed with the chivalrous ideals touted in books he has read, he decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked. After a first failed adventure, he sets out on a second one with a somewhat befuddled laborer named Sancho Panza, whom he has persuaded to accompany him as his faithful squire. In return for Sanchoʹs services,...
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2023.
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"A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri This is the tale of an exciting journey along the Silk Road with a young Monk and his newfound guardian, Samir, a larger than life character and the so-called "Seller of Dreams". The man is a scammer; his biggest skill being the ability to talk his way into getting what he wants. While that talking did save Monkey's life, it has left a lot of people furious with Samir- furious...
44) Two mice
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"Illustrations and minimal text follow two mice as they set off on an adventure that includes a shipwreck, kidnapping by a bird of prey, a narrow escape, and a moonlit stroll home." --
45) Maia
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Maia, a peasant girl in the mythical Beklan Empire, is sold into slavery, but a turn of fate sees her become a successful concubine, then a national heroine.
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Lost legends ; 1
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"Tangled's Eugene Fitzherbert goes on a life-altering adventure that leads to his transformation into the one and only Flynn Rider"--
47) Gun man
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Wanted for murder in Iowa, John Miller flees westward and falls in with a band of night riders during the Civil War, and then joins a gang of bank and train robbers afterwards, until he begins peddling his gun to whoever will pay.
48) Game of stars
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"Months after Kiranmala's adventure in the Kingdom Beyond, a vision of the Demon Queen starts showing up in her bedroom, trying to tell Kiran something, but getting cutoff before she can finish; then she starts seeing an advertisement for an archery contest on her family's interdimensional television and Kiran realizes that she must return to her place of birth--where society is falling apart, a reality show is taking over, her friends are in danger,...
49) Baudolino
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Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino narrates the story of his life, from his adoption by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his education in Paris to his arrival in Constantinople during the turmoil of the Fourth Crusade.
50) Deathwatch
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Needing money for school, a college boy accepts a job as guide on a desert hunting trip and nearly loses his life.
51) The testament
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A lawyer searches the Brazilian jungle for a missionary doctor working with Indians, the illegitimate daughter of an American tycoon who left her his fortune. But the tycoon's real children are determined to prevent the inheritance.
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A classic Cold War spy story from the bestselling thriller writer Derek Lambert. The Trans-Siberian Express has left Moscow carrying the most powerful, closely guarded man in the Soviet Union, and also the man who plans to kidnap him. Tension aboard the train is at a maximum. The KGB has checked and double checked. But as Vasily Yermakov, the Soviet leader, tries to sleep on the first night in his cabin, he has an uneasy feeling that something is...
53) Vertical run
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An action mystery in which a New York executive finds himself the object of repeated assassination attempts. Who is trying to kill him and why? To find out he falls back on his Vietnam War training.
55) Riptide
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An attempt to recover a pirate treasure from a booby-trapped hiding place, a water pit in Maine. Many have died attempting to enter it, including Martin Hatch's father and brother. Now Martin himself tries, using the latest in computer technology.
56) The two towers
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The Two Towers is the second part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure, The Lord of the Rings. Frodo and the companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord, Sauron, by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard Gandalf in a battle with an evil spirit int he Mines of Moria; and at the Falls of Rauros, Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring...
57) The devil's sea
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"Fearless adventurer Dirk Pitt must unravel a historical mystery of epic importance in the latest novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling series created by the "grand master of adventure" Clive Cussler"--
Tibet, 1959. A Buddhist artifact of immense important disappeared during the Communist takeover. When National Underwater and Marine Agency Director Dirk Pitt discovers a forgotten plane crash in the Philippine Sea more than sixty years...
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The French Revolution and conflict between France and their native England force Juliana and her father to flee from their Italian home and head back to her grandfather's estate. There Juliana must face a convincing fortune hunter who plans to steal Juliana's inheritance, an aborted elopement, a mysterious woman lurking in the background, and a handsome stranger.
60) Karen's snow day
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Karen likes school, but she can't wait for a snow day!
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