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Death of a Salesman
$15.00 Add to cartThe Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy of a salesman’s deferred American dream
Ever since it was first performed in 1949, Death of a Salesman has been recognized as a milestone of the American theater. In- Series: Penguin Plays
- Author: Miller, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 28, 1976
- ISBN10: 0140481346
- Language: English
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The Night Before Kindergarten
$5.99 Add to cart‘Twas the night before kindergarten,
It’s the first day of school Join the kids as they prepare for kindergarten, packing school supp
and as they prepared,
kids were excited,
and a little bit scared.- Series: Night Before
- Author: Wing, Natasha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 09, 2001
- ISBN10: 0448425009
- Language: English
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
$18.00 Add to cartWinner of:
One of the best
The Pulitzer Prize
The National Book Critics Circle Award
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize
A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the Year- Author: DÃaz, Junot
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 02, 2008
- ISBN10: 1594483299
- Language: English
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The Glass Menagerie
$12.95 Add to cartMenagerie was Williams’s first popular success and launched the brilliant, if somewhat controversial, career of our pre-eminent lyric playwright. Since its premiere in Chicago in 1944, with the legend
- Series: New Directions Books
- Author: Williams, Tennessee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: June 17, 1999
- ISBN10: 0811214044
- Language: English
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
$18.99 Add to cartEddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he… [more below]
- Author: Albom, Mitch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1401308589
- Language: English
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Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
$18.00 Add to cartINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER – Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico blends poignant romance, bittersweet wit, and delicious recipes.
This classic- Author: Esquivel, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 01 1995
- ISBN10: 038542017X
- Language: English
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
$18.00 Add to cartNOBEL PRIZE WINNER – From the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes the gripping story of the murder of a young aristocrat that puts an entire society–not just a pair of murderers–on trial. … [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: GarcÃa Márquez, Gabriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 07, 2003
- ISBN10: 140003471X
- Language: English
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The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
$9.99 Add to cartIn this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt tells the witty and compelling story of a teenage boy who feels that fate has it in for him.
Seventh grader Holling Hoodhood isn’t happy. He is sure
- Author: Schmidt, Gary D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 01 2009
- ISBN10: 054723760X
- Language: English
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The Freedom Writers Diary (20th Anniversary Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
$19.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic story of an incredible group of students and the teacher who inspired them, featuring updates on the students’ lives, ne… [more below]
- Author: The Freedom Writers
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 12, 1999
- ISBN10: 038549422X
- Language: English
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Fences
$15.00 Add to cartFrom legendary playwright August Wilson comes the powerful, stunning dramatic bestseller that won him critical acclaim, including the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize.
Troy Maxson is a- Author: Wilson, August
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 01 1986
- ISBN10: 0452264014
- Language: English
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
$12.99 Add to cartTwo young boys encounter the best and worst of humanity during the Holocaust in this powerful read that USA Today called “as memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank.”
Berli- Series: Young Reader’s Choice Award – Intermediate Division
- Author: Boyne, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 23, 2007
- ISBN10: 0385751532
- Language: English
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Macbeth
$12.99 Add to cartThis edition of Macbeth is especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credential… [more below]
- Series: Oxford School Shakespeare
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 23 2009
- ISBN10: 0198324006
- Language: English
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The Crucible
$14.00 Add to cartA haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community
The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants b- Series: Penguin Plays
- Author: Miller, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 28 1976
- ISBN10: 0140481389
- Language: English
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The BFG
$8.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda!
One of TIME MAGAZINE’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice- Author: Dahl, Roald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 16, 2007
- ISBN10: 0142410381
- Language: English
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D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths
$19.99 Add to cart“I doubt I would have grown up to be the writer and artist I became had I not fallen in love with D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths at the age of seven.”–R. J. Palacio, author of Wonder.
Now updated wi- Author: D’Aulaire, Ingri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 01 1992
- ISBN10: 0440406943
- Language: English
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Twelve Angry Men
$15.00 Add to cartA landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival–featuring an introduction by David Mamet
A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and t… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Rose, Reginald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0143104403
- Language: English
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
$18.99 Add to cartOver 3 million copies sold.
Adapted from the New York Times bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is the ultimate teenage success guide–now update- Author: Covey, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 27, 2014
- ISBN10: 1476764662
- Language: English
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The Outsiders
$14.99 Add to cartOver 50 years of an iconic classic! This international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie is a heroic story of friendship and belonging.
No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pre- Author: Hinton, S. E.
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 01, 1988
- ISBN10: 014038572X
- Language: English
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
$18.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
“A wholly original achievement- Series: Pantheon Graphic Library
- Author: Satrapi, Marjane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 153
- Publish Date: June 01 2004
- ISBN10: 037571457X
- Language: English
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A Raisin in the Sun
$8.95 Add to cart“Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black people’s lives been seen on the stage,” observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened… [more below]
- Author: Hansberry, Lorraine
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0679755330
- Language: English
