MARSH, NGAIO

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PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1949

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KIRST, HANS HELLMUT & BROWNJOHN, J. MAXWELL (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1969

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SELENE, LYRA

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PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press 2018

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GRAY, CLAUDIA

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ESHBAUGH, JULIE

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PUBLISHER: HarperTeen 2016

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GIER, KERSTIN & BELL, ANTHEA (Trans)

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MENEFY, DIANA & LAUGESEN, MALENE (Illus)

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MATAIRA, KATARINA (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1972

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GRIMSHAW, CHARLOTTE

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PUBLISHER: Vintage/Random House 2012

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EVARISTO, BERNADINE

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FAIZAL, HAFSAH

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RANSOME, ARTHUR

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1932

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BELLOW, SAUL

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PUBLISHER: Viking/Penguin 2000

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GEORGE, MARGARET

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PUBLISHER: St Martin's Press 1986

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BAUM, L. FRANK & NEILL, JOHN R. (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: The Reilly & Britton Co. 1911

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DUMAS, ALEXANDRE & YODER, LAUREN (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2008

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MASON, HENRIETTA

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PUBLISHER: Robert Hale / Whitcombe & Tombs 1966

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KOVAL, RAMONA

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PUBLISHER: Minerva 1996

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SMITH, ZADIE (Ed)

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PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton/Penguin 2007

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CHOPPING, RICHARD

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PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1965

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