Jim Dale
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Books of beginning volume 1
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Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents disappeared to protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers, a prophesied quest to find a magical book, and a fearsome enemy.
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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 4
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Random House, Inc., Listening Library
Pub. Date
2000
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In the fourth book of J.K. Rowling's critically-acclaimed Harry Potter series, Harry is just as surprised as everyone else when he's selected to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. Now, he must figure out who put his name in for the competition, and how he's going to survive.
"Sometimes poignant, often funny, Dale's interpretation of this enchanted other world is the consummate family-listening experience."--AudioFile
4) Liesl & Po
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A mix-up involving the greatest magic in the world has tremendous consequences for Liesl, an orphan who has been locked in an attic, Will, an alchemist's runaway apprentice, and Po, a ghost, as they are pursued by friend and foe while making an important journey.
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Books of beginning volume 2
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"In the second book in the Books of Beginning Trilogy, Michael and Emma must track down the Chronicle of Life, while Kate must find a way back to present day from the year 1899"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Too-Bad-It's-Your-Birthday Book is like the best outrageous birthday cards rolled into one. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, the book's edgy humor needles everyone who's suffered the slings and arrows of one too many birthdays:
Your friends got together to light your birthday candles. Oops, not enough friends. Who's older ... you or the Earth? Now that you're older, admit it. You watch the Weather Channel. It's now estimated the...
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Books of beginning volume 3
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"In the final book of the Books of Beginning trilogy, Kate and Michael must help the magical world prepare for the final war against the Dire Magnus, while Emma must travel to find the final book--the Book of the Dead"-- Provided by publisher.
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The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Hermione scans the pages of the Daily Prophet, reading out terrible news. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet... As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate - and lose a few eyebrows in the process. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes...
10) Ghost Hawk
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At the end of a winter-long journey into manhood, Little Hawk returns to find his village decimated by a white man's plague and soon, despite a fresh start, Little Hawk dies violently but his spirit remains trapped, seeing how his world changes.
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Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day, he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests. -- From book jacket.
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Harry Potter wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about the mysterious event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately for Harry Potter,...
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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 3
Recorded books
Harry Potter illustrated volume 3
Year ... at Hogwarts volume 3
Recorded books
Harry Potter illustrated volume 3
Year ... at Hogwarts volume 3
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Shrewsbury - Grade 10: Seeking Justice
Shrewsbury - Grade 7: Using Your Voice
Shrewsbury - Grade 9: Facing Adversity
Shrewsbury - Grade 7: Using Your Voice
Shrewsbury - Grade 9: Facing Adversity
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For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts... he's at...
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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 2
Year ... at Hogwarts volume 2
Harry Potter [series] volume 2
Harry Potter Narrated by Stephen Fry
Year ... at Hogwarts volume 2
Harry Potter [series] volume 2
Harry Potter Narrated by Stephen Fry
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"The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up...
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Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldermort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.
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Boylston - Entering Fourth Grade
Lunenburg - YA Banned Books
Marlborough Public Library Children's Books Adapted Into Movies
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Lunenburg - YA Banned Books
Marlborough Public Library Children's Books Adapted Into Movies
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"Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility. All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley -- a great big swollen spoiled bully. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday...
19) Stoneheart
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Stoneheart trilogy volume 1
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When twelve-year-old George accidentally decapitates a stone statue in London, England, he falls into a parallel dimension where he must battle ancient "live" statues and solve a dangerous riddle.
20) Ironhand
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Stoneheart trilogy volume 2
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Having upset the balance between the warring statues of London, twelve-year-old George is confronted with new challenges as he tries to free his captured friends Edie and The Gunner from the formidable Walker and deal with the three strange veins of marble, bronze, and stone that have begun to grow out of his hand.