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1) Oliver Twist
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Retells the adventures of the orphan boy who is forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
2) Mary Poppins
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An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
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Kindly, respected Dr. Henry Jekyll is convinced that all men have two personalities lurking within them. He concocts a drug to separate one man into two personalities and tests it on himself. Enter Mr. Hyde--Jekyll's murderous alter ego--as depraved and vicious as Jekyll is virtuous and kindly. Robert Louis Stevenson's shocking thriller explores the battle between good and evil within ourselves. Can Jekyll overcome Hyde--or will he become Hyde's next...
5) Peter Pan
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English
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Peter Pan, the boy who ran away the day he was born and stubbornly refuses to grow up, meets the Darling children and leads them through merry adventures in Neverland.
6) Hollow city
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Miss Peregrine volume 2
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English
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"Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends, who possess supernatural abilities, must journey to London (circa 1940), the 'peculiar' capital of the world. There they hope to find a cure for their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner"--Provided by publisher.
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Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans) volume 4
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English
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When the Ambassador moves to London, the twelve little girls go to visit his son, Madeline has an adventure on a horse, and the horse returns to Paris with the girls.
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Miss Peregrine volume 3
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English
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Time is running out for the Peculiar Children. With a dangerous madman on the loose and their beloved Miss Peregrine still in danger, Jacob Portman and Emma Bloom are forced to stage the most daring of rescue missions. They'll travel through a war-torn landscape, meet new allies, and face greater dangers than ever. Will Jacob come into his own as the hero his fellow Peculiars know him to be? (Features more than 50 all-new Peculiar photographs.)
11) Clockwork angel
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English
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When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.
12) The necromancer
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Back in London, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman must determine whom they can and cannot trust as they search for both Scatty and an immortal who can teach Josh the magic of fire, while Doctor Dee and Machiavelli continue to seek power.
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Enola Holmes mysteries volume 1
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English
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Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her mother.
14) Black butler
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Black butler volume 11
Pub. Date
2010-
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First Yen Press edition.
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English
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"Just a stone's throw from London lies the manor house of the illustrious Phantomhive earldom and its master, one Ciel Phantomhive. Earl Phantomhive is a giant in the world of commerce, Queen Victoria's faithful servant--and a slip of a twelve-year-old boy. Fortunately, his loyal butler, Sebastian, is ever at his side, ready to carry out the young master's wishes. And whether Sebastian is called to save a dinner party gone awry or probe the dark secrets...
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Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 16
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2010.
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English
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Jack and Annie travel back to Victorian London when Merlin asks them to use their magic to inspire Charles Dickens to write "A Christmas Carol."
18) The hollow boy
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"Anthony, George, and Lucy investigate new hauntings, track down assassins, and a new assistant joins Lockwood & Co"--
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W.A.R.P volume 1
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English
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In Victorian London, Albert Garrick, an assassin-for-hire, and his reluctant young apprentice, Riley, are transported via wormhole to modern London, where Riley teams up with a young FBI agent to stop Garrick from returning to his own time and using his newly acquired scientific knowledge and power to change the world forever.
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