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{"id":6582703521851,"title":"Rex Zero and the End of the World","handle":"rex-zero-and-the-end-of-the-world","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer of 1962, and to twelve-year-old Rex the world is starting to look like a pretty scary place. On TV there are reports about the Russians and a nuclear war. Some people in his new neighborhood are even building bomb shelters in their backyards. Rex learns that there's trouble closer to home as well. A black panther has escaped from a zoo and he and his friends are sure they have spotted the creature in their local park -- and it is Rex who comes up with a plan to trap it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this smart, vivid and touching novel, Tim Wynne-Jones explores the time and place of his own childhood when a kid could spend an entire summer below the radar of adults. But it was also a time of great uncertainty and menace, when memories of an old war were still fresh, and fears of a new one were looming.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-13T13:02:29-04:00","created_at":"2021-05-13T13:02:29-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 9 - 12","By (author) Wynne-Jones Tim","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Groundwood Books","pub date: 2006-09-01","Rex Zero"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39403380113467,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554980345","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Rex Zero and the End of the World - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554980345","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":39412088995899,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986484","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Rex Zero and the End of the World - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986484","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d6a95aff-f875-4157-bd3e-9f4fc5326485.jpg?v=1723951949"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d6a95aff-f875-4157-bd3e-9f4fc5326485.jpg?v=1723951949","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24743114440763,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.65,"height":611,"width":397,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d6a95aff-f875-4157-bd3e-9f4fc5326485.jpg?v=1723951949"},"aspect_ratio":0.65,"height":611,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d6a95aff-f875-4157-bd3e-9f4fc5326485.jpg?v=1723951949","width":397}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer of 1962, and to twelve-year-old Rex the world is starting to look like a pretty scary place. On TV there are reports about the Russians and a nuclear war. Some people in his new neighborhood are even building bomb shelters in their backyards. Rex learns that there's trouble closer to home as well. A black panther has escaped from a zoo and he and his friends are sure they have spotted the creature in their local park -- and it is Rex who comes up with a plan to trap it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this smart, vivid and touching novel, Tim Wynne-Jones explores the time and place of his own childhood when a kid could spend an entire summer below the radar of adults. But it was also a time of great uncertainty and menace, when memories of an old war were still fresh, and fears of a new one were looming.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Rex Zero and the End of the World
Tim Wynne-Jones explores the time and place of his own childhood when a kid could spend an entire summer below the radar of adults.
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{"id":6582692610107,"title":"Kabungo","handle":"kabungo","description":"\u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Beverly is an ordinary girl with an extraordinary best friend. Her name is Kabungo, and she lives in a cave on Main Street. No one knows where she comes from or who she really is, but life is never dull when Kabungo is around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeverly tries to teach her friend about the ways of the modern world — the importance of teeth brushing, understanding strange holidays like Halloween, learning how to read. But Kabungo doesn’t take well to being civilized, and she can be stubborn, bossy, and plain infuriating. Sometimes Beverly gets so mad that she just wants to move to Cincinnati.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides, Kabungo is a skittish cavegirl, and it takes a while to win her trust, even among Star City’s eccentric denizens, such as Mr. Gobshaw, who owns the local drug shop (“We have everything!”) where you’ll find the stuffed tigers right next to the breath mints. 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ages 7
to 10
/ grades 2
to 5
Kabungo
When your best friend is a cavegirl, every day is an adventure.
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ages 5
and up
/ grades K
and up
Just So Stories, Volume I
Rudyard Kipling's all-time favorite classic story collection, stunningly illustrated by Ian Wallace.
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ages 8
to 12
/ grades 3
to 7
Sky
This moving book is based on true stories told to the author by her friend, a Metis whose people lived with the Blackfeet Nation in Montana.
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Mistik Lake
A stunning novel about what happens when you don't follow your heart, and the lies and secret suffering that can continue to haunt you.
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Die With Me
A page-turning mystery in the tradition of Ruth Rendell, Die With Me is the first novel in the bestselling Mark Tartaglia series by Elena Forbes.
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Queen of Hearts
Set in a TB sanatorium during World War II, this is a haunting and ultimately joyful novel from Governor General's Award winner Martha Brooks.
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Book of Big Brothers
A hilarious look at the life of three brothers, told by the youngest (and most often terrorized) brother.
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Walt
A dark, psychological thriller about a man that is being pursued by police unsatisfied with the answers he’s given about his wife’s disappearance.
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Work and More Work
A boy ventures out to sea and discovers the riches to be found all over the world.
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Captive
Captive throws you into the mind of a woman who wakes to find herself in a terrifying situation: she’s confined to a small grey room with no memory.
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But, in spite of the distance, Alexis and Mina can’t forget Malabourg, or each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfolding along the beautiful, rugged landscape of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, \u003cem\u003eThe Lake\u003c\/em\u003e is the gripping story of the disappearance of three young women, the unsettling aftermath, and the search for life beyond the limits of a small town.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The Lake
A mesmerizing story about the disappearance of three young women and a deeply disturbing portrait of a small town gone bad.
