The Voices

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A story of incantatory beauty set in the wilds of Australia, Susan Elderkin's second novel The Voices has earned her the distinction from Granta as one of the Best Young British Writers Under 40. In the remote, blood red dust of the Australian bush, thirteen-year-old Billy Saint turns to the stark landscape and mesmerizing spirits of the native Aborigines for the companionship he lacks at home. When he is befriended by Maisie, an enigmatic Aboriginal girl who has "sung him up," he slowly comes to realize that he is meddling with powers far beyond his control. Ten years later, Billy lies in a hospital bed, recovering from gruesome wounds of mysterious origin. Shifting between his hospital stay and the childhood that led him there, The Voices unfolds into a haunting exploration of the relationship between a white man, the land he loves, and the native spirits of the country struggling to be heard before they are lost forever.

Carrie Measures Up! by Linda Aber, ISBN 1575651009

Carrie's grandmother is always knitting surprises for the family, but never knits anything for herself. When she asks Carrie to be her "measuring girl", Carrie decides to knit Grandma a big surprise. This title teaches readers the concept of linear measurement. Full-color illustrations. Carrie Measures Up! by Linda Aber, ISBN 1575651009
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Cherry by Mary Karr, ISBN 0141002077

From the author of "The Liars' Club" comes this sequel--an often hilarious story of Karr's tumultuous teens and sexual coming of age. Karr dashes down the trail of her teen years with customary sass, only to run up against the paralyzing self-doubt of a girl in bloom. Cherry by Mary Karr, ISBN 0141002077
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Bachelor Party/ The Girl Next Door

Double Feature contains "Bachelor Party" and "The Girl Next Door." "Bachelor Party" - This outrageously funny look at one man's final moments of bachelorhood stars Tom Hanks as Rick, reluctant recipient of a bachelor bash given by a group of friends who view partying as their full-time religion. Rick's worried fiancee, Debbie (Tawny Kitaen,) dresses up in disguise and crashes the party to spy on her future husband. To complicate the night further, Debbie's father hires her ex-boyfriend to win back his daughter. It turns out to be an evening the soon-to-be bride and groom will never forget. "The Girl Next Door" - Eighteen-year-old Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) is a straight-laced overachiever who has never really lived life - until he falls for his hot new neighbor (Elisha Cuthbert.) When Matthew discovers his perfect "girl next door" is a former porn star, his sheltered existence spins out of control. Bachelor Party/ The Girl Next Door
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But Enough about Me: The Story of a Small Town Girl Whose Big City Dreams Came True

This funny, touching, and surprisingly romantic memoir brings readers deep inside the culture of celebrity while introducing them to a hilarious and lovable real-life heroine--a Jersey girl-next-door who finds herself working at "Rolling Stone" magazine. But Enough about Me: The Story of a Small Town Girl Whose Big City Dreams Came True
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