Great discount items: People & Places Books

NOTE: Items are ordered by today's best selling (Saturday, July 04th, 2009)

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Best-seller #: 1
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, Book 3)
Manufacturer: Razorbill



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Is Rose's fate to kill the person she loves most? It's springtime at St. Vladimir's Academy, and Rose Hathaway is this close to graduation. Since Mason's death, Rose hasn't been feeling quite right. She has dark flashbacks in the middle of practice, can't co ...


Best-seller #: 2
Best Travel Activity Book Ever (Backseat Books)
Manufacturer: Rand McNally & Company



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This book certainly lives up to its name, appearing on the Publisher's Weekly list of bestselling children's travel books. There are hours of fun in this big book of puzzles, mazes, connect-the-dots, and color-by-number activities. ...


Best-seller #: 3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Manufacturer: MTV



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Standing on the fringes of life...

offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.

This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative ...


Best-seller #: 4
City of Bones (Mortal Instruments)
Manufacturer: McElderry



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Their hidden world is about to be revealed....

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with st ...


Best-seller #: 5
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Manufacturer: Aladdin
Brand: INGRAM BOOK & DISTRIBUTOR



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Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away...so she decided not to run FROM somewhere, but TO somewhere. And so, after some careful planning, she and her younger brother, Jamie, escaped -- right into a mystery that made ...


Best-seller #: 6
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Manufacturer: Yearling



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"A haunting and unusual story based on the fact that in the early 1800s an Indian girl spent 18 years alone on a rocky island far off the coast of California. . . . A quiet acceptance of fate characterizes her ordeal."--School Library Journal, starred review ...


Best-seller #: 7
The Curious Garden
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers



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One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time.

While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transfor ...


Best-seller #: 8
I'm a Big Sister
Manufacturer: HarperCollins



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Warm, loving pictures accompany this upbeat look at how a family grows when a new baby comes home. A companion volume to I'm a Big Brother. ...


Best-seller #: 9
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards (Awards))
Manufacturer: Hyperion Book CH



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Trixie, Daddy, and Knuffle Bunny take a trip to the neighborhood Laundromat. But the exciting adventure takes a dramatic turn when Trixie realizes somebunny was left behind . . .

This 2005 Caldecott Honor book uses a combination of muted black-and-whit ...


Best-seller #: 10
I'm a Big Brother
Manufacturer: HarperCollins



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The author/artist creators of How I Was Adopted present this child's-eye view of family life, deftly describing the joy of welcoming a new sibling into the family. A companion volume to I'm a Big Sister. ...

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