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1) Scouts
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Seventh graders Annie, Rocky, Flynn, and Beans--best friends who've dubbed themselves "Scouts"--encounter an unusual object falling from the sky while observing a meteor shower on their annual end-of-school-year camping trip in the local forest. Convinced it is a UFO, the group, along with Flynn's cousin Scarlett, seeks fortune and fame as they set out to recover the object. Lingering family issues test their friendships, while bears, hillbillies,...
2) Heidi
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A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
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A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
7) Carl's nose
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Carl the weather dog, famous for his accurate prediction of bad weather, has to find a new sense of purpose when the climate in his mountain town of Grimsville changes from storms to sunshine.
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Seventeen-year-old Vi Sinclair's roots run deep in the Missouri Ozarks, where, in some areas, it can still be plenty dangerous to be a girl who likes girls. Her greatest wish is to become a veterinarian like her boss, Claire Campbell. Fitting in at school wouldn't be so bad, either. Only one obstacle stands in the way: She may not live long enough to see her wishes fulfilled. With help from her only friend, Junior, Vi unravels a mystery that puts...