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"Oliver is new to the magical arts. In fact, he has only performed one act so far, and that one was interrupted by a theft-in-progress that he, his friends the twins Teenie and Bea, and his wisecracking rabbit, Benny, managed to thwart. Now Oliver has been hired for an even more important gig: a wedding. Teenie and Bea's fathers are finally getting married, and Oliver is supposed to entertain at the rehearsal brunch. He has chosen the classic sawed-in-half...
142) The bad apple
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After accidentally killing a substitute teacher with an apple, twelve-year-old Seamus Hinkle is sent to Kilter Academy where, in order to excel as he always has, he must behave badly and pull pranks on his teachers, but along with new friends Lemon and Elinor he discovers that there is more to the Academy than meets the eye.
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"Accomplished young journalist Ian Frisch, whose writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Vice, Playboy and The New York Times, threads together a personal story of the sudden death of his father, his mother's escape to the poker tables, and how his fascination with the modern magicians and their swift resurgence in popular culture led him to discover The 52, magic's most brilliant young minds who are gathering in secret and revolutionizing the art...
144) Alert!
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Exhausted after trying to hide his treasured collection of shiny round pebbles from thieves, Tobias the mole falls into a deep sleep and awakens to find that he has been tricked.
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Beautiful DCI Sasha Miller leads a team of detectives called out of retirement to solve cold cases in this long-running British series. Season Twelve sees the departure of the last-remaining original member of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad, Gerry Standing , who is replaced by old-school ex-copper Ted Case. This series is packed full of the mystery, drama and trademark humor the fans know and love.
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After her supposed best friend implicates her in a cheating and blackmail scam, twelve-year-old Bernie loses her private school scholarship but, with the help of a new friend, spends the summer using her knowledge of magic and sleight-of-hand both to earn the $9,000 in tuition money and to get revenge.
149) Hey, Presto!
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Friends Presto and Monty open a very successful magic show at the carnival, but Monty not only steals the spotlight, he starts to treat Presto very badly putting the show, and their friendship, at risk.
150) The art of escaping
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When Mattie, seventeen, seeks out the reclusive Miyu, daughter of a famed escapologist, to indulge her secret desire to learn the craft, it leads to a friendship with classmate Will, who bears a huge secret of his own.
151) The path of names
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Thirteen-year-old Dahlia's reluctance about attending Camp Arava changes to wonder as strange things begin to happen, and soon she is connecting with David Schank, a student of the kabbala, and the maze he built at the camp in the 1930s.
152) The rope trick
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Motivated by her quest to learn a legendary rope trick, the magician Princess Lidi and her troupe embark on a journey through Renaissance Italy that intertwines adventure, love, and mystery.
153) Misdirected: a novel
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When fifteen-year-old Ben moves to small-town Colorado and a Christian school, his atheism sets him apart and leads to bullying and misunderstandings, and with his brother serving in Iraq and his sister away at college Ben is on his own in the struggle to find his place without compromising who he is.
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Ever since he was cursed by an old carnival game, Rex Dexter has had the ability to communicate with ghostly animals, and this time he is confronted by a roomful of magicians' rabbits who are suddenly dead and want to know why; the Astounding Isabel tells him that the problem was her malfunctioning magic hat, but she cannot understand why it keeps happening--and soon Rex and his friend Darvish are neck-deep in dead bunnies, and a mystery that just...
155) The illusionist
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The acclaimed illusionist Eisenheim has not only captured the imaginations of all of Vienna, but also the interest of the ambitious Crown Prince Leopold. When Leopold's new fiancée rekindles a childhood fascination with Eisenheim, the Prince's interest evolves into obsession. Suddenly the city's Chief Inspector finds himself investigating a shocking crime. But even as the Inspector engages him in a dramatic challenge of wills, Eisenheim prepares...
156) AbrakaPOW
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"A New York City girl moves with her family to a Texas POW camp her father runs during WWII, when, during a magic show she performs, Nazi prisoners escape; she's the only one who can find and recapture them"--