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  • SONS OF THE OCEAN DEEPS: A Science Fiction Novel. by Walton, Bryce.
    Walton, Bryce.
    SONS OF THE OCEAN DEEPS: A Science Fiction Novel.

    Edition: First printing.

    Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (1952) dj. Hardcover first edition - A speculative look at exploring the last frontier on earth- the depths of the ocean - and the "terrors of life seven miles under the sea faced by men who fought to save the North American continent from disaster." A title in the classic Winston series of juvenile science fiction, written by some of those who would go on to be among the most respected writers in the genre, and by those with a knowledge of and background in science. Endpaper design by Alex Schomburg. Cecile Matschat and Carl Carmer, series editors. Dust jacket by Paul Orban. Manufacturing Division's file copy with a bookplate on front endpaper.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket - dj has some small chips, a diagonal tear at the bottom edge, overall edgewear and some rubbing, but the original $2.00 price on dj flap. First printing dust jacket with 10 titles listed on the back cover.

    Book ID: 75702
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  • THE SUMMER'S KING: Volume Three of the Rulers of Hylor. by Wilder, Cherry.
    Wilder, Cherry.
    THE SUMMER'S KING: Volume Three of the Rulers of Hylor.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third and final volume in this young adult fantasy trilogy by this New Zealand born author. 244 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Michael Mariano. ISBN: 0-689311184.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a fine and unmarked dust jacket..

    Book ID: 66898
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  • WHEN KAMBIA ELAINE FLEW IN FROM NEPTUNE. by Williams, Lori Aurelia.
    Williams, Lori Aurelia.
    WHEN KAMBIA ELAINE FLEW IN FROM NEPTUNE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American author's first novel - written for young adults, this is a coming-of-age story set in a poor Houston neighborhood, a book which gives a voice to children who suffer abuse in silence. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-689824688.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine foil dustjacket.

    Book ID: 63410
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  • Williams, Lori Aurelia.
    SHAYLA'S DOUBLE BROWN BABY BLUES.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001). First edition - African American author's second novel - written for young adults, set in a poor Houston neighborhood. 300 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 63421
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  • WHEN KAMBIA ELAINE FLEW IN FROM NEPTUNE. by Williams, Lori Aurelia.
    Williams, Lori Aurelia.
    WHEN KAMBIA ELAINE FLEW IN FROM NEPTUNE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). First edition - African American author's first novel - written for young adults, this is a coming-of-age story set in a poor Houston neighborhood, a book which gives a voice to children who suffer abuse in silence. Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-689824688.

    Condition: Near fine in foil wrappers (corners bumped)

    Book ID: 64985
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  • EVERY TIME A RAINBOW DIES. by Williams-Garcia, Rita.
    Williams-Garcia, Rita.
    EVERY TIME A RAINBOW DIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth young adult novel by this award-winning writer, a story about the power of love set in New York City. Both Thulani and Ysa are emotionally wounded. Ever since his mother suddenly returned to their Jamaican home to die four years ago, Thulani, 16, has withdrawn from the brother and sister-in-law who have raised him; he spends long hours on the roof of their brownstone alone with his beloved doves. One day he hears a scream and looks over the parapet to see a young woman being raped in the alley below. He rescues her, and takes her home, although she fights him every step of the way…

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    New York: Harper Collins, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth young adult novel by this award-winning writer, a story about the power of love set in New York City. Both Thulani and Ysa are emotionally wounded. Ever since his mother suddenly returned to their Jamaican home to die four years ago, Thulani, 16, has withdrawn from the brother and sister-in-law who have raised him; he spends long hours on the roof of their brownstone alone with his beloved doves. One day he hears a scream and looks over the parapet to see a young woman being raped in the alley below. He rescues her, and takes her home, although she fights him every step of the way - but gradually they begin to let down the barriers between them. Small format. 166 pp. ISBN: 0-688162452.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85712
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  • ONE CRAZY SUMMER. by Williams-Garcia, Rita.
    Williams-Garcia, Rita.
    ONE CRAZY SUMMER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Amistad / Harper Collins, (2010). First edition - Uncommon advance issue of this award-winning novell for older children and young adults, set in Oakland, California in 1968, in the world of the Black Panthers. Winner of the Newbery Honor award, the Coretta Scott King Award, a National Book Award finalist, and the recipient of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. 218 pp

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88730
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  • SOME THINGS THAT STAY. by Willis, Sarah.
    Willis, Sarah.
    SOME THINGS THAT STAY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2000). First edition - Set in Sherman, New York in the spring of 1954 , Tamara and her family begin to settle into their farmhouse. The author's first novel, the story of a young girl's coming to age and the fears she encounters with a mother ill with tuberculosis and a father who escapes into his art. 275 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 61307
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  • FRAY JUNIPERO SERRA AND THE CALIFORNIA CONQUEST. by Wise, Winifred E.
    Wise, Winifred E.
    FRAY JUNIPERO SERRA AND THE CALIFORNIA CONQUEST.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1967.) dj. Hardcover - A biography for young adults telling of the later years of Serra's life and the establishment of the California Missions, a task he was given in 1769, when he was already 55 years old, and suffering from a sore leg. Illustrated with photographs and vintage prints. Bibliography, index. 184 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library with markings and reading wear, in a good dj.

    Book ID: 40252
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  • MIKE MARS SOUTH POLE SPACEMAN, #6. by Wollheim, Donald A.
    Wollheim, Donald A.
    MIKE MARS SOUTH POLE SPACEMAN, #6.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1962). Hardcover first edition - The sixth Mike Mars book - a space adventure series for young readers carefully researched. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Albert Orbaan, full-color illustrated endpapers. 190 pp.

    Condition: Very good in pale green boards, corners slightly bumped, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72292
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  • Woodson, Jacqueline
    AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FAMILY PHOTO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning African American writer's powerful first book, the story of a young girl's coming-of-age in Brooklyn during the Vietnam era - a world where sexuality is explored from every angle, where abuse is only whispered about, and where the young men are drafted and return, if they return at all, broken. On the basis of this novel, Woodson was named a regional Granta finalist, and she has gone to receive several other awards, to be nominated for the National Book Award and more. SIGNED on the title page. Although Woodson is best known as an author of books for young adults, this is an adult novel. 113 pp. ISBN: 0-525-937218.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 37583
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  • AFTER TUPAC & D FOSTER. by Woodson, Jacqueline.
    Woodson, Jacqueline.
    AFTER TUPAC & D FOSTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Story of three girls in Queens, NY in 1996, trying to make sense of an unpredictable world, united by the lyrics of Tupac Shakur and their confidence in the way he keeps coming back even after being shot. A Newbery Honor book, and an ALA Notable Book.SIGNED on the title page. 151 pp. ISBN: 9780399246548.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. First issue dust jacket without the Newbery medallion.

    Book ID: 60043
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  • MIRACLE'S BOYS. by Woodson, Jacqueline.
    Woodson, Jacqueline.
    MIRACLE'S BOYS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Winner of the 2001 Coretta Scott King award. The story of three brothers growing up in New York City, after the death of their parents. The oldest brother Ty'ree is working to support them, and middle brother Charlie has just returned home from a correctional facility, and Lafayette, the youngest is approaching 13. SIGNED on the title page. 131 pp. ISBN: 0-399231137.

    Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in a just about fine and unmarked dj.

    Book ID: 74152
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  • MIRACLE'S BOYS. by Woodson, Jacqueline.
    Woodson, Jacqueline.
    MIRACLE'S BOYS.

    Edition: 4th printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Young adult novel by this award winning writer. " After fifteen-year-old Jeremiah is mistakenly shot by police, the people who love him struggle to cope with their loss as they recall his life and death, unaware that Miah is watching over them." SIGNED on the title page. 118 pp. ISBN: 0-399231137.

    Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in a just about fine and unmarked dj.

    Book ID: 74153
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  • Wright, Elsie.
    PATTY AND JO, DETECTIVES.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Co., (c. 1948.). Hardcover - A girl's mystery featuring the Faraday twins, students at Miss Langton's School for Young Ladies, who are invited to visit their guardian (whom they have never met), only to discover he has disappeared. Although apparently intended to be the first in a series, this seems to be the only title issues. A Falcon Book. Illustrated. 218 pp.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated boards (corners somewhat bumped.)

    Book ID: 32684
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  • SWORDBIRD. by Yi Fan, Nancy.
    Yi Fan, Nancy.
    SWORDBIRD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - First book - and first in a trilogy - by this young author, who was born in China, came to the US with her parents at age 7, and wrote this just a few years later to give a message of peace to the world. Illustrated. 219 pp. ISBN: 978-0061243356.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64697
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  • SWORDBIRD. by Yi Fan, Nancy.
    Yi Fan, Nancy.
    SWORDBIRD.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (2007). First edition - First book - and first in a trilogy - by this young author, who was born in China, came to the US with her parents at age 7, and wrote this just a few years later to give a message of peace to the world. Illustrated. 219 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78271
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  • Yolen, Jane.
    HEART'S BLOOD: Pit Dragons, Book Two.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1984.) dj. Hardcover - Young adult fantasy, illustrated with drawings by Tom McKeveny. 238 pp. ISBN: 0-385-29316x.

    Condition: Ex-library with markings, spine slant and significant reading wear, in a good only dustjacket (peeled spot on spine of dj, some edgewear.)

    Book ID: 34236
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  • THE SLOUCHING TIGERS. by Zook, Stephanie.
    Zook, Stephanie.
    THE SLOUCHING TIGERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Rockville, MD: Ariadne Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Prize-winning coming-of-age story of a young Chinese American girl. SIGNED on the title page. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-918056136.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62299
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