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1) Slade house
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"Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you'll find the entrance to Slade House: a surreal place where visitors see what they want to see, including some things that should be impossible. Every nine years, the house's residents--an odd brother and sister--extend a unique invitation to someone who's different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a divorced policeman,...
3) Lazybones
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Meet Lazybones! He isn't really lazy. In fact, he teaches his owner tricks all the time! He just doesn't like to go out. When he hears Dad call . . . he hides! But one day Lazybones runs out of hiding places, and then he HAS to go on a walk. It's hard to try something new! But could it mean making a new friend too?
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Morley Star, almost 11, has two birthday wishes. To finally get the pet she's longing for and for her step-father to come back to their family. A moving debut novel about family, the value of true friends and growing strong within yourself, for fans of realistic fiction and happy endings. For middle grade readers age 8 to 12.