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Let Me Die Before I Wake: Hemlock’s Book of Self-Deliverance for the Dying
This book is a collection of true and moving stories about terminally ill people who choose to die on their own terms. It contains information on the legal aspects, psychology, and actual methods for a terminally ill person to accelerate their…
Lizzy’s Lion
This rhyming children's book is about a young girl, Lizzy, and the lion she keeps in her bedroom. When a robber sneaks in one night, the lion proceeds to eat him. Lizzy then wakes up to find bits of the robber strewn about her room. She and her lion…
Of Mice and Men
The storyline follows George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the US. George is an intelligent but uneducated man, and Lennie…
Outside Over There
This book follows Ida who plays her horn for baby sister every night to get her to sleep while her father is away at sea. One night while she is playing her horn and not paying attention to the baby, goblins sneak in and steal the baby. When Ida…
Reluctantly Alice (Alice series)
Reluctantly Alice is the third book in the Alice series. The series follows Alice McKinely as she grows up in Silver Spring, Maryland with her dad and brother (her mom passed away when she was five). The Reluctantly Alice book sees Alice through the…
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
The first in a series of three books, Schwartz has gathered pieces of folklore and urban legends, and has adapted them. The book contains 29 total stories.
It has been challenged due to its violence and surreal/ nightmarish illustrations.
It has been challenged due to its violence and surreal/ nightmarish illustrations.
Show Me!: A Picture Book of Sex for Children and Parents
Originally published in Germany, this is a sex-education book aimed at helping parents teach their children about discovering and exploring their sexuality. The book contains numerous photos of children and adults alike.
While some saw it as an…
While some saw it as an…
Spycatcher
In this book Wright talks about his time serving in the security service MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), which is a British domestic counter-intelligence and security agency. He states that he was assigned to unmask Roger Hollis, a former MI5…
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
In this semi-biographical, coming-of-age story, told in first-person narrative, a Native-American teen, Arnold Spirit Jr. (referred to as “Junior” throughout the book) details his experience attending an all-white public high school in the…
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
This book follows the mischievous activities of fourth graders, George and Harold, as they pull numerous pranks at their school. They write a comic book about Captain Underpants and pull a series of practical jokes on the school's football team.…
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7 Wonders
Players: 2-7
Playing time: 30 minutes
Ages: 10+
Description: Lead one of the seven great cities of the Ancient world. Exploit the natural…