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Series
Newbery Honor Book volume 1959
Description
Armand is a homeless man in Paris who is taken in by a lonely little family which is also homeless. He has no use for the little "starlings" that would take over his heart, but he falls in love with them and helps them through the winter.
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
This study evaluates the strength and long-term performance of CFRP prestressed panels in a bridge deck, compares the behavior of bridge decks designed with the empirical and conventional methods of AASHTO, and a new limit-state design, and examines the influence of lap splices between precast panels on deck cracking.
Author
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
When Ritchie's younger sister Rosie gets very sick after their mother suddenly goes away, Rosie begins to receive letters from a lonely troll, and these letters help Ritchie cope with his mother's absence, his father's seeming indifference, and the fifth-grade class bully.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Noah Gruelle knew there was something odd about Puzlefoot Bridge. But he never expected the clues to point him to Torvald, a troll living under the bridge! A mysterious spell causes Noah to get an even more up-close view of the surprising life of a troll. Learn what happens next in this exciting graphic novel!"--
Author
Series
Lewis Barnavelt series volume 8
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Lewis Barnavelt tries to avert disaster when the destruction of an old bridge threatens to release a diabolical force, the legacy of a long-dead evil magician.
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Description
This volume is an anthology of short stories and poetry written by American author Willa Cather (1873-1947). She achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark. This book includes the short-story collections "Youth and the Bright Medusa," "Obscure Destinies," and "The Old Beauty and Others," the novellas "Alexander's Bridge" and "My Mortal Enemy," occasional...