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Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Gross Anatomy by Susan Ring Wild at Heart by John Eldredge The River by Gary Paulsen The Complete Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Bodies from the Ash by James M. Deem Aleutian Sparrow by Karen Hesse The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
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Eden Phillpotts
“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
― Eden Phillpotts, A Shadow Passes
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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain
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