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Be Careful What You Witch for

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Product Description: Magic is a tricky thing. Especially when it comes from an ancient book of spells that jumps off a shelf into Oliviaâs hands. Bad news for the popular girls in her new school who donât like Olivia. But hey--now she can get the attention of her crush who's more interested in comic book superheroes...read more

By Thomas Hoobler

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9781513704708 | Booktrope, January 18, 2016, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Magic is a tricky thing.

Where Are the Great Pyramids?

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By Thomas Hoobler

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9780606375474 | Turtleback Books, September 15, 2015, cover price $16.00

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Product Description: The boy who shot seven people in the school library is dead. But did his secrets die with him? Something terrible happened at Hamilton High last year, and those who survived don't want to relive the past. But Paul has just arrived, and gets the same locker that the shooter used...read more

By Thomas Hoobler

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9781513700304 | Booktrope, July 23, 2015, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The boy who shot seven people in the school library is dead.

In Darkness, Death

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In eighteenth-century Japan, young Seikei becomes involved with a ninja as he helps Judge Ooka, his foster father, investigate the murder of a samurai.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780399237676 | Philomel Books, March 1, 2004, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: In eighteenth-century Japan, young Seikei becomes involved with a ninja as he helps Judge Ooka, his foster father, investigate the murder of a samurai.

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9781492134725 | Createspace Independent Pub, October 8, 2013, cover price $6.75

9781480039247 | Createspace Independent Pub, November 13, 2012, cover price $7.50

9780142403662 | Reprint edition (Puffin, May 5, 2005), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: In eighteenth-century Japan, young Seikei becomes involved with a ninja as he helps Judge Ooka, his foster father, investigate the murder of a samurai.

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9781435233065 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 11, 2008), cover price $15.99

The Demon in the Teahouse

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The beautiful, mysterious women of Japan are being killed one by one. The famous samurai Judge Ooka knows he will need help to solve the crimes, so he turns to his newly adopted son, fourteen-year-old Seikei. Determined to prove his worth as a samurai, Seikei goes undercover as a teahouse attendant in the exotic "floating city" of Yoshiwara, where demons lurk among the pleasure seekers and no one is safe-not even a samurai.

By Thomas Hoobler

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9781492394327 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 10, 2013, cover price $6.25

9781490901121 | Createspace Independent Pub, July 29, 2013, cover price $7.20

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9781435233072 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 11, 2008), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: The beautiful, mysterious women of Japan are being killed one by one.

The Monsters: Mary Shelley & the Curse of Frankenstein

Traces the lesser-known literary origins of the Frankenstein classic, describing how Mary Shelley, along with a team of famous contemporaries, was challenged in 1816 by the poet Lord Byron to a ghost story competition.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780316000789 | Little Brown & Co, May 22, 2006, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Traces the lesser-known literary origins of the Frankenstein classic, describing how Mary Shelley, along with a team of famous contemporaries, was challenged in 1816 by the poet Lord Byron to a ghost story competition.

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9780316066402 | Reprint edition (Back Bay Books, August 20, 2007), cover price $17.00

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9780316075725, titled "The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein" | Little Brown & Co, May 30, 2009, cover price $9.99

The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection

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By Thomas Hoobler

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9780316017909 | 1 edition (Little Brown & Co, April 27, 2009), cover price $24.99

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9780316052535 | Little Brown & Co, April 27, 2009, cover price $11.99

A Samurai Never Fears Death

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Product Description: For Seikei, the adopted son of the famous samurai Judge Ooka with a knack for solving mysteries, a trip home to see his real family isnât cause to celebrate. His brother has become mixed up with local criminals who use the familyâs tea shop as a front for a smuggling operation...read more

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780399246098 | Philomel Books, March 1, 2007, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Returning home to investigate the possible connection of his family's tea shop with smugglers, Seikei, now a samauri in eighteenth-century Japan, becomes involved in murder at a local puppet theater and saving the life of his sister's accused boyfriend.

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9780142412084 | Reprint edition (Puffin, October 16, 2008), cover price $6.99

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9781439597347 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: For Seikei, the adopted son of the famous samurai Judge Ooka with a knack for solving mysteries, a trip home to see his real family isnât cause to celebrate.

Seven Paths to Death: A Samurai Mystery

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When a man with a tattoo covering his back is found floating in the water at the rice ceremony, Seikei and Judge Ooka know itâs a bad omenâbut not how dangerous the mystery behind it is. Soon, there are seven of these men with partial tattoos on their backs. All different, all seemingly unrelatedâ except for the tattoos, and the fact they keep turning up dead. It becomes apparent these men are not just carrying body art, but a treasure mapâ¦to what? And why is carrying this map so mortally dangerous? Seikei must find and assemble all seven tattoos to find the answerâand the path to a most terrifying destination. Another sensational samurai mystery by the masters of the genre: Edgar Awardâwinning duo Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780399246104 | Philomel Books, October 16, 2008, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: When a man with a tattoo covering his back is found floating in the water at the rice ceremony, Seikei and Judge Ooka know itâs a bad omenâbut not how dangerous the mystery behind it is.

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9780142414668 | Reprint edition (Puffin, November 25, 2009), cover price $7.99

The Sword That Cut the Burning Grass: A Samurai Mystery

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In his latest adventure in eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-old samurai apprentice Seikei, with the help of a servant girl and an imperious old man, sets out to rescue the young Emperor Yasuhito from his kidnappers.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780399242724 | Philomel Books, May 19, 2005, cover price $10.99 | About this edition: In his latest adventure in eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-old samurai apprentice Seikei, with the help of a servant girl and an imperious old man, sets out to rescue the young Emperor Yasuhito from his kidnappers.

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9780142406892 | Reprint edition (Puffin, November 2, 2006), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: In his latest adventure in eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-old samurai apprentice Seikei, with the help of a servant girl and an imperious old man, sets out to rescue the young Emperor Yasuhito from his kidnappers.

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9781439516638 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $15.99

The Japanese American Family Album

Interviews, excerpts from diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, profiles of famous individuals, and pictures from family albums portray the Japanese American experience

By Thomas Hoobler

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9780195124231 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 28, 1998, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Interviews, excerpts from diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, profiles of famous individuals, and pictures from family albums portray the Japanese American experience

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9781435280298 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 16, 2008), cover price $26.95

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

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While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.

By Thomas Hoobler

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9780606212120 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $14.53 | About this edition: While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.

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9781435233089 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 11, 2008), cover price $15.99

Captain John Smith: Jamestown And the Birth of the American Dream

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Drawing from many primary sources including John Smith's own writings and those of other colonists, gives an account of his life, first in England, then as one of the founders of the Jamestown colony, as well as when he was charged with mutiny on the ship to America.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780471485841 | Turner Pub Co, November 4, 2005, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Drawing from many primary sources including John Smith's own writings and those of other colonists, gives an account of his life, first in England, then as one of the founders of the Jamestown colony, as well as when he was charged with mutiny on the ship to America.

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9780470128206 | Turner Pub Co, April 20, 2007, cover price $15.95

The Sword That Cut the Burning Grass

By Thomas Hoobler

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9781440684272 | Puffin, November 2, 2006, cover price $5.99

9781440680632 | Puffin, November 2, 2006, cover price $5.99

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Discusses how the teachings of Confucius evolved from a social order to a religion, describing its origins, beliefs, rituals, and its role in China and around the world.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780816057283 | Updated edition (Facts on File, July 1, 2004), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Discusses how the teachings of Confucius evolved from a social order to a religion, describing its origins, beliefs, rituals, and its role in China and around the world.

9780816024452 | Facts on File, January 1, 1993, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Describes how the teachings of Confucius evolved from a social order to a religion, infusing all phases of Chinese life for 2000 years

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9781604131079 | 3 edition (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 2009), cover price $40.00

We Are Americans: Voices of the Immigrant Experience

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From the first human residents of North America, to the mass of Europeans in the 1800s, to today's modern Americans, immigrants describe their reasons for leaving their birth lands, the journeys to North America, their first glimpses of the country, and the struggles between tradition and assimilation.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780439162975 | Scholastic Reference, September 1, 2003, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: A history of immigration to America, from speculation about the earliest immigrants to the present day.

9789990061642 | Scholastic, September 1, 2003, cover price $0.02

The 1990s: Families

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The Aldrich, Vivanti, and Dixon families gather to celebrate Nell and Rocco's one hundredth birthdays as the new century dawns and the specter of the Y2K bug threatens.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780761316091 | Millbrook Pr, July 1, 2002, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: The Aldrich, Vivanti, and Dixon families gather to celebrate Nell and Rocco's one hundredth birthdays as the new century dawns and the specter of the Y2K bug threatens.

The 1980s: Earthsong

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The new inventions and gadgets of 1983, such as the personal computer, Swatch watch, and Rubik's Cube, don't distract Suzanne and her friends from confronting the owner of a factory that is dumping toxic chemicals into a nearby lake.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780761316084 | Millbrook Pr, July 1, 2002, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: The new inventions and gadgets of 1983, such as the personal computer, Swatch watch, and Rubik's Cube, don't distract Suzanne and her friends from confronting the owner of a factory that is dumping toxic chemicals into a nearby lake.

The 1970s: Arguments

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America's involvement in Vietnam adds to the seemingly constant arguing in the Vivante family, whose cousins are among a group of people who have dropped out to live in a commune in Arizona.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780761316077 | Millbrook Pr, January 1, 2002, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: America's involvement in Vietnam adds to the seemingly constant arguing in the Vivante family, whose cousins are among a group of people who have dropped out to live in a commune in Arizona.

The 1960s Rebels: Rebels

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While Chuck struggles to find a place to call his own amidst his family and dull boarding school, Sojie becomes involved in sit-ins in Alabama to actively show her beliefs on the racial issues of the times.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780761316060 | Millbrook Pr, August 1, 2001, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: Inspired after meeting John F.

The 1950s Music: Music

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When his cousin Peggy is labeled a Communist sympathizer and her son's radio program is removed from the air, Matthew feels obliged to help her and so sets into motion a rock-and-roll plan to make things right once again.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780761316053 | Millbrook Pr, August 1, 2001, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: In the 1950s Matthew befriends a Negro boy who introduces him to the new music, and together they start a rock-and-roll band.

Secrets: The 1940s

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Volume Five of the Century Kids focuses on Esther and her parents who, after fleeing Nazi Germany, accept teaching positions at the University of Chicago, but suddenly they move to a strange place called Los Alamos and Esther's world becomes filled with dark secrets.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780761316046 | Millbrook Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: In 1944 Gabriella, Esther, and other young people see the impact of World War II on their lives in the United States.

The 1930's: Directions

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Rocco's son, Tony, runs off to experience the events of the Great Depression firsthand, while Molly--who is competing in the Berlin Olympics--pays a visit to her cousin Jack who has married a Jewish girl.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780761316039 | Millbrook Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: In the summer of 1936, Tony runs away from his home above his family's Italian restaurant in Chicago, while in Berlin David is present at the Olympics and prepares to move to America.

The 1920's: Luck

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Fleeing the discrimination of the south, the Dixon family heads to Chicago whereupon Frances Dixon finds a job as the caretaker to an Italian family, in this latest addition to The Century Kids series.

By Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler and Alain Picard (illustrator)

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9780761316022 | Millbrook Pr, August 1, 2000, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: In 1927 the Dixons move from rural Georgia to Chicago, where African Americans have more opportunities, and there Lorraine meets a famous movie actress, and her little brother Marcus finds that his artistic talents are useful.

Vanity Rules: A History of American Fashion and Beauty

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Provides a look at the history of fashion from colonial times to the present day by exploring the different styles that arose with social and economic changes.

By Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler

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9780761312581 | Twenty First Century Books, April 1, 2000, cover price $29.26 | About this edition: Describes the shifting ideal of beauty in the United States from colonial times to the present

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