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"In an era of "hot takes" and easy generalizations, this collection reclaims the absurdities and paradoxes of life as it is actually lived from the American fantasy of "niceness". In Macy's world, human desires and fatal blind spots slam headlong into convenient, social-media-driven narratives that would sort us into neat boxes of insider or outsider; good or bad; with us or against us. Time and again, whether at home or in the age-old role of Americans...
23) The Red shoes
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Karen's great pride, her red shoes, doom her to dance forever, until a drastic action and much repentance and suffering bring her the forgiveness she has craved.
27) The red shoes
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A retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale in which a girl's desire for a pair of red dancing shoes almost dooms her to dance forever.
29) The red shoes
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A retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale in which a girl's desire for a pair of red dancing shoes almost dooms her to dance forever.
31) The bragging war
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Fabulous Five volume 5
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When snooty Laura McCall begins bragging about her big slumber party and invites everyone but The Fabulous Five, Beth decides to launch a countercampaign.
33) Maggie the Mink
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Sweet Maggie the mink has a personality change when she becomes too proud of her lovely coat, and it nearly causes her downfall.
36) Corner kick
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Sports stories volume 66
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Michael Strike is the star of his school soccer team, and he's got his eye on fellow soccer player and overachiever Miriah. When Miriah befriends a new student, Michael sees him as a rival.
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Nightingale tales the story of a lonely Emperor and the captivating songbird that comes to live in his palace. The Emperor is entranced by the sweetness of the nightingale's song until a dazzling mechanical bird with a wind-up song comes between them. The Red Shoes is given a modern setting in the story of Lisa, a little black girl, who learns the value of friendship with help from a pair of magic slippers. The Little Match Girl tells the story of...
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