Patrick Fraley
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Called "the veriest trash" by a member of the Concord, Massachusetts Library Board that banned the novel when it was first published, Huckleberry Finn has come to be viewed, as H.L. Mencken put it, as "one of the great masterpieces of the world." Ernest Hemingway wrote that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn....There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." A daringly ironic...
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"Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been enjoyed by generations of readers across the world since its publication in 1876. With its humorous glimpses into life in nineteenth-century, small-town America, this novel has provided unique social commentary that continues to be discussed in classrooms today. Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy growing up in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, is constantly getting in and out of...
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[2012]
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To the depths of Dimension X and beyond, the pizza-loving, shell-busting Leonardo, Donatello Raphael, and Michelangelo--with the guidance of their Sensei--have been delighting fans for decades with their turtle power. Whether it's facing fierce enemies Krang, Shredder, and Lord Dregg, saving humanity from near extinction or battling against life-altering mutations, the half-shell heroes are always ready for heart-stopping, time-bending, straight-outta-the-sewer...