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Featured items that Annette & Larry Hancks, Booksellers plan to bring to RMBPF 2011.
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Annette & Larry Hancks, Booksellers
Annette and Larry Hancks
4169 Eaton St. Kansas City KS 66103
913- 481-3513
ahancks@kc.rr.com
Modern Childrens Illustrated, Young Adult Fiction, and Miscellaneous
Booth Number: 19
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Stead, Philip and Erin Stead. A SICK DAY FOR AMOS MCGEE. Roaring Brook
Press, 2010. Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit
with his good animal friends. But one day he woke up with the sniffles and
the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he DID receive
some unexpected guests... A first printing of the surprise 2011 Caldecott
Medal winner, already in a 13th printing. SIGNED & STAMPED WITH A PENGUIN
BY ERIN AND PHILIP STEAD WITH A PHOTO FROM THE SIGNING. ALSO INCLUDES A
HOMETOWN (Ann Arbor, Michigan) NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON ERIN WINNING THE
CALDECOTT. $295.00. Children's Illustrated.
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Riggs, Ransom. MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN. Quirk Books,
2011. An unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and very strange vintage
photographs in a thrilling reading experience. A horrific family tragedy
sets 16-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales,
where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar
Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes
clear that Miss Peregrine's children were more than just peculiar. And
somehow --- impossible through it seems --- they may still be alive. A
first printing of Ransom Riggs' first novel. The first printing binding was
not very durable on the spine ends and rubbed easily, so binding was changed
on subsequent printings; first printings from this small publisher are hard
to find. A New York Times Best Seller for seven weeks and already in a
third printing; the author is working on a sequel. SIGNED & DATED JUNE 19,
2011 BY RANSOM RIGGS ON THE TITLE PAGE. $325.00. Young Adult Fiction. |
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Collins, Suzanne. THE HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY. Scholastic Press, 2008, 2009,
2010. Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger
sister in the poorest district of Panem, the remains of what used to be the
United States. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were
defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one
boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called "The Hunger
Games." The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change
but one thing is constant: kill or be killed. When Kat's younger sister is
chosen by lottery, Kat steps up to go in her place, beginning a dark and
violent journey. One of the most acclaimed series for young people in
recent years, all three titles have gone through multiple printings. Soon
to be a major motion picture. First printings of all three books, including
two promotional pins from Scholastic, a pin from Borders, a promotional bag
clip and a bookmark for Mockingjay. THE HUNGER GAMES IS SIGNED AND STAMPED
BY SUZANNE COLLINS, CATCHING FIRE IS SIGNED, AND MOCKINGJAY IS STAMPED WITH
THE SPECIAL MOCKINGJAY BOOK TOUR 2010 SIGNATURE STAMP. $2,450.00. Young
Adult Fiction.
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Vanderpool, Clare. MOON OVER MANIFEST. Delacorte Press, 2010. Abilene
Turner, sent off for the summer and feeling abandoned, jumps off the train
in Manifest, Kansas, aiming to learn about the boy her father once was. She
is at first disappointed in the town, but when she finds a hidden cigar box
full of momentos and letters, she and her new-found friends go off on an
honest-to-goodness spy hunt and in the process unravel a web of secrets one
by one. A first printing of the surprise 2011 Newbery Medal winner. SIGNED
BY CLARE VANDERPOOL ON THE TITLE PAGE. $325.00 Independent Reader.
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Lore, Pittacus. I AM NUMBER FOUR. HarperCollins, 2010. In rural Ohio,
friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who
had hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or
powers, he will need to rejoin the other five surviving Garde members and
fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien. First printings
are becoming more scarce --- Already in a 13th printing, and recently
released as a major motion picture. (Book is much better than the movie.)
The sequel to come out next month. ALSO INCLUDED IS A SIGNED AND NUMBERED
ARC (#226/250) SIGNED BY PITTACUS LORE. $250.00. Young Adult Fiction.
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