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Betsie Bush

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	Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, Betsie Bush (Goodreads Author) (Narrator), Annie Coleman Rothenberg (Narrator) 4.33 avg rating — 1,145,476 ratings — published 1908 — 7053 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Kristin LeMoine (Narrator), Vicki Barbour (Narrator) 4.33 avg rating — 1,066,870 ratings — published 1846 — 337 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Peter Eastman (Narrator), Deborah Clark (Narrator) 3.88 avg rating — 1,028,948 ratings — published 1859 — 165 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2) by L.M. Montgomery, Annie Coleman Rothenberg (Narrator), Patricia Oakley (Narrator) 4.23 avg rating — 233,323 ratings — published 1909 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Edgar Taylor (Translator) 4.23 avg rating — 223,127 ratings — published 1812 — 3539 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3) by L.M. Montgomery, JemmaBlythe (Narrator), Annie Coleman Rothenberg (Narrator) 4.29 avg rating — 199,284 ratings — published 1915 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore, Annie Coleman Rothenberg (Narrator), Betsie Bush (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.40 avg rating — 128,898 ratings — published 1823 — 2623 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5) by L.M. Montgomery, Danielle Flores (Narrator), Mary Anderson (Narrator) 4.19 avg rating — 122,701 ratings — published 1917 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, Betsie Bush (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.11 avg rating — 102,623 ratings — published 1905 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, Kathy (Narrator), Andrea (Narrator) 3.84 avg rating — 90,481 ratings — published 1882 — 3893 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Arrows of the Queen (Heralds of Valdemar, #1)

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War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy

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“A weed is but an unloved flower.”
― Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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“An old trailer flashed by, the round sort that had always looked to her like a thermos bottle, as if the people inside needed protection against rot.”
― Elizabeth McCracken, Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry

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“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
― Joseph Campbell

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“I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and a sword in my hands.”
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