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"Fun spin on a classic tale... Thoughtful reflections pepper the narrative, bringing a welcome depth to the story's lighter supernatural elements."
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Piper Van Winkle, A Sleepy Hollow Novel
by Donald Capone

17 year-old Piper is a modern-day Rip Van Winkle—except when she awakens in 2021 she hasn’t aged a day. Can she adjust to a strange new world? Will a desperate Russian spy get his hands on her blood, which he believes is the Fountain of Youth? Can the ghost of author Washington Irving return her to 1996 before it's too late?

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	Into the Sunset 3.67 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2007 — 3 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
	Rebellion: New Voices of Fiction by Donald Capone (Goodreads Author) (Editor / Contributor), Grant Jarrett (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Susan DiPlacido (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings	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 Chambliss Tapes 3.17 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2009 — 2 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
	See You Next Tuesday by Donald Capone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Charles Lambert (Goodreads Author), Matthew St. Amand 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2006	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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message 5: by Elizabeth

Jan 08, 2010 10:31AM

Belated Happy new year to you Don!

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message 4: by Books Ring Mah Bell

Mar 21, 2008 08:51AM

You must enjoy the work... designing kids books. There's a few on your list my son would love! You creative people... I can't draw a stick person and can hardly write a coherent grocery list.

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message 3: by Alicia

Mar 18, 2008 01:06PM

Don has a lot of great books. If only he'd lend me some...

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message 2: by Jeremy

Dec 31, 2007 06:10PM

Hi Donald!

Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats.

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Don, you have a great bookshelf!

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