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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (A Dell Yearling Book)
by Judy Blume

Living with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing.

Whether Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe store, smearing smashed potatoes on walls at Hamburger Heaven, or scribbling all over Peter's homework, he's never far from trouble. He's a two-year-old terror who gets away with everything?and Peter's had enough.

When Fudge walks off with Dribble, Peter's pet turtle, it's the last straw. Peter has put up with Fudge too long. How can he get his parents to pay attention to him for a change?

Faking It
by Amrita Chouwdhury

Finance expert, Tara Malhotra, forced to quit her job and follow her husband on a job promotion and transfer back from the States and hating every minute of it,decides to bring some excitement into her empty, high-society Mumbai life by indulging her taste for contemporary Indian art. Determined to setup an art gallery of her own she sets about acquiring the perfect trophy piece to set off her collection.

So when the charismatic Roy Jordan tells her about an exquisite, recently - stumbled-upon work by the legendary artist, Amrita Sher - Gil, she set sher heartand all her savings on acquiring it...

But the painting is not what it is trumped up to be. Faced with a depleted bank balance, a crumbling marriage, and the ignominy of being duped, Tara is determined to expose the man who swindled her And in the process stumbles head long into the unsavoury goings-on that dog the world of contemporary Indian art.

Songs of the Humpback Whale
by Jodi Picoult

Sometimes finding your own voice
is a matter of listening to the heart....

Jodi Picoult's powerful novel portrays an emotionally charged marriage that changes course in one explosive moment....For years, Jane Jones has lived in the shadow of her husband, renowned San Diego oceanographer Oliver Jones. But during an escalating argument, Jane turns on him with an alarming volatility. In anger and fear, Jane leaves with their teenage daughter, Rebecca, for a cross-country odyssey charted by letters from her brother Joley, guiding them to his Massachusetts apple farm, where surprising self-discoveries await. Now Oliver, an expert at tracking humpback whales across vast oceans, will search for his wife across a continent -- and find a new way to see the world, his family, and himself: through her eyes.