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Cucumis metuliferus commonly called the African horned cucumber (shortened to horned cucumber), horned melon, spiked melon, jelly melon, or kiwano, is an annual vine in the cucumber and melon family Cucurbitaceae. Its fruit has horn-like spines, hence the name "horned melon". The ripe fruit has orange skin and lime-green, jelly-like flesh.
Kiwanis International (/ k ɪ ˈ w ɑː n ɪ s / ki-WAH-nis) is an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan.It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, and is found in more than 80 nations and geographic areas.
The Book of Three (1964) is a high fantasy novel by American writer Lloyd Alexander, the first of five volumes in The Chronicles of Prydain. The series follows the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper, a youth raised by Dallben the enchanter, as he nears manhood while helping to resist the forces of Arawn Death-Lord .
Amulet is a children's fantasy, adventure, graphic novel series written and illustrated by Kazu Kibuishi [1] and published by Scholastic Corporation.Beginning in 2008 with The Stonekeeper, the series was published by Scholastic under their Graphix imprint.
RAW is a young adult novel by Australian author Scott Monk.First published by Random House Australia in 1998, it has been reprinted eleven times. RAW is a tale of a teenager named Brett Dalton who has been sentenced to three months at The Farm for a break and enter charge.
In the November/December 2009 issue of Bookmarks, the book was scored a 3.5 out of 5. The magazine's critical summary reads: "Perhaps Entertainment Weekly summed it up best by stating that Nocturnes, by any other writer, would be praiseworthy; by a celebrated author like Ishiguro, it can best be likened to a minor work from a master composer". [9]
When My Name Was Keoko is a 2002 Asian historic fiction novel written by Linda Sue Park.It was first published on March 18, 2002, through Clarion Books.The book is set in Korea during World War II, when Japan conquered Korea and was aiming to reform Korean culture.
In the Irish village of Glenkill, George Glenn is a shepherd who is a loner, estranged from his wife, and is fond only of his sheep. Every day, after he lets them out to graze, he reads to them from romance adventure novels and textbooks on sheep diseases. At the start of the book, the sheep find George dead, pinned to the ground by a spade.