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"Scandal has derailed Journalist Kitty Logan's career, a setback that is soon compounded by an even more devastating loss. Constance, the woman who taught Kitty everything she knew, is dying. At her mentor's bedside, Kitty asks her, "What is the one story you always wanted to write?" The answer lies in a single sheet of paper buried in Constance's office--a list of 100 names--with no notes or explanation. But before Kitty can talk to her friend, it...
8) Thao
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""Thao" seems like a simple enough name. Only four letters--all of them belonging to many other names! And yet Thao had been called everything from "Tail" to "Theo" to "Towel." At one point, completely fed up, she decided it was time to try another name. Something "easy." Something like "Jennifer." But trying to be someone else only works for so long. And eventually "Jennifer" is swayed back to being herself when she opens her lunchbox and finds her...
11) Thunder Boy Jr
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"Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name ... one that's all his own. Dad is known as Big Thunder, but Little Thunder doesn't want to share a name"--
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Franny K. Stein mad scientist volume 4
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When her embarrassing middle name is revealed at school, mad scientist Franny K. Stein experiments with time in order to return to the past and give herself a more dignified name.
14) The name jar
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After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be.
17) Wabi Sabi
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Wabi Sabi, a cat living in the city of Kyoto, learns about the Japanese concept of beauty through simplicity as she asks various animals she meets about the meaning of her name.
18) The Steves
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When two puffins named Steve meet, they begin arguing about who is first, greatest, wisest, and more until they realize they have gone too far.
19) Nameless queen
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In the city of Seriden, everyone expected the king's daughter, Esther, would inherit the throne. Instead, it went to a thief called Coin. She is a Nameless-- no family, no legal rights, and no standing in society. In a palace where the corridors are more dangerous than the streets, Coin must make a name for herself. But how long can she keep the crown if everyone wants her dead? -- adapted from jacket
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Poop is a normal kid, with normal problems--you know, parents, homework, bullies. He used to have a normal name, too. But then he moved to a new school, and everything went down the toilet. That's the bad news. The good news: Turns out some names are special. Some names come with powers. Turns out those bullies really stepped in it.--