title: The Bookstore Valentine (Penguin Young Readers, Level 3)
author:  Barbara Maitland 
description: <b>Barbara Maitland </b>is a children&rsquo;s book author. Her works include <i>The Bookstore Burglar </i>and <i>The Bookstore Ghost</i>.&#160;<br><br><b>David LaRochelle </b>is the author of many books for children including&#160;<i>How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans, The Best Pet of All</i>,&#160;and&#160;<i>The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories</i>. David lives in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
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  # Bloodchild
  
  
  ## And Other Stories
  
  
  ### Octavia E. Butler
  
  
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  # Contents
  
  
  [_Preface_](4-start.xhtml#chap1)
  
  
  [-Stories-](5-chap2.xhtml#chap2)
  
  
  [_Bloodchild_](6-chap3.xhtml#chap3)
  
  
  [_The Evening and the Morning and the Night_](8-chap4.xhtml#chap4)
  
  
  [_Near of Kin_](10-chap5.xhtml#chap5)
  
  
  [_Speech Sounds_](12-chap6.xhtml#chap6)
  
  
  [_Crossover_](14-chap7.xhtml#chap7)
  
  
  [-Two Essays-](16-chap8.xhtml#chap8)
  
  
  [_Positive Obsession_](17-chap9.xhtml#chap9)
  
  
  [_Furor Scribendi_](19-chap10.xhtml#chap10)
  
  
  [-New Stories-](21-chap11.xhtml#chap11)
  
  
  [_Amnesty_](22-chap12.xhtml#chap12)
  
  
  [_The Book