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by Elizabeth Scott
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A teen thief, trained by her mother, must choose between a life of crime and a chance at love and friendship when her next target is her new best friend's house and the boy she likes is a cop.
by Obert Skye
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As Foo crumbles, Leven Thumps must journey to the ruins of Alder for a final test that will decide the fate of dreams and humanity, while his allies in Reality struggle to contain selfish conquerors and a loose Phoebe.
by Ashley Elston
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After a hard breakup, Sophie navigates a chaotic Christmas in Louisiana. Her eccentric family sets up ten mismatched blind dates, making her rethink love when her ex returns and new feelings start.
by Charles Dickens
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During London's terrifying 1780 anti-Catholic riots, a simple man, his prophetic raven, and a forbidden love story become entangled in a chilling look at mob madness and fragile innocence.
by Gail Tsukiyama
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During WWII and Japan's transformation, two orphaned brothers—one a sumo wrestler, one a Noh mask artisan—work to keep traditions alive and pursue their dreams, navigating love, loss, and family bonds on the Street of a Thousand Blossoms.
by James A. Michener
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Three Polish families embody a nation's enduring spirit and tragic history across eight centuries, from feudal origins to modern struggles, in a sweeping story of love, war, and heritage.
by Edward de Bono
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Use a different 'thinking hat' for each decision-making stage to make meetings focused and productive, and to help groups reach quick, unified conclusions.
by Ira Levin
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A charming, ambitious young man will stop at nothing, not even murder, to climb the social ladder, only to find his carefully built facade unraveling under the relentless pursuit of a grieving family.
by Don DeLillo
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A body artist in a secluded coastal home deals with the memory of her dead film-director husband, blurring the lines between grief, performance, and the haunting persistence of memory.
by Robert Newton Peck
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A thirteen-year-old boy in rural Vermont forms a deep bond with a pig, navigating farm life and Shaker traditions, which leads to a heartbreaking act of sacrifice and his passage into adulthood.
by Mary Botham Howitt
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A clever spider, with a sinisterly charming parlor, tricks a naive fly into its web of deceit, all shown with the dramatic, shadowy style of a vintage Hollywood horror film.
by Matthew Quick
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In a town marked by the Irish Mob and racial divisions, Finley, a white basketball player, finds his court refuge challenged by Russ, a former star who now only answers to 'Boy21' and dreams of space, forcing both to face their shared pain and unexpected path to recovery.
by Edgar Lee Masters
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Through a chorus of candid epitaphs, the deceased residents of Spoon River reveal the secret passions, betrayals, and quiet desperation that simmered beneath the veneer of their idyllic small town.
by Mary Weber
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A slave girl, cursed with the power to summon storms, must decide if she will become her kingdom's most dangerous weapon or face execution, all while navigating court intrigue and a mysterious trainer who can calm her gift.
by Roddy Doyle
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Paula Spencer, a Dublin woman shaped by a hard life and an abusive marriage, navigates her past with raw wit, searching for her lost self among bottles and old ghosts.
by Tahereh Mafi
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As Juliette deals with Warner's betrayal, Kenji's witty narration guides readers through the resistance and romance, complicated by a ghost from Omega Point's past.
by Jay Bell
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In the Texas heat, an accidental collision starts a decade-long journey for two boys, Ben and Tim, as they navigate love, friendship, and societal pressures to define what it means to be together.
by R.L. Stine
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When Jodie visits her grandparents' farm, she discovers their fields are failing and guarded by a dozen scarecrows that come to life after dark.
by Katherine Rundell
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Orphaned by a shipwreck and raised by an eccentric scholar, a determined girl escapes to the rooftops of Paris with a band of urban acrobats, clutching a single clue in a desperate quest to find the mother everyone else believes is lost forever.
by Laura Moriarty
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In Kerrville, Kansas, Evelyn Bucknow navigates adolescence and her community's dramas, finding that even a small town can be the center of everything.
by Maeve Binchy
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In 1950s Ireland, a bright 'shanty Irish' girl and a gentry boy, linked by a childhood secret, challenge rigid class lines and small-town gossip for a love as urgent as the tides.
by Dana Mele
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At an elite private school where popularity is power, a star soccer player's carefully constructed new life unravels into a deadly scavenger hunt when a classmate's murder implicates everyone, especially her.
by Elizabeth Gilbert
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Eustace Conway, a modern frontiersman, left suburbia for the Appalachian wilderness, redefining American masculinity by living off the land, making fire with sticks, and encouraging others to abandon materialism.
by R.J. Anderson
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Confined to a mental institute for a murder without a body, a sixteen-year-old girl grapples with the impossible truth that her victim disintegrated into thin air, only to find a mysterious psychologist believes her story and holds the key to an extraordinary, hidden world.