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by Jack McDevitt
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A luxurious, long-lost starship reappears after sixty years, its crew vanished, drawing antiquities dealer Alex Benedict into a chilling, interstellar mystery.
by Chris Wooding
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A headstrong girl named Poison enters a dangerous fae world of deadly stories, murderous plots, and dark romance to rescue her sister from the unpredictable Phaerie Lord, only to find a plot far worse than she imagined.
by John Dos Passos
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by Philip K. Dick
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On a distant moon ruled by liberated psychotics, a CIA agent, his psychiatrist ex-wife, and a TV comedian find their divorce proceedings escalate into a darkly hilarious laser gun battle, blurring the lines between sanity and madness.
by W. Bruce Cameron
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A heartbroken man finds love and a new family when a pregnant stray dog and her Christmas puppies teach him about connection and commitment.
by Annie Barrows
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Second-graders Ivy and Bean, armed with shovels and big dreams, go on a funny journey to find a dinosaur and become world record holders.
by J.R. Ward
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Wrath, the new vampire king, faces a difficult test of his reign and his love for Beth as old wars combine with their modern wish for a family, threatening their bond and his rule.
by Alice Oseman
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As university nears, Nick and Charlie, a couple whose love is comfortable and inseparable, must confront whether their two-year bubble of shared movie nights and quiet companionship can withstand the distance of their first real separation.
by Chanda Hahn
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When a priceless family heirloom is stolen, sixteen-year-old Mina Grime plunges into the Fae plane, risking her heart and her life against a fairy-tale villain to reclaim what's hers.
by Barbara Cohen
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Disguised as a boy to build a business empire, a determined young woman in ancient Arabia falls for the prince who knows her only as a man.
by Marlys Millhiser
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Trapped in the past on her grandmother's wedding day, a 1978 bride must navigate Victorian expectations, while her grandmother, flung into the future, grapples with an unexpected pregnancy and the freedoms of the disco era.
by Maria McCann
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During the English Civil War, a soldier's wish for a new life turns into a dark obsession, threatening his sanity.
by Austin Chant
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Ten years after abandoning Neverland to become Wendy, Peter Darling returns to a war-torn island where the Lost Boys are men, Captain Hook ignites an unexpected desire, and the lines between hero and villain blur as he reclaims his true identity.
by William Saroyan
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In World War II California, fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley races through Ithaca as a telegraph messenger, delivering news of love, money, and death. This work forces him to confront human emotion and grow from boy to man, all set against his immigrant family's strong spirit.
by Oliver Jeffers
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A story about a curious girl who, after a loss, puts her heart in a bottle. She finds the world dims without it and goes on a journey to feel again.
by Salvador Plascencia
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In a paper world, a grieving author tears characters from their stories, starting a war between fiction and reality, while a paper Jesus seeks redemption and renegade Santas plan a revolution.
by Kate Brian
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When her boyfriend is murdered at an elite boarding school, a girl's quest for truth unearths dark secrets, forbidden desires, and the chilling possibility that her new love might be the killer.
by A.M. Robinson
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A normal high school junior's world is upended by the arrival of mysterious, anachronistically dressed new students and the return of her childhood tormentor, James, whose unsettling nocturnal habits and superhuman strength hint at a supernatural secret that threatens to bite her perfectly ordinary life.
by David Anderson
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When a middle school bans cell phones, a sticky note phenomenon erupts, transforming hallways into battlegrounds of kindness and cruelty, forcing a boy named Frost to navigate shifting friendships and the power of written words.
by Jacques Derrida
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Derrida's "Of Grammatology" shows how Western philosophy favors speech over writing, revealing that meaning is unstable and constructed.
by D.J. MacHale
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When a mysterious military force quarantines his idyllic island and strange red crystals grant bizarre powers, an ordinary teenager must uncover a global conspiracy before 'tomorrow' ceases to exist.
by Ron Clark
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Ron Clark's "The Essential 55" gives parents and teachers practical ways to teach children respect, responsibility, and life skills, showing how a dedicated teacher's advice can change lives.
by Tui T. Sutherland
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A curious, power-immune dragonet named Cricket must outwit a mind-controlling queen and uncover ancient secrets to prevent an all-out war between dragon tribes.
by Terry Pratchett
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When a naive young man accidentally invents the printing press and investigative journalism in the chaotic city of Ankh-Morpork, he inadvertently uncovers a royal conspiracy that threatens to ink out the city's very ruler.