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by Caroline Smailes
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In an abandoned Edwardian bathhouse, a lonely runaway teenager discovers a mysterious, naked woman swimming, plunging him into a dark, fantastical first love that will irrevocably transform his painful adolescence.
by Richard Powers
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A reclusive molecular biologist and a data entry clerk find their lives, and the mysteries of love, music, and science, linked by a forgotten computer program and the ghost of Bach.
by Julia Golding
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Disguised as a prissy ballerina in revolutionary Paris, street-smart Cat Royal uncovers treason and the power of the people as she navigates a web of intrigue, secret reporting, and baffling suitors, all while narrowly escaping the gallows.
by June Rae Wood
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A shy girl, Delrita, struggles with how people see her uncle with Down Syndrome. Tragedy changes their quiet life, forcing her to face her fears and learn to trust and love.
by Kate Evangelista
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A forbidden attraction to two mysterious boys plunges a young woman into a centuries-old feud between ancient civilizations hidden beneath her academy, all while a terrifying secret threatens to consume her.
by Adam Hochschild
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Twelve determined men in a London printing shop started the world's first grassroots movement, using boycotts and celebrity endorsements to end the British Empire's slave trade against strong opposition.
by Sandra Hill
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A shy chemist's life gets explosively complicated when her experimental love potion, disguised as a jelly bean, accidentally turns a wildly virile lawyer into her overwhelmingly smitten human guinea pig.
by Maxine Hong Kingston
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From railroad camps to laundry rooms, Kingston’s epic saga unfurls the paper sons' dreams and trials, tracing three generations of Chinese men battling exclusion and forging identity within the mythical yet brutal landscape of America.
by Garrison Keillor
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Return to Lake Wobegon, a comforting, quirky place where familiar faces and new characters navigate small-town life. This story reminds us that home stays with us, even when we leave.
by Nancy Holder
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To join the Pretty Little Devils, Hazel must sacrifice more than her innocence; their exclusive parties hide a sinister price for popularity.
by Meg Cabot
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Allie's excitement for a bus-riding field trip to a historic schoolhouse crumbles when she's paired with her former best friend, Mary Kay, who betrayed her before she moved.
by Rob Thurman
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A half-human monster's growing power forces him and his brother into a desperate fight for survival against supernatural forces and the monstrous darkness within him, even if it means embracing the very thing they've always fought against.
by Ai Mi
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During Mao's re-education movement, a high-school girl with a 'capitalist' mother and a geology student with a 'rightist' past fall in love under a hawthorn tree, their romance ending tragically.
by Shigeru Mizuki
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In the harrowing, semi-autobiographical graphic novel, 'Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths,' Shigeru Mizuki plunges readers into the final, futile weeks of a Japanese infantry unit in World War II, where soldiers are condemned to a 'glorious' death in battle or execution for daring to survive.
by Lisa McMann
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When a mysterious bracelet gives Charlie Wilde animal abilities, she must master her new powers with friends to uncover its secrets before they overwhelm her.
by Jean Anouilh
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Anouilh's 'Becket' explores the souls of men caught between earthly power and divine conviction during the Norman conquest, from a king's prayer to a saint's sacrifice.
by Dave Barry
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When a middle school science fair becomes the battleground for a cash-strapped kid with Discount Warehouse shoes and his friends against an international dictator's plot to infiltrate the U.S. government with corrupting software, a laser-eyed owl, and disgruntled eBay buyers, levitating frogs are the least of their worries.
by Gerald Green
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Amidst the rise of Nazism, an ambitious SS officer and a doomed Jewish family face the personal horrors and heartbreaking choices of the Holocaust.
by Patricia MacLachlan
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In a house filled with the joyful chaos of rescued dogs and white fur, a young girl named Zoe finds that the same love and patience used to heal abandoned animals might help the silent boy across the street.
by David Kadavy
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Transform your digital notes into a powerful second brain with the Zettelkasten method, reimagined for the modern age, to unlock your creative potential.
by Tara Sue Me
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A lawyer and a Dominant must confront their complicated past and rediscover trust to reignite their smoldering BDSM passion, with the help of their friends Abby and Nathaniel.
by Joe David Brown
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In the desolate Dust Bowl, an 11-year-old orphan and a charming con man, who may or may not be her father, embark on a hilarious and heartwarming journey through the Deep South, leaving a trail of mischief and self-discovery.
by Rabindranath Tagore
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A son's quest to find his unknown father uncovers a sinister plot, forcing him to protect a genetically engineered girl from a 'Gardener' who creates human-plant hybrids.
by Anna-Marie McLemore
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In a lush, dual-timeline tale, a 16th-century dancing plague in Strasbourg entwines with a modern girl cursed by enchanted red shoes, as both women fight to break free from a haunting historical betrayal and a magic that demands they dance until they die.