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by Michael Hoeye
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A timid watchmaker mouse finds his quiet life changed by a daring aviatrix, pulling him into a whimsical mystery involving cosmetic tycoons, sinister surgeons, and ruthless lab rats.
by Adina Rishe Gewirtz
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When a dangerous fugitive takes two imaginative siblings hostage, their carefully constructed world of family secrets and fantastical stories shatters, forcing them to confront the shocking truth about their past and their father's death.
by Mark Twain
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Mark Twain's deathbed autobiography chronicles an America of riverboats and gold rushes, revealing the man behind the legendary tales with candor and humor.
by Janet Beeler Shaw
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In the Nez Perce homeland, Kaya defies her father's advice and challenges a boy to a horse race, leading to a humbling lesson in responsibility when her brothers disappear during her youthful pride.
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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Four friends get temporary tattoos for a school dance, only to discover they've been marked with supernatural powers and are the world's last hope against a rising darkness, if only one of them would stop turning gum wrappers into designer shoes.
by Natalie Zemon Davis
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A limping man's dramatic courtroom entrance shatters a meticulously crafted deception, unmasking a cunning imposter and reclaiming the identity, property, and wife of the true Martin Guerre.
by Anthony Horowitz
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Sent away to a sinister boarding school, a young boy uncovers a terrifying curriculum of dark magic, disappearing teachers, and blood-pact rituals.
by Henrik Ibsen
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An aging architect, haunted by past failures and the threat of younger talent, struggles with his sanity as a young woman from his past returns to challenge his crumbling legacy.
by Edgar Allan Poe
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Haunted by a creeping monomania, Egaeus descends into a chilling obsession with his dying cousin Berenice's teeth, blurring the line between love and a grotesque, necrophilic desire.
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew deciphers ancient petroglyphs to unearth a priceless treasure hidden beneath a forgotten desert city, all while outsmarting a cunning thief who will stop at nothing to claim the gold for himself.
by Natalie D. Richards
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During a senior camping trip, students find cryptic words on their wrists and a killer on the loose; Sera must learn the truth behind the labels before she dies.
by Ferrol Sams
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In Depression-era Georgia, a sensitive boy named Porter navigates adolescence, from farm life to school antics, while his eccentric family shapes him into a man strong enough to 'run with the horsemen' amidst life's painful truths.
by George Saunders
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In the quirky seaside village of Frip, a young girl named Capable must confront her neighbors' selfishness when a swarm of milk-stopping, orange gappers decide to exclusively plague her family's goats.
by Basharat Peer
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In a land where ancient Sufi shrines are destroyed and temples become army bunkers, a Kashmiri's firsthand account exposes the brutality and 'painful romances' that draw youth into a separatist movement, changing paradise into a curfewed night.
by Charles Martin
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A husband's world reignites when his wife wakes from a coma, forcing them to face their son's death and rebuild their future.
by Bill Wallace
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Haunted by a childhood dog attack, a young boy must conquer his deep-seated fear to save a starving, friendly stray puppy who might just become his most cherished companion.
by Louis L'Amour
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In the Nevada desert, a prospector and a spirited woman find their lives intertwined during the treacherous silver rush of the Comstock Lode, battling nature and greed for a love as rich as the ore they seek.
by Walker Percy
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Dr. Tom More, using a miraculous stethoscope, diagnoses humanity's spiritual sickness, beginning a darkly comedic journey to heal souls before society collapses.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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In a provincial town, intellectuals and revolutionaries, some genuine and some deluded, face nihilism, faith, and the destructive power of ideology, leading to chaos and murder.
by Tony Judt
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Tony Judt examines the decline of the postwar social contract, calling for a return to social democratic principles and collective responsibility to fix our current problems.
by Fulton Sheen
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Archbishop Sheen's 'Life of Christ' explores Jesus' Incarnation, public ministry, Passion, and Resurrection, revealing the divine love story at the heart of human existence.
by John McGahern
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After Irish independence, a tyrannical widower on a struggling farm fights a losing battle to control his five children as the modern world approaches.
by Alex London
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As the face of a revolution, former Proxy Syd must uncover a deadly plague's origins while battling assassins and an indifferent government, all while his Rebooter bodyguard Liam struggles with his duty and a growing connection to Syd.
by A.J. Quinnell
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A burnt-out mercenary, awakened to love by his young charge, unleashes a terrifying, single-minded rampage of revenge when she is brutally taken from him.