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by Sebastian Barry
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Branded a traitor for joining the British-led police, Eneas McNulty flees a violence-wracked Ireland and the woman he loves, embarking on a lifelong odyssey of loss redeemed by a final, unexpected act of generosity.
by Fox Benwell
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A Japanese teen facing a terminal illness finds comfort in samurai philosophy and unexpected online friendships, changing his view of strength and acceptance.
by Helen Hunt Jackson
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In Old California, an orphaned Ramona's forbidden love for a Native American man, Alessandro, leads them on a desperate flight for survival against prejudice and displacement.
by Piper Banks
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At a high school of prodigies and eccentrics, math whiz Miranda Bloom, 'The Human Calculator,' must navigate the bewildering Snowflake Gala, proving that finding your own value is more important than fitting in.
by K.L. Going
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In the racially charged summer of 1976, a timid white boy and his brave Black best friend confront a quirky list of fears, only to discover true bravery means facing down the prejudice lurking in their small Southern town.
by Paul Griffin
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Five teenagers, lost at sea after a party, must face their fears and each other as a summer of romance and friendship turns into a desperate fight for survival.
by Kimberley Chambers
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A pregnant woman's imprisonment for attempted murder ignites a revenge war between her crime boss father and her children's sadistic gypsy father, revealing a secret that threatens to consume both families in a bloody Essex feud.
by Megan Shull
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After escaping her gilded cage of celebrity, teen superstar Grace Kincaid trades paparazzi and endorsements for a quiet life, a make-under, and a chance at real connection in a small town with a charming local boy.
by Kate O'Hearn
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A teenage Valkyrie, tasked with reaping souls, defies her destiny to embrace humanity and forge a new legend on a perilous quest in the mortal world.
by Kamila Shamsie
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In a Karachi simmering with political ghosts, a drifting daughter deciphers her vanished activist mother's secret letters, hoping they will lead her not just to a mystery's end, but to the heart of the woman who always left her behind.
by Tim Lebbon
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A grieving father unearths a decade-old military secret, only to discover his son's grave holds not human remains, but a monstrous, reanimated horror that unleashes a tide of relentless nastiness.
by Rucy Ban
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Kari's love for Neil is tested when her secret threatens to shatter their world, forcing her to choose between telling the truth and losing him.
by Jacqueline Wilson
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Sold by her desperate parents, a young acrobat named Diamond navigates the dazzling but dangerous world of Tanglefield's Travelling Circus, finding both peril and friendship under the watchful eye of Emerald Star.
by Lord Byron
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Tormented by a sin like Byron's own scandalous exile, Manfred grapples with ancient spirits and his incestuous past, seeking oblivion for a love that defies human and divine law.
by Nadine Gordimer
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In apartheid South Africa, Rosa Burger, daughter of revolutionary parents, struggles with their anti-apartheid legacy while trying to find her own way amid national unrest.
by Lian Tanner
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In a city where truth is a lie and every word has a hidden meaning, a skilled young thief must navigate a treacherous festival to rescue her friends and expose the deadly secrets of child-stealers.
by Lisa Ann Sandell
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Haunted by her brother's death and stifled by her small town, a young artist finds solace in drawing maps and unexpectedly uncovers a shared artistic legacy and burgeoning love with the boy who survived the fatal car crash.
by Joan Lowery Nixon
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Thirteen-year-old Frances disguises herself as a boy and journeys across the 1850s American West to reunite her siblings after their widowed mother places them on an orphan train.
by Doris Lessing
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A Cambridge professor's mind fractures, sending him from a mental asylum into a cosmic journey that blurs madness, myth, and reality.
by Rebecca Roanhorse
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When her father vanishes, a young Navajo girl with a new ability to see monsters must embrace her heritage and battle ancient evils across the American Southwest, helped by disguised Holy People and facing trials that test nature itself.
by Jean Merrill
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In 1960s Cleveland, a sixth-grader's quest to save on toothpaste unexpectedly becomes a million-dollar empire, showing that ingenuity and basic math can conquer the market.
by Karen Hesse
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In 1924 Vermont, the Ku Klux Klan shatters a quiet town, forcing a Black girl, a Jewish girl, and their neighbors to face hatred and find strength in unexpected friendships.
by Colin Higgins
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A young man obsessed with death finds joy in life through an unlikely romance with an eccentric, life-loving older woman.
by Derrick Jensen
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Derrick Jensen connects early 20th-century American lynchings to modern South American death squads, showing the 'make-believe' that underpins our civilization.