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by Graham Joyce
3.9(1,098)
During WWII in Coventry, seven sisters face love, loss, and subtle magic, all seen through the eyes of a boy passed among them.
by Charles Yale Harrison
3.8(1,098)
This novel shows World War I through the eyes of a young Canadian soldier, exposing the horror and futility of trench warfare with brutal honesty.
by James Ponti
4.4(1,096)
A brilliant hacker goes from juvenile detention to international espionage, finding her place among a team of MI6 kid spies who use their skills to save the world.
by Anurag Garg
3.6(1,096)
by Shana Burg
4.0(1,095)
Thirteen-year-old Clare, grieving her mother's death and isolated in rural Malawi, finds unexpected comfort and a path to healing through her new school friends and the wisdom of an orphan named Memory.
by Laura Martin
4.2(1,093)
A determined girl and her best friend break free from their underground compound to search for her vanished father in a dangerous, dinosaur-ruled world that has reclaimed the surface.
by Cynan Jones
4.0(1,092)
In a stark rural setting, a badger-baiter's brutal hunt and a farmer's quiet grief intertwine, leading to a raw tragedy.
by Bobbie Pyron
4.3(1,091)
Abandoned to the brutal Moscow winter, a young boy finds an unbreakable family and fierce survival in an unexpected pack of stray dogs, challenging the very definition of humanity.
by Angie Abdou
3.5(1,091)
An aging wrestler and a determined swimmer, both Olympic hopefuls, confront the harsh reality that their bodies, once tools for their dreams, are now their biggest obstacles as they face the end of their athletic careers and wonder who they will be when medals are no longer possible.
by Ann Pancake
3.8(1,089)
In the scarred mountains of West Virginia, a coal mining family struggles with the slow destruction of their home and heritage. A defiant daughter and her mother confront the encroaching devastation of mountaintop removal and the choices that could save or shatter them.
by John Izzo
4.0(1,086)
This book shares five key secrets for lasting happiness, drawn from the life experiences of over 200 elders.
by Melanie Finn
3.8(1,086)
Haunted by a tragic accident and an unraveling marriage, a guilt-ridden woman flees to the sun-baked plains of East Africa, only to find herself embroiled in a chilling local mystery involving a witch doctor's curse and the unsettling feeling of being relentlessly pursued.
by Brian Moore
3.8(1,085)
In 17th-century New France, a young Jesuit priest's dangerous journey to convert a distant Huron tribe becomes a struggle with pagan beliefs, brutal survival, and spiritual doubt that threatens his faith.
by August Wilson
4.1(1,085)
In 1904 Pittsburgh, a 287-year-old matriarch's home is a spiritual sanctuary where former slaves and a young seeker navigate new freedom, shaping a century of African American experience.
by Jennifer McMahon
3.8(1,081)
In a town with chilling disappearances and old legends, a teenager finds a century-old diary that may explain her mother's vanishing, making her face a past that seems to repeat itself.
by John Pilger
4.1(1,080)
John Pilger exposes the brutal realities of Western imperialism, revealing how global economic agendas have fueled violence and subjugation from Indonesia to Iraq and even within his homeland, Australia.
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
3.5(1,080)
Two estranged siblings are forced on a cross-country road trip with their motivational speaker mother, where resentment over their father's death eight years prior finally erupts, revealing family secrets.
by Don DeLillo
4.1(1,075)
Don DeLillo dissects the cultural and political effects of Bobby Thomson's 1951 'Shot Heard Round the World,' connecting the fates of characters from Jackie Gleason to J. Edgar Hoover at the Polo Grounds.
by Orson Scott Card
4.4(1,075)
A young man with a unique biological gift must navigate a treacherous political landscape and a conspiracy that threatens his planet's very survival, all while battling a brutal offworld regime for the iron that represents freedom.
by Ron De Christoforo
4.1(1,075)
In the summer of 1959, good girl Sandy and greaser Danny navigate Rydell High, where drive-in movies, dance contests, and gang rumbles ignite a romance as explosive as Greased Lightnin'.
by Joey Coleman
4.2(1,074)
Mastering the 'First 100 Days' after a purchase is key to building lasting customer loyalty, turning new buyers into advocates through focused emotional engagement.
by Sally M. Keehn
4.0(1,074)
Abducted by Allegheny Indians in a brutal raid, a young girl named Regina is forced to forge a new identity as Tskinnak, navigating the wilderness and a new culture while clinging to the fading hope of reunion with the mother she left behind.
by John Dos Passos
3.6(1,071)
Three American soldiers, each from a different background, face the brutal realities of World War I, which shatters their youthful ideals and shows the true social cost of global conflict.
by Elsie Lincoln Benedict
3.3(1,070)
Understand human nature by quickly assessing character, revealing talents and career paths through observable physical traits.