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Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever

Kareem Rosser
Format: Hardcover

Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be stuck in "The Bottom", a community and neighborhood devastated by poverty and violence. Riding their bicycles through Philly's Fairmount Park, Kareem's brothers discover a barn full...
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How Lucky: A Novel

Will Leitch - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Beloved journalist and sportswriter Will Leitch makes his fiction debut with this novel, as suspenseful as it is moving, the story of a young man suffering from a debilitating disease who believes he has witnessed the kidnapping of a young college student.Daniel leads a rich life in the university...
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The Library of the Dead

T. L. Huchu - Tor Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker - and they sure do love to talk. Now she speaks to Edinburgh's dead, carrying messages to those they left behind. A girl's gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough. Until, that is, the dead whisper that someone's bewitching...
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Light From Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki - Tor Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six. When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost...
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Lore Olympus: Volume One

Rachel Smythe - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

Persephone, young goddess of spring, is new to Olympus. Her mother, Demeter, has raised her in the mortal realm, but after Persephone promises to train as a sacred virgin, she's allowed to live in the fast-moving, glamorous world of the gods. When her roommate, Artemis, takes her to a party,...
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Malice: A Novel

Heather Walter - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

A princess isnt supposed to fall for an evil sorceress. But in this "bewitching and fascinating" (Tamora Pierce) retelling of "Sleeping Beauty," true love is more than a simple fairy tale. "Walters spellbinding debut is for all the queer girls and women whove...
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The Rose Code: A Novel

Kate Quinn
Format: Paperback

The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over.1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis,...
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Winter's Orbit

Everina Maxwell
Format: Hardcover

A famously disappointing minor royal and the Emperor's least favorite grandchild, Prince Kiem is summoned before the Emperor and commanded to renew the empire's bonds with its newest vassal planet. The prince must marry Count Jainan, the recent widower of another royal prince of the empire.But...
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The Witch's Heart

Genevieve Gornichec
Format: Hardcover

Angrboda's story begins where most witches' tales end: with a burning. A punishment from Odin for refusing to provide him with knowledge of the future, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the farthest reaches of a remote forest. There she is found...
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