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Mrs. Everything: A Novel
Jennifer Weiner · Atria Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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From Jennifer Weiner, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who Do You Love and In Her Shoes comes a smart, thoughtful, and timely exploration of two sisters' lives from the 1950s to the present as they struggle to find their places - and be true to themselves - in a rapidly evolving... |
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Kelly's Pick
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In West Mills
De'Shawn Charles Winslow · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie and The Turner House, an intimately told story about a woman living by her own rules and the rural community that struggles to understand her.Azalea "Knot" Centre is determined to live life as she pleases. Let the people of West Mills... |
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Frances' Pick
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The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine
MARK TWAIN · Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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A never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children's story is brought to life by Caldecott Medal winners Philip Stead and Erin Stead. In a hotel in Paris one evening in 1879, Mark Twain sat with his young daughters, who begged their father for a story. Twain began telling... |
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Joy's Pick
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Ungifted
Gordon Korman · Balzer + Bray; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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From 1 New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman comes a hilarious and heartfelt novel in which one middle-school troublemaker accidentally moves into the gifted and talented program—and changes everything. For fans of Louis Sachar and Jack Gantos, this funny and touching underdog... |
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Laura's Pick
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Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant: A Novel
Anne Tyler · Vintage
Pages: 325
Format: Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Funny, heart-hammering, wise ... An extremely beautiful book." - The New York Times"A Book that should join those few that every literate person will have to read." - The Boston Globe Abandoned by her wanderlusting husband, stoic Pearl raised... |
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Bethany's Pick
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The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger · Back Bay Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories--particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme With Love and Squalor--will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is full of children. The hero-narrator of The Catcher... |
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Alexa's Pick
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The Last Magician
Lisa Maxwell · Simon Pulse
Pages: 500
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestseller "Splendid." - Kirkus Reviews "Vivid and compelling." - BCCB "A smart and feisty female protagonist in whom readers will delight." - BOOKLIST "Will keep you guessing until the very last page." - Cinda Williams Chima,... |
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Terri's Pick
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Lullaby
Chuck Palahniuk · Anchor Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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Ever heard of a culling song? It's a lullaby sung in Africa to give a painless death to the old or infirm. The lyrics of a culling song kill, whether spoken or even just thought. You can find one on page 27 of Poems and Rhymes from Around the World, an anthology that is sitting on the shelves... |
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Amy's Pick
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Scarlet
A.C. Gaughen · Walker Childrens; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Posing as one of Robin Hood's thieves to avoid the wrath of the evil Thief Taker Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept her female identity secret from all of Nottinghamshire. Only Robin and his band know the truth. As Gisbourne closes in, helping the people of Nottingham could cost Scarlet... |
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Jef's Pick
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Absolute Truths
Susan Howatch · Knopf
Pages: 559
Format: Hardcover
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"A SKILLFUL BLEND OF CHARACTER, PHILOSOPHY AND NARRATIVE. . .Formidable personalities embroil themselves in ruthless power struggles that would make a corporate raider blush."--The Washington Post Book WorldIt is 1965, and Charles Ashworth has attained the plum position of bishop... |
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