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• The Women

  a Novel

  Hannah, Kristin

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  In 1965, Frances “Frankie” McGrath, having had a sheltered upbringing, nonetheless dares to join the Army Nurse Corps and serve in Vietnam. Though she is overwhelmed by the chaos of war, she and her veteran friends face another difficult…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ghost Orchid

  Kellerman, Jonathan

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  Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide in the gated estates of Bel Air that leads them to long-buried secrets worth killing for.

• Fourteen Days

  a Collaborative Novel

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  One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbors gather, bringing chairs and milk…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

  Williams, Tia, 1975-

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  Ricki is very unlike her socialite sisters. A free spirit, she jumps at the chance to leave Atlanta and rent the bottom floor of a Harlem brownstone and realize her dream of opening a flower shop. Surrounded by the still-simmering history…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Teacher

  McFadden, Freida

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  Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except… last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Price You Pay

  Petrie, Nicholas

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  Lewis has helped Peter Ash out of more trouble than Peter cares to remember. So he doesn’t hesitate when Lewis asks a favor in return. Lewis has left his criminal past behind, but a former associate may be in trouble, and he and Peter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Are You Big?

  Willems, Mo

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  Are YOU big? A simple question sends early readers to the far reaches of the universe in this concept book. From an average-size kid . . . to a hot air balloon . . . to a storm cloud . . . to the M100 Galaxy, size is a matter of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lucky Duck

  Pizzoli, Greg

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  Susan the duck has the worst luck. Her rollerskates are two sizes too big. She's lost her favorite marble. And she's run out of pickles. But with each unfortunate discovery, Wolf shows up with a gift she's won. Her luck has turned around .…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Heroes

  a Novel of Pearl Harbor

  Gratz, Alan, 1972-

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  It's 1941, and best friends Frank and Stanley live in Hawaii where their dads are stationed. It's a great life, and they dream of writing and drawing their own comics when they get older. But on December 7, the Japanese attack Pearl…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Infinity Alchemist

  Callender, Kacen

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  In a magical world where only a select few are allowed to study Alchemic Science, rejected student Ash takes a job on the college grounds, hoping to study in secret. He is discovered by brilliant apprentice Ramsay Thorne, but she is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bride

  Hazelwood, Ali

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  A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf slowly changes from a marriage of convenience (and opposites) to true love.

• The Road From Belhaven

  a Novel

  Livesey, Margot

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  Growing up in the care of her grandparents on Belhaven Farm, Lizzie Craig discovers as a small child that she can see into the future. As her “pictures” partially foretell various incidents and accidents, she begins to realize a painful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Wrong Word

  a Novel

  Ryan, Hank Phillippi

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  One wrong word can ruin your life. And no one knows that better than savvy crisis management expert Arden Ward. Problem is, she's now forced to handle a shocking crisis of her own. Unfairly accused of having an affair with a powerful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nightwatching

  Sierra, Tracy

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  Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the middle of the night. She hears a noise—old houses are always making some kind of noise. But this sound is disturbingly familiar: it’s the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Redwood Court

  Fiction

  Dameron, DéLana R. A.

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  The baby of the family, Mika Tabor spends much of her time in the care of loved ones, listening to their stories and witnessing their struggles on Redwood Court, the cul-de-sac in the all-African American, working-class suburb of Columbia,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Burma Sahib

  a Novel

  Theroux, Paul

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  A riveting new novel from an acclaimed author that explores one of English literature’s most beloved and controversial figures—George Orwell—and his early years as an officer in colonial Burma that transformed him from Eric Blair, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation