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• Only the Brave

  a Novel

  Steel, Danielle

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  Sophia, the young beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, seems destined for an idyllic life. Yet her mother's illness requires her to take charge of the household, a lot of responsibility for someone so young. But that situation is made…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Demon of Unrest

  a Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

  Larson, Erik, 1954-

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  Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Museum of Lost Quilts

  Chiaverini, Jennifer

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  Summer Sullivan returns to Elm Creek Manor and its quilting group after time away at college. She is stymied on a subject to develop for her master's thesis but finds one as she helps to organize a quilt exhibition. Her research uncovers startling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Unfinished Murder

  Deveraux, Jude

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  Retired romance author Sara Medlar, her niece, and honorary grandson Jack have a decades-old mystery on their hands this time--and one which Sara might prefer to remain hidden, at least certain aspects of it. When an old house is being renovated in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Real Americans

  a Novel

  Khong, Rachel, 1985-

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  How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures?

• Orris and Timble

  the Beginning

  DiCamillo, Kate

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  Owls and rats are born to be enemies, but Orris the rat decides to make "the good and noble choice" of rescuing a small owl that's been caught in a trap in his barn in this tale of an unlikely friendship.

• The Last Comics on Earth. 2, Too Many Villains!

  Brallier, Max

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  Jack, June, Quint, and Dirk make a startling discovery: supervillains do not come up with their own evil plans! The shocking truth? Every supervillain scheme comes from the mind of a single, mysterious bad guy. And it's up to the heroes to stop him!…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Powerful

  a Powerless Story

  Roberts, Lauren, 2002-

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  Set during the time of the New York Times bestseller Powerless, fan favorite Adena gets a story all her own in this captivating novella as she attempts to survive on the streets of Loot…and falls for a mysterious—and dangerous—Elite.

• Libby Loves Science

  States of Matter

  Derting, Kimberly

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  In this Level 3 I Can Read! title, Libby and her classmates are excited to welcome a new student into their classroom. When the ice cream for the welcome party melts, Libby is curious to see how the three states of matter can save the celebration.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Built to Last

  Lê, Minh, 1979-

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  Meet two friends who think they're building imaginative worlds with blocks but come to realize they've been building something far greater--a sturdy, solid friendship--in this picture book by award-winning creators.

• Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

  a Novel

  Skeslien Charles, Janet

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  During WWI, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to help rebuild French communities a few miles from the front. Turning ambulances into bookmobiles, she also trains the first female French librarians. Then she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

  a Novel

  Mack, Catherine

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  All that bestselling author Eleanor Dash wants is to get through her book tour in Italy and kill off her main character, Connor Smith—is that too much to ask? Clearly it is, because, when an attempt is made on the real Connor’s life (the handsome…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crow Talk

  a Novel

  Garvin, Eileen

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  Anne, an Irish musician, who has lost her joy in music, flees tragedy by traveling to a vacation lake house in the Pacific Northwest with Aiden, her nonverbal five year old. There, she meets Frankie, a lonely ornithologist who is struggling to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Home Is Where the Bodies Are

  Rose, Jeneva

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  After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. They spend some time watching old videos; most contain normal, childhood memories, but they find one that's truly disturbing. Once they know this family secret, they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Happy Medium

  Adler, Sarah, 1991-

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  A clever con woman must convince a skeptical, sexy farmer of his property's resident real-life ghost if she's to save them all from a fate worse than death in this delightful new novel from the author of Mrs. Nash's Ashes.

• The Swans of Harlem

  Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

  Valby, Karen

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  A riveting account of five extraordinarily accomplished women, a celebration of both their historic careers and the sustaining, grounding power of female friendship, and a window into the robust history of African American ballet, hidden for too…Read moreRead more of this annotation