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• The Black Bird Oracle

  a Novel

  Harkness, Deborah, 1965-

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  On the hallowed ground of Ravenswood, the Proctor family home, and under the tutelage of Gwyneth, a talented witch grounded in higher magic, a new era begins for Diana: a confrontation with her family's dark past and a reckoning for her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Conditions of Unconditional Love

  McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-

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  It seems as if Isabel’s life has fallen into a comfortable and tidy rhythm. Well, as tidy as things can be with two small boys wreaking havoc around the house. But when her husband, Jamie, invites a woman named Dawn—recently embroiled in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Au Pair Affair

  a Novel

  Bailey, Tessa

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  A sports rom-com about a burly, surly, single dad who falls head-over-hockey-stick for his quirky live-in nanny. Latest in the Big Shots series.

• The Bright Sword

  a Novel of King Arthur

  Grossman, Lev

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  This new take on Arthurian legend finds the surviving oddball knights and Nimue, who buried Merlin, struggling to rebuild Camelot after Arthur's death at the Battle of Camlann. Meanwhile, his half-sister Morgan le Fay is leading the old…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Wilds

  Pearse, Sarah

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  Detective Elie Warner had planned to vacation in a Portuguese national park, but the mysterious disappearance of a twin with a dark past has her using her professional skills. Trying to help the remaining sister, Elie has only a map left…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Desperation Reef

  Parker, T. Jefferson

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  Jen Stonebreaker hasn't entered into a big-wave surfing competition since witnessing her husband's tragic death 25 years ago at the Monsters of the Mavericks. Now, Jen is ready to tackle those same Monsters with her twin sons Casey and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just What to Do

  Lukoff, Kyle

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  A tender picture book about grief and the many ways to offer comfort in sad times.

• Felix Powell, Boy Dog

  Kelly, Erin Entrada

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  Felix Powell can talk to animals. Just ask his dog, Mary Puppins! They talk all the time. When a mysterious, magical spell turns Felix into a dog, Mary Puppins is amazed. But not as much as Felix! Will his tail ever stop wagging? Will he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girls Who Burn

  Pagano, MK

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  Eighteen-year-old Addie must work with Seth, the boy she's always loved to hate, to solve the mysterious deaths of both her ballerina-prodigy sister, Fiona, and Seth's cousin, Thatcher.

• Dare to Be Daring

  Wallace, Chelsea Lin

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  From tasting a new food to a trip to the dentist (or the basement!), this rhyming picture book is an invitation to be brave in the face of what feels scary.

• Gamerville

  Christmas, Johnnie

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  A video gamer’s championship aspirations are dashed when his parents send him to Camp Reset, where electronics are forbidden and you're forced to socialize, eat healthy, and spend time outside. Can Max escape Camp Reset and level up at the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Old Willis Place Graphic Novel: A Ghost Story

  Hahn, Mary Downing

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  Diana and her little brother, Georgie, know all about the crumbling Willis mansion. And Diana is eager to share it with a new friend, Lissa, the caretaker's daughter. Maybe Lissa can even help her uncover the ghastly secret of the creepy,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Trespass Against Us

  Kemp, Leon (Australian author)

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  This young adult horror debut follows a group of teens as they visit an abandoned reform school—and then return two years later to confront the supernatural evil they awoke there.

• I Was a Teenage Slasher

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small west Texas town driven by oil and cotton—and a place where everyone knows everyone else’s business. So it goes for Tolly Driver, a good kid with more potential than application, seventeen, and about to be…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Story

  a Novel

  Shaffer, Meg

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  As boys, best friends Jeremy and Rafe went missing in a vast West Virginia state forest, only to mysteriously reappear six months later with no explanation for where they’d gone or how they’d survived. One came back emotionally scarred,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Big Happy Family

  Day, Jamie

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  The Precipice is a legendary, family-owned hotel on the rocky coast of Maine. With the recent passing of their father, the Bishop sisters--Iris, Vicki, and Faith--have come for the weekend to claim it. But with a hurricane looming and each…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Novel Summer

  Brenner, Jamie, 1971-

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  Shelby Archer has returned to the small Cape Cod community she used as a basis for her bestselling novel. She's come to take over a friend's used bookshop, but she has to face down her neighbors' anger at having used their lives as the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sharks Don't Sink

  Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist

  Graham, Jasmin

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  African American marine biologist Jasmin Graham tells of her challenging journey to flourish outside the traditional confines of academia, inspired by her innate connection to nature’s most misunderstood animal—the shark.

• The West Passage

  Pechaček, Jared

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  Snow blankets Grey Tower in the height of summer, foretelling the coming of the Beast. With the Guardian of the West Passage dead and no successor named, the too-young Mother of Grey House and the Guardian's unnamed squire set out to save…Read moreRead more of this annotation