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• Speak to Me of Home

  a Novel

  Cummins, Jeanine

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  On her wedding day in Puerto Rico in 1968, Rafaela has mild misgivings, but she marries Peter Brennan, Jr. anyway, in a blaze of romantic optimism. She has no way of knowing how dramatically her life will change when she uproots her family to start…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mark Twain

  Chernow, Ron

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  Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain.

• Fever Beach

  Hiaasen, Carl

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  “The afternoon of September first, dishwater-gray and rainy, a man named Dale Figgo picked up a hitchhiker on Gus Grissom Boulevard in Tangelo Falls, Florida. The hitchhiker, who reminded Figgo of Danny DeVito, asked for a lift to the interstate.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Emperor of Gladness

  a Novel

  Vuong, Ocean, 1988-

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  One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, 19-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What Sleeps Within the Cove

  Woods, Harper L.

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  Estrella has bound herself to serve the fae Queen Mab as the price to save her beloved Caldris. Now Mab demands a tribute--a snake from the crown of Medusa--and that demands surviving legendary trials without resorting to magic. Latest in the Of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Devils

  Abercrombie, Joe

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  Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock is made up of unrepentant murderers, practitioners of ghastly magic, and outright monsters. The mission he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fireworks

  Burgess, Matthew

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  A sparkling picture book from the award-winning team of Matthew Burgess and Cátia Chien, highlighting the simple delights of a steamy July day in the city as two siblings eagerly anticipate a spectacular fireworks display.

• All Ears

  Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-

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  In the ninth novel in bestselling author Stuart Gibbs’ FunJungle series, resident sleuth Teddy Fitzroy is on the case to find a missing elephant and clear his friend of vandalism.

• Death in the Cards

  Manansala, Mia P.

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  When a high school tarot reader’s latest client goes missing after a troubling reading, she must apply everything she’s learned from her private investigator mother to solve a case of her own.

• Firefly Season

  Smith, Cynthia Leitich

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  Piper, a young girl with roots in the Cherokee and Muscogee nations, makes a good friend in Sumi, her new neighbor in Kansas City. But when Piper has to move, she makes a plan to reunite with the people she loves most of all.

• Earhart

  the Incredible Flight of a Field Mouse Around the World

  Kuhlmann, Torben, 1982-

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  The latest tale in award-winning author and illustrator Torben Kuhlmann’s Mouse Adventures series takes flight with the courage and spirit of aviation pioneers.

• The Wish Switch

  Painter, Lynn

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  Before Emma’s beloved Nana died, she left detailed instructions on how to access an ancient, secret, magical wishing well. Emma follows each step and plans out every moment to make her time in middle school magical…except the obnoxious new kid,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Camp Frenemies

  Montague, Liz

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  A frenemies-to-friends graphic novel about the trials and tribulations of three preteen girls and cabinmates at sleepaway camp.

• You and Me on Repeat

  Shyne, Mary/ Shyne, Mary (ILT)

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  Once close friends, Alicia and Chris have history―lots of it. As they got older, the pair fell out after Chris ditched her for the “cool kids” and left her in the dust. But when you’re stuck in a time loop, side by side, you never know if friendship…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where the Rivers Merge

  a Novel

  Monroe, Mary Alice

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  Set against the evocative landscape of the 20th-century Lowcountry, this is a dramatic and sweeping multigenerational family story of unyielding love, lessons learned, profound sacrifices, and the indomitable spirit of a woman determined to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Warrior

  Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay

  Clarey, Christopher

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  Christopher Clarey illuminates the skill and determination it took to accomplish Rafael Nadal’s most mind-blowing achievement: 14 French Open titles.

• The #1 Dad Book

  Be the Best Dad You Can Be--in 1 Hour!

  Patterson, James, 1947-

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  "I did the homework, so you don’t have to do as much. I talked to lots of experts, and lots of dads, and lots of experts who are also dads. I read everything I could. Then I wrote and rewrote this book, filled with steps you can take to become a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Art Spy

  the Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland

  Young, Michelle (Michelle T.)

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  A riveting and stylish saga set in Paris during World War II, this book uncovers how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the world's most treasured masterpieces.

• Run for the Hills

  a Novel

  Wilson, Kevin, 1978-

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  Madeline has mostly made peace with her lonely and unexciting life on a Tennessee farm when a previously unknown half-brother arrives on her doorstep, outfitted with a PT Cruiser and a list of other likely half-siblings scattered around the country.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dream On, Ramona Riley

  Blake, Ashley Herring

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  Ramona backburnered her dreams to be a Hollywood costume designer when her father's car accident pulled her back to her small New Hampshire hometown to take care of her little sister. Years later, when a small romantic comedy with a big star--who…Read moreRead more of this annotation