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• The Doorman

  a Novel

  Pavone, Chris

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  A night of violence in a tinderbox city encroaches on the security of the most famous apartment house in the world, home to celebrities, financiers, and New York's cultural elite, and staffed almost entirely by African Americans and Hispanic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Going Home in the Dark

  Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-

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  As kids, outcasts Rebecca, Bobby, Spencer, and Ernie were inseparable friends in the idyllic town of Maple Grove. Three left to pursue lofty dreams—and achieved them. Only Ernie never left. When he falls into a coma, his three amigos feel an urgent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Baking Across America

  a Vintage Recipe Road Trip

  Hollis, B. Dylan, 1995-

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  From the deserts of the Southwest to the shining Atlantic Coast, the USA is as sweet as it gets. In this tour de food, B. Dylan Hollis takes you on a delicious road trip to taste everything from the coffee-crazed creations of the Pacific Northwest…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Behooved

  Stevenson, M.

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  A charming slow-burn fantasy featuring a duty-bound noblewoman with a chronic illness, a prince who would rather be in a library than on a throne, and a magical ride through a world of cozy enchantment.

• Nightshade

  a Novel

  Connelly, Michael, 1956-

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  Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been “exiled” to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Love Haters

  Center, Katherine

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  Video producer Katie Vaughn can't swim, but that doesn't stop her from taking a career-making assignment profiling Tom, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. Swim lessons, helicopter flights, conga lines, drinking contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The History of We

  Smith, Nikkolas

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  The History of We takes what we know about modern human civilization and, through magnificent paintings, creates a tale about our shared beginnings in a way that centers Black people in humankind's origin story.

• Good Boy

  Hirsch, Andy

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  Good Boy is a graphic novel about a boy named Charlie and his rescue dog, Ralph. Together, they take on agility course training―but do they have what it takes to compete?

• This Could Be Forever

  LaDelle, Ebony

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  Dejai will be the first in her family to go to college--and she wants to use a chemistry degree to help create and sell natural skin care products. Raja's parents want him to study engineering and have a traditional marriage, not open his own tattoo…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crocodiles Need Friends, Too!

  Toro, Tom

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  Croc isn't like other crocodiles. She is a reptilian ballerina! An aquatic architect! A croc 'n' roll STAR! She is creative, cool, and fun. But the other animals only notice her sharp teeth and scary eyes. It's lonely when nobody sees who you are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything's Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Trouble Everywhere

  John, Jory

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  Best friends Jeff and Anders start the day with the best of intentions, but, before long, everything goes haywire. From power outages to spilled breakfasts to missing socks, a series of irritating incidents sends the bear-and-bunny duo on an epic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl in the Walls

  Kuyatt, Meg Eden

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  There's a ghost in the walls of her grumpy grandma's house, and V must decide if it is an ally or an enemy. The wrong decision could destroy her and her family.

• The Puzzling Fate of Millicent Graves (a Graphic Novel)

  Mitchell, Dora M.,

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  Twelve-year-old Millicent Graves discovers she can alter the personalities of her friends and family with hilarious reality-warping results in this extra-magical middle grade graphic novel.

• Salvacion

  Proudman, Sandra

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  In this young adult fantasy inspired by El Zorro, Lola de La Peña becomes the masked heroine Salvación in order to save her family and town from a man who would destroy it for the magic it contains...if she doesn't fall in love with a boy in his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Line of Demarcation

  Woodward, M. P.

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  It starts with the destruction of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter and the loss of her entire crew. But the vessel was on an innocuous mission to open a sea lane between an oil field off the coast of South America and the refineries of southern Louisiana.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Knight and the Moth

  Gillig, Rachel

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  Here's a Gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight.

• What Will People Think?

  a Novel

  Hamdan, Sara

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  Mia’s secret comedy career, forbidden office crush, and a long-guarded family secret take center stage, threatening her newfound confidence and her one shot at fame in this hilarious, heartfelt coming-of-age story.

• The Starving Saints

  a Novel

  Starling, Caitlin

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  Three women--a war hero, a nun-turned-sorceress, and a serving girl--have already endured six months besieged when mysterious, godlike visitors arrive, plunging the castle into bacchanalian madness. Now, they are the only ones who realize their true…Read moreRead more of this annotation