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• Buckeye

  a Novel

  Ryan, Patrick, 1965-

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  In Bonhomie, Ohio, a stolen moment of passion, sparked in the exuberant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe, binds Cal Jenkins, a man wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, to Margaret Salt, a woman trying to obscure her past.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The New Book

  Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things

  Giovanni, Nikki

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  In her final collection, acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni slashes at the ridiculousness of our cultural and political climate: “We have no secrets/since the world shrunk/and the icebergs melted/and all the year books/are digitized./… and we press…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amity

  Harris, Nathan

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  A gripping story about a brother and sister, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to escape a former master still intent on their bondage.

• To the Moon and Back

  a Novel

  Ramage, Eliana

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  One young woman’s relentless quest to become the first Cherokee astronaut will irrevocably alter the fates of the people she loves most in this debut about ambition, belonging, and family.

• A Land So Wide

  Craig, Erin A.

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  In this irresistible blend of dark fairytale and romantic fantasy, the town of Mistaken has a secret…and it’s up to one woman to uncover the truth, confront her past, and save the man she loves.

• The Girl With Ice in Her Veins

  Smirnoff, Karin, 1964-

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  Lured back to a lawless town full of predators disguised as saviors and foes disguised as friends, forced to face down their own troubling pasts and those of their loved ones, Salander and Blomkvist must untangle a history of violence before it's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Solar System!

  a Stellar Neighborhood

  McAnulty, Stacy

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  Yee-haw! Strap in for one wild ride through our very own Solar System, guided by space-travelin’ buckaroo Comet himself, while you travel around meeting one impressive star, 8 unique planets, a handful of dwarf planets, and a bonanza of moons,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Troubling Tonsils!

  Reynolds, Aaron, 1970-

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  From the team behind the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal–winning Creepy Carrots! and its sequels comes the first entry in a spin-off chapter book series in which Jasper Rabbit tells the story of a young marmot whose tonsils get the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fearful

  Roberts, Lauren, 2002-

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  Set during the time of Fearless, a mysterious figure arrives in the kingdom of Ilya to witness the fight for the throne and the price it costs those sworn to defend the land in this beautiful and heart-wrenching story.

• Max, a Little Axolotl. 1,

  An Original Graphic Novel

  Spiotto, Joey

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  Meet Max, a Little Axolotl! He's new to school and just a little bit shy, but he's already making waves.

• The Last Resort

  Kelly, Erin Entrada

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  Twelve-year-old Lila has to be in Ohio for the summer, while her parents decide what to do with Grandpa Clem's creepy Victorian Inn. It's supremely unfair. Even worse, strange things keep happening. En route to Ohio, the family gets into a scary car…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel

  Babbitt, Natalie

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  In this timeless story about immortality, friendship, and growing up, young Winnie Foster learns of a hidden spring in a nearby wood and meets the Tuck family, whose members reveal their astonishing discovery of the spring’s life-changing power. Now…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hallmarked Man

  Galbraith, Robert

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  A dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop. The police initially believe it to be that of a convicted armed robber - but not everyone agrees with that theory.

• Tom Clancy Terminal Velocity

  Woodward, M. P.

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  Jack Ryan, Jr. battles terrorists in the disputed mountains of Kashmir to save a comrade in the latest entry in the bestselling series.

• Framed in Death

  Robb, J. D., 1950-

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  Manhattan is filled with galleries and deep-pocketed collectors who can make an artist's career with a wave of a hand. But one man toils in obscurity, his brilliance unrecognized while lesser talents bask in the glory he believes should be his. Come…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mother Mary Comes to Me

  Roy, Arundhati

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  Arundhati Roy’s first work of memoir is a soaring account, both intimate and inspirational, of how the author became the person and the writer she is, shaped by circumstance, but above all by her complex relationship to the extraordinary, singular…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Apostle's Cove

  a Novel

  Krueger, William Kent

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  P.I. Cork O’Connor receives a call from his son, Stephen, who is working for a nonprofit dedicated to securing freedom for unjustly incarcerated inmates. Stephen tells his father that decades ago, as the newly elected sheriff of Tamarack County,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• About Time

  Poems

  Duchovny, David

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  Duchovny's first poetic work covers a range of intimate themes and topics, including love, the loss of love, parenting, Duchovny’s own parents (in particular his father, who looms large throughout the work), alienation, and other emotional…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Deadly Storms

  Feehan, Christine

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  Shabina Foster runs a small-town cafe in the eastern Sierra, trying not to dwell on her past. Security expert Rainier Ashcroft is the only man who makes her feel safe, but she doesn't want to ruin his life any further when the ghosts of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vianne

  a Novel

  Harris, Joanne, 1964-

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  Joanne Harris returns to the world of Chocolat with the long-awaited story of Vianne, which begins six years before she opens her scandalous chocolaterie in the small French village of Lansquenet.