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by Sharon M. Draper
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An eleven-year-old girl, caught between two homes, two names, and two racial identities, navigates her parents' divorce while looking for a sense of wholeness in a world that constantly categorizes her.
by Linda Olsson
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A grieving writer finds an unexpected friend in her reclusive neighbor in a remote Swedish village, as shared meals and dangerous memories connect their solitary lives.
by Katie Alender
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In the end, Alexis confronts a vengeful spirit tied to her own fate, forcing her to solve a mystery between life and death.
by Marcel Proust
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In fin-de-siècle Paris, a young man's entry into the aristocratic world becomes a journey through social ambition, desire, and disappointment.
by Kate Elliott
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In a city where multi-tiered athletic courts offer the only path to glory, a biracial girl from the lower classes risks everything, including a forbidden alliance with an elite competitor, to save her family from a vengeful royal.
by C.L. Parker
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To save her family, an innocent woman auctions herself to a ruthless mogul, only to find an unexpected, passionate love amidst a whirlwind of desire and secrets.
by David Levithan
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After the 9/11 attacks, three New York teens—Claire, Jasper, and Peter—find their lives entwined, forming unexpected bonds amid the city's recovery and their own developing grief and strength.
by Elizabeth Reyes
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A prim teacher and a foul-mouthed man find an undeniable passion that challenges their vastly different worlds. His hidden imperfections and her meddling sister threaten to ignite his temper and drive them apart.
by David Finkel
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Through the eyes of an optimistic infantry battalion, *The Good Soldiers* shows the brutal reality of the 2007 Iraq surge, revealing the permanent cost of war on the men who fought it.
by F.C. Yee
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Before she was a legend, Kyoshi was a bewildered orphan, thrust into the Avatar's immense power and forced to forge her own brutal path to justice amidst a world teetering on the brink of chaos.
by Kristin Cast
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Five masters of the supernatural unite in this anthology, where forbidden desires and eternal love intertwine amidst the perilous, alluring world of vampires, proving that even in undeath, the heart finds its match.
by Susan Fletcher
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A quick-witted, disabled serving girl must brave the Sultan's wrath and the labyrinthine streets of Persia to find the missing ending to a story, or risk the Shahrazad's life.
by Julia Gregson
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On a 1928 voyage to colonial Bombay, an overwhelmed chaperone shepherds three young women—a naive bride-to-be, a determined virgin, and a disturbed schoolboy—each carrying secrets and hopes into an India far more complex than their English dreams.
by David Morrell
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In gaslit Victorian London, opium-addled writer Thomas De Quincey must clear his name when brutal murders, mirroring his own macabre essay, terrorize the city and make him the prime suspect.
by Max Lucado
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Learn how God connects with you personally through life events and Bible stories, bringing hope and meaning to those feeling lost or weary.
by Jennifer Latham
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A modern teen finds a skeleton, uncovering a century-old murder. Her journey connects with a 1921 Tulsa boy's fight for justice during racial violence, making both face their past and present.
by Lorelei James
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A graphic designer sheds her inhibitions and enters the intense world of her self-defense instructor, whose possessive training blurs the lines between pleasure and control, forcing her to question his secrets.
by Scott O'Dell
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Fourteen-year-old Bright Morning's peaceful spring day herding sheep in Canyon de Chelly ends when Spanish slavers arrive, changing her Navaho world forever.
by Anonymous
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A good girl's diary reveals her descent into anorexia and addiction, where self-starvation becomes a dangerous power.
by J. Daniels
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A woman who enjoys casual relationships meets an Australian man who wants more, challenging her to accept a deeper love.
by Helen Oyeyemi
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A gothic house on the Dover cliffs, steeped in generations of female spirits, slowly consumes a young woman who craves chalk and vanishes into its mazy, time-bending embrace, leaving her family to piece together her spectral story.
by Tom Michell
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An ordinary English teacher's life in 1970s Argentina is transformed by an extraordinary friendship with a rescued, fish-loving penguin named Juan Salvador, who teaches him profound lessons about love, loyalty, and embracing the unexpected.
by Sheridan Le Fanu
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Trapped in the desolate mansion of her Uncle Silas, Maud Ruthyn must outwit a sinister plot by her guardian, his brutish son, and a malevolent governess who conspire to murder her for her inheritance.
by Jeff Long
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An ancient, subterranean race, long mistaken for devils, stirs from Earth's darkest corners, patiently awaiting humanity's descent into their nightmarish realm.