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by Michael Morpurgo
4.0(5,515)
In the shadow of D-Day preparations, a young English girl risks everything to find her beloved cat, Tips, after her village is evacuated for a top-secret WWII training exercise.
by Chip Kidd
3.8(5,511)
In a chaotic 1950s art class, a young man learns about academia and an unusual mentor, finding his calling amid humor and self-discovery.
by James Dawson
3.9(5,511)
This direct and often funny guide explains the queer experience, from coming out and sex to navigating stereotypes, helping every LGBT+ reader feel understood and informed.
by James Webb
4.2(5,510)
Three young men from different backgrounds arrive in Vietnam's An Hoa Basin, where constant, hallucinatory combat removes their illusions and changes them forever.
by Hisham Matar
3.7(5,506)
In 1979 Libya, a nine-year-old boy's innocent world shatters when he uncovers his father's dangerous secrets amidst the paranoia and brutal realities of Qaddafi's regime.
by Ford Madox Ford
3.9(5,500)
During the Great War, an English aristocrat's world breaks apart, making him face his failing marriage, changing morals, and a society lost to the trenches.
by Marion Dane Bauer
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A reckless dare to swim a dangerous river shatters Joel's world when his best friend, Tony, vanishes beneath the currents, leaving Joel to grapple with a terrible truth and the weight of their parents' grief.
by Erskine Childers
3.6(5,498)
Two English yachtsmen discover a secret German invasion plot in the Baltic, turning their trip into a race to warn Britain.
by Rachel Vincent
4.0(5,497)
A young woman discovers her hidden mythical nature when she's captured and forced to perform as an exhibit in a dark, magical carnival alongside other fantastical creatures.
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew must find a lost stagecoach and its hidden treasure to save a struggling town and fund a new school, all while on summer vacation at Camp Merriweather.
by John Barth
3.7(5,492)
John Barth's "Lost in the Funhouse" blurs the lines between author, story, and reader, inviting you to enjoy the experimental nature of fiction itself.
by Cinda Williams Chima
4.1(5,492)
Ancient rivalries reignite, and new betrayals surface. A wizard and a sorceress must mend their fractured trust, untangle a web of murderous plots, and uncover the past before it shatters the fragile peace between magical guilds.
by Rita Leganski
4.1(5,478)
In a mystical bayou, a silent boy can hear everything, from blooming flowers to his deceased father's whispers. He must uncover family secrets to heal the broken hearts around him.
by Vladimir Nabokov
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In a sad Berlin rooming house, a young Russian émigré remembers his first love, Mary, only to find her unappealing husband is his next-door neighbor, waiting for her.
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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After the Jacobite Rebellion, the charming and cruel Master of Ballantrae causes destruction across continents, harming his brother, his wife, and everyone else he meets.
by Roland Smith
4.2(5,467)
Thirteen-year-old twins Grace and Marty enter a world of adventure and danger when they discover their eccentric Uncle Wolfe, a man they never knew existed, is an anthropologist who hunts cryptids.
by Robertson Davies
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A successful but emotionally distant lawyer undergoes Jungian analysis and meets people who help him understand his enigmatic father's life and death.
by Henry Winterfeld
3.9(5,456)
When a schoolboy's prank escalates into a temple defilement and his own teacher's kidnapping, seven young Roman sleuths must race against time and confusing clues to unmask the true culprit before their friend is condemned.
by Rebecca Schaeffer
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A black market dissector of supernatural creatures becomes the merchandise herself, forced to embrace her monstrous nature to survive and escape a world where every body part has a price.
by Rebecca West
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When Captain Chris Baldry returns from the WWI trenches with amnesia, his family faces a painful choice between his forgotten past and the harsh present, offering a hopeful look at healing.
by Sylvia Cassedy
4.0(5,452)
Sent to live with her reclusive great-aunts, a rebellious orphan discovers a hidden world of magical whispers and spectral guardians behind the attic walls, offering her a chance at belonging.
by Samuel Beckett
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Buried up to her waist and then her neck, Winnie, with her dwindling possessions and the sporadic company of her mostly unseen husband Willie, relentlessly, and with a smile, battles the encroaching earth and existential dread using only her words.
by Lawrence Block
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After a drug dealer's wife is returned in pieces despite the ransom, a haunted ex-cop descends into the city's underbelly to hunt two sadistic psychopaths whose games of unimaginable cruelty are just beginning.
by Lisa Jackson
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A journalist chasing a serial killer who buries women alive becomes the next target in a deadly game where fame could cost her everything.