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by Marlys Millhiser
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Trapped in the past on her grandmother's wedding day, a 1978 bride must navigate Victorian expectations, while her grandmother, flung into the future, grapples with an unexpected pregnancy and the freedoms of the disco era.
by Maria McCann
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During the English Civil War, a soldier's wish for a new life turns into a dark obsession, threatening his sanity.
by Austin Chant
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Ten years after abandoning Neverland to become Wendy, Peter Darling returns to a war-torn island where the Lost Boys are men, Captain Hook ignites an unexpected desire, and the lines between hero and villain blur as he reclaims his true identity.
by William Saroyan
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In World War II California, fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley races through Ithaca as a telegraph messenger, delivering news of love, money, and death. This work forces him to confront human emotion and grow from boy to man, all set against his immigrant family's strong spirit.
by Oliver Jeffers
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A story about a curious girl who, after a loss, puts her heart in a bottle. She finds the world dims without it and goes on a journey to feel again.
by Salvador Plascencia
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In a paper world, a grieving author tears characters from their stories, starting a war between fiction and reality, while a paper Jesus seeks redemption and renegade Santas plan a revolution.
by Kate Brian
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When her boyfriend is murdered at an elite boarding school, a girl's quest for truth unearths dark secrets, forbidden desires, and the chilling possibility that her new love might be the killer.
by A.M. Robinson
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A normal high school junior's world is upended by the arrival of mysterious, anachronistically dressed new students and the return of her childhood tormentor, James, whose unsettling nocturnal habits and superhuman strength hint at a supernatural secret that threatens to bite her perfectly ordinary life.
by David Anderson
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When a middle school bans cell phones, a sticky note phenomenon erupts, transforming hallways into battlegrounds of kindness and cruelty, forcing a boy named Frost to navigate shifting friendships and the power of written words.
by Jacques Derrida
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Derrida's "Of Grammatology" shows how Western philosophy favors speech over writing, revealing that meaning is unstable and constructed.
by D.J. MacHale
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When a mysterious military force quarantines his idyllic island and strange red crystals grant bizarre powers, an ordinary teenager must uncover a global conspiracy before 'tomorrow' ceases to exist.
by Ron Clark
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Ron Clark's "The Essential 55" gives parents and teachers practical ways to teach children respect, responsibility, and life skills, showing how a dedicated teacher's advice can change lives.
by Terry Pratchett
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When a naive young man accidentally invents the printing press and investigative journalism in the chaotic city of Ankh-Morpork, he inadvertently uncovers a royal conspiracy that threatens to ink out the city's very ruler.
by Tui T. Sutherland
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A curious, power-immune dragonet named Cricket must outwit a mind-controlling queen and uncover ancient secrets to prevent an all-out war between dragon tribes.
by C.J. Archer
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In Victorian London, a witty spirit medium, an enigmatic ghost, and a mischievous demon clash in a supernatural romance that blurs the line between life and death.
by Aldous Huxley
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Aldous Huxley condenses centuries of spiritual wisdom from various faiths into one study of humanity's shared search for the divine reality that underlies all existence.
by Bo Caldwell
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In pre-war Shanghai, a young girl's idyllic world shatters when her father's charmed life unravels into a harrowing tale of betrayal and resilience.
by Sharon Creech
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A mysterious boy falls from a tree, leading two orphans to estranged Irish sisters and revealing a connection that mends hearts across two worlds.
by Kenneth Oppel
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When alien rain causes a botanical apocalypse, three allergic teens find their strange immunity might be humanity's only hope against the world-devouring plants.
by Richelle Mead
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During a deadly winter ski trip, Dhampir guardian Rose Hathaway deals with forbidden love and a dangerous alliance to rescue reckless friends from a growing Strigoi threat, all while battling her own feelings.
by William Faulkner
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In post-Civil War Mississippi, Flem Snopes dismantles a Southern community, replacing its old ways with his own cunning and greed.
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew sails into a perilous treasure hunt on a remote island, deciphering a cryptic map to outwit cunning rivals and unravel a generations-old secret before it's lost forever.
by Ken Follett
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A genetic researcher discovers identical twins born to different mothers, uncovering a conspiracy of illegal human cloning and murder that threatens her career and life.
by GaRodriguez
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A high school senior, tired of the teen pregnancy stereotype looming over her family, fakes her own pregnancy to expose the harsh judgments and shifting perceptions of her community, ultimately sparking an international conversation about prejudice and the power of defying expectations.