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by Megan McDonald
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After a Boston trip sparks her revolutionary spirit, Judy Moody declares her own independence, demanding alien rights and a 'Purse of Happiness' while seeking more freedom, and showing her courage during a real crisis.
by William Faulkner
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During World War I, a French corporal's rebellion against the war machine forces a reckoning with faith, sacrifice, and humanity's capacity for both destruction and redemption.
by Jack Kerouac
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In a New England mill town, Maggie Cassidy paints a bittersweet, accessible portrait of adolescent love and the awkward, joyful pangs of growing up in America.
by Daniel Defoe
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Roxana, a woman in 18th-century Europe, uses her body for power and prestige, exposing the constraints of patriarchy and rejecting marriage as a loss of self.
by Zecharia Sitchin
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Sitchin reinterprets ancient myths and biblical stories as historical accounts. He says humanity was made by advanced extraterrestrials from the planet Nibiru, who visited Earth long ago.
by Lilith Saintcrow
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After surviving Hell and being betrayed by Lucifer, Dante Valentine, a furious Necromancer, returns to her world ready to unleash vengeance on the Devil himself.
by Harold Robbins
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In a post-WWII America, Jonas Cord and the insatiable Rina Marlowe claw their way to the top of Hollywood and industry, their empire built on scandalous ambition, fiery lust, and relentless revenge.
by Jennifer Niven
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Before World War II, an Appalachian girl is caught between her mother's dying wish to see the world, her complicated love for a revival preacher, and the glittering promise of Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.
by Sophie Anderson
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Twelve-year-old Marinka wants a human friend, defying her destiny as a Yaga who guides the dead, then goes on a journey to the afterlife when her rule-breaking causes her grandmother's disappearance.
by Richard Peck
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In 1861, as the Civil War looms, a struggling Illinois family's life is upended by the arrival of a mysterious, sophisticated girl and her silent companion, sparking rumors, suspicion, and an unforgettable bond in their small river town.
by Hubert SelJr.
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In his suffocating cell, a man's mind turns into a battleground where his hatred and revenge dance to the echoes of a society that rejected him.
by Julie Garwood
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An innocent woman, caught in medieval upheaval, seeks justice and a lost jeweled box. She finds love and dangerous allies in two powerful Scottish chieftains, Ramsey Sinclair and Brodick Buchanan, as she reclaims her legacy from a ruthless baron.
by C.E. Murphy
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A lawyer's late-night jog through Central Park shatters her reality, pulling her into a hidden world of ancient gargoyles, deadly magic, and a murder mystery where her only hope for survival and justice lies with a stone-skinned suspect.
by P.G. Wodehouse
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Pongo's money troubles lead his Uncle Fred, with Polly Pott, to Blandings Castle, where he thwarts a pig-napping and creates delightful chaos.
by Henry James
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A literary scholar goes to Venice, trying to get a dead poet's private letters. He gets into a psychological fight with two reclusive women, learning the high cost of his obsession.
by R.L. Stine
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When aspiring horror writer Zackie Beauchamp discovers a mysterious typewriter that brings his monstrous stories to life, his fictional pink blob monster threatens to consume not just his town, but his very reality.
by Aprilynne Pike
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A plane crash survivor discovers her visions are a call to save a crumbling world, forcing her to choose between her first love and a mysterious boy destined to be her partner in a cosmic battle.
by Andrei Platonov
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Workmen dig a massive foundation pit in a desolate Soviet landscape, a monument to a utopian dream that slowly consumes their lives and the earth, promising collective happiness in an eerie, enforced silence.
by Ira Levin
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A successful book editor in a Manhattan high-rise discovers a mysterious voyeur is watching her every move, drawing her into a dangerous game of obsession and control where digital privacy is nonexistent.
by James A. Michener
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An American journalist uncovers his family's Mexican past while covering a bullfight, connecting with the nation's history of ancient rituals, Spanish conquest, and revolution.
by James Fenimore Cooper
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In the 1750s Great Lakes, legendary frontiersman Natty Bumppo guides a party through dangerous waters and shifting loyalties, as a new America struggles to define itself.
by Simone de Beauvoir
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In the heady aftermath of WWII, a circle of Parisian intellectuals grapples with the promise of a new France, their intertwined loves, and the very meaning of freedom, all while navigating the ghosts of their wartime pasts.
by Eva Ibbotson
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During wartime, an English schoolgirl finds unexpected adventure and royal friendship at a whimsical boarding school, helping a reclusive prince save his threatened kingdom.
by Tahereh Mafi
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In the quiet village of Whichwood, a young mordeshoor whose hands and hair are turning silver from washing the dead finds magic and friendship when two strangers arrive.