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by J.R. Johansson
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A sleepless teen who enters others' dreams finds an addiction in a girl's peaceful slumber, but his obsessive desire and memory blackouts threaten to consume them both when she becomes a target.
by Carolyn Keene
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When a strange 'bird of ill omen' appears on her lawn, Nancy Drew must solve a series of jinxes threatening a rare bird farm to expose the true reasons behind a high-rise development.
by Shane Burcaw
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Shane Burcaw's memoir is an honest and funny look at living with spinal muscular atrophy, showing that even serious conditions can't stop a sharp mind and a 'you-only-live-once' attitude.
by Kami Garcia
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Lena's dangerous Claiming unleashes a storm of supernatural chaos on Gatlin. Ethan battles memory loss and a haunting presence, forcing them to confront sacrifices to save their world and themselves.
by Flora Thompson
4.0(3,392)
This is a detailed account of late 19th-century Oxfordshire, showing May Day celebrations, old games, and the daily routines of farmworkers and craftsmen. It paints a warm picture of Victorian rural life through a young girl's eyes.
by Michael Hoeye
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A timid watchmaker mouse finds his quiet life changed by a daring aviatrix, pulling him into a whimsical mystery involving cosmetic tycoons, sinister surgeons, and ruthless lab rats.
by Adina Rishe Gewirtz
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When a dangerous fugitive takes two imaginative siblings hostage, their carefully constructed world of family secrets and fantastical stories shatters, forcing them to confront the shocking truth about their past and their father's death.
by Mark Twain
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Mark Twain's deathbed autobiography chronicles an America of riverboats and gold rushes, revealing the man behind the legendary tales with candor and humor.
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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Four friends get temporary tattoos for a school dance, only to discover they've been marked with supernatural powers and are the world's last hope against a rising darkness, if only one of them would stop turning gum wrappers into designer shoes.
by Janet Beeler Shaw
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In the Nez Perce homeland, Kaya defies her father's advice and challenges a boy to a horse race, leading to a humbling lesson in responsibility when her brothers disappear during her youthful pride.
by Natalie Zemon Davis
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A limping man's dramatic courtroom entrance shatters a meticulously crafted deception, unmasking a cunning imposter and reclaiming the identity, property, and wife of the true Martin Guerre.
by Anthony Horowitz
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Sent away to a sinister boarding school, a young boy uncovers a terrifying curriculum of dark magic, disappearing teachers, and blood-pact rituals.
by Edgar Allan Poe
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Haunted by a creeping monomania, Egaeus descends into a chilling obsession with his dying cousin Berenice's teeth, blurring the line between love and a grotesque, necrophilic desire.
by Henrik Ibsen
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An aging architect, haunted by past failures and the threat of younger talent, struggles with his sanity as a young woman from his past returns to challenge his crumbling legacy.
by Carolyn Keene
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Nancy Drew deciphers ancient petroglyphs to unearth a priceless treasure hidden beneath a forgotten desert city, all while outsmarting a cunning thief who will stop at nothing to claim the gold for himself.
by Natalie D. Richards
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During a senior camping trip, students find cryptic words on their wrists and a killer on the loose; Sera must learn the truth behind the labels before she dies.
by Ferrol Sams
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In Depression-era Georgia, a sensitive boy named Porter navigates adolescence, from farm life to school antics, while his eccentric family shapes him into a man strong enough to 'run with the horsemen' amidst life's painful truths.
by George Saunders
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In the quirky seaside village of Frip, a young girl named Capable must confront her neighbors' selfishness when a swarm of milk-stopping, orange gappers decide to exclusively plague her family's goats.
by Basharat Peer
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In a land where ancient Sufi shrines are destroyed and temples become army bunkers, a Kashmiri's firsthand account exposes the brutality and 'painful romances' that draw youth into a separatist movement, changing paradise into a curfewed night.
by Peter Straub
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A boy named Jack Sawyer goes on a dangerous quest across America and the magical 'Territories' to find a talisman that can save his dying mother.
by Charles Martin
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A husband's world reignites when his wife wakes from a coma, forcing them to face their son's death and rebuild their future.
by Bill Wallace
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Haunted by a childhood dog attack, a young boy must conquer his deep-seated fear to save a starving, friendly stray puppy who might just become his most cherished companion.
by Louis L'Amour
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In the Nevada desert, a prospector and a spirited woman find their lives intertwined during the treacherous silver rush of the Comstock Lode, battling nature and greed for a love as rich as the ore they seek.
by Walker Percy
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Dr. Tom More, using a miraculous stethoscope, diagnoses humanity's spiritual sickness, beginning a darkly comedic journey to heal souls before society collapses.