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by Thomas H. Cook
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When his son becomes the main suspect in a child's disappearance, a father's desperate search for the truth unearths family secrets and shattered trust in their perfect-seeming town.
by George Bernard Shaw
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In a house like a ship without a rudder, George Bernard Shaw examines a cast of British society, revealing their true, often bankrupt, selves as global chaos nears.
by Diane Schwemm
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Four sisters turn sixteen, each navigating grief, rebellion, self-discovery, and first love after their father's death.
by David Estes
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In a world ravaged by sandstorms and wildfires, a young woman facing forced motherhood uncovers lies about a mysterious all-female tribe, forcing her to choose between duty and a dangerous path to freedom.
by Austin Aslan
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After a global blackout leaves Hawaii without power, an epileptic teenager with a mixed heritage uses her unique connection to the islands and her perceived 'weakness' to journey home and help save her changing world.
by Walt Disney Company
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Join Woody and Buzz Lightyear in a pop-up adventure that brings the classic tale of friendship, rivalry, and the journey home to three-dimensional life.
by Philip Pullman
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Struck by lightning, a chivalrous but dim-witted scarecrow embarks on a whimsical journey to Spring Valley with his resourceful young servant, encountering shipwrecks, brigands, and endless misadventures that only his quick-thinking companion can resolve.
by Ted Bell
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On the cusp of WWII, a young English boy named Nick finds a time machine, forcing him to battle a ruthless pirate across centuries to save his family and prevent the destruction of his home.
by Katherine Marsh
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After a serious accident, a classics student discovers a hidden Underworld beneath Grand Central Station, where New York's deceased reside, offering him a chance to reunite with his mother and learn why he can see ghosts.
by Suzanne Berne
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In the summer of 1973, a nine-year-old girl navigates a suburban murder investigation and her family's breakdown, as her childhood suspicions spark a town's growing paranoia.
by Don DeLillo
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by Ransom Riggs
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With their beloved headmistress trapped as a bird, Jacob and his peculiar companions must journey through war-torn 1940s London, encountering wondrous new oddities and perilous threats, all while clutching a precious menagerie of vintage photographs.
by Bill Konigsberg
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A summer in Montana explodes into an epic road trip where a boy, a runaway girl, and a mysterious pastor chase down family secrets, gay history, and the elusive 'Porcupine of Truth' to mend a fractured past and save a dying father.
by Scott Westerfeld
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Disguised as her identical twin, a determined Frey navigates a city where emotions are regulated by tech, only to be thrust into an all-out war as she hunts for her sister and plots her father's downfall.
by Jacqueline Wilson
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Confined to a 1953 children's TB ward while the world outside celebrates a new queen, Elsie finds her own reign of imagination and friendship through nightly storytelling, aided by a majestic white cat named Queenie.
by Jawaharlal Nehru
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In a series of personal letters, Jawaharlal Nehru explains Earth's history, humanity's beginnings, and civilization's growth to his ten-year-old daughter, Indira, turning global history into a captivating bedtime story.
by Mark Russinovich
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Two years after averting global cyber-catastrophe, analyst Jeff Aiken and agent Daryl Haugen face an invisible, untraceable trojan that distorts reality itself, threatening to collapse the digital world and ignite a new global conflict.
by Randy Wayne White
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Marine biologist Doc Ford goes into the Everglades to find a friend's missing husband and confronts a guru's plan that endangers people and the environment.
by Carol Lynch Williams
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In an isolated, polygamous community, thirteen-year-old Kyra must defy a tyrannical Prophet and risk everything to escape a forced marriage to her sixty-year-old uncle, all while secretly devouring forbidden books and dreaming of a love she can choose.
by Stewart O'Nan
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After a single, devastating phone call shatters her world, Patty Dickerson navigates nearly three decades of quiet resilience, raising her son and enduring societal judgment as her husband serves time for murder and arson.
by Michael Morpurgo
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Washed ashore on a remote island during WWI with no memory but a love for music, a mysterious girl named Lucy, and the boy who found her, must navigate a world of suspicion, war, and the haunting melodies that may unlock her past.
by Wendelin Van Draanen
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High-tops and a sharp wit lead Sammy Keyes into a high-stakes art gallery heist, where the real masterpiece is a subtle, dangerous deception far beyond a simple stickup.
by William Lindsay Gresham
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A ruthless charlatan rises from carnival squalor to high-society spiritualism, his self-delusion ensuring his inevitable, horrifying return to the abyss he tried to escape.
by Kim Edwards
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From the scorching stages of a fire king to the quiet resilience of a Korean war bride, these stories illuminate the hidden magic and enduring humanity of outsiders across generations and continents.