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by M.G. Harris
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Orphaned by a mysterious plane crash, teenager Joshua enters the Mexican jungle, pursued by a hitman, to uncover a world-altering secret tied to ancient prophecies and extraterrestrial forces.
by Susan Hill
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In the brutal trenches of World War I, a reserved officer and a cheerful recruit form an unexpected friendship, a fragile light against inevitable separation and death.
by William Golding
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A scarred survivor of the London Blitz seeks redemption, his path leading him to a fiery confrontation with two destructive twins.
by Monica Murphy
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A heartbroken girl finds herself pursued by the school's perfect quarterback, only to discover his hidden flaws and the intense pull of a love that promises both passion and pain.
by Autumn Jones Lake
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Charlotte's dark past threatens to shatter her future with Teller, forcing her to confront buried secrets and prove her loyalty to the man who loves her despite the lies that could destroy them.
by August Strindberg
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A captain's wife manipulates him into questioning his paternity, leading to his mental collapse and loss of identity.
by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, in the wild beauty of a Florida orange grove, navigates runaway pigs and colorful neighbors, finding humor, hardship, and a deep bond with the land that shapes her.
by Margaret Mahy
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Seven brothers, each with a unique supernatural gift, must unite their powers to outwit a tyrannical emperor and save their village in this illustrated retelling of a Chinese legend.
by Nancy Yi Fan
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As war rages between the blue jays and cardinals, Stone-Run Forest's fate rests on the mythic wings of Swordbird, a legendary hero whose existence might be the only hope against destruction.
by Sonya Hartnett
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In the shadow of World War I, two French sisters discover a blinded soldier and, through the shared secret of a silver donkey, are drawn into a world of ancient fables and quiet heroism as they conspire to guide him home.
by Wendelin Van Draanen
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A determined teen, armed with romance novels and a self-help guide, hunts for the perfect kiss, only to find that real-life smooches are messy, public, and complicate friendships.
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
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A Jewish teenager with forged papers risks everything as a courier in Nazi-occupied Poland, smuggling hope and lives between ghettos, then joins the desperate Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
by Minfong Ho
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In 1980 Cambodia, a young girl's journey through war and refugee camps shows the strength of the human spirit and family.
by Ben Rice
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When his sister's imaginary friends vanish, a cynical boy must learn to believe in the unbelievable to save her from a heartbreak only he can mend.
by Maggie Stiefvater
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A girl whose heart belongs to a yellow-eyed wolf must fight the encroaching winter that threatens to steal her human love back into the wild, furry unknown.
by Lois Duncan
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When a cryptic phone call shatters the fragile peace surrounding her brother and boyfriend's disappearance, Joan is pulled into a terrifying game of cat and mouse where the truth is far more sinister than their presumed deaths.
by Kashmira Sheth
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Confined to widowhood at twelve, a spoiled Indian girl discovers the quiet power of education and Gandhi's satyagraha, realizing it might just liberate both her country and herself from the shackles of tradition.
by William Shakespeare
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In the shadow of ambition and betrayal, Rome's most powerful general, Julius Caesar, discovers that even the closest friends can wield the deadliest daggers.
by Caroline Smailes
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In an abandoned Edwardian bathhouse, a lonely runaway teenager discovers a mysterious, naked woman swimming, plunging him into a dark, fantastical first love that will irrevocably transform his painful adolescence.
by Richard Powers
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A reclusive molecular biologist and a data entry clerk find their lives, and the mysteries of love, music, and science, linked by a forgotten computer program and the ghost of Bach.
by Julia Golding
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Disguised as a prissy ballerina in revolutionary Paris, street-smart Cat Royal uncovers treason and the power of the people as she navigates a web of intrigue, secret reporting, and baffling suitors, all while narrowly escaping the gallows.
by June Rae Wood
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A shy girl, Delrita, struggles with how people see her uncle with Down Syndrome. Tragedy changes their quiet life, forcing her to face her fears and learn to trust and love.
by Kate Evangelista
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A forbidden attraction to two mysterious boys plunges a young woman into a centuries-old feud between ancient civilizations hidden beneath her academy, all while a terrifying secret threatens to consume her.
by Adam Hochschild
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Twelve determined men in a London printing shop started the world's first grassroots movement, using boycotts and celebrity endorsements to end the British Empire's slave trade against strong opposition.