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by Nina Schuyler
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After a fall leaves her speaking only Japanese, a shamed translator travels to Japan, where an affair with a Noh actor helps her uncover her past and the truth behind accusations of literary sabotage.
by Janet Lewis
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In 16th-century France, a woman's search for truth about her husband's changed behavior after his eight-year absence reveals a carefully planned deception, forcing her to choose between a comfortable lie and the harsh reality of exposing an imposter.
by James T. Farrell
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In 1910s Chicago, young William 'Studs' Lonigan navigates the confusion of adolescence and sexual awakening, a story that explores truth in a changing America.
by Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass's autobiography shows his journey from a Maryland plantation to becoming a key voice in the abolition movement, detailing his escape and fight against slavery and racial injustice.
by Lynne Ewing
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A misunderstood teen with supernatural abilities must choose between fitting into a new high school and returning to the dangerous world of his true love when bounty hunters threaten his fragile new life.
by Michel Tremblay
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In 1942 Montreal, as spring awakens, seven pregnant women in a working-class neighborhood navigate love, loss, and history, while unseen Fates knit the future of a nation from an empty house next door.
by Reid Hoffman
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Reid Hoffman envisions a future where AI amplifies human potential, offering personalized education, accelerated medical breakthroughs, and empowered decision-making to create a world of extraordinary possibility.
by Geoffrey Wolff
3.9(1,098)
A son grapples with his con-man father, a Gatsby-like figure who created a life of privilege and success while being a devoted, if deceptive, dad.
by Graham Joyce
3.9(1,098)
During WWII in Coventry, seven sisters face love, loss, and subtle magic, all seen through the eyes of a boy passed among them.
by Charles Yale Harrison
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This novel shows World War I through the eyes of a young Canadian soldier, exposing the horror and futility of trench warfare with brutal honesty.
by James Ponti
4.4(1,096)
A brilliant hacker goes from juvenile detention to international espionage, finding her place among a team of MI6 kid spies who use their skills to save the world.
by Anurag Garg
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by Shana Burg
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Thirteen-year-old Clare, grieving her mother's death and isolated in rural Malawi, finds unexpected comfort and a path to healing through her new school friends and the wisdom of an orphan named Memory.
by Laura Martin
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A determined girl and her best friend break free from their underground compound to search for her vanished father in a dangerous, dinosaur-ruled world that has reclaimed the surface.
by Cynan Jones
4.0(1,092)
In a stark rural setting, a badger-baiter's brutal hunt and a farmer's quiet grief intertwine, leading to a raw tragedy.
by Bobbie Pyron
4.3(1,091)
Abandoned to the brutal Moscow winter, a young boy finds an unbreakable family and fierce survival in an unexpected pack of stray dogs, challenging the very definition of humanity.
by Angie Abdou
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An aging wrestler and a determined swimmer, both Olympic hopefuls, confront the harsh reality that their bodies, once tools for their dreams, are now their biggest obstacles as they face the end of their athletic careers and wonder who they will be when medals are no longer possible.
by Ann Pancake
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In the scarred mountains of West Virginia, a coal mining family struggles with the slow destruction of their home and heritage. A defiant daughter and her mother confront the encroaching devastation of mountaintop removal and the choices that could save or shatter them.
by John Izzo
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This book shares five key secrets for lasting happiness, drawn from the life experiences of over 200 elders.
by Melanie Finn
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Haunted by a tragic accident and an unraveling marriage, a guilt-ridden woman flees to the sun-baked plains of East Africa, only to find herself embroiled in a chilling local mystery involving a witch doctor's curse and the unsettling feeling of being relentlessly pursued.
by August Wilson
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In 1904 Pittsburgh, a 287-year-old matriarch's home is a spiritual sanctuary where former slaves and a young seeker navigate new freedom, shaping a century of African American experience.
by Brian Moore
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In 17th-century New France, a young Jesuit priest's dangerous journey to convert a distant Huron tribe becomes a struggle with pagan beliefs, brutal survival, and spiritual doubt that threatens his faith.
by Jennifer McMahon
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In a town with chilling disappearances and old legends, a teenager finds a century-old diary that may explain her mother's vanishing, making her face a past that seems to repeat itself.
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Two estranged siblings are forced on a cross-country road trip with their motivational speaker mother, where resentment over their father's death eight years prior finally erupts, revealing family secrets.