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RAP AND REDEMPTION ON DEATH ROWThis unusual memoir, a collaboration between Braxton and Katz, who teaches a course on “Music and Incarceration” at the University of North...
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KEEPERLoud, pushy new arrival Shane definitely seems to come with an attitude problem in this simple tale, told from the perspective of one of Shane’s...
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BEFORE IT'S GONEIn four sections—fire, water, air, and Earth—Emmy and Murrow Award–winning CBS News correspondent Vigliotti takes readers on a harrowing journey...
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THE DEEPFAKESmart, attractive, and a top salesperson at tech startup AI future , 34-year-old Sylvie Manhardt still struggles with habitual people-pleasing,...
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SHE'S NOT SORRYAfter a long shift at the hospital where she works as an ICU nurse, Meghan Michaels trudges through the cold Chicago evening to attend her...
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A SCARLET DEATHThere’s no question that Selwyn Skipton was murdered. The 70-year-old was found wearing nothing but a scarlet cutout of the letter “A” stapled...
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ULTRAVIOLETEighth grader Elio Solis is only 13, but he’s met the girl of his dreams. His feelings for Camelia are so profound that he sees things in...
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THE BREAKUP LISTSEveryone thinks juniors and longtime queer platonic besties Jackson and Bowie should date. But Iranian and white Jackson, who’s deaf, must...
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THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONEIn their dedication, editors and contributors Evans and Fennell address “all the Black girls who have been aching to…come out on top as the...
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THE LAST PHILOSOPHER IN TEXASChacón’s stories deal with small magic: the mysticism of conversations with relatives or finding a familiar face in an unfamiliar setting. In...
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STORIES FROM CHARLESTON STREETThe author was born in 1942 in Chicago, and his Polish American family lived in Bucktown, a neighborhood of Eastern European refugees. Like most...
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DEATH OF THE ICE ANGELWhen NYPD detective Miles Jordan rents a cabin in the Catskills, his winter vacation plans include “pancakes, beer, and cross-country skiing,”...
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VINCENT ON MARSVincent is a pale-skinned little boy with red hair, dressed for adventure. In his dream, he finds himself in a new place that’s a red, dusty...
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A PLACE TO PAUSEThe latest in a series presents 32 pieces with settings that range from Africa to Asia to North America, with many stops along the way. The...
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ESCAPE TO PONTIFaced with being publicly branded by Malaspina, his bad-tempered master, 14-year-old Bec musters his wits, strength, and agility for a daring...
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ELIZABETH'S MOUNTAINElizabeth turns 90 surrounded by her family in the home she cherishes. No longer able to live alone without a helper, she now cohabitates with...
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ACE ADLER AND THE PENDULUM OF DOOMOne day, after Horace “Ace” Adler wishes for two extra minutes to finish his sixth-grade math final, he feels a sudden blast of freezing air and...
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ESCAPING NATUREPilkey, an earth scientist at Duke, and his contributors examine nearly every conceivable facet of how climate change is affecting life on...
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CHILDLESS MOTHERIn 1968, Mayo was the 13-year-old daughter of a career Navy officer who recently moved the family to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth,...
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BLOK 42In 1930, Aniela Bartosz (née Majewska) has a wonderful life in Kraków. She’s married to a good man, Henryk Bartosz, and they have a beautiful...
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MAGICAL AND UNUSUAL SOLAR ECLIPSEThe narrator is a little boy with light skin, brown hair, and an orange baseball cap. The adults in his racially diverse group of friends and...
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ODINAnchored, as in the brilliant previous series, by bountiful source notes and commentary at the end, O’Connor’s account sets the tone at once...
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THE CIRCUIT GRAPHIC NOVELPanchito, whose family left the Guadalajara area and crossed la frontera in the late 1940s, is growing up with his parents and five siblings. As...
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BIRD IS DEADMargaret Wise Brown’s The Dead Bird , illustrated by Remy Charlip in 1958 and then by Christian Robinson in a 2016 edition, portrayed children...
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CHRONICALLY DOLORESDolores Mendoza’s family is struggling financially, and her parents’ marriage is imploding. A year ago, she was diagnosed with interstitial...
