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CORETTA“I was the doer, a workaholic always looking for a project,” King writes of her childhood, and in this set of lightly edited extracts from her...
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THE OVEREAGER EGGEverything old is new again in this clever take on a familiar story. A little egg goes “Bump, bump, bump, bump” out of its nest and down a hill....
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EPITAPH PROVENIn Golem, an isolated colony “booming with technology,” Lyaphend Farwalth meets up with the Prime Dictator’s daughter, Wave Haizer. She happens...
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TRUST THE TERRIERDr. Emily Benton is a newly minted vet and the owner of Coral Shores Veterinary Hospital in Florida. One night, she heads to the beachfront...
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THREE SIXES AND A FORKED TONGUE OR COLD MEDICINE AND A LIARIt’s 1970 in Clockmaker, West Virginia, a small coal-mining town, and teenagers Joseph Smith and Priscilla Carpenter feel trapped. Joseph will...
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MISTRESS OF LIFE AND DEATHEischeid, a performer and teacher who specializes in the music of the Holocaust, has researched the life of Maria Mandl (1912-1948) for more...
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THE SECRET OF THE LADY'S MAIDRosalind Thorne makes her way in a male-dominated society by helping the ladies of London’s haut ton resolve all sorts of domestic dilemmas....
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LOVE GROWSEach letter contains facts about the plants, like their varying needs for light and water or a Monstera plant’s Swiss cheese–like holes, while...
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IRISH MILKSHAKE MURDERWhat do Galway, Ireland; Arborville, New Jersey; and the North Pole have in common? Why, they all mark the name day of Ireland’s patron saint by...
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SMALL-GIRL TONI AND THE QUEST FOR GOLDSmall-Girl Toni is certain that stories—her stories—can change the world. Many adults in her predominantly Black community disagree, but...
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FLUBBY DOES NOT LIKE VALENTINE'S DAYRight from the start, Flubby’s owner, a brown-haired child with brown skin, declares that since today is Valentine’s Day, they intend to show...
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DEEP FRIED DEATHRobbie Jordan isn’t keen on entering the Outhouse Race at the Abe Martin Festival. As owner of the eatery Pans ’N Pancakes, though, she feels...
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YOU'RE THE DUKE THAT I WANTSandrine Oliver has spent her life in quiet Squalton-on-Sea, longing for adventure. Though she’s generally stifled by her overprotective mother,...
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ON THE PLUS SIDEEverly Winters would rather blend in than stand out—after all, she spent years listening to her overly critical mother tell her she was too...
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COCONUT DROP DEADLyndsay Murray, of the Spice Isle Bakery, wonders whether her cousin Manson Bain, an audio engineer at Caribbean Tunes, is really just friends...
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A PLACE OF VENGEANCEBen Wolf has already made friends during his first summer at Windward Cove on the northern coast of California, where he and his mother...
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OF PAINT AND PANCAKESJane McCorvey is an educator at prestigious private school Coolidge Academy, and a former athlete in her 20s with plenty of liveliness and...
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTEYoung Quetta and her mother and grandmother take a long ride on two different buses (standing room only). Once they arrive at their polling...
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REALITY CHECKWhen the MTV reality show Jersey Shore debuted in December 2009, cast member Sorrentino—whose nickname “The Situation” referred to his...
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TO DOGS, WITH LOVEGianferrari, author of numerous books about animal and human connections, here focuses on dogs as helpers. Gentle text and appealing digital...
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DEADLIEST ANIMALS ON THE PLANETFrom toothy great white sharks to bad-tempered koalas, Szymanski introduces dozens of different animals through striking, close-up color...
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BRIGHTEST LIGHT OF SUNSHINETwenty-two-year-old Grace Allen is in her final year as an English major in college when she walks into a tattoo shop in search of adornment for...
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CUPIGCupig, a rotund porcine hero in heart-adorned undies, loves love. She adores it so much that every year on Valentine’s Day, she takes her trusty...
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THE WALTZ OF REASONSigmund, professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Vienna and author of Exact Thinking in Demented Times , makes his case in...
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WHERE THERE'S SMOKEAfter the death of her beloved, well-respected father, recent high school graduate Calli rescues an injured girl she finds hiding on their...
