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SUNNY GALEWhen Hannah Brandt, who comes from a hardscrabble background in Ohio and Nebraska, first gets to ride a horse in 1895 at the age of 14,she...
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CIRCLE OF SAWDUSTMermin, who “ran off to join the circus” in 1969 and founded his own circus, chronicles life under the big top. The author recounts having to...
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DON'T BE A DRAGBriar is leaving Texas to spend the summer in New York City with her brother, Beau, aka drag queen Bow Regard. At a show, she meets—and clashes...
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LOAF THE CAT GOES TO THE POWWOWLoaf—so named because she resembles a loaf of bread when curled up—loves hiding, napping in the sun, and chasing rubber bands thrown by her boy,...
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THE RACE TO BE MYSELFSemenya pulls no punches in the prologue to the young readers’ adaptation of her memoir. “I have what is called a difference of sex...
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UPSTAGEDIt’s the summer before high school, and Ashton Price is excited for their six-week arts camp. In addition to stage managing and building sets...
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IF YOU KNEW MY NAMEAlthough high school senior Mason Zy’Aire Tyndall has serious aspirations of being a rap star, determined “to fight to keep from becoming...
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THROUGH A CLOUDED MIRROREver since her father’s death, 12-year-old Yuki, who’s Japanese and white, has struggled. A recent move up to the coast away from the San...
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A LITTLE KISSING BETWEEN FRIENDSCyndi “Cyn Tha Starr” Thomas is a Houston-based rapper and music producer on the rise. She’s finally experiencing the kind of success that she’s...
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THE QUINCE PROJECTCastillo Torres takes her position as the student body association event chair at Matteo Beach High seriously. To her, it’s the best path...
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BITE BY BITERightly calling out the fallacy of regarding apple pie or any other food as quintessentially “American,” the authors have enlisted feedback from...
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THE RIDE OF HER LIFEMolly McDaniel is obsessed with weddings, and she’s always dreamed of starting her own wedding-planning company. Sadly, she’s drowning in...
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THE ART OF DIPLOMACYNegotiations are a crucial part of statecraft, writes Eizenstat, author of Imperfect Justice and The Future of the Jews . In his latest book,...
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THE HAMILTON SCHEMEA reader of a QAnon-ish bent might come away from this book convinced that Alexander Hamilton founded the so-called deep state. That person...
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STAY DEADFirst, Milan’s senator father died in a tragic car accident; Milan escaped with a broken leg. Later, the private plane Milan and her mother were...
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BIRTLE AND THE (VERY) UNWELCOME GARRYIn the first series installment, Teeny landed in Turtletown and came to the slow realization that she was a bird, not a turtle, and the two BFFs...
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THE BOOK-MAKERSSmyth, a professor of English literature and history, nimbly traverses more than five centuries as he illuminates some influential men and women...
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HURDLES IN THE DARKFourteen-year-old Elvira Kristelle “Kristy” Gonzalez had 24 hours to raise $40,000 to rescue her mother from the kidnappers across the border in...
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LOOKING FOR ANDY GRIFFITHSmith grew up worshipping the Andy Griffith Show and the gentle, small-town world of Mayberry it depicted. The biggest draw was Andy Griffith...
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DOCTOR LUCIFERAs the story begins, Southern California-based, board-certified internist Dr. Mark Lin arrives for his usual shift at Anaheim’s Ivory Memorial...
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THE DANGER FILESConfirmed disaster fans will likely already be familiar with the examples Crowley Redding has chosen, but they’ll be pleased with her selection....
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NEROTo borrow a philosopher’s phrase opining on another era, life in ancient Rome was nasty, brutish, and short—and being on top of the heap didn’t...
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FINDING FRANSeveral years ago, after dozens of rejections, Fran Carter found an agent and a publisher who loved her manuscript, and Love in the Moonlight...
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THE 7 PILLARS OF SUCCESSFUL CAREGIVINGAlthough Green differentiates between the roles of family caregivers and frontline caregivers, much of her advice applies in either capacity....
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HEATWAVEOn a hot, steamy day in an urban environment where it’s “100 degrees, // in the shade,” a young person tries to beat the heat. After brutal...
