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THE WISDOM WITHIN EARL DERR BIGGERS' CHARLIE CHANIn less than a decade, from 1925 through the early 1930s, Earl Derr Biggers wrote six novels whose main character, Chinese-Hawaiian detective...
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THE LEDE TO OUR UNDOINGMolly, the narrator, is dead: “As a final straw they buried me in this traffic circle under the cover of night,” she gripes in an arresting...
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MY WORKAnna, a Danish author, and Aksel, a Swedish playwright, have just had their first baby. Or they are pregnant with their first baby. Or their...
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THERE IS NO DEATH IN FINDING NEMOMusic student Dakota, in the opening title story, ignores her sister’s warning about her too-fast relationship. She moves in with Zayden, a real...
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SOCIAL MEDIAThe author’s careful “both sides” approach is evident from the start, with mention of the jaw-dropping income of a young U.S. TikTok influencer...
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TEEN GUIDE TO THE SUPERNATURALThe introduction describes the continued popularity of the supernatural in media, as evidenced by the number of vampire-focused books, films,...
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IZ THE APOCALYPSEIn her short life, she has been in 26 homes and 14 schools. Now in eighth grade, Iz discovers the Métier School, a private international high...
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HOW TO CATCH SANTA CLAUSOddly, previous installments saw the children trying (and failing) to catch an elf and a reindeer, but both are easily captured in this story....
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OF LOVE AND PARISIn his latest homage to Paris, Baxter, who has lived there since 1989, celebrates the city’s indelible association with love, sometimes...
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THE BIRDS THAT SAVED MEIt began with walks: Life was tough in the Spring of 2020, and the difficulties continued. Covid had set in, and the Steed family, living in...
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JUST SNOW ALREADY!Everything reminds the young narrator of snow, even the milk and sugar at breakfast. Though the child’s sister doesn’t really care, the...
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PERFECTScruff has been living at the animal shelter for a long time, watching as other cats go home with new people. When the shelter has its annual...
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THE CAVES OF WONDERTransported to an Asian-inspired fantasy realm in The Silk Road (2022) and charged with keeping sheltered teen emperor Yidi safe from malign...
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WHEELS OF LEGENDThe club—which includes friends Demelza and Nessa, Captain Honkers the goose, and Mr. Calenick, a pickled medieval knight with a detachable...
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THE BOY WHO WOKE THE SUNEleven-year-old Elliot Wood is having a rough start to the summer. His family members are engrossed in phones and work, and the news is filled...
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RED SAPPHIREHannah Weinstein (1911-1984) had a profound but largely underestimated influence on 1950s TV. The daughter of progressive Jewish parents,...
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DEAD MEN CAST NO SHADOWSThe final playful volume in Ramírez’s Managua Trilogy—following No One Weeps for Me Now (2022)—features a literal Chinese box, which also...
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PYRAMIDS OF MERIDIANUnited States Army soldier Michael Rene Gostani dies in combat during the Vietnam War. He awakens in a bizarre place that’s seemingly made of...
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THE STRENGTH OF THE ILLUSIONAs the story opens, a coder named Ty is flying with his activist girlfriend, Zora, to attend a wedding, but this seemingly prosaic activity is...
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ELMWOODIn 1999, FBI Special Agent David Nolan visits Green Elm Home to interview Tommy Wilford about a series of unsolved murders in Elmwood, Vermont,...
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I'M A LUCKY WOMANThis memoir begins in 2016 with the Massachusetts-based author getting a routine mammogram that revealed that she had triple-negative breast...
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TEEN GUIDE TO MANAGING MENTAL HEALTHCiting current concerns about teen mental health, Roland addresses teens directly with information and advice. After a brief introduction...
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AN ARCHEOLOGY OF THE FUTUREOriginal, reflective, deploying an extensive vocabulary and vibrant verbs, Hoff’s poems rarely stumble. Often written in the first person but...
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GRANNY SMITH WAS NOT AN APPLEIn England, Maria Anna Smith finds work wherever it’s available, plowing, picking, pruning, shearing, shucking, shelling, or working as a...
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THE MAVERICKWith access to archival sources and interviews, Harding, author of Blood on the Page and Hanns and Rudolf , creates an interesting biography...
