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THE ONLY PURPLE HOUSE IN TOWNIris Collins never quite fit in with her family. All three of her sisters have found wealth and success using their vampire magic, but Iris has...
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IT HAPPENED ONE FIGHTHollywood superstars Joan Davis and Dash Howard are contractually obligated to make one final film together. Joan is relieved it's only one....
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NOTHING SPECIALIn 1966, 17-year-old Mae, living with a mercurial waitress mother and her mom's sometime boyfriend, is bored with school and alienated from her...
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BURN THE NEGATIVEThe last time Laura Warren was in Los Angeles, she was a young kid going by another name and reluctantly starring in a slasher flick called The...
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THE FIRE, THE WATER, AND MAUDIE MCGINNThirteen-year-old Maudie McGinn is desperately looking forward to leaving Houston and spending the summer with her dad in Molinas, California....
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THE FUNNY MOONClaire, a 51-year-old massage therapist and energy healer, is fed up with husband Wally’s immaturity. “Scratch the surface of any man and you’ll...
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RISE OF THE UNDEADAfter stopping Ozzie the witch’s last two attempts to bring her dead wizard boyfriend back to life, Will Hunter, Ivy Cross, and her adopted...
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OUTRAGE MACHINEWhen the internet first appeared, many observers thought it would bring people together through the exchange of information, news, and opinions....
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THOSE WHO SAW THE SUN“So when you were a kid, Black people couldn’t vote at all?” Avery asks Clotie Graves, daughter of a Mississippi farmer. “Oh no, no. My...
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ANGEL AND THE PAPER TRAILAngel wants the bright orange book lying on top of the library shelves, but he’s too short to reach it. Summoning his courage, he asks taller...
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THERE'S A BEACH IN MY BEDROOMFamily beach day is one of Bella’s favorite things. She loves splashing in the waves, jumping from rock to rock, and building sand castles....
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GIVE ME A SIGNSeventeen-year-old Lilah was born severely deaf. Though she’s able to get by with hearing aids, FM units at school, and lip reading, she feels...
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CALL UP THE WATERSThe short stories in this collection often describe dramatic events—a cabin washed away; a boy dead in a fire—but they center subtleties of...
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TOY FIGHTSIn this witty memoir, Paterson (b. 1963), the only two-time winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize, revisits his origins in the working-class community...
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I AM HUNGRYThe feeder is empty. The yard seems barren, too. The squirrel says, “I’m so hungry I’ll…eat a warm roll, popcorn in a bowl, one plate of steamed...
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DESERT DEADLINEDante O’Donnell is the VIP concierge at Sunny Junket Vacation Rentals, helping his famous and wealthy guests get the most out of their stays in...
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HOW WE DO IT“Born out of absolute generosity and hope for the future of Black writing,” this collection of 31 essays and interviews, edited by Pulitzer...
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ALPHABUDDIESAn ABC book thrills G: “Look! It’s a book about us!” When A claims proudly to be “first, as always,” G invents a game called “G is first!” A...
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MURDER ON A SCHOOL NIGHTAmateur detective Annie and aspiring journalist Kerry are feminist teens living in the sleepy English village of Barbourough. When Selena, their...
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CAT'S NEW FRIENDIn need of a friend, Cat goes out and buys one—a fish in a bowl. But Fish hides in terror every time the bewhiskered face looms outside her...
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SUFFERAHWheatle has written numerous novels, including Cane Warriors and Straight Outta Crongton , about sufferahs, those who, born into...
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MOLLY, OLIVE, AND DEXTER PLAY HIDE-AND-SEEKMolly the hare’s favorite game is hide-and-seek. She lives by an oak tree at the edge of a meadow with her friends Olive the owl and Dexter the...
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TRINITYFrom a young age, Lottie Rebecca says, she knew that what she “was experiencing about living and what other people were experiencing were...
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AFTER DEATHIt’s been two months since Schuyler Cervantes-Chase and Jack Force stopped Lucifer from carrying out a plan to exterminate all mortal Red Bloods...
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EXCAVATIONSThe dig in question takes place in Greece under the auspices of autocratic Dr. Charles Barton, from an unnamed university. Zara, Kara, Elise,...
