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THOMAS JEFFERSON'S BATTLE FOR SCIENCEWhile Jefferson and the other American revolutionaries fought for independence from Britain, he undertook a lesser-known battle—against...
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THE LION HUNTAfter stealing a cache of drugs and money from a recent raid, a disillusioned Crowder is caught, convicted, and sentenced to 20 years in prison....
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WEALTHIERThe author astutely observes that while millennials generally want to retire relatively early, they often adopt strategies inconsistent with...
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NOLA'S BLACK DOVEAgainst the sultry, jazzy backdrop of New Orleans, attorney Noel Corbin, also known as Crow, has struggled with sobriety and dedicated his...
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LUNAR BOYThe child, who has dark brown skin and wavy white hair, lives happily with his adoptive hijabi mother and her loving spaceship community. When...
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FINDING THINGS“If you found a little ball on the grass and it was there for days, you could take it home.” Using “if” statements like this, similar to those...
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TINY TALESA group of creatures, including a ladybug, a roly-poly, a snail, and a couple of slugs, watch the sunset. Firefly shows up and encourages the...
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IN THIS FAMILYSpeaking directly to the infant, the narrator says that this family speaks Hindi, English, and some Spanish. “My name is Narayan,” the young...
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GOOSEBERRYTwelve-year-old B has lived unhappily in various foster homes since their parents’ deaths. Nonbinary, trans, and undecided on their new name, B...
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THE ART OF DYINGSchjeldahl (1942-2022) was best known as an art critic, a role he held at the New Yorker right up until his death at the age of 80. He made...
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NO. 5 BUBBLEGUM STREETAn insect narrator offers readers a peek into apartments filled with baking monkeys, a houseplant-hoarding panther, a family of musical spiders,...
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FIVE DAYS IN BOGOTÁAlly Blake, a widowed mother of two and owner of a financially strapped art gallery in San Diego, risks everything to exhibit at a Bogotá art...
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BLUE RUINKunzru’s seventh novel is narrated by Jay, who in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic is in ill health, getting by delivering groceries in...
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STORY OF THE EVERYTHING, THE NOTHING, AND OTHER STRANGE STORIESTranslated from Hungarian, this unique picture book consisting of short stories challenges young readers to think outside the box and ponder the...
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MAN'S BEST FRIENDTwenty-nine-year-old El is used to living on the fringes. She spent her teen years in Manhattan in a cramped apartment with her single mother...
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NATIONAL ARCHIVE HUNTERSIcarus “Ike” Carter is a genius who sometimes tunes out when it comes to reading emotions; Iris, his sister, is a superior athlete with a...
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STUDENT AMBASSADORThe first book in the series saw Joseph smoothing diplomatic relations between the fictional East and West Rhutar. Now, on a field trip to the...
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URSULA UPSIDE DOWNUrsula, a sherbet-pink catfish, has a good life. “Weeds waved from above,” “Rays of sun shimmered from below,” and Ursula has “scrumptious buggy...
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THE BOO HAG FLEXWhen Elaina, who’s spending the summer at Camp Apple Hill, wanders into the mysterious Cabin 23, she finds herself listening to an elderly Black...
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OLIVE BLACKWOOD TAKES ACTION!Olive Blackwood, a Black seventh grader, looks at the world with a director’s eye, just like her deceased dad did. But, unlike Dad, when Olive...
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10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT PROMEighteen-year-old Ivelisse Santos is angsty about her future. Mami wants her to stay close to home by attending Rutgers, and she doesn’t want to...
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REBEL GIRLBefore Hanna became a beloved musician and co-founder of the Riot grrrl movement, she was a child trying to survive domestic violence. Her...
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THE WANNABE FASCISTSDuring his career, Finchelstein, author of A Brief History of Fascist Lies , has focused his research on the tendency of right-wing populism to...
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THE PIE REPORTSNoor and Granddad are separated by an ocean (though their locations are unspecified). Still, they share a common passion—pie—which they eat...
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LUCY’S LANEThe narrator and protagonist, Lucy Beacher, is in fourth grade and has suffered from severe anxiety since moving with her family from Michigan...
