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DAUGHTERS OF TITHTchardin, the youngest of five sisters, is one of the kandar—a “guardian race” meant to guide humans on the nine Earths. But for several...
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BLISS ADAIR AND THE FIRST RULE OF KNITTINGSixteen-year-old Bliss Adair loves the order and predictability of math and knitting. She’s never been kissed and doesn’t really get boys. Bliss...
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THE FATHER GOOSE TREASURY OF POETRYShort and simple are the watchwords, as most entries are limited to a few stanzas, few of the lines are more than a couple of words or a...
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FINLEY FEELSReaders follow Finley’s journey from shelter pup to a loved member of a new family. When we first see the pooch, lying quietly in a cage, we’re...
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WAY PAST SORRYKat agreed to sit with Sage on the bus ride to the planetarium but instead sits with Meera, leaving Sage alone—and deeply hurt. Kat is way past...
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VOLCANO EXPERTS ON THE EDGEThe expedition takes Owen, Katie, and Austin, a diverse group of young people depicted in Powell’s staid cartoon scenes, to the top of the...
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HOPE FOR RYAN WHITE1n 1984, when Ryan is diagnosed with AIDS caused by hemophilia treatments, misconceptions abound. Even though doctors say AIDS can’t be...
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THE COOLEST BEARDIsaac and his dad often go to the barbershop, but Isaac isn’t allowed to listen while Dad and the others discuss “grown folks’ business,” like...
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CALL ME CALVINCalvin, who, like his parents, has brown skin and dark hair, is upset by all that he cannot do. Though his father has always affectionately...
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ANZU AND THE ART OF FRIENDSHIPAnzu, a child of Japanese descent with beige skin and brown pigtails, loves doing origami with her Ojiisan (grandfather). However, Anzu feels...
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OVERREACHIn 1939, Churchill called Russia “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” These words seem truer than ever in the context of the...
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FRENCH HOLIDAYNew Yorker Merry DeLuca is dreading walking down the aisle. She is a bridesmaid at her sister Angela’s wedding but has been friends with the...
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SPYING ON THE REICHWhile the governments of Britain and France pursued appeasement to attempt to contain Hitler’s ambitions, they—along with Czechoslovakia and...
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DOLLY PARTON'S BILLY THE KID MAKES IT BIGPromising at the outset that this is just the first of a series of adventures starring her beloved “god-dog,” Parton goes on to hit all the...
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THE WELLNESS TRAPHarrison, a dietician, journalist, and author of Anti-Diet , mounts a persuasive critique of the multitrillion-dollar wellness industry....
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FATHER OF MINEIn a story set in 1973 in small-town Wheeling, West Virginia, author Florio depicts a tightly knit clan struggling in an era when the Italian...
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STUFF NOBODY TAUGHT YOUThis self-help book contains 40 lessons from the author’s own online M. E. School, a place where, McStravick asserts, “everything that’s stuck...
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AN AMERICAN BEAUTYArabella Yarrington is helping to support her family in post–Civil War Richmond when Collis Potter Huntington, an industrialist and railroad...
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THE HALF BIRTHDAY BOOKThough the buildup and celebration start on the first page, it’s not until over halfway through the book that a HALF birthday is finally...
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THE WAY OF THE BEARStill smarting from the rejection of her application for promotion to detective, Navajo police officer Bernadette Manuelito has accompanied her...
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GRACE UNDER PRESSUREBaldoni, the author of numerous books on leadership, divides his latest into four tightly constructed parts. Part 1, which looks at how to care...
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WHEN SUMMER COMESThis adventurous Black family takes full advantage of the nice weather to explore the Pacific Northwest. Together they picnic on hills...
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THE COURTESAN'S DAUGHTERIt’s 1910, and 17-year-old Sylvie Button and her mother, Justine have been keeping secrets from each other. When Sylvie was a small child, the...
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SO YOU WANT TO BE A FROGFabio addresses readers directly, and though the initial checklist for joining the Frog Club is daunting (“hop twenty times your body length,”...
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DYLAN'S HAWAIIAN GHOSTDylan, an American cocker spaniel extraordinaire, is at the farmers market in Brea, California, with his favorite human, Casey Donovan, and the...
