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The Magic of Saida (Vintage Contemporaries)
Published: 2013-12-03
Paperback: 320 pages
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From Giller Prize–winner M. G. Vassanji comes the story of Kamal Punja, son of an African mother and an Indian father, who has been living in Canada for forty years. Despite his material wealth, Kamal finds himself longing for the place of his birth—Africa—and of a girl there he once...
The Big Gumbo
Published: 2019-05-12
Paperback: 376 pages
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In 1891, newlyweds Rannei and Arne Bergstrom arrive in New York City full of hope and awe. They've left behind family, friends, and civilization in Norway in search of fertile farmland and a place to start a family.A fellow passenger on the train west convinces Arne to try his hand at shee...
The Shockoe Slip Gang: A Mystery
Published: 2019-10-22
Paperback: 228 pages
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It is the start of a typical hot Richmond, Virginia summer; the first for 12 year-old Sally Corbett and her younger brother Andrew since losing their father the year before. Everyone's bucolic summer routine is devastated when thieves break into the city's Fine Arts museum (where their mot...
Casper and Jasper and the Terrible Tyrant
Published: 2018-06-01
Paperback: 348 pages
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As a former middle school teacher, I know how much kids enjoy a rollicking adventure story that never talks down to them, and I’ve done my best to create just that. It seems to have worked: Casper and Jasper and the Terrible Tyrant won second place in the New York Book Festival, and Ki...
Cupcakes, Lies, and Dead Guys: An Annie Graceland Cozy Mystery (Volume 1)
Published: 2015-11-04
Paperback: 302 pages
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Moving from Wisconsin to sunny Los Angeles was the frosting on the cake of Annie Graceland's perfect life. Her boutique bakery business was blossoming and she was happily married to a handsome actor. The only thing that got Annie in serious trouble was her smidge of psychic ability: she was empathic,...
Friend or Fiction
Published: 2019-10-08
Hardcover: 272 pages
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One creative middle-schooler discovers that the best friend a girl can have is the one she makes herself in this charming magical realism read.Jade's life hasn't exactly been normal lately, especially since her dad's cancer diagnosis. Jade wishes her family could leave their no-name town i...
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship"
Published: 2019-10-08
Hardcover: 304 pages
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As German bombs rained over England during World War II, British parents by the thousands sent their children out of the country to avoid harm’s way. In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set sail for Canada with one hundred children on board. When the warships escorting the Benares...
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir
Published: 2019-10-08
Hardcover: 336 pages
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"This powerful story, told with the music of poetry and the blade of truth, will help your heart grow."--Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak and Shout "[A] testimony and a triumph."--Jason Reynolds, author of Long Way Down In her own voice, acclaimed author and poet Nikki Grimes e...
The Way The Light Bends
Published: 2018-03-27
Hardcover: 400 pages
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A powerful novel in verse about fitting in, standing out, defining your own self-worth, and what it takes to keep a fracturing family whole.Virtual twins Linc and Holly were once extremely close. But while artistic, creative Linc is her parents' daughter biologically, it's smart, popular H...
The Art of Breaking Things
Published: 2019-06-18
Hardcover: 400 pages
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In the tradition of Laurie Halse Anderson and Sara Zarr, one girl embraces the power of her voice: rules are meant to be broken and she won't stay silent.Weekends are for partying with friends while trying to survive the mindnumbingness that is high school. The countdown to graduation is o...
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