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  How Not to Be Popular

  by Jennifer Ziegler

  Maggie Dempsey is tired of moving all over the country. Her parents are second-generation hippies who uproot her every year or so to move to a new city. When Maggie was younger, she thought it was fun and adventurous. Now that she’s a teenager, she hates it. When she moved after her freshman year, she left behind good friends, a great school, and a real feeling of belonging. When she moved her sophomore year, she... (more)
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  Lovestruck Summer

  by Melissa Walker

  Austin music fest Yay, summer in Austin! Good food, good times. Fun for everyone! Okay, living with my sorority-brainwashed cousin, who willingly goes by "Party Penny," is not exactly what I had in mind. All your favorite bands But the cute musicians I've met totally make up for it . . . like Sebastian. Swoon. All ages welcome So why can't I stop thinking about Penny's friend All-American Russ... (more)
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  A Porcupine Named Fluffy

  by Helen Lester

  A porcupine named Fluffy is happier with his name after he meets a similarly misnamed rhinoceros.
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  Pride and Prejudice

  by Jane Austen

  The proud and wealthy Mr. Darcy and spirited Elizabeth Bennet dislike each other at first sight. While Elizabeth's mother schemes for suitable husbands for her five daughters, his pride and her prejudice just might keep them apart.
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  The Giving Tree

  by Shel Silverstein

  "Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk ... and the tree was happy. However, as the boy grew older, he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave... (more)
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  A Cinderella Story

  Movie Novelization

  by Robin Wasserman

  Once upon a time: Samantha, a San Fernando Valley teen, lived with her widowed dad. Then, he fell into the marital clutches of an evil stepmom. Now, Sam’s at the mercy of her step-monster, and stepsibs. A ray of light is her IM buddy, a guy who calls himself Nomad. They agree to meet at the Halloween ball-only when he’s revealed to be the school’s hottie football star, she panics and bails at the last second. His... (more)
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  The Tracers: Book 1

  Untraceable

  by Laura Griffin

  ALEX LOVELL MAKES PEOPLE DISAPPEAR. TURNS OUT, SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.Private investigator Alexandra Lovell uses computer skills and cunning to help clients drop off the radar and begin new lives in safety. Melanie Bess, desperate to escape her abusive cop husband, was one of those clients. But when Melanie vanishes for real, Alex fears the worst, and sets out to discover what happened. Using every resource... (more)
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  Where Love Once Lived

  by Sidney W. Frost

  She'd once loved a bookmobile driver. Memories of that time with him poured in so rapidly she caught her breath. It'd been long ago, but her heart remembered. At first she remembered the love she'd felt back then, but the good memories didn't last long. She'd gone to the bookmobile as usual that last day, but nothing was to be the same again. She went to Brian with love and exciting news. She left alone. Not just... (more)
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  Between the Lines: Book 1

  Between the Lines

  by Tammara Webber

  When Hollywood It Boy, Reid Alexander, arrives on location to shoot his next movie, his goals are the same as always—film another blockbuster hit and enjoy his celebrity status to the fullest while doing so. His costar is a virtual unknown with whom he had blazing hot chemistry during her auditions. The universe is lining up nicely to grant whatever he wants, as usual, until he’s confronted with unexpected... (more)
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  The Common Lawyer

  by Mark Gimenez

  Andy Prescott is the most laid-back young lawyer in Austin, Texas. Specializing in traffic law, he operates from a small room above a ramshackle tattoo parlor. He rides a trail bike and spends way too much time drinking beer in the sunshine. Ambition has never been Andy's strong point - he prefers to take it easy. That is, until one of Texas's wealthiest men walks into his office. On the spot, billionaire Russell... (more)
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  Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction

  Build Implements of Spitball Warfare

  by John Austin

  We’ve come a long way from the Peashooter Era: with the advent of modern household products and office supplies—binder clips, clothespins, rubber bands, ballpoint pens, toothpicks, paper clips, plastic utensils, and (of course) matches and barbeque lighters—troublemakers of all stripes have the components needed to build an impressive, if somewhat miniaturized, arsenal.   Toy designer John Austin provides... (more)
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  Psychic Eye Mysteries: Book 8

  A Glimpse of Evil

  by Victoria Laurie

  Professional psychic Abigail Cooper has received a cold welcome from some prickly investigators at the FBI. But that won't stop her from following her intuition...even if it brings her eye to eye with acts of true evil.Some Cold Cases Are Better Left Cold....As the FBI's newest civilian profiler, Abby Cooper has a tough job ahead of her. Not only does she have to use her powers of intuition to... (more)
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  Close Your Eyes

  by Amanda Eyre Ward

  “I absolutely loved this beautiful, haunting story of a woman who learns to come to terms with a dark, deep family secret. This is the kind of book that   hooks you right in, brings tears to your eyes, and ends on a note of shining hope.  Lauren Mahdian will feel like your sister, your best friend.” —Tatiana de Rosnay, author of Sarah's Key and A Secret Kept   “Amanda Ward's CLOSE YOUR EYES is electrifying, a... (more)
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  The Visible Man

  by Chuck Klosterman

  A Simon & Schuster eBookKlosterman comes out with a new novel this fall, about a therapist and the mysterious patient she becomes obsessed with. While it is fiction, The Visible Man is concerned with many of the same themes Klosterman addresses in his celebrated essays: the influence of pop culture, the anxieties of modern life, and more.
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  Persuasion

  by Jane Austen

  Anne Elliot is living under the spectre of regret. Many years ago, she was convinced to break off an engagement to a penniless Mr. Frederick Wentworth. Now, he has returned as the rich and successful Captain Wentworth, hero of the Napoleonic War. How will Anne bear seeing him be the admirer of a young and beautiful relative? Will her quiet and shy nature deny her a second chance at love?
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  Outlaw: Waylon, Willie, Kris, and the Renegades of Nashville

  by Michael Streissguth

  Part biographies of these three legendary musicians and part exploration of the changing Nashville music scene in the late '60s, Outlaw is a fascinating in-depth look at a major turning point in country music, and the formidable forces behind that change. Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson found themselves in Nashville, writing songs, riffing with fellow songwriters and musicians, and vying for... (more)
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  The Westmoreland Series: Book 13

  Taming Clint Westmoreland

  by Brenda Jackson

  In name only? The moment ex-Texas Ranger Clint Westmoreland learned he was still married, he set the limits for his wife's stay at his luxurious horse ranch. But when she arrived, Clint's boundaries began to blur. He and Alyssa Barkley had thirty days to untangle the legal knot that had bound them together during an undercover assignment years before. But this sexy, curvaceous Alyssa was different from the ... (more)
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  Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife Series: Book 5

  Which Big Giver Stole the Chopped Liver? (Ruby, the Rabbi's Wife Mysteries)

  by Sharon Kahn

  As a rabbi's widow, Ruby still has lots to do, including attending a reception for her arch-nemesis, Essie Sue. And when Essie Sue's Texas-shaped chopped liver mold is swapped for a body on ice, Ruby has one more obligation to meet: catching a killer.
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  All She Ever Wanted

  by Lynn N. Austin

  All She Ever Wanted is the emotion-packed story of three generations of women: Kathleen, her mother, Eleanor, and her grandmother, Fiona. Each woman left home to escape her family’s past and to start a new life. Kathleen has been estranged from her family for 35 years, and she is torn between the need to forgive and the urge to forget. Hoping to find answers that will patch the wounds of her tattered heart and... (more)
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  Green Eyes (The Shadow, #13)

  by Abe Birnbaum

  A cat recalls favorite experiences from each season of its first year of life, from struggling to get out of its cozy box in the spring, to snuggling by the radiator in the cold of winter.