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  Hothouse

  A Novel

  by Chris Lynch

  Chris Lynch is the National Book Award-nominated author of Inexcusable . He has written many other novels, including the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Freewill , Iceman , Shadow boxer , Gold Dust , and Slot Machine , all five of which were named ALA Best Books for Young Adults.
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  The Mermaid's Mirror

  by L.K. Madigan

  Lena has lived her whole life near the beach – walking for miles up and down the shore and breathing the salty air, swimming in the cold water, and watching the surfers rule the waves – the problem is, she’s spent her whole life just watching. As her sixteenth birthday approaches, Lena vows she will no longer watch from the sand: she will learn to surf. But her father – a former surfer himself – refuses to... (more)
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  Fat Kid Rules the World

  by K. L. Going

  Troy Billings is a seventeen year old,6'1'' (6 foot 1 inch), 296 pounds, friendless, utterly miserable, and about to step off a New York subway platform in front of an oncoming train. Until he meets Curt MacCrae, an emaciated, semi-homeless, high school dropout guitar genius, the stuff of which Lower East Side punk rock legends are made. Never mind that Troy’s dad thinks Curt’s a drug addict and Troy’s... (more)
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  The Film Club: A Memoir

  by David Gilmour

  "I loved David Gilmour's sleek, potent little memoir, The Film Club. It's so, so wise in the ways of fathers and sons, of movies and movie-goers, of love and loss." --- Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Empire Falls "If all sons had dads like David Gilmour, then Oedipus would be a forgotten legend and Father's Day would be a worldwide film festival." --Sean Wilsey, author of Oh the... (more)
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  The Runaway Bunny

  by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd

  A little bunny keeps running away from his mother in an imaginative and imaginary game of verbal hide-and-seek; children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time. The Runaway Bunny, first published in 1942 and never out of print, has indeed become a classic. Generations of readers have fallen in love with the gentle magic of its reassuring words and loving... (more)
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  Moses Lake: Book 1

  Larkspur Cove

  by Lisa Wingate

  Adventure is the last thing on Andrea Henderson's mind when she moves to Moses Lake. After surviving the worst year of her life, she's struggling to build a new life for herself and her son as a social worker. Perhaps in doing a job that makes a difference, she can find some sense of purpose and solace in her shattered faith. For new Moses Lake game warden Mart McClendon, finding a sense of purpose in life... (more)
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  Sophie Simon Solves Them All

  by Lisa Graff

  For a third-grader, Sophie Simon is one smart cookie. She enjoys teaching herself advanced calculus and has performed successful heart surgery on an earthworm. She's also very clever when it comes to dealing with her clueless parents. But Sophie is no genius when it comes to calculating the high value of friendship--until, that is, she has to use her incredible IQ to help out some classmates with their own... (more)
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  The Tiger Rising

  by Kate DiCamillo

  The National Book Award finalist from the best-selling author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE - now in paperback Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger - a real-life, very large tiger - pacing back and forth in a cage. What’s more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his.... (more)
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  The Walking Dead

  Life Among Them

  by Robert Kirkman

  At long last, the survivors of Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's acclaimed post-apocalyptic survival adventure find the hope they've longed look for. Can a town not yet ravaged by the horrors unleashed on Earth possibly be all it's hoped for? Is there a far more sinister secret behind their newfound safe haven? Even worse, can people forever changed by the worst in humanity ever hope to get back to their old... (more)
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  The Blasphemer

  by Nigel Farndale

  An astonishing, ambitious and masterful new novel, with echoes of Birdsong , that reads at the pace of a thriller. On its way to the Galápagos Islands, a light aircraft crashes into the sea. Zoologist Daniel Kennedy is confronted with a stark Darwinian choice. Should he save himself, or Nancy, the woman he loves? But how can one moment of betrayal ever be forgiven? And after he escapes the plane and swims for... (more)
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  Room

  by Emma Donoghue

  To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination,... (more)
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  Kid Vs. Squid

  by Greg Van Eekhout

  Thatcher Hill is bored stiff of his summer job dusting the fake mermaids and shrunken heads at his uncle's seaside Museum of Curiosities. But when a mysterious girl steals an artifact from the museum, Thatcher's summer becomes an adventure that takes him from the top of the ferris wheel to the depths of the sea. Following the thief, he learns that she is a princess of the lost Atlantis. Her people have been cursed... (more)
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  Scout's Honor: A Father's Unlikely Foray into the Woods

  by Peter Applebome

  Peter Applebome grew up obsessed by box scores, so when his son, Ben, joined Little League he happily assumed he'd be spending Ben's childhood at the ballfield. But what Ben really liked was hiking and camping-and when he joined the local Scout troop Applebome reluctantly went along for the ride. As someone who had never made a fire except in a gas grill and tied knots only in his shoelaces, Applebome was an... (more)
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  Dave Pelzer's Memoirs: Book 2

  The Lost Boy

  A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family

  by Dave J. Pelzer

  The boy lost out as the most important book on the dedication and affection only to social services and foster families provide to our children at risk. Dave Pelzer is certainly a living testament to persistence, personal responsibility and the triumph of human spirit. " John Bradshaw, author of the successes editorials, Bradshaw On: The Family, Homecoming and Family Secrets Imagine a boy who never had a home. His... (more)
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  Housekeeping

  by Marilynne Robinson

  A modern classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric and remote aunt. The family house is in the small Far West town of Fingerbone set on a glacial lake, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train... (more)
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  A String in the Harp

  by Nancy Bond

  The three Morgan children accompany their recently widowed professor father to Wales, where their worsening family life is transformed by twelve-year-old Peter's discovery of the harp-tuning key of Taliesin, the legendary sixteenth-century Welsh bard. Reprint. Newbery Honor Book. AB. H.
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  My Mummy Is Magic

  by Carl Norac

  This little girl's mummy makes cakes as big as a rocket and chases the night-time monsters away. Butterflies come and listen when she sings, and the sun always shines when she wears her favourite dress. But when she tells her daughter she loves her, that's the most magic thing of all! Published in time for Mother's Day, this is a book for every little girl who thinks her mummy is magic.
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  Falcon: Book 1

  Falcon's Egg

  by Luli Gray

  Discovering a mysterious dragon egg in Central Park, Falcon, the daughter of a hectic and eccentric family, is amazed when the egg releases a wonderful magical power when it is hatched. Reprint. AB. SLJ. PW. K. C. "
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  The Art of Racing in the Rain

  by Garth Stein

  This is a book about love and devotion. Enzo, the dog, is the narrator. He watches over his man, Denny, and Denny's wife and daughter. Enzo is true love and loyalty. He believes in reincarnation. He is the truest friend and protector. This is a story of love told through tales of racing and the unfiltered love your best canine friend.
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  Papa and Me

  by Arthur Dorros

  When I'm with my papá , I can fly like an eagle, an águila . I can climb alto , high, in a tree, And I am the ganador , the winner, of many races. When I am with my papá , I hear the best cuentos , stories, and I give him the biggest abrazos , hugs. A young boy and his papa may speak both Spanish and English, but the most important language they speak is the language of love. Here, Arthur... (more)