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The Rescues: Finding Home by Tommy Greenwald

In this first book in a series, good friends Bear and Moose are two lovable dogs who look nothing like their names. Moose has one eye, and Bear has three...

Posted by on November 21, 2025

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The Traveling Taco by Mia Wenjen

Did you know that many well-loved dishes were influenced by immigrants? For example, the al pastor taco is a popular menu item at Mexican restaurants, but this tasty marinated pork...

Posted by on November 14, 2025

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Self-Portrait by Ludwig Volbeda

This Dutch-translated coming-of-age story plunges readers into the unfiltered world of high schooler Jip through a series of unsent, intimate letters to a classmate. The core drama? A seemingly simple...

Posted by on November 7, 2025

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The House of My Mother: A Daughter’s Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke

On August 30, 2023, Ruby Franke, the matriarch behind the YouTube family vlog “8 Passengers”, and her friend and business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, founder of  the cult-like life coaching business...

Posted by on November 1, 2025

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The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

When retired Grace Winters is left a run-down house by a woman she barely knows in a place she’s never been before, she takes the opportunity before her to inject...

Posted by on October 1, 2025

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The Cartoonist Club by Raina Telgemeier

Another hit from Raina Telgemeier! The Cartoonist Club follows a group of school friends who start a club to share their love of comics. With help from their school librarian, they learn...

Posted by on September 16, 2025

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I’m a Dumbo Octopus! A Graphic Guide to Cephalopods by Ann Lambelet

Grimpy, a dumbo octopus, guides us through the depths of the ocean to meet several varieties of cephalopods.  Cephalopods include Octopuses (or octopodes as some prefer), squids, cuttlefish and nautiluses. ...

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The Purple One: A Story of Prince by Matthew Burgess

The Purple One tells the story of Prince, from his days as a shy, small kid with a larger than life passion for music through his legendary path to fame...

Posted by on May 22, 2025

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Sadie Mouse Wrecks The House by Elliott Kalan

Sadie mouse was always good, always did as she was asked, until the day she decided she would be BAD! Tired of being the “good mouse” always cleaning up after...

Posted by on May 8, 2025

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As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

To flee her homeland and everything she’s ever known for the chance of safety, or to stay behind and do her duty to a country under fire. That is the...

Posted by on May 1, 2025

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Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven

For a thousand lifetimes, Evelyn and Arden have been destined–for love and for death. With every reincarnation, Evelyn knows her fate no matter how much she tries to escape it:...

Posted by on March 19, 2025

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The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead

What would you do if you found a secret in the pages of a book? Fifth grader Evan McClelland gets more than he expects when he borrows books from a...

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The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza

         A free trip to Sicily, inheriting a whole plot of land, and uncovering bombshell family secrets were not on Sara Marsala’s bingo card for the year,...

Posted by on March 1, 2025

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What Does It Feel Like by Sophie Kinsella

“Eve is a successful novelist who wakes up one day in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. Her husband, never far from her side, explains...

Posted by on February 1, 2025

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Curlfriends: New In Town by Sharee Miller by Sharee Miller

Charlie Harper is ready to make a great first impression on her first day at her new middle school. She has meticulously researched and crafted a new persona that is...

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