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Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson

While out skipping rocks on the water, fourth grader Phoebe happens upon a unicorn: Marigold Heavenly Nostrils. Grateful to be freed from the imprisonment of her own magnificence and spellbinding...

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Fiction Origin by Dan Brown Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology and frequent saver of the world, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to hear a major...

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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Anderson writes about Melinda’s experiences with authenticity and sincerity, creating a well-developed protagonist who is awkward, brooding, sarcastic – and damaged – and with whom readers will sympathize.

Posted by on October 5, 2017

  • 3 stars out of 5

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy is a plot-driven story about friendship in the face of racism, inspired by the true history of Malaga Island. The often dramatic and intense tale has...

Posted by on October 5, 2017

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Counting by Fleur Star

Counting is a bilingual board book in Unified English Braille and English. It offers young readers an introduction to the concept of counting, numbers one through ten, and Braille. The...

Hot Books for September 2017!

Haunted by James Patterson & James O. Born Michael Bennett is ready for a break. A New York City detective by trade, he and his family escape to an idyllic...

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Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Mare Barrow lives in a world divided by blood. As a Red she is a common peasant who thieves to help her family get by. Her people are watched and...

Posted by on September 22, 2017

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The World from Up Here by Cecilia Galante

Wren is an anxious twelve-year-old with many fears, especially of Witch Weatherly, the legendary old woman who lives by herself up on Creeper Mountain. When Wren’s mother is admitted to...

Posted by on September 12, 2017

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The Last Message Received by Emily Trunko

You don’t always remember the first words someone says to you, but you often remember the last. In this book by Emily Trunko and originally inspired by tumblr posts, readers...

Posted by on September 12, 2017

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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is a compilation of 20 short stories by Stephen King. While many of these stories have been previously published, he adds never before seen, unpublished...

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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

A body is discovered in the garden at the Buckshaw estate by the very grown-up, eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, and she is not the least bit horrified. She’s actually quite...

Posted by on September 7, 2017

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IT by Stephen King

In Derry, ME, a rash of violence sweeps the streets every quarter of a century. In 1957, Bill Denbrough and his Loser’s Club begin to witness supernatural events around town...

Posted by on September 7, 2017

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Wired by Julie Garwood

Beautiful Allison Trent loves searching for the puzzles in her computer hacking. It’s all for the good, she rationalizes, as she finds the money trail of missing funds at a...

Posted by on September 7, 2017

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Brick by Brick by Guiliano Ferri

Open to the first page of this wordless book and you’ll see a little mouse, gazing up at flowers poking through a crack in a tall brick wall. The mouse...

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The Know-Nonsense Guide to Grammar by Heidi Fiedler

Need help understanding adverbs? Curious about what anthropomorphism means? The Know-Nonsense Guide to Grammar may be just what you’re looking for!

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