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"Murderpalooza, the premier thriller writers conference, is meant to be an exciting celebration of the genre and its preeminent writers. But when bestselling author and industry favorite Kristin Bailey is found dead in her hotel room, four rival authors--a midlister, an egomaniac, a has-been, and a newbie--also get targeted by an anonymous social media account and wonder if they're next"--
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It ends with us volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life--and Atlas Corrigan is the...
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"[In the author's first collection of short fiction, she] pinpoints the questionable decisions, missed connections, and sometimes extraordinary coincidences that make up a life. Indeed, she writes what we're all thinking-- if only we could express it with the wit of a master satirist, the storytelling gifts of an old-fashioned raconteur, and the vision of an American original"--Amazon.com.
Sittenfeld has established a reputation for humanizing her...
4) The IT girl
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Read-Alikes for I Have Some Questions For You
Read-Alikes for The House in the Pines
Read-Alikes for The It Girl
Read-Alikes for The House in the Pines
Read-Alikes for The It Girl
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April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they cultivated a group of devoted and inseparable friends -- Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily -- during their first term. By the end of the year, April was dead. Now, a decade later, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child, and the man convicted of...
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10 Worth Trying: Young Adult Romance [High School Readers]
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Teens
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Teens
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
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When her family moves to California, Sana falls for the beautiful and smart Jamie Ramirez but struggles with differences between their diverse friend groups, a boy's sweet but unrequited affection, and her father's increasingly obvious affair.
6) It's Me, Two
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Catwad volume 2
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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Catwad, the snarky blue furball with a funny take on just about everything, is BACK in this second graphic novel in an all-new series from New York Times bestselling author Jim Benton!New York Times bestselling author Jim Benton's latest creation, Catwad, returns!Catwad and Blurmp are back and ready for more adventures! In this newest collection of hilarious stories, the dynamic feline duo explore fine art, travel to an alternate reality...
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The story of John, a fourteen-year-old boy whose stepfather is a Pentecostal minister in Harlem in 1935, as he struggles to discover his own identity.
"Mountain," Baldwin said, "is the book I had to write if I was ever going to write anything else." Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a novel that has established itself as an American classic. With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating...
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Rain is water falling from clouds. What makes rain? Water vapor rises into the sky. Droplets come together to form clouds. The weight of a great many droplets coming together causes them to fall to earth as raindrops. This is a cycle that never ends. All plant and animal life must have water to survive. From drizzle to downpour, here is information on different kinds of rain and how to prepare if a storm is approaching.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • After a sudden change of plans, a remarkable woman and her loyal group of friends try to figure out what she’s going to do with the rest of her life—from Terry McMillan, the bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING...
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
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[2016]
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English
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"George's friend is always working on his cool Toiletman superhero comics. Now George gets to be a character in the comic--but as a bad guy named Gassy George. Totally not cool! And what's even worse than being called a supervillain? The super burp!"--Back cover.
14) It's shoe time!
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Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group
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©2017.
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English
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If you choose to wear unmatched shoes, can they still be a pair?
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War photographer Lynsey Addario's memoir It's What I Do is the story of how the relentless pursuit of truth, in virtually every major theater of war in the twenty-first century, has shaped her life. What she does, with clarity, beauty, and candor, is to document, often in their most extreme moments, the complex lives of others. It's her work, but it's much more than that: it's her singular calling.
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A New England newspaper editor fights to destroy the fascist dictatorship established by President Berzelius Windrip in this classic work by the author of Babbit, Arrowsmith, and Main Street that prophesizes the coming of totalitarianism in the United States.
17) It's Diwali!
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Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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In this take-off of the counting rhyme One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, the wonders of Diwali are described.
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Holiday time in the Valley, and in the holiday spirit―despite the dismal shape of the finances at the Little Detective Agency―Bernie refers a potential client to Victor Klovsky, a fellow private eye. It’s also true that the case―promising lots of online research but little action―doesn’t appeal to Bernie, while it seems perfect for Victor, who is not cut out for rough stuff. But Victor disappears in a rough-stuff way, and when he doesn’t...
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David (David Shannon) volume 4
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Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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Christmas has arrived with so many rules to follow that David fears his mistakes will cause Santa to pass him by.
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