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Three sisters
by Heather Morris
After surviving years of imprisonment in Auschwitz, three Slovakian sisters travel to Israel where the battle for freedom takes on new forms as they face the ghosts of their past and secrets they have kept from each other to find true peace and happiness. 500,000 first printing.
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The Lincoln highway
by Amor Towles
In June of 1954, 18-year-old Emmett Watson, released after serving 15 months for involuntary manslaughter, discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden’s car and have hatched a different plan for Emmett’s future.
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On the hook
by Francisco X. Stork
Living in fear after a gang leader’s younger brother threatens to kill him, a talented young chess player who works to help support his family makes a difficult decision to protect the safety of a loved one. By the award-winning author of Marcelo in the Real World. Simultaneous eBook.
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Between shades of gray : the graphic novel
by Andrew Donkin
In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note
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Crownchasers
by Rebecca Coffindaffer
A first entry in a planned duology finds a girl who longs for adventure away from the duties of her royal family confronting unexpectedly dangerous challenges when her dying uncle organizes a competition to determine the empire’s next ruler. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Luminous
by Mara Rutherford
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All of us villains
by Amanda Foody
When a tell-all book exposes a fight to the death to control a secret wellspring of high magick, seven new champions are armed with new information that gives them the choice to accept their fate or rewrite their legacy. 250,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Naomi the rainbow glitter dragon
by Maddy Mara
Loving her abilities and work as a Glitter Dragon Girl, Naomi finds the limits of her powers tested when she joins her friends to protect the Magic Forest from an uprising of particularly malevolent Shadow Sprites. Original. Simultaneous eBook.
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The smart cookie
by Jory John
Forced to try something totally new for a class project, Smart Cookie, who has never really felt “smart” at all, must create her own recipe using a little bit of creativity and confidence to see this through. 250,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Our table
by Peter H. Reynolds
In this heartfelt story of multigenerational love, tradition and family coming together with gratitude and thanks, young Violet is determined to remind her family, which is slowly drifting apart, the importance of spending time together. Illustrations.
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Interrupting chicken and the elephant of surprise
by David Ezra Stein
"A follow-up to the Caldecott Honor-winning Interrupting Chicken finds the plucky little red chicken concluding that an ""elephant of surprise"" is needed for any good story, until his Papa recommends classic tales that are surprising without elephants."
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Call of the sound dragon
by Tracey West
Hoping to stop a duel between wizards that is threatening the city of Remus, new Dragon Master Tessa and her Sound Dragon, Sono, team up with Drake, Petra and Griffith in the hope of finding a special Power Crystal. By the author of the Hiro’s Quest series. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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