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Ragtime
by E.L. Doctorow
Recounts the interrelated early twentieth-century lives of the families of a New Rochelle manufacturer, an immigrant socialist, and a Harlem musician and their involvement with Henry Ford, Houdini, Freud, and other period notables.
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Foul Lady Fortune
by Chloe Gong
As a series of murders cause unrest in Shanghai, Rosalind, aka Fortune, must team up with a spy—who has his own agenda—and attempt to unravel a conspiracy that is more horrifying than they could have ever imagined.
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My Contrary Mary
by Cynthia Hand
Mary is the queen of Scotland and the jewel of the French court. Except when she's a mouse. It's a secret that could cost her a head--or a tail. Luckily, Mary has a confidant in her betrothed, Francis. Together they face a viper's nest of conspiracies, traps, and treason. And if Mary's secret is revealed, heads are bound to roll.
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The Brightwood Code by Monica Hesse"Desperate to forget the circumstances that cut her time overseas short, former WWI switchboard operator Edda receives a panicked call from someone who utters the fateful code word “Brightwood” and must uncover what secrets may have followed her across the ocean.
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Queen Bee: An Anti-Historical Regency Romp
by Amalie Howard
Disguising herself as a mysterious heiress to infiltrate London's elite, Lady Ela Dalvi questions whether vengeance is still her greatest desire when she reunites with the only boy she's ever loved while seeking revenge against the friend who betrayed her.
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Dread Nation
by Justina Ireland
When families go missing in Baltimore County, Jane McKeene, who is studying to become an Attendant, finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy that has her fighting for her life against powerful enemies.
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Luck of the Titanic
by Stacey Lee
Stowing away aboard the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage when her British-Chinese heritage bars her from joining her twin in America, a young acrobat struggles to hide and then survive when the unthinkable happens.
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Bellegarde
by Jamie Lilac
Told in alternating voices, in eighteenth-century France, popular ultra-wealthy teen, Beau Bellegarde, bets he can transform working-class Evie into school royalty.
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The Davenports
by Krystal Marquis
The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.
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Lines of Courage
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
As World War I stretches across Europe, five young people face the awful challenges of war as they fight for their dreams, their families and their very survival.
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Searching for Lottie
by Susan L. Ross
"More than six decades after the end of World War II, twelve-year-old Charlie, a budding musician, searches for clues about her violin-prodigy namesake's fate"
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Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix
by Aminah Mae Safi
Two sisters, soldiers Zeena and Rahma, on their way to stop Jerusalem from falling into the wrong hands, come across a motley collection of fellow travelers, finding purpose and camaraderie in their company as danger swirls around them.
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The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie
by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
At the cusp between childhood and adulthood, at the crossroads between science and superstition, a teen Marie Curie faces the factual and the fantastic in this collection of stories that inspire, delight, and ask the question: What if she had used her talents for diabolical purposes?
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I Must Betray You by Ruta SepetysIn a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country.
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The Cursed Ground
by T. R. Simon
When Carrie and her best friend Zora discover that the town mute can speak after all, they begin to unfold a mysterious puzzle that stretches back nearly fifty years to the tragic story of an enslaved girl named Lucia.
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Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade
by Nancy Springer
Enola Holmes, Sherlock Holmes's younger sister and self-declared finder of lost persons and things, is determined to find her friend, Lacy Cecily, a confused young Baronet's daughter on the run from her father's devious schemes.
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Kent State
by Deborah Wiles
A compelling and tragic account of four students who were protesting against the Vietnam War before they were fired upon by American National Guardsmen.
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That Self-Same Metal
by Brittany N. Williams
In 1605 London, sixteen-year-old Joan Sands' magical ability to control metal makes her a skilled craftswoman, but her family gift for observing the Fae, who recently broke the Pact and are now brutally attacking mortals, draws Joan into political intrigue in both human and Fae worlds.
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The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors
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