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5301) The Seventh Handmaiden
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IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
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Darya does not remember how she came to be a slave or who she was before she was bought by an army captain for his motherless daughter in the ancient Persian city of Susa. Protected and nurtured by the housekeeper and her daughter, Darya has as good a life as a slave can have, even acquiring the rare skill of reading and writing, which she learns alongside her young mistress. When the captain dies and the household is broken up, this skill proves...
5302) Awakened Runes
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"Eyes to the horizon," were the last words the king spoke to his wife before the abrogator channeled dark power and murdered them both. Their deaths activated an enchantment that concealed the identity of their two sons and allowed the king's brother, Kaellor, to escape with the heirs to the Southlands.For twelve years, Kaellor raises the boys in relative anonymity. Without explanation, the barrier concealing their identity frays. The abrogators renew...
5303) A Wartime Family
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Bristol 1941
Having left her abusive husband for very good reasons, Mary Anne Randall finds herself judged harshly by her friends and neighbours, after courageously risking everything for a second chance at happiness with Michael.
With Michael away fighting Mary Anne is less concerned by her tarnished reputation and focusses on keeping her beloved children safe. But with the bombs beginning to fall on Bristol, danger is all too close to home.
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IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO GROW UP...
This is the story of
SCOTT, who finds his belongings outside in a bin bag one day and realizes he may have, made a Big Mistake
GAIL, who wishes her husband were under guarantee so she could, send him back and get a refund
NAT, who discovers that growing up isn't all it's cracked up to be
ROSIE, who just wants her Dad back, or if not, then at least some new glitter nail polish.
Four lives, one story: love, loss and...
5305) Jay's Gay Agenda
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From debut novelist Jason June comes a moving and hilarious sex-positive teen rom-com about the complexities of first loves, first hookups, and first heartbreaks—and how to stay true to yourself while embracing what you never saw coming, that’s perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon and Becky Albertalli.
There’s one thing Jay Collier knows for sure—he’s a statistical anomaly as the only out gay kid in his small rural Washington town. While...
5306) Midnite's Daughter
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A child of two worlds — belonging to neither, dangerous to both.
All Kisaki wants is a place where she can belong, but there are few safe havens for half-demons such as her. Raised in isolation within the celestial palace, she longs to escape and explore the world below — Earth. So when an opportunity presents itself, she takes it, inadvertently stealing her mother's greatest treasure — the Blade of Heaven — in the process.
Exploring a new...
5307) The Edge of Over There
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Before the Tree of Life, everything in Abra Miller's life had been predictable. But after the Tree and the lightning and the angels, everything felt tenuous, like holding a soap bubble in the palm of her hand. She spent years looking for signs of that other world, waiting for it to break through. When it didn't, her friendship with Sam Chambers grew cold and distant, and they both wondered how any of it could actually have happened. Four years later,...
5308) A Bicycle Built for Sue
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Can getting on her bike change everything? Everything about Sue Young's life has been mapped out for her, from her succession of call centre jobs to dinner on the table at six o'clock every evening. Her husband's suicide is one thing that that definitely wasn't on the planner.
With the script of her life torn to shreds, Sue joins a charity cycle ride led by Morning TV's Kath Fuller. Kath is having a crisis of her own and can't decide whether to stay...
5309) The Story of Our Secrets
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Colm O'Flynn was loved by his close circle of family and friends, however his death came too soon for everyone to make peace with their past.
Shauna, his second wife, adored him. But one night she broke their marriage vows, and didn't get time to ask Colm's forgiveness.
Jess was the first Mrs. O'Flynn. Her heart is set on someone new, but will the last one night stand she shared with Colm come back to haunt her?
Colm's best friend, Dan, is recently...
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Raz is in college, and his world is about to change. After years of auditioning, Raz finally lands a role on his favorite show, and is hired to work for one of the biggest studios in Hollywood as a main actor. At the same time, his college acting class has voted to make him director of the school's next big production, and they want to portray his script on-stage. Keeping up the balancing act of being a star and directing a bunch of theater kids at...
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For readers of Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone and David Vann's Legend of a Suicide, C. B. Bernard's debut novel shows a father and a daughter fighting toward hope through a traumatic past.
In the town of Disappointment, Oregon, washed-up boxer Lewis Yaw makes ends meet as a fishing guide. He's lived a life of violence, but doesn't understand real strength until he meets Janey, who can see good in even the most damaged things-including him. When...
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In rural north Georgia two decades after the Civil War, thirteen-year-old Lulu Hurst reaches high into her father's bookshelf and pulls out an obscure book, The Truth of Mesmeric Influence. Deemed gangly and undesirable, Lulu wants more than a lifetime of caring for her disabled baby brother, Leo, with whom she shares a profound and supernatural mental connection.
"I only wanted to be Lulu Hurst, the girl who captivated her brother until he could...
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American grad student Lucy Silver arrives in England hoping to solve a longstanding literary mystery, write her dissertation, and finish her graduate studies in a blaze of academic glory. But as Lucy starts to piece together the correspondence between her late grandmother and Elizabeth Blackspear, the famous poet and garden writer who's the subject of Lucy's dissertation, she discovers puzzling coded references in the letters-and when an elderly English...
5315) Jake, Reinvented
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There is a mysterious new student at Fitzgerald High, Jake Garret. He seems to have it all figured out. He looks like he just stepped off the cover of the J. Crew catalog, he is the best kicker the football team has ever had, and best of all, he hosts the party to go to every Friday night. All the guys want to be like him and all the girls want to date him, but Jake only has eyes for Didi, the girlfriend of alpha male and quarterback, Todd Buckley...
5316) The Stepping Off Place
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From debut author Cameron Kelly Rosenblum comes a stunning teen novel that tackles love, grief, and mental health as one girl must process her friend's death and ultimately learn how to stand in her own light. Perfect for fans of All the Bright Places and We Were Liars.
It's the summer before senior year. Reid is in the thick of Scofield High's in-crowd thanks to her best friend, Hattie, who has been her social oxygen since middle school.
But summer...
5317) Girls in the Moon
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Everyone in Phoebe Ferris's life tells a different version of the truth.
Her mother, Meg, ex-rock star and professional question evader, shares only the end of the story-the post-fame calm that Phoebe's always known. Her sister Luna, indie rock darling of Brooklyn, preaches a stormy truth of her own making, selectively ignoring the facts she doesn't like. And her father, Kieran, the co-founder of Meg's beloved band, hasn't said anything at all...
5318) Finding Grace: A Novel
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Charles Booker is thrilled to start married life in Two Harbors, Minnesota, with his ambitious ornithologist bride, Caroline-but he sabotages his own happiness when, blinded by his desire for a family, he tricks Caroline into a pregnancy she doesn't want.
Caroline, bold and unapologetic, follows her own nature and holds Charles to his promise to parent their daughter without her help-an arrangement that allows her to travel the world and follow her...
5319) Saving Raine
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Raine Reynolds stands at the crossroads of despair and opportunity. When the life you've built crumbles and the past refuses to release its grip, sometimes, all you need is a fresh start-a new beginning that promises hope and redemption. Once a successful author, Raine's life unraveled, sending her fleeing to the picturesque streets of Paris to escape the tormenting heartache that threatened to consume her. Yet, no matter how far she traveled, the...
5320) Mendel
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Imagine the mid 1980's, last day of school, summer break. A teen rushes to meet his mother, who is being released from the hospital after cancer surgery. When the teen arrives, he finds out his mother is dead, but his ex-gangbanging dad, who's been in jail the last eight years is at the hospital ready to take the teen home.
Mendel is a coming-of-age story about a high school senior who must learn how to forgive as he navigates life without his mother....
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