Fiction

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This tale commences with 18-year-old Joshua Mayo sneaking into his Cedar Rapids, Iowa, residence one night after being involved in a horrible accident that took a man's life.

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“Marcantonio really does an excellent job of keeping her protagonist one step ahead of the reader, . . .”

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“a beautiful retelling of the beloved fairytale set against the reality of 17th century France.”

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“likely to garner major awards attention for its many-layered and nuanced characterization and themes.”

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“Tim Johnston has given us the gold standard of lush narrative description—captivating, mesmerizing, stunning.”

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“Clanton’s Narwhal and Jelly follow in the grand tradition of early reader buddy tales like Frog and Toad or Elephant and Piggie, and this latest tale is sure to find an h

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The Little Green Hen is a twist on a classic story, The Little Red Hen. In Murray’s version, the hen is good at caring for an apple tree.

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“Braithwaite has the ability to interject the unexpected and interpolate the tension.”

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“Sycamore seems to be forcing the reader to look at social injustices in a way that makes us realize the world is unfair.”

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“With Kinsella’s typical warmth, wit and moments of true, laugh-out-loud hilarity, I Owe You One is another winner from a true master of the feel-

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“J. S. Breukelaar is a writer of obvious talent, demonstrated over and over in this collection.”

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“The novel may be cool as it opens, but the ending is white hot. Both the unnamed family and the anonymous migrant children succeed as individual characters.

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“Starting with sex and murder, Gates of Stone fires off like a cannon into a rollercoaster actionfest that keeps the pages turning well into the night long after the reader should

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“a smart, entertaining and highly readable novel, one that should appeal to a diverse audience.”

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This novel is promoted by the publisher as “a dramatic and moving re-imagining of the characters from Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea,” albeit in a different location and context.

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“a fascinating and gripping tale of suspense, and there’s even a hint of romance here.”

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“A hybrid tale of legal thriller, psychological suspense, and ghastly murder . . . dark and twisted, it will keep readers awake well into the wee hours.”

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The picture book Pencil: A Story with a Point, is a book about a pencil with feelings, and a tablet with a mouth, and junk drawer filled with inanimate things with good ideas and silly pun

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“Louis L’Amour fans and potential fans, hit the bookstores! This is one of his novels not to miss.”

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“Gregg Hurwitz has steadily blasted his way to the top of the thriller world, and Out of the Dark is a book you don’t dare lend to your friends, because you’ll never see it again.”

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“A fast-paced and beautifully written tale, Lynda Cohen Loigman’s latest brilliantly portrays tragedy, triumph and the complicated nature of family.”

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Sergio De La Pava’s Lost Empress begins with all the right things, interesting plot, smart dialogue, and punning wordplay but sadly, like a child’s letting go of an untied balloon, Los

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Meredith Hunt is accosted on the bike trail while jogging, and Ace Vance and his teenage son Finn come to her rescue.

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“Vanderah ’s beautifully human story reminds us that sometimes we need to look beyond the treetops at the stars to let some light into our lives.”

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With tinges of Rosemary’s Baby as well as a touches here and there of the Robin Hardy-directed film, The Wicker Man, this is a tense as well as in

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