Fiction

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A girl who holds conversations with animals! A small, female Dr. Doolittle—how fun!

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Nora Ephron is back, with her introspective look at life, recalling all that she hasn’t yet forgotten.

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“Killing two bad guys, taking a cold-blooded murderer home. Not bad for a few days in Seattle, huh?”

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Ying Chang Compestine delivers a delightful spinoff on the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk with this Chinese New Year Tale.

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Holler Loudly is not a commandment. Neither is it a verb and an adverb paired.

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The cover of Pecan Pie Baby shows a pregnant mother with a young girl in braids hugging her round belly as both finish up what appear to be crumbs on their plates. Sweet, right?

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Mummy Mazes is an amazing amalgamation of history, meticulously designed mazes, and archeology.

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Noir in blazing sunlight? Reach for a cold glass of water and read on. . . .

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Oh, to be a 19th century English aristocrat compelled to take a languorous journey by coach—ship—camel to the mysteries of Egypt, where upon a sturdy square-sailed dahabieh, doting servants attend

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It’s confusing enough to be adopted. To be thrust from abject poverty in one of the poorest favelas in São Paulo into one of the richest families in the country, even more so.

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Howard Owen’s The Reckoning examines the complex relationships between fathers and sons as well as the unerring tendency of the past to haunt the present.

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Does it seem like young people are fused to their cell phones these days? That’s just what happens to eighth-grader Samantha Granger through a series of outrageous coincidences.

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Nora MacKenzie lost everything.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth is an absolute delight, sure to please the many fans of this mega-successful series.

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There are good eggs and bad eggs in every organization. The U.S. Army is no exception, but the Uniform Code of Military Justice and dishonorable discharges usually take care of the worst.

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Pop Quiz: The title, Isle of Dreams, refers to:

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Standing in the midst of Lafayette Park, skilled assassin John Carr, aka Oliver Stone, breathes in the serenity of his surroundings and peruses the magnificent sight of the White House perhaps for

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Sun, Moon, and Wind are all invited to a feast to celebrate the coming of the monsoon.

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Very little makes a J. D. Robb fan happier than the release of a new Eve and Roarke story. Indulgence In Death will make those fans downright giddy.

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This is a novel that finishes well. That being said, the first half of the novel is a muddy bog.

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An old man goes searching for adventure and finds more than he bargained for in a classic Indian tale for readers both young and old.

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Sometimes anthologies can be a little hit or miss with some really great stories and some that just fall flat. This is not one of those times.

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Sherrilyn Kenyon is a prolific writer of a number of paranormal series. Infinity: Chronicles of Nick, a teen novel, is the first in a series for young adults.

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Allison Leotta’s expertise as a federal prosecutor permeates every page of Law of Attraction, her debut legal thriller.

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Who knew that the timeless Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, could be so beautifully re-imagined in such a fresh, exuberant way?

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