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83) Here so far away
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In her last year of high school, George Warren's family faces hard times since her father got injured and can no longer work as a police sergeant. Meanwhile, a fight with her best friend puts her on the outs of their social circle. So when George meets Francis, an older guy who shares her name and her affinity for sarcastic banter, she's thrown.
85) Skin house
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"Skin House is a story about two guys who end up in the same bar they started out in. Maybe they're slightly better off than they were at the start. Or maybe not. One has a girlfriend though. They both have a little extra cash. They're not dead, and that's something right there. And they're not arrested, which is the quite surprising part."--Provided by publisher.
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Six years ago, when sisters Evelyn and Philippa Hapwell cowered from air strikes in a London bomb shelter, they were swept away to a strange and beautiful kingdom called the Woodlands, where they lived for years in a forest out of myth and legend. When they returned to their lives in post-WWII England, no time had passed and nothing had changed--except themselves. Now Evelyn is desperate to return, while Philippa just wants to move on. But when Ev...
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"Multiple hankies, dog lovers...this is an emotional read." - Library Journal
If there's been a theme in Justine Meade's life, it's loss. Her mother, her home, even her son. The one bright spot in her loss-filled life, the partner she could always count on, was Mack, her grey and black Sheltie - that is, until she is summoned back to her childhood home after more than twenty years away.
Ed and Alice Parmalee are mourning a loss of their own. Seven...
89) Carousel beach
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A cryptic letter on her grandmother's grave and a puzzling inscription on a carousel horse lead artist Maya Brice to ninety-year-old Hank Hauser. While stripping chipped layers of paint from the old horses and peeling, fragmented memories from their mysterious carver, Maya untangles the intertwined secrets of love, heartbreak and misunderstandings among three generations of strong willed women.
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"The tragic 9/11 event in NYC that changed the world, altered the life of Abbi Hope Goldstein as well as that of Noah Stern. They did not know each other back then, but they know each other now, and while Abbi is trying to move forward with her life, Noah still has unanswered questions that he believes Abbi can help answer"--Provided by publisher.
91) The hunted
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Stevie is looking for a fresh start after the sudden death of her grandmother. So when her boyfriend, Jacob, is offered a job on a beautiful, secluded island off the coast of Tanzania, Stevie goes with him. Upon arrival, they meet seasoned backpackers Leo and Tamsin. What begins as friendship quickly turns to obsession, with deadly consequences.
92) Katalin Street
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This is a heartwrenching tale about a group of friends and lovers torn apart by the German occupation of Budapest during World War II.
93) The lost & found
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Fannie and Louis both belong to an online support group for trauma survivors. They both also have a strange tendency to lose things. But when they embark on a road trip to finally meet each other, they stat to realize that the things you lose might be things you weren't meant to have at all, and that you never know what you might find if you just take a chance.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Against the electrifying backdrop of the 1960s, Danielle Steel unveils the gripping chronicle of a young woman discovering a passion for justice and of the unsung heroes she encounters on her quest to fight the good fight.
The daughter and granddaughter of prominent Manhattan lawyers, Meredith McKenzie is destined for the best of everything: top schools, elite social circles, the perfect...
The daughter and granddaughter of prominent Manhattan lawyers, Meredith McKenzie is destined for the best of everything: top schools, elite social circles, the perfect...
95) A monster calls
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Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
96) The winnowing
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Marivic Stone lives in Darby, a small town famous for a medical discovery that saved humankind. Marivic loves her best friend, Saren, and the two of them promise to stick together, especially through the uncertain winnowing procedure, an inevitable and dangerous rite of adolescence. But when tragedy separates the two friends, Marivic is thrust into a world of conspiracy, rebellion and revolution.
98) The blue hour
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As fault lines in American society break apart during the spring of 2012, a puzzling death in a small Midwest college town draws a solitary university archivist into an entanglement of shifting realities. Torn between the memory of old bonds and the difficult present, he must confront a mysterious brew of paranoid politics, campus gossip, and an antique-mall subculture that includes the surprise discovery of unknown letters by Harriet Beecher Stowe,...
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"Dance on Saturday is a collection of stories about transformation, loss, and human nature. Church-going immortals tend life-extending fruit. Swarms of deadly wasps engineered by a polymath sorcerer battle killer snails. Geese take human form and must survive juvenile detention. A high school, high-stakes volleyball game turns demonic. Heroes and monsters people these exuberant, magical tales"--Provided by publisher.
100) The good liar
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Cecily's husband is killed when a building explodes in downtown Chicago. Franny lost her birth mother in the blast shortly after the two met. They team up to help others deal with the losses they experienced that day. But the alliance rapidly becomes an uneasy one. A thousand miles away in Montreal, Kate attempts to reinvent herself. But what led her to leave Chicago in the first place?
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