The Wife Between Us
A jealous ex-wife stalks her replacement, but nothing in this marriage is what it seems.
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The Witches
A boy and his grandmother face the Grand High Witch's plan to turn England's children into mice.
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Two Chicago teens with one name collide, with Tiny Cooper's musical stealing every scene.
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Witches
Colin Hawkins's rhyming picture book teaches small readers to spot witches, flaps and all.
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A Brief History of Time
Hawking walks from ancient spheres to big bang, black holes, and time arrows without equations.
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A Child Called It
Dave survives his mother games of hunger and cold in Daly City until teachers and foster care step in.
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A Flicker in the Dark
Psychologist Chloe Davis faces copycat disappearances in Baton Rouge twenty years after her father confessed to murders.
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A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
Poppy travels to Atlantia with Hawke as Casteel while war, prophecies, and her own gifts close in.
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A Light in the Attic
Silverstein's attic poems and line drawings turn chores, monsters, and homework into jokes and small rebellions.
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A Study in Scarlet
Watson meets Holmes in Baker Street, a Brixton body bears the word Rache, and a Utah revenge tale explains it.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Francie Nolan grows up poor in 1910s Williamsburg, reading on fire escapes while her family scrapes by, and learns how schooling can lift her out.
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Bryson and friend Katz attempt the Appalachian Trail with blisters, bears, and laughs.
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