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What do readers say about Hatchet?
short and choppy contemporary realistic fiction divorce and survival personal growth and discoveryBrian is on his way to Canada to visit his estranged father when the pilot of his small prop plane suffers a heart attack. Thirteen-year-old Brian is forced to crash-land the plane in a lake, and finds himself stranded in the remote Canadian wilderne... More details on Hatchet
BRIAN ROBESON stared out the window of the small plane at the endless green northern wilderness below. It was a small plane, a Cessna 406—a bush-plane—and the engine was so loud, so roaring and consum...
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What do readers say about The Time Traveler's Wife?
clear and straightforward separation, loneliness, waiting detailed and realistic love, loneliness, and loss*A People Top Ten Book of the Year* The beloved, mega bestselling first novel from Audrey Niffenegger, "a soaring celebration of the victory of love over time" (Chicago Tribune).
A most untraditional love story, this is the celebrated tale of Henry D... More details on The Time Traveler's Wife
Clare: The first time it happens Henry is away. It's the eighth week of the pregnancy. The baby is the size of a plum, has a face and hands and a beating heart. It is early evening, early summer, and ...
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What do readers say about Stellaluna?
finding where you belong reading rainbow book picture book classic contemporary realistic fictionThis award-winning picture book, a clever, original variation on the theme of the ugly duckling, follows the adventures of a lost baby fruit bat and her efforts to fit in. Accidentally dropped by her mother, helpless Stellaluna falls into a nest of b... More details on Stellaluna
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What do readers say about Conversations with Friends?
the writing is good absolutely raw and real gender & politics poetic use of languageCONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS WILL BE ADAPTED FOR A BBC THREE DRAMA, PREMIERING IN 2022!
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'This book. This book. I read it in one day. I hear I'm not alone.'
- Sarah Jessic... More details on Conversations with Friends
Bobbi and I first met Melissa at a poetry night in town, where we were performing together. Melissa took our photograph outside, with Bobbi smoking and me self-consciously holding my left wrist in my ...
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What do readers say about The Polar Express?
belief in magic fantasy children's book fantasy filled christmas adventure a holiday classicIn 1986 "The Polar Express" was awarded the prestigious Caldecott Medal and hit the New York Times bestseller list. Since that time, more than six and a half million copies have been sold, and every December it faithfully reappears on national bestse... More details on The Polar Express
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What do readers say about Sworn to Silence?
violent and graphic interesting plot twists police procedural suspense fast-paced police proceduralNow the subject of the Lifetime original movie, An Amish Murder
Sworn to Silence is the first in Linda Castillo's New York Times bestselling Kate Burkholder series.
A KILLER IS PREYING ON SACRED GROUND....
In the sleepy rural town of Painters Mill, ... More details on Sworn to Silence
The cruiser’s strobes cast red and blue light onto winter dead trees. Officer T.J. Banks pulled the car onto the shoulder and flipped on the spotlight, running the beam along the edge of the field whe...
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What do readers say about The Historian?
great writing thriller novel a family searching for dracula clever structureLate one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a labyri... More details on The Historian
In 1972 I was sixteen—young, my father said, to be traveling with him on his diplomatic missions. He preferred to know that I was sitting attentively in class at the International School of Amsterdam;...
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What do readers say about Castle?
children's picture book barely there narrative prose is clear looking at the picturesIn this 1978 Caldecott Honor Book, award-winning author and illustrator David Macaulay explores the history and construction of castles in a richly illustrated resource for curious young readers.
The word itself conjures up mystery, romance, intrigu... More details on Castle
As soon as the preliminary work was under way, Master James and his staff began planning the entire complex. The castle was designed first. The most important considerations were that it be able to re...
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What do readers say about The Nine Tailors?
satisfyingly complicated and tricky detailed and realistic an inventive mystery a stand alone novelThe Nine Tailors is Dorothy L. Sayers's finest mystery, featuring Lord Peter Whimsey, and a classic of the genre.
The nine tellerstrokes from the belfry of an ancient country church toll out the death of an unknown man and call the famous Lord Peter ... More details on The Nine Tailors
Harriet Vane sat at her writing-table and stared out into Mecklenburg Square. The late tulips made a brave show in the Square garden, and a quartet of early tennis-players were energetically calling t...
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What do readers say about Nightingale?
very engaging book out of the ordinary christianity and muslim very descriptive passagesWhen Charlie Porter meets Hazaar Alim her first year of university, she's instantly smitten. Hazaar has it all: beauty, talent, and brains. What she doesn't realize is that Hazaar's future has already been decided, and Charlie has no place in it. Haz... More details on Nightingale
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