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What do readers say about The Thief?
old-school fantasy adventure newbery honor book mature fantasy writing first person narrationALA Notable Children's Book
Newbery Honor Book
ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults
Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books) ... More details on The Thief
I DIDN’T KNOW HOW LONG I had been in the king’s prison. The days were all the same, except that as each one passed, I was dirtier than before. Every morning the light in the cell changed from the wave...
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What do readers say about Just One Damned Thing After Another?
smart and witty light-hearted and entertaining a typical first book time travel novelThe first book in the USA Today bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone's cup of tea.
"History is just one damned thing after another." -Arnold Toynbee
Behind the seemingly innocuous faca... More details on Just One Damned Thing After Another
The first occurred when, after another disruptive day at school, I stood in front of my head teacher, Mrs De Winter. I’d done the sullen silence thing and waited for expulsion, because I was long past...
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What do readers say about Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me??
smart and witty prose entertaining and hilarious relaxed and casual hilarious and entertainingMindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a comedy writer and actress prone to starting ... More details on Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
As you can see, from then on, however, it was full-speed-ahead food paradise! In grade school, I would vacillate along the spectrum from chubby to full-on fat until I was about fourteen. Being overwei...
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What do readers say about One Day?
engaging and interesting st swithin's day touching and funny sad, sad bookNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring ANNE HATHAWAY and JIM STURGESS
It's 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that rela... More details on One Day
They lay in silence for a moment, bodies curled around each other in the single bed, then both began to laugh in low, predawn voices. ‘Can’t believe I just said that,’ she groaned. ‘Sounds a bit corny...
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What do readers say about I Was Told There'd Be Cake?
humorous autobiographical essays urban, smart, and witty dave barry funny stream of consciousnessHailed by David Sedaris as "perfectly, relentlessly funny" and by Colson Whitehead as "sardonic without being cruel, tender without being sentimental," from the author of the new collection Look Alive Out There.
Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuin... More details on I Was Told There'd Be Cake
As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during the day. Say someone pushes me onto the subway tracks. Or I get acciden...
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What do readers say about The Vacationers?
boring and predictable witty and humorous a summer novel a family in turmoil"Delicious . . . richly riveting . . . The Vacationers offers all the delights of a fluffy, read-it-with-sunglasses-on-the-beach read, made substantial by the exceptional wit, insight, intelligence and talents of its author."-People (four stars)
Sylvia waited in front of the house, staring down 75th Street, toward Central Park. Both of her parents were the type that believed that a taxi would always present itself at just the right moment, es...
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What do readers say about Gods of Jade and Shadow?
making your own destiny endlessly rich mythological details fresh, fast paced magic realism fantasyThe Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.
"A spellbinding fairy tale rooted in Mexican mythology . . . Gods of Jade and Shadow is a magical fa... More details on Gods of Jade and Shadow
Some people are born under a lucky star, while others have their misfortune telegraphed by the position of the planets. Casiopea Tun, named after a constellation, was born under the most rotten star i...
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What do readers say about Vox?
fascinating and terrifying an explosive debut novel good concept, poor execution. the handmaid’s taleTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER
ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S AND SHEREADS' BOOKS TO READ AFTER THE HANDMAID'S TALE
"[An] electrifying debut."-O, The Oprah Magazine
"The real-life parallels will make you shiver."-Cosmopolitan ... More details on Vox
If anyone told me I could bring down the president, and the Pure Movement, and that incompetent little shit Morgan LeBron in a week’s time, I wouldn’t believe them. But I wouldn’t argue. I wouldn’t sa...
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What do readers say about After the Flood?
futuristic catastrophic climate fiction post apocalyptic novel a high sea adventure an adventure post-apocalypticA Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year
An inventive and riveting epic saga, After the Flood signals the arrival of an extraordinary new talent.
A little more than a century from now, our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly ov... More details on After the Flood
Seagulls circled over our boat, which made me think of Row. The way she squawked and waved her arms when she was first trying to walk; the way she stood completely still for almost an hour, watching t...
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What do readers say about Dread Nation?
post-civil war america coming of age novel it's subversive and implicit action and adventure storyNew York Times bestseller; 6 starred reviews!
At once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive, Dread Nation is Justina Ireland's stunning vision of an America both foreign and familiar-a country on the brink, at the explosive crossroads where... More details on Dread Nation
I hope this letter finds you well. It is coming up on my third anniversary here at Miss Preston’s, and although I have not received a letter from you in quite some time, I felt that I would be remiss ...
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