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A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble... -
![A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza]()
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 51 ratingsA Place for Us unfolds the lives of an Indian-American Muslim family, gathered together in their Californian hometown to celebrate the eldest daughter, Hadia’s, wedding – a match of love rather than tradition. It is here, on this momentous day, that Amar, the youngest of the siblings, reunites with his family for the first time in three years...Categorized as:
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![Season of Blessing by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock]()
Season of Blessing by Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe fourth and final novel about the trials and joys of the residents of Cedar Circle. Sylvia Bryan has been feeling weak and tired, but is shocked when her internist finds a malignant lump in her breast. She and her husband can’t understand why God is allowing cancer to attack at a time when their missionary work is going so well...Categorized as:
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![The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor]()
The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA heart-breaking, heart-warming historical novel of love and survival inspired by real resistance workers during World War II Austria, and the mysterious love letter that connects generations of Jewish families. For readers of The Nightingale, Lilac Girls, and Sarah's Key. Austria, 1938. Kristoff is a young apprentice to a master Jewish stamp engraver... -
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![These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany]()
These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA razor‑sharp debut novel of three best friends navigating love, sex, faith, and the one night that changes it all. It’s always been Malak, Kees, and Jenna against the world. Since childhood, under the watchful eyes of their parents, aunties and uncles, they’ve learned to live their own lives alongside the expectations of being good Muslim women... -
![The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi]()
The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice—a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever one fateful night...Categorized as:
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![Lions of the Desert by Linda Lee Chaikin]()
Lions of the Desert by Linda Lee Chaikin
Lions of the Desert opens up in 1915, over a year after the conclusion of Arabian Winds. Nurse Allison Wescott arrives in busy Cairo to serve the British military confronting Kaiser's Germany and their ally, Turkey. In Cairo, Allison meets Major Bret Holden again after his return from London, and their previous romantic but rocky relationship is resumed... -
![Valiant Hearts by Linda Lee Chaikin]()
Valiant Hearts by Linda Lee Chaikin
Valiant Hearts concludes the sweeping World War I saga begun in Arabian Winds and continued in Lions of the Desert... -
![Jane Eyre by Stacy King]()
Jane Eyre by Stacy King
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAs an orphaned child, Jane Eyre is first cruelly abused by her aunt, then cast out and sent to a charity school. Though she meets with further abuse, she receives an education, and eventually takes a job as a governess at the estate of Edward Rochester. Jane and Rochester begin to bond, but his dark moods trouble her... -
![The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi]()
The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends—one struggling to survive the human slave trade and the other on a mission to save her—two girls whose lives converge only to change one fateful night in 1993. India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old girl from the lower caste Yellamma cult of temple prostitutes has come of age to fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute... -
![Disinheritance by Mary Kingswood]()
Disinheritance by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOne man with a secret. A family torn apart by the consequences. Walter Atherton, Viscount Birtwell, has drifted through his charmed life without a care in the world. As the eldest son and heir to an earl, he has never had to make his way in the world. His days are filled with pleasure, and to set the seal on it, he will shortly be married to a vastly wealthy heiress...Categorized as:
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![A Single Thread of Moonlight by Laura Wood]()
A Single Thread of Moonlight by Laura Wood
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIris Grey's childhood was idyllic. .. until her father remarried. Iris's new stepmother and two stepsisters were cold-hearted schemers , and when her father dies in mysterious circumstances, Iris knows that something is wrong. Far too spirited to be forced into a life of servitude, she runs away to London... -
![Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman]()
Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSPANNING THREE GENERATIONS AND HALF THE WORLD, WILDFLOWER HILL IS A SWEEPING, ROMANTIC, AND COMPELLING STORY OF TWO WOMEN WHO SHARE A LEGACY OF SECRETS, HEARTBREAK, COURAGE, AND LOVE. Emma, a prima ballerina in London, is at a crossroads after an injured knee ruins her career. Forced to rest and take stock of her life, she finds that she’s mistaken fame and achievement for love and fulfillment... -
![El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #7) by Emmuska Orczy]()
El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #7) by Emmuska Orczy
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe elusive Pimpernel returns for another swashbuckling adventure in El Dorado. The still-raging French Revolution continues to claim lives, and the shadow of the guillotine draws ever nearer to the young Dauphin, son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette... -
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![The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray]()
The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facing their most daunting challenge preventing the murder of the imperious Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Someone is trying to kill Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Esteemed aunt of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, generous patroness of Mr... -
![A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse]()
A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn P. G. Wodehouse's novel 'A Damsel in Distress,' the reader is transported into a whimsical world of romantic misadventures and comedic escapades. Set in early 20th-century England, the novel follows the story of a young American composer who becomes entangled in the lives of an eccentric aristocratic family... -
![A Season for Scandal by Laura Wood]()
A Season for Scandal by Laura Wood
“ The Agency for Scandal is glorious! Clever, funny, charming, and achingly romantic, it is a delight from start to finish... -
![All We Left Behind by Danielle R. Graham, D.R. Graham]()
All We Left Behind by Danielle R. Graham, D.R. Graham
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe Secret Orphan meets The Tattooist of Auschwitz with a dash of Wild Swans A powerful and incredibly moving historical novel inspired by an untold story of the Second World War. Vancouver 1941. As the war rages around the world, Hitler’s fury is yet to be felt on the peaceful shores of Mayne Island. Sweethearts Hayden and Chidori are in love. But everything changes after Pearl Harbor... -
![Web of Lies by Brandilyn Collins]()
Web of Lies by Brandilyn Collins
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe was washing dishes when her world began to blur. Chelsea Adams hitched in a breath, her skin pebbling. She knew the dreaded sign all too well. God was pushing a vision into her consciousness. Black dots crowded her sight. She dropped a plate, heard it crack against the porcelain sink. Her fingers fumbled for the faucet. The hiss of water ceased. God, I don’t want this... -
![The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood]()
The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsFollowing two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 1990s to San Francisco in 2016, Bad Muslim Discount is a hilarious, timely, and provocative comic novel about being Muslim immigrants in modern America. For fans of Hanif Kureshi, Mira Jacob, and Mohammed Hanif. It is 1995, and Anvar Faris is a restless, rebellious, and sharp-tongued boy doing his best to grow up in Karachi, Pakistan... -
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Codebreaker by Jay Martel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis original, interactive thriller from debut author Jay Martel follows a brilliant teenage girl as she races across D. C. to decode the clues her father left behind, which may just be the key to saving the country from a devastating tragedy. Mia Hayes has peaceful plans for the summer―find a part-time job at a coffee shop and work on her college applications...Categorized as:
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![Breakneck by Erica Spindler]()
Breakneck by Erica Spindler
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe first victim is murdered in his bed. A clean-cut college boy with no criminal record. Then a second victim is killed in the shower, then a third…each one striking closer to home for M. C. When loved ones become targets, M. C. must walk a fine line between upholding the law and taking it into her own hands. At stake is her job, her relationship with Kitt, and possibly, her life... -
![The Heart of Thomas by Moto Hagio]()
The Heart of Thomas by Moto Hagio
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe setting: a boys boarding school in Germany, sometime in the latter 20th Century. Fourteen year-old Thomas Werner falls from a lonely pedestrian overpass to his death immediately after sending a single, brief letter to a schoolmate:. To Juli, one last time. This is my love. This is the sound of my heart. Surely you must understand... -
![Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter]()
Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsCleopatra's Moon. The Critically Acclaimed Young Adult Novel. Based On The Real Life Of Cleopatra's Daughter, Selene. The only daughter of the last queen of Egypt watches her beloved father--Mark Antony--fall on his sword in front of her. Then she hears the haunting wails of the priestesses of Isis on the island of Pharos and knows her mother died...Categorized as:
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![Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman]()
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFor readers of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and My Brilliant Friend, Bushra Rehman's Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion is an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer love in a Muslim-American community. Razia Mirza grows up amid the wild grape vines and backyard sunflowers of Corona, Queens, with her best friend, Saima, by her side... -
![So Cute It Hurts!!, Vol. 6 by Gō Ikeyamada, Tomo Kimura]()
So Cute It Hurts!!, Vol. 6 by Gō Ikeyamada, Tomo Kimura
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Kobayashi twins, Megumu and Mitsuru, were named after historical figures, but only Megumu has grown up with a taste for history... -
![Playing Saint by Zachary Bartels]()
Playing Saint by Zachary Bartels
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYesterday, Parker Saint's only concern was his swiftly rising star power. Today, he's just trying to stay alive. Parker Saint is living the dream. A cushy job at a thriving megachurch has him on the verge of becoming a bestselling author and broadcast celebrity--until life takes an abrupt turn that lands him on the wrong side of the law... -
![The Last Valentine by Felix Alexander]()
The Last Valentine by Felix Alexander
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Olivia Villalobos finds a bloodstained love letter she endeavors to deliver it before Chief Inspector Sedeño finds it in her possession. A city along the southern coast of Puerto Rico emerges in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War... -
![You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins]()
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFive girls. Three generations. One great American love story. Ranee, worried that her children are losing their Indian culture; Sonia, wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love affair; Tara, seeking the limelight to hide her true self; Shanti, desperately trying to make peace in the family; Anna, fighting to preserve her Bengali identity.Categorized as:
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![Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke by Anne Blankman]()
Conspiracy of Blood and Smoke by Anne Blankman
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe girl known as Gretchen Whitestone has a secret: She used to be part of Adolf Hitler’s inner circle. More than a year after she made an enemy of her old family friend and fled Munich, she lives with a kindly English family, posing as an ordinary German immigrant, and is preparing to graduate from high school. Her love, Daniel Cohen, is a reporter in town... -
![I Am Apache by Tanya Landman]()
I Am Apache by Tanya Landman
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA young woman seeks to avenge her brother's death by becoming an Apache warrior — and learns a startling truth about her own identity. After watching helplessly as Mexican raiders brutally murder her little brother, fourteen-year-old Siki is filled with a desire for vengeance and chooses to turn away from a woman's path to become a warrior of her Apache tribe... -
![The Cartographer's Secret by Tea Cooper]()
The Cartographer's Secret by Tea Cooper
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA map into the past. A long-lost young woman. And a thirty-year family mystery. The Hunter Valley, 1880. Evie Ludgrove loves to chart the landscape around her home—hardly surprising since she grew up in the shadow of her father’s obsession with the great Australian explorer Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt... -
![Rain City Lights by Marissa Harrison]()
Rain City Lights by Marissa Harrison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsComing of age and mystery blend in this stark, yet atmospheric tale of love and loss. A young woman is pushed onto the streets where she learns the harsh realities of what it means to survive, to serve justice, and to fight for the man she loves...Categorized as:
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![Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford]()
Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsA powerful novel about an orphan boy who is raffled off at Seattle’s 1909 World Fair, and the friends who teach him what it really means to have a family, from the author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Inspired by a true story, this is the unforgettable story of a young boy named Ernest, set during the 1909 Seattle world’s fair called the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo...Categorized as:
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![Roanoke: The Lost Colony by Angela Elwell Hunt]()
Roanoke: The Lost Colony by Angela Elwell Hunt
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSeries premiere special price! The Lost Colony recounts the life of Jocelyn Colman, whose faith is tested and refined when she follows the husband she barely knows to an unexplored land. Jocelyn struggles with her husband's bitterness and guilt until God's forgiveness becomes a lifesaving reality...Categorized as:
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![Stranger by Keren David]()
Stranger by Keren David
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAstor, Ontario. 1904. A boy staggers out of the forest covered in blood and collapses at the feet of 16-year-old Emmy. While others are suspicious and afraid, Emmy is drawn to him. Is he really the monster the townsfolk say he is? Astor, Ontario. 1994. Megan arrives from London for her great grandmother Emmy’s 105th birthday... -
![Sir Percy Leads the Band (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #2) by Emmuska Orczy]()
Sir Percy Leads the Band (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #2) by Emmuska Orczy
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe League of the Scarlet Pimpernel has disguised themselves as a group of shabby second-rate musicians, in order to save an innocent family from death. But Citizen Chauvelin is hot on their heels, and still looking for revenge against his bitter enemy. The Pimpernel's plans are, however, complicated by betrayal of a trusted League member... -
![Sir Percy Leads the Band (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #2) by Emmuska Orczy]()
Sir Percy Leads the Band (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #2) by Emmuska Orczy
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe League of the Scarlet Pimpernel has disguised themselves as a group of shabby second-rate musicians, in order to save an innocent family from death. But Citizen Chauvelin is hot on their heels, and still looking for revenge against his bitter enemy. The Pimpernel's plans are, however, complicated by betrayal of a trusted League member... -
![Grave Consequences by Lisa Tawn Bergren]()
Grave Consequences by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFor Cora Kensington, the journey of a lifetime has taken unexpected turns. And her future—her very life—depends on the decisions she’ll make at each crossroad. As the Grand Tour with her newfound family winds through France, Austria, and Italy, an unseen enemy trails close behind. And a forbidden love continues to put everyone’s plans at risk... -
![Glittering Promises by Lisa Tawn Bergren]()
Glittering Promises by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor Cora Kensington, the Grand Tour was to be the trip of a lifetime. She discovered the family she never knew she had and may have even found the love she longs for in Will. Yet her life has just become infinitely more challenging . . -
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Sirens by Janet Fox
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Jo Winter’s parents send her off to live with her rich cousin on the glittering island of Manhattan, it’s to find a husband and forget about her brother Teddy’s death. But all that glitters is not gold. -
![Rosemary for Remembrance by Felicity Pulman]()
Rosemary for Remembrance by Felicity Pulman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Janna is saved from a wild boar by the villein Godric, she's not sure whether to kiss him or slap him. The last thing she needs is a beau. Janna wants the freedom to follow her dreams - and a marriage proposal isn't in her plans. But Janna's life is shattered when her mother Eadgyth, a healer, dies suddenly, and Janna suspects poison... -
![Rue For Repentance by Felicity Pulman]()
Rue For Repentance by Felicity Pulman
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe second medieval mystery in the deliciously readable Janna Mysteries. After her mother dies and her home is burned to the ground, Janna is forced to flee for her life. She is given shelter at a manor farm, but all is not as it seems... -
![Jewel of the Thames by Angela Misri, Sydney Smith]()
Jewel of the Thames by Angela Misri, Sydney Smith
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere’s a new detective at 221 Baker Street. Set against the background of 1930s England, Jewel of the Thames introduces Portia Adams, a budding detective with an interesting — and somewhat mysterious — heritage. Nineteen-year-old Portia Adams has always been inquisitive. There’s nothing she likes better than working her way through a mystery... -
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![Masquerade by Kylie Fornasier]()
Masquerade by Kylie Fornasier
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's the Carnevale of 1750 and Venice's ballrooms, theatres, palazzos and squares are filled with delicious gossip, devilish fun and dangerous games. In this glittering masked world, everyone has a secret. . -
![Drawing a Blank: Or How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams by Daniel Ehrenhaft, Trevor Ristow]()
Drawing a Blank: Or How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams by Daniel Ehrenhaft, Trevor Ristow
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI don't know how this happened. One day I'm snug in my loner existence at Carnegie Mansion School, and the next I'm tramping through the Scottish wilderness looking for my dad. Who's been kidnapped. Because of a feud that started in medieval times. Or something. Suffice it to say, I never paid too much attention because I thought the whole thing was some twisted figment of my dad's imagination... -
![Kartography by Kamila Shamsie]()
Kartography by Kamila Shamsie
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsRaheen and her best friend, Karim, share an idyllic childhood in upper-class Karachi. Their parents were even once engaged to one another’s partners, until they rematched in what they call “the fiancée swap. ” But as adolescence distances the friends, Karim takes refuge in maps while Raheen searches for the secret behind her parents’ exchange...Categorized as:
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![Lilies For Love by Felicity Pulman]()
Lilies For Love by Felicity Pulman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove, revenge, secrets, and murder in medieval England. On the run from Lord Robert, the man who will stop at nothing to hide his secret, Janna takes refuge at Wiltune Abbey. While there, she desperately seeks to learn to read so she can uncover the truth about her unknown father—but first there are mysteries to be solved... -
![Willows For Weeping by Felicity Pulman]()
Willows For Weeping by Felicity Pulman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMurder at Stonehenge, and a letter that could change the fate of a medieval kingdom at war. Janna has joined a band of pilgrims en route to Oxeneford. Along the journey she finds a dead man carrying a letter bearing the seal of Henry, Bishop of Winchester, now a supporter of the Empress Matilda... -
![Red Thread of Fate by Lyn Liao Butler]()
Red Thread of Fate by Lyn Liao Butler
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the wake of a tragedy and fueled by guilt from a secret she's kept for years, a woman discovers how delicate the thread that binds family is in this powerful novel by Lyn Liao Butler. Two days before Tam and Tony Kwan receive their letter of acceptance for the son they are adopting, Tony and his estranged cousin Mia are killed in an accident...
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