THE DEADLY HOURS
Susanna Kearsley
Four authors. Four stories. One priceless pocket watch. From a stellar line-up of historical mystery novelists come four gripping tales of a priceless & cursed gold watch passing through time wreaking havoc from one owner to the next... The characters are irrevocably linked by fate, each playing a key role in…
THE PARIS CHILDREN
Gloria Goldreich
Paris, 1935. A dark shadow falls over Europe as Adolf Hitler’s regime gains momentum, leaving the city of Paris on the brink of occupation. Young Madeleine Levy—granddaughter of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish World War I hero—steps bravely into a new wave of resistance and becomes the guardian of lost children.…
CILKA'S JOURNEY
Heather Morris
From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a new novel based on a riveting true story of love and resilience. Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is.…
A GIRL IS A BODY OF WATER
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
International-award-winning author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s novel is a sweeping and powerful portrait of a young girl and her family: who they are, what history has taken from them, and―most importantly―how they find their way back to each other. In her twelfth year, Kirabo, a young Ugandan girl, confronts a question…
THE RESCUER
Jason Sautel
He helped save people every day—but he had no idea how to save himself. Jason Sautel had it all. Confident in his abilities and trusted by his fellow firefighters, he was making a name for himself on the streets of Oakland, California. His adrenaline-fueled job even helped him forget the…
THE BOOK OF CAROLSUE
Lynne Hugo
Brimming with wit and warmth, award-winning author Lynne Hugo’s life-affirming new novel balances hardship and humor in a story about how a family gets on…and goes on. CarolSue and her sister, Louisa, have always been best friends, though they haven’t had much in common since CarolSue married Charlie, moved to…
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SOMEBODY GIVE THIS HEART A PEN
Sophia Thakur
In a powerful debut, rising star Sophia Thakur brings her spoken word performance to the page. Be with yourself for a moment. Be yourself for a moment. Airplane mode everything but yourself for a moment. From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a stirring collection of coming-of-age poems exploring issues…
PUNCHING THE AIR
Ibi Zoboi
The story that I thought was my life didn’t start on the day I was born Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he’s seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful…
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