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The Miles Between
The Miles Between Mary E. Pearson Destiny Faraday makes a point of keeping her distance from her classmates at Hedgebrook Academy. Her number-one rule: Don’t…
An Old Fashioned Girl
An Old Fashioned Girl Louisa May Alcott Polly Milton never questions the way she is—until she goes to visit her cousins in the city. Her…
Fish in a Tree
Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a…
Princess Protection Program
Princess Protection Program Alex London Ages 8-12 Every fairy tale ends with its characters living happily ever after, right? A valiant prince quests long and…
The One and Only Bob
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate Ages 8-11 Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help…
Hit the Ground Running
Hit the Ground Running Jeston Texeira Jesse Granger was born wild. He grew up fighting to protect the lives of innocent animals. But now he’ll…
The Lunar Chronicles (Books 1-4)
The Lunar Chronicles (Books 1-4) Marissa Meyer Ages 11+ Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population….
Alina Butt Series
Alina Butt Series Ambreen Butt-Hussain Ages 9-12 Eleven-year-old Alina Butt has changed schools four times already since her family moved to England from Pakistan. Even…
The Birchbark House Series (books 1-5)
The Birchbark House Series (books 1-5) Ages 7-10 She was named Omakakiins, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop. Omakakiins and her…
Julie of the Wolves Series
Julie of the Wolves Series Jean Craighead George Ages 8-12 In this thrilling adventure about the wolf pack that saved the life of a young girl…
Better Than the Movies
Better Than the Movies (Books 1 & 2) Lynn Painter Ages 12 & Up Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long…
Legend (Books 1-4)
Legend (Books 1-4) Marie Lu Ages 11+ What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war…
No Fear Shakespeare Julius Caeser
No Fear Shakespeare Julius Caeser Ages 12-15 No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Julius Caesar on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an…
Romeo and Juliet/West Side story
Romeo and Juliet/West Side story Ages 12-14 The tragedy of love thwarted by fate has always intrigued writers. In the sixteenth century, William Shakespeare took this…
As You Wish
As You Wish Chelsea Sedoti Rules for Wishing: Never let an outsider find out about wishing. (Zip your lips and throw away the key.) Wishes…
The Black Pearl
The Black Pearl Scott O’Dell Ages 12+ From the depths of a cave in the Vermilion Sea, Ramon Salazar has wrested a black pearl so…
Skellig
Skellig David Almond Ages 9-12 Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents…
The Labors of Hercules Beal
The Labors of Hercules Beal Gary D. Schmidt Ages 10+ Herc Beal knows who he’s named after—a mythical hero—but he’s no superhero. He’s the smallest…
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum Ages 8+ Classics Discover the magical journey of Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly…
The Black Stallion
The Black Stallion Walter Farley Ages 7-11 First published in 1941, Walter Farley’s best-selling novel for young readers is the triumphant tale of a boy…
Rascal
Rascal Sterling North Ages 8-11 Nothing’s surprising in the North household, not even Sterling’s new pet raccoon. Rascal is only a baby when Sterling brings…
Pax
Pax Sara Pennypacker Ages 8+ Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens:…
Old Yeller
Old Yeller Fred Gipson Classics When his father sets out on a cattle drive toward Kansas for the summer, fourteen-year-old Travis Coates is left to…
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder Classics Laura Ingalls and her family are heading to Kansas! Leaving behind their home in the Big Woods…
21 Days Closer to Christ
21 Days Closer to Christ Emily Freeman Nestled between the covers of this beautifully illustrated book is an invitation–an invitation to come closer to Christ…
You’re Going to Make it Through Junior High
You’re Going to Make it Through Junior High John Bytheway If you’ve ever been left out, teased, or ignored; if you’ve ever felt intimidated, lonely,…
The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi O. Henry “The Gift of the Magi” is a short story, written by O. Henry (a pen name for William…
Of Peace and Pardon
Of Peace and Pardon Rebecca Grass Wilhelm Jaeger, a World War II veteran, long refused to speak of his past—the memories were too traumatic and…
If Only
If Only Richards Paul Evans Eric is having a hard time adjusting to his family’s move from California to Utah. Then he meets Grace—his classmate…
Chords of Strength
Chords of Strength David Archuleta In Chords of Strength David shares his unexpected and inspiring journey, including how he overcame vocal cord paralysis to achieve…
Ex Libras: Confessions of a Common Reader
Ex Libras: Confessions of a Common Reader Anne Fadiman This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language. For Fadiman,…
On the Hippie Trail
On the Hippie Trail Rick Steves In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to Kathmandu. A…
The Reason I Jump
The Reason I Jump Naoki Higashida You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware,…
Humans of New York Stories
Humans of New York Stories Brandon Stanton Humans of New York: Stories is the culmination of five years of innovative storytelling on the streets of…
A Year In the World
A Year In the World Frances Mayes A Year in the World is vintage Frances Mayes—a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pleasures…
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! Willa Cather O Pioneers! is a classic novel by Willa Cather, first published in 1913. It tells the story of the Bergsons, a…
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe’s critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic…
The Burning Side
The Burning Side Sarah Damoff When April and Leo’s house burns in the middle of the night, they escape with their two young children and…
The Alexandria Quartet
The Alexandria Quartet Lawrence Durrell In this world of corrupt glamour, L. G. Darley attempts to reconcile himself to the end of his affair with…
The Kitchen God’s Wife
The Kitchen God’s Wife Amy Tan A Chinese immigrant who is convinced she is dying threatens to celebrate the Chinese New Year by unburdening herself…
Code Name Helene
Code Name Helene Ariel Lawhon It is 1936 and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into…
Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Churchill: Walking with Destiny Andrew Roberts When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston…
Engineering in the Ancient World
Engineering in the Ancient World J.G. Landels In his classic book, J. G. Landels describes the technological advances of the Greeks and Romans with erudition…
Blind Man’s Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
Blind Man’s Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew For decades, only a select and powerful few knew the…
The Witches: Salem 1962
The Witches: Salem 1962 Stacy Schiff It began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister’s daughter began to scream and convulse….
Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History
Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History John Julius Norwich “Sicily,” said Goethe, “is the key to everything.” It is the largest island in…
Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous…
The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe Dr. Steven Novella It is intimidating to realize that we live in a world overflowing with misinformation, bias, myths,…
My Voice Will Go With You
My Voice Will Go With You Sidney Rosen Milton H. Erickson has been called the most influential hypnotherapist of our time. Part of his therapy…
Reset Your Child’s Brain
Reset Your Child’s Brain Victoria L. Dunckley, MD Increasing numbers of parents grapple with children who are acting out without obvious reason. Revved up and…
The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner
The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner David Bach Owning a home has always been the American Dream, and in The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner, David Bach shows that…
The Home Edit
The Home Edit Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin Believe this: every single space in your house has the potential to function efficiently and look great….
Talking to Strangers
Talking to Strangers Malcolm Gladwell How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler?…
How To Read A Book
How To Read A Book Monica Wood In this emotional book club fiction, Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from…
The Bookseller of Inverness
The Bookseller of Inverness S.G. McLean After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drummossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally slashed, he survived only…
The Littlest Library
The Littlest Library Poppy Alexander Romance A little red telephone box full of stories, a chance to change her life… Jess Metcalf is perfectly content…
The Dictionary of Lost Words
The Dictionary of Lost Words Pip Williams Historical Fiction Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood…
The Book Woman’s Daughter
The Book Woman’s Daughter Kim Michele Richardson Historical Fiction In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old…
The Midnight Library
The Midnight Library Matt Haig Fantasy Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books,…
By Any Other Name
By Any Other Name Jodi Picoult Historical Fiction Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing…
The Frozen River
The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon Historical Fiction Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine…
The House Girl
The House Girl Tara Conklin Historical Fiction Two remarkable women, separated by more than a century, whose lives unexpectedly intertwine . . . 2004: Lina Sparrow is an ambitious young…
A Song to Drown Rivers
A Song to Drown Rivers Ann Liang Fantasy Her beauty hides a deadly purpose. Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue―convinced that the best fate…
All The Colors of the Dark
All The Colors of the Dark Chris Whitaker Mystery Thriller 1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Mohammed Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And…
City of Night Birds
City of Night Birds Juhea Kim Historical Fiction On a White Night in 2019, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg two years after a devastating accident that stalled…
Peace Like a River
Peace Like a River Leif Enger Raised on tales of cowboys and pirates, eleven-year-old Reuben Land has little doubt that miracles happen all around us,…
Churchill’s Secret Messenger
Churchill’s Secret Messenger Alan Hlad Historical Fiction London, 1941: In a cramped bunker in Winston Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms, underneath Westminster’s Treasury building, civilian women…
What She Left Behind
What She Left Behind Ellen Marie Wiseman Historical Fiction Ten years ago, Izzy Stone’s mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her…
All the Forgivenesses
All the Forgivenesses Elizabeth Hardinger Historical Fiction Growing up on their hardscrabble farm in rural Kentucky, fifteen-year-old Albertina “Bertie” Winslow has learned a lot from…
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird James McBride Historical Fiction Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856–a battleground between anti- and…
Dictionary of Lost Words
Dictionary of Lost Words Pip Williams Historical Fiction Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in…
Origin
Origin Dan Brown Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that “will…
The Brothers of Karamazov
The Brothers of Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series…
Memory Mav
Memory Mav David Baldacci Amos Decker’s life changed forever—twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person…
Hidden
Hidden James Patterson Rejected by the Navy SEALs, Mitchum is content to be his small town’s unofficial investigator, until his beloved 14-year-old cousin is abducted….
The Murder House
The Murder House James Patterson Trying to escape her troubled past and rehabilitate a career on the rocks, former New York City cop Jenna Murphy…
Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement Ward Larsen The White House is stunned when the Secretary of Commerce is killed in a plane crash in Turkey. President Jack…
Joe Nuthin’s Guide To Life
Joe Nuthin’s Guide To Life Helen Fisher Fiction Joe-Nathan likes the two parts of his name separate, just like dinner and dessert. Mean Charlie at…
The Last Story Of Mina Lee
The Last Story Of Mina Lee Nancy Jooyoun Kim Fiction Margot Lee’s mother is ignoring her calls. Margot can’t understand why, until she makes a…
Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow
Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin Fiction On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a…
Lucy By The Sea
Lucy By The Sea Elizabeth Strout Fiction As a panicked world goes into lockdown, Lucy Barton is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and bundled…
Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher,…
Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng Adult Fiction In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned – from the layout of the…
The Noel Letters
The Noel Letters Richard Paul Evans After nearly two decades, Noel Post, an editor for a major New York publishing house, returns to her childhood…
See Me
See Me Nicholas Sparks Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. With a history of violence and bad decisions behind him and…
The Choice
The Choice Nicholas Sparks Travis Parker has everything he could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In…
The Longest Ride
The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks Ira Levinson is in trouble. Ninety-one years old and stranded and injured after a car crash, he struggles to retain…
Dolly All the Time
Dolly All the Time Annabel Monaghan Dolly Brick has never met a problem she couldn’t solve. Not when her mom left when she was twelve,…
The Nanny
The Nanny Lana Ferguson Suddenly unemployed and on the brink of eviction, Cassie Evans is left with two choices: get a new job (and fast)…
Game of Thrones (Books 1-5)
Game of Thrones (Books 1-5) George R.R. Martin Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that…
Stardust
Stardust Neil Gaiman One of Neil Gaiman’s most beautiful and enchanting tales, Stardust is the story of Tristran Thorn, a young man who promises the woman he…
Eight Tales of Terror
Eight Tales of Terror Edgar Allen Poe A collection of horror stories includes depictions of a man haunted by the spirit of his dead wife,…
The Oresteia
The Oresteia Aeschylus In the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from…
The Iliad
The Iliad Homer The Iliad roars with the clamor of arms, the bellowing boasts of victors, the fury and grief of loss, and the anguished…
The Children
The Children Melissa Albert Guinevere Sharpe has two childhoods. In one, she and her brother, Ennis, live in the wooded shadow of their family’s isolated…
The Guardian and the Thief
The Guardian and the Thief Megha Majumdar In a near-future Kolkata, Ma, her two-year-old daughter, and her elderly father are just days from leaving the…
Red Rising Trilogy
Red Rising Trilogy Pierce Brown Dystopia Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his…
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Suzanne Collins Dystopia It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games….
The Road
The Road Cormac McCarthy Dystopia A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on…
Animal Farm
Animal Farm George Orwell Dystopia Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell that satirizes the events of the Russian Revolution and the emergence…
1984
1984 George Orwell Dystopia George Orwell’s seminal work, *1984*, presents a chilling dystopia set in a totalitarian regime that surveils and controls every aspect of…