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1) Four friends
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr comes the story of four friends determined to find their stride. Ultimately, they'll discover what it means to be a wife, mother, lover, friend...and most important: your true self. Gerri can't decide what's more devastating: learning her rock-solid marriage has big cracks, or the anger she feels as she tries to repair them. Always the anchor for friends and her three angst-ridden teenagers, it's...
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After noticing his identity has been stolen and used to create various social media accounts, a man with a troubled past, Paul O'Rourke, begins to wonder if his virtual alter ego is actually a better version of himself.
"Paul O'Rourke is a man made of contradictions: he loves the world, but doesn't know how to live in it. He's a Luddite addicted to his iPhone, a dentist with a nicotine habit, a rabid Red Sox fan devastated by their victories, and...
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Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents...sounds ideal -- but Shane's made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance...what's that? Her life has been dorm, dining hall, class, repeat. Time's a ticking, and she needs a change -- there's nothing like moving to a new country to really mix things up. Shane signs up for a semester abroad in London. She's going to right all her college mistakes: make friends,...
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Constantly in the spotlight thanks to her politician father's rising star, Olivia Blakely feels the pressure to be perfect. As the youngest girl in her class, she tries hard to keep up and to seem mature to the older boy she's crushing on, even as she catches his eye. But the need to look good on camera and at school soon grows into an all-consuming struggle with bulimia.
5) Dauntless
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"'Be dauntless, for the hopes of the People rest in you.' Seri's world is defined by very clear rules: The beasts prowl the forest paths and hunt the People. The valiant explore the unknown world, kill the beasts, and gain strength from the armor they make from them. As an assistant to Eshai Unbroken, a young valor commander with a near-mythical reputation, Seri has seen first-hand the struggle to keep the beasts at bay and ensure the safety of the...
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Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of character (neither being particularly inclined to make friends with anyone else). But now, thirty years later, faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory, Susan begins to wonder whether she's made the right choices about life,...
7) Imani's moon
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Little Imani of the Maasai people longs to do something great, like touching the moon, but the other children just laugh at her.
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For as long as he can remember, Malcolm has never felt like he was good enough. Not for his parents, who have always seemed at odds with each other, with Malcolm caught in between. And especially not for his dad, whose competitive drive and love for sports Malcolm has never shared. That is, until Malcolm discovers miniature golf, the one sport he actually enjoys. Maybe it's the way in which every hole is a puzzle to be solved. Or the whimsy of the...
9) Spare room
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Lisa, a troubled young woman with a past, finds a beautiful room to rent in a house in North London. After moving in, she finds a suicide note hidden in her room. Her landlords insist the note's author doesn't exist, and that Lisa is their first tenant. Lisa begins to doubt herself. Compelled to uncover the secrets of the man who lived in the room before her, Lisa grows alarmed by increasingly disturbing incidents. As she claws her way towards the...
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"When Doctor Strange discovers that doubt demons have enchanted a school playground, it's up to him to dispel the evil forces! With the help of the powerful Eye of Agamotto, Doctor Strange can see into the demons' alternate dimension. They've trapped the children by playing on their doubts. Doctor Strange must act fast to battle the doubt demons, before he starts doubting himself!"--Page [4] cover.
13) Stella...Almost
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Stella could do anything she put her mind to ... almost. But when girls in her class tease her and tell her she's not good at doing the things she likes, Stella puts away her paper and dance shoes until Grandpa convinces Stella to stop listening to others and listen to her heart. Includes glossary, as well as questions to self-check comprehension.
14) Imani's moon
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Little Imani of the Maasai people longs to do something great, like touching the moon, but the other children just laugh at her.
16) The mare
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"A juvenile fiction coming-of-age story in graphic novel format, exploring issues of self-doubt and restlessness in the late teenage years"--