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Growing rapidly and unusually large in her small-minded New York community, part-witch Truly comes of age in the shadow of her attractive older sister, whose young son comes into her care unexpectedly, forcing Truly to live with a bullying brother-in-law.

A collection of geek-inspired stories for young adults features contributions from such authors as Lisa Yee, Sara Zarr, and M.T. Anderson.

Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, begins her adventure when a dead bird is found on the doorstep of her family’s mansion in the summer of 1950, thus propelling her into a mystery that involves an investigation into a man’s murder where her father is the main suspect.

Living in 1915 near Niagara Falls, seventeen-year-old Bess Heath, who is struggling to cope with the death of her sister and the disgrace of her family, and Tom Cole, whose sixth sense of the river and the falls aids him in daring rescues, are the key players in a transformative love story.

Kate Burkholder, a former Amish resident of Painters Mill, is returning as police chief sixteen years after a series of brutal murders took place there, but when a new victim is found under her watch, she struggles with a secret that could hurt both her and her family.

Clary, who is still seeking a cure for her mother’s enchantment, travels to get the City of Glass, the capital of the forbidden country of the secretive Shadowhunters, where she uncovers important truths about her family’s past.

Presents a tale of a precarious friendship between an illegal Nigerian refugee and a recent widow from suburban London, a story told from the alternating and disparate perspectives of both women.

By winning the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.

When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.

Recounts the author’s decision to change careers and attend the famed Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris, an education during which she survived the program’s intense teaching methods, competitive fellow students, and the dynamics of falling in love, in an account complemented by two dozen recipes.

A modern-day slave and an international art dealer are bound together by a dying woman’s faith. Will Ron, the art dealer, be able to embrace Denver, who has been homeless for almost 20 years? Will Denver learn to trust a white man? There’s pain and laughter, doubt and tears, and in the end a triumphal story.

A young Muslim American, Changez is living the American dream, with a Princeton education and high-paying job, until the events of September 11th force him to confront his personal allegiances.

In a rural Australian coal mining town shortly after World War II, teenaged Eddie makes a startling discovery when he investigates the murder of a local high school girl.

Keillor celebrates the secret society of those who, though they may be chauffeuring kids to swim lessons or writing UNIX programs or frying cheeseburgers, still could, if need be, write a term paper on the water imagery in “The Waste Land.”

The author offers a humorous look at her life and wardrobe, recounting her less-than-virtuous stint as a Girl Scout, colorful family gatherings, her fashion faux pas at a sorority rush, her climb up and down the corporate ladder, and her success as a writer.

Two reporters responsible for a sex-trafficking exposé are murdered, and the fingerprints on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander, prompting the magazine’s publisher, Mikael Blomkvist, to launch his own investigation to vindicate Salander.

Rendered a confidant and supportive friend for her willingness to listen to her neighbors in genocide-stricken Rwanda, baker Angel Tungaraza provides decadent confections and transforming counsel to a series of troubled customers.

The author describes her father’s lifelong ambition to breed the perfect gerbil and their life on a hundred-acre farm with a variety of animals and over nine thousand gerbils.

Follows the author, a gay man, as he uproots his city life to try to live the simple, woodland existence described by Henry David Thoreau in Walden, and tests his spirit, sanity, and relationships to find true happiness.

Eleven-year-old Camille understands life is full of ups and downs, but how can so many unfair things happen to one person?

After being summoned to treat a patient at dilapidated Hundreds Hall, Dr. Faraday finds himself becoming entangled in the lives of the owners, the Ayres family, and the supernatural presences in the house.